Summer Family Fun Fridays, "Catch the Beat!"
Friday, July 30, 2010
11:00AM - 1:30PM
Begin your visit by setting out your blankets or chairs on a spot on the lawn to enjoy interactive family entertainment on the Outdoor Concert Stage. These hour-long performances have something to please everyone in the family, including puppet shows, dancing, comedy, storytelling, music and, in most cases, a mix of everything! After the performance, head over to the Parade Field to complete a craft or garden project. These hands-on projects allow your family to bring something special home to remember your visit to Heritage. While you’re there, get a temporary tattoo and play with giant games! Don’t forget to pick up a Family Treasure Hunt Passport at the Ticket Office, where you will be guided to a different museum ‘treasure’ each Friday and, after discovering this treasure, receive a stamp in your passport. Summer Family Fun Fridays are FREE with museum admission, registration is not required, and in case of inclement weather, all performances and activities will move indoors.
Friday, July 30
Performer: Cape Cod African Dance and Drum
11am – 12pm on the Outdoor Concert Stage
The Cape Cod African Dance and Drum Ensemble is a vibrant collective of dancers and drummers who practice and perform traditional West African dance and drumming on Cape Cod. Their troupe of over a dozen performers includes professional West African as well as American artists with a rich variety of dance and music backgrounds. Their performances are full of electricity and fun as they dance and play for the palpable joy inherent in the African tradition. The audience can join in on the drumming and dancing, and the whole family can take something very special home with them: lively African rhythm!
Project: Natural Instruments
12 – 1:30pm at the Parade Field
Instruments have been made for hundreds of years out of natural materials, and now it’s time for you to try your hand at this tradition to make and take home an instrument of your own. Then get a rockin’ tattoo, play giant games, get your face painted and find the mystery museum object.
Passport Mystery Hint: Listen to the beat.