The
Grace will partner with the National Center for Children's
Illustrated Literature, the Paramount Theatre, and other area
nonprofits to bring free and fun activities for children and
families.
Activities
include:
Special
performance by Rachel Coleman, star of Signing Time!
Abilene
Philharmonic instrument Petting Zoo
Old
West Reenactment by Frontier Texas!
Abilene
Zoo Show & Tell
"Gallery
Quest" at the Center for Contemporary Arts
Dunk
tank with local celebrities as the "dunk-ees"
Face
Painting
Musicians
and theater performances
Entertainment,
free ice cream, and balloons
The
main event is a free afternoon concert by Grammy Award Winner
Dan Zanes and Friends presented by The Grace at the Paramount
Theatre. Dan is featured regularly on the Disney Channel,
and has received national press with features in Vanity Fair,
Rolling Stone and The Washington Post, among others. He was
recently awarded a Grammy for his most recent CD, Catch
That Train! A Time magazine article from 2005 calls his
music "eclectic folk rock for kids."
NOTE
ABOUT CONCERT TICKETS: Tickets will be distributed on a first-come,
first-served basis beginning at 10 a.m. the day of the
concert. Tickets are FREE but
attendees must have a ticket to enter the Paramount Theater.
Schedule
of Events
(subject to change)
| Location |
Time |
Activity |
| The
Grace |
10AM |
Ticket
Distribution for Dan Zanes Concert (Loggia) |
| |
10AM-2PM |
Abilene
Philharmonic Petting Zoo (Main Gallery Lobby) |
| |
10AM-2PM |
Abilene
Zoo Petting Zoo (Loggia) |
|
10AM-2PM |
Art
Activities (NEW Education Center) |
|
10AM-2PM |
Face
Painting (NEW Education Center) |
|
10AM-2PM |
Clown
making
balloon animals |
|
10AM-2PM |
Frontier
Texas! Chuckwagon
Cooking Display (Cypress Street side of the Museum) |
|
10AM-2PM |
Metro
Care Ambulance display
(Grace Parking Lot) |
| Center
for Contemporary Arts |
10AM-2PM |
"Gallery
Quest" Scavenger Hunt |
| Cypress
Street Station |
10AM-2PM |
Open
with
Special Menu Items |
| Texas
Star Trading Company |
10AM-2PM |
Open
with
KidzFest Specials |
| The
Grace |
10:30AM-1:30PM |
Dunk
Tank with local celebrities as dunk-ees (Grace
Parking Lot) |
| National
Center for Children's Illustrated Literature |
10:30-11:30AM |
Performance:
Rachel Coleman, Signing Time! |
| The
Grace |
11AM-2PM |
FREE
Ice Cream (Courtyard) |
|
11AM |
Performance:
Young Audiences (Courtyard) |
| |
11:30AM |
Performance:
Magic Show (Courtyard) |
| Abilene
Public Library |
11:30AM |
Storytime
for Toddlers |
| The
Grace |
11:45AM |
Meet
Rachel Coleman, Signing Time! Meet
Rachel and get her autograph in The Grace's Second Floor
Children's Museum Coca Cola Diner! |
| The
Grace |
12PM |
Performance:
Young Audiences (Courtyard) |
| |
12:30PM |
Performance:
Abilene Community Band (Courtyard) |
| |
1:30PM |
Performance:
Abilene Performing Arts Company- Improv Group
(Courtyard) |
| Abilene
Public Library |
1:30PM |
Storytime
for Toddlers |
| Paramount
Theater |
2PM |
Concert: Dan Zanes and Friends |
Generously
sponsored by
 
Abilene
Downtown Association
American
State Bank
|
