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ATTENTION PARENTS!
Childcare available again this year in the CU!

Want to catch a special music set with your partner? Need a few minutes alone in the beer garden without the kids? Take advantage of the childcare service in the Children's Universe. Back by popular demand, limited childcare will be available again this year. Reservations are made at the festival in the CU Info Booth. Available on a first come, first served basis.

childcare details

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ffarrow10.gif Reservations, check-in, drop-off and pick-up are all located inside the Children's Universe at our INFORMATION booth.   
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ffarrow10.gif Maximum capacity:  12 kids a one time - first come first serve strategy used - reservations will be accepted starting on Thursday 
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kids vending & advice 

Do you make a special craft or creation? We encourage you to set up a free “vending” space in the CU. Can you offer up some good advice? Kids can earn a little change of their own in our Advice Booth (advice for all from children). 

See the information station located just inside the CU Arch on site for more information with exact schedules and times for all of the exciting events planned for the Children’s Universe at FloydFest. 

 

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BMS 2010 Workshop Schedule

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Thursday


4pm to 4:45pm - 
Animal Smarts

How much can you learn about an animal from it's skull? Andrea Goodrum, Environmental Education Coordinator for Apple Ridge Farm in Copperhill, will answer this question and more in a hands-on workshop studying 20+ different animals skulls and bones. 
All ages



6pm to 7pm - Poet-Tree

Poet and member of the Blue Mountain School community, Mara Robbins will lead this workshop which will generate poetry for decorating the Poet-Tree, a beautiful tree that greets incoming festival-goers. The decorations and poems will be hung on the tree, creating a display of creativity and inspiration for passers-by all weekend. 
All ages

7:15pm to 8pm
 - Trash to Treasure: making homemade instruments

Turn everyday objects into great musical instruments, to use during the parade or anytime. Corey Avellar, teacher at Blue Mountain School, will amaze you with her creative use of things like water bottles, bottle caps, and shoe boxes.
 All ages

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Friday


3:30pm to 4:30pm
 - Poet-Tree

Poet and member of the Blue Mountain School community, Mara Robbins will lead this workshop which will generate poetry for decorating the Poet-Tree, a beautiful tree that greets incoming festival-goers. The decorations and poems will be hung on the tree, creating a display of creativity and inspiration for passers-by all weekend.
All ages

5pm to 6pm
In the Mood for a Mask? 
Learn about mask making with Lora Leigh Geissler, fine artist and art teacher for Blue Mountain School. Express yourself more fully, or show a different side of yourself with a hand-made mask!
 All ages



6:15pm to 7pm - 
Trash to Treasure: making homemade instruments
Turn everyday objects into great musical instruments, to use during the parade or anytime. Corey Avellar, teacher at Blue Mountain School, will amaze you with her creative use of things like water bottles, bottle caps, and shoe boxes.
 All ages



7:15pm to 8pm - 
Family Yoga
Family Yoga with Sarah McCarthy, contemplative teacher for Blue Mountain School. Greet the evening peacefully with yoga for the whole family! All ages

 

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Saturday


3:30pm to 4:30pm - 
Magical Marimbas

Learn to play a marimba with Kari Thomas-Kovick, local musician, music teacher for Blue Mountain School, and owner of the Early Childhood Music Program of Floyd. Use this unique, oversized percussion instrument and your whole body to make amazing music and inspire your soul!

4pm to 5pm
 - In the Mood for a Mask?
Learn about mask making with Lora Leigh Geissler, fine artist and art teacher for Blue Mountain School. Express yourself more fully, or show a different side of yourself with a hand-made mask! All ages

4:45pm to 5:30pm
 - Trash to Treasure: making homemade instruments
Turn everyday objects into great musical instruments, to use during the parade or anytime. Corey Avellar, teacher at Blue Mountain School, will amaze you with her creative use of things like water bottles, bottle caps, and shoe boxes.
 All ages

7pm to 8pm
 - Dancing with Hula Hoops

Learn to dance with a hula hoop with Ilima Ursomarso, performer and dance teacher and owner of the Rhythm Fire Dance Company in Floyd. Ilima, also a member of the Blue Mountain School Community, recently studied hula hoop dance while in Hawaii for several months this winter. She is excited to share this new skill with children and adults alike. All ages

7:30pm to 8:15pm
 - Animal Smarts

How much can you learn about an animal from it's skull? Andrea Goodrum, Environmental Education Coordinator for Apple Ridge Farm in Copperhill, will answer this question and more in a hands-on workshop studying 20+ different animals skulls and bones. 
All ages





 

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Sunday


3:30pm to 4:30pm - 
Magical Marimbas

Learn to play a marimba with Kari Thomas-Kovick, local musician, music teacher for Blue Mountain School, and owner of the Early Childhood Music Program of Floyd. Use this unique, oversized percussion instrument and your whole body to make amazing music and inspire your soul!
 Ages 5 and up


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Checkout FF favs
Yard Dogs Road Show
in C'ville!
 
Thursday, September 23rd
Jefferson Theater
110 East Main Street
Charlottesville, VA
8pm
$15/$17
All ages
www.jeffersontheater.com

CONGRATULATIONS
TO

Big Daddy Love

winner of the 2010
FloydFest  Under the Radar
Series contest.

Thank you to our many partners
who contributed to the
winner's package and to
ALL the truly talented
UTR performers who helped
make FloydFest what is -
the best
under-the-radar
music festival around.

Thanks to all who voted,
and see you all next
July 28-31, 2011

 

Now accepting submissions
for FloydFest 2011
EPKs are preferred.
Please send to:
performer@atwproductions.com
or mail to:
Kris Hodges, /o AtWP
PO Box 243, Floyd, VA 24091
DEADLINE for submissions is:
January 1, 2011

  Best Outdoor Festival: FloydFest
"It’s not the oldest festival in
the region (Floyd Fest didn’t get
kicking until 2002),but it’s
definitely your favorite."
~Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine

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PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

Brewery
Bull and Bones Brewhaus and Grill

Winery
Horton Vineyards 

JUDGE'S CHOICE AWARDS

Wine
Best Red Château Morrisette Chambourcin
Best White Rockbridge Riesling
Best Sweet Horton Blancoxoco
Best in Show Villa Appalacia Toscanello
Beer
Best Light Northern Lights IPA
Best Medium Shooting Creek Rebel Ale
Best Dark Highland Brewing Co. Mocha Stout
Best in Show Starr Hill India Pale Ale 


Want to attend the Virginia Wine Festival for FREE?
Join us as a VOLUNTEER.  For more information, click here .

 

New FloydFest Timberframe Speaker Towers 

Virginia Wine
Festival
Winery Spotlight

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Sit back on our sun-drenched deck,
and enjoy the vistas and wondrous
beauty of the Blue Ridge
Mountains while tasting the
fruits of our labor - the fruit of Virginia -
captured for you in our world class
Veritas wines.
“In Vino Veritas” ~ “In Wine There Is Truth”
www.veritaswines.com
540.456.8000



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