Fourth Annual Kids’ Fest offers eclectic mix of performances Fourth Annual Kids’ Fest offers eclectic mix of performances

Orcas Center’s Fourth Annual Kids’ Fest will take place Feb. 8 through 13 and will feature four entertaining and educational events.

Kicking off Kids’ Fest on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. is a performance by the Unangax Dream Dancers. This Native American group of more than 20 dancers, ranging in age from five to 77, will share the stories of their ancestors from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska through traditional dances and songs.

On Monday and Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., a stage adaptation of several Aesop’s Fables will be performed by young local actors Sabina Smith-Moreland, Iris Parker-Pavitt and Jarrad Grantham. The fables are adapted and directed by Orcas High School senior Chloe Scott as her senior class project. Among the morality tales to be performed are “Prince and the Dancing Monkey,” “The Little Boys and the Frogs,” and “The Tortoise and the Hare.”

A stage adaptation of another literary classic, Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” will be performed twice during school hours on Thursday, Feb. 13 for all Orcas students in grades K-8. Presented by Book-It All Over, “The Jungle Book” is staged in a similar fashion to past Book-It performances on Orcas.

The grand finale of the 2009 Kids’ Fest is a performance by Michael Cooper, mask maker and mime. Cooper crafts handmade masks that personify the characters that he brings to life with his physical comedy portrayals: a big baby, a nose, a fish, an Elvis Presley.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.orcascenter.org or call or 376-2281 ext 1 during box office hours, Thursday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

Orcas Center’s Fourth Annual Kids’ Fest will take place Feb. 8 through 13 and will feature four entertaining and educational events.

Kicking off Kids’ Fest on Sunday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. is a performance by the Unangax Dream Dancers. This Native American group of more than 20 dancers, ranging in age from five to 77, will share the stories of their ancestors from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska through traditional dances and songs.

On Monday and Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., a stage adaptation of several Aesop’s Fables will be performed by young local actors Sabina Smith-Moreland, Iris Parker-Pavitt and Jarrad Grantham. The fables are adapted and directed by Orcas High School senior Chloe Scott as her senior class project. Among the morality tales to be performed are “Prince and the Dancing Monkey,” “The Little Boys and the Frogs,” and “The Tortoise and the Hare.”

A stage adaptation of another literary classic, Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book,” will be performed twice during school hours on Thursday, Feb. 13 for all Orcas students in grades K-8. Presented by Book-It All Over, “The Jungle Book” is staged in a similar fashion to past Book-It performances on Orcas.

The grand finale of the 2009 Kids’ Fest is a performance by Michael Cooper, mask maker and mime. Cooper crafts handmade masks that personify the characters that he brings to life with his physical comedy portrayals: a big baby, a nose, a fish, an Elvis Presley.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.orcascenter.org or call or 376-2281 ext 1 during box office hours, Thursday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m.

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