Kids ~ Sierra Nevada World Music Festival ~ Mendocino Fairgrounds, Boonville ~ June 18-20, 2010

Kids Corner at SNWMF 2010

Welcome Kids & Families

Kids 12 and under are FREE at the Sierra Nevada World Music Festival.

SNWMF always offers an exciting array of children's activities, and 2010 is no different.

Here's a partial list of this year's children's activities:

Asheba:
This engaging musical storyteller who specializes in family entertainment will be featuring selections from "Children Are The Sunshine" in the Kidz Zone on Sunday.

Holistic Hooping:
Holistic Hooping provides a play environment for all to learn the art of skill toy spinning. Holistic Hooping will host ongoing playtime instruction and will perform 5 distinct shows throughout the weekend, including midnight Fire Dancing at the Valley Stage on Friday and Saturday nights. Visit their 17 foot high rainbow chakra hoop sculpture for an exciting interactive experience.

Dance Ensembles:
Danza in Xochitl, a traditional Aztec group and Julia Tsitsi Cigamba & the Chinyakarae Ensemble will present drum and dance from the Shona people of Zimbabwe.

Capoeira Agua De Beber:
Capoeira Agua De Beber will present the art of capoeira, using kicks, dodges, steps, cartwheels and spins, this folkloric form of martial arts, native to Brazil will be featured in performance & workshops.

Tin Cup Puppets:
Using health education as an excuse to play with puppets.

Africa Al Story Telling:
Africa Al graces us with his wonderful imagination and stories from around the world.

Arts & Crafts:
Projects throughout the weekend.

Parades:
A daily Kids Parade will be led by Bay Area drum and dance group Loco Bloco and the Samba Stilt Circus, a troupe of stilt performers.

Not Just for Kids:

Bounces, Jumps & More:
Providing bounce houses open throughout the weekend.

Sageman Drum Workshops:
Sageman provides drums and instruction.

The Children of Sierra Nevada World Music Festival
Photo by Lee Abel Š2006

A world music festival is a wonderful place for kids to learn and play. At SNWMF, kids enjoy arts and crafts, puppet shows, costumes, dramatic plays, and many other sights, sounds and activities.	Photo by Lee Abel
Photo by Lee Abel	Kids play while parents relax or participate in the fun. Parents are asked to keep an eye on their children while they are participating in Festival activities.

Art by Kalyani

Featured Children's Activities:

Asheba: Born on the Caribbean island of Trinidad, he was influenced by its spectacular festival, Carnival and the folkloric oral tradition, calypso. Today, he is a renowned world musician who playfully blends reggae, calypso, neo-folk and more. - More

Face & Body Painting by Kathleen: Kathleen will be doing her Face and Body Painting throughout the weekend, a popular activity she has done for over thirty years at festivals!

Tin Cup Puppets: Tin Cup Puppets are a group of doctors, teachers, nurses and friends who use health education as an excuse to play with puppets. They claim they have a lot of fancy degrees but find that people listen to us more when we talk in funny voices. They presented their first puppet musical in early 2009.

Holistic Hooping: Provides flow tools for everyone to enjoy all weekend long! Visit us at our towering hula hoop tree for flow tool classes and all kinds of fun toys- Hoops, Staffs, Poi and other goodies.

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Photo by Lee Abel Š2003

Art by Kalyani