Outer Banks KidsFest 2011

The 4th annual Outer Banks KidsFest is planned for Friday, May 13, 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the outdoor pavilion at Roanoke Island Festival park.

This great event is sponsored by Children and Youth Partnership and is free and open to the public.

Activities include:

• Wildlife Olympics
• Tracks in the sand
• Art and Playdough
• Face painting
• Games and crafts
• Story time
• Puppet play
• Blocks and bubbles
• Seed planting
• Fishing activities
• Corn hole
• Imagination Library
• Fire trucks, EMS, Coast Guard boat and Coastie.

In addition, Western Carolina University gamelan players will feature examples of traditional Javanese music and contemporary pieces written for gamelan by American composers. The children will be invited to come to the stage to try out the gamelan instruments.

For more information contact www.darekids.org or 252-441-4737.