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Saturday October 5, 2024, 9:30am - 3:00pm {.byline}
Champaign-Urbana and surrounding area families and community members are invited to celebrate youth literature at the Festival's Community Day Celebration, a free event, open to the public. Author readings, book signings, puppet shows, live music, art displays, and a variety of hands-on activities for children will all be part of the fun!
Free weekend parking is available in Lot B1 at the corner of Springfield and Matthews. Additional metered parking is available at the Campus Center Public Parking Deck, at the meters along Springfield Ave and Wright Street, and any other open meters surrounding the building area.
A limited number of prepaid, bagged meter spots will be available outside of the building on Springfield Avenue for those with disability and mobility-related issues. If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in the Youth Literature Festival, please contact Mackenzie Gillespie at [email protected] or call (217) 300-1774. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your accessibility needs.
Saturday, October 5th, 9:30am-3pm
See below for the 2024 schedule of events. The building layout for the Campus Instructional Facility can be found here.
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Ballet Folklorico Mitotiani is an organization focusing on the cultural aspect of Mexico. Ballet Folklorico has been a long tradition of dancing depending on the different regions of Mexico. The dances include colorful dresses that stem mainly from Jalisco, Nuevo León, Veracruz, Michoacán, Nayarit, Guerrero, Yucatán, San Luis Potosi, and Puebla. Each region developing a different, yet similar style of dancing. For these dances to be heard, heels for women and boots for men have nails on the tip and the heel. This requires a vast range of dancing techniques that we are prepared to show you. Although these physical logistics are important to know, Ballet Folklorico is a cultural enhancement to this campus, bringing lively color to many events that promote Latinx culture. Our mission is to increase a deeper understanding and connection to Latinx culture on campus and demonstrate the broad variety of regions that Mexico has to offer.
Enjoy a program of Musical Tales and Marionettes presenting the story of "Ferdinand the Bull, "The Teddy Bear Circus", and the Midwest Premiere of a historic children's radio play "Meet Mr. Twink - a Musical Fairytale" with live music composed by the late Charles Gordon Rex, Sr. to a story by the late Helen Shelton and lyrics by Joyce Junglas of Winter Park, Florida, and puppets.
Performers will be a 1st Choice Music Services String Quartet [ JiMyung Kim, Violin, Eun Namkung, Violin, Violist Andreas Ruiz, Cellist/Producer Barbara Hedlund], Pianist Sarah Schwartz,Narrator Ronald Hedlund, Puppetfolk Productions Puppeteer Anne Newman, with original artwork created for the premiere of "Meet Mr. Twink - a Musical Fairytale" by Josefien Stoppelenburg. A Q & A Session will also be available to the audience.
This program is supported by the Urbana Arts and Culture Commission and a State of Illinois Back to Business Grant.
Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley is a puppeteer with a long career in education. She has taught at all levels from nursery school through college and has worked with both gifted and struggling students in inner city schools as well in exclusive private schools. She is a talented performer who has used her special expertise in reading and literacy to enrich her performances and workshops.
Elizabeth Goldsmith-Conley’s Portable Poppets Playhouse will present The Three Wishes, an amusing update of a classic folktale. Come see the show to find out why Hedwig has sausages hanging from her nose and what Ludwig plans to do with his axe.
For more information about the Portable Poppets Playhouse, visit their website.
Along with our entertainment performers this year, the festival will welcome a number of local community organizations and centers to offer a selection of fun, literacy-based activity tables for children and their families. Among this year's activity table partners is United Way of Champaign County, bringing a pop-up of their Dolly Parton Imagination Library; the Champaign Public Library, and more!
If you will need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in the Youth Literature Festival, please contact Mackenzie Gillespie at [email protected] or call (217) 300-1774. Early requests are strongly encouraged to allow sufficient time to meet your accessibility needs.
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