Think of the Children
Today sees the beginning of the 2010 International Children’s Festival in St. Albert.
Splash 'n' Boots will be performing.
If you’re not familiar with the Children’s Festival you probably don’t have kids, haven’t lived here long, or ignore everything St. Albert. But you know what? It’s a pretty big deal.
The festival starts today and runs through the week, wrapping up Saturday.
Since children aren’t always known to have the best attention you know there will be lots of fun stuff happening. There are plays, amazing feats, and, of course, children’s performers. And you’ll see stuff from across Canada and around the world. There are also lots of games, arts and crafts and interactive activities to keep little minds busy.
Check the schedule and know that your kids will have plenty to take in this week. Most of the action happens during the day but Friday night does see some events. Oh, and it should go without saying but, everything is happening in that little city to our northwest, St. Albert.
Also, happening tonight, for those of you without children, or at least who can get a babysitter, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra has a special guest. International organ sensation Cameron Carpenter is making his Canadian debut with the ESO.
And the Edmonton Capitals have their home opener over at Telus Field.
Letter from the Editor – Sally – July 15/09
Better babysitter than Sally.
Edmonton, do you ever wonder what goes into preparing these kinds of local news stories for you? Let me tell you a story that illustrates the kind of adversity we face on a day-to-day basis (and for anyone who was following me on twitter last night, I’m not even going to bring up the guy at KFC who tried to steal my tripod. Because it just got weirder from there).
Last night I headed off to the north end to do a story on E-ville Roller Derby. I arrived at the arena and was about to head inside, when a child ran up to me and asked if I had a phone.
Immediately, I wondered if he knew the KFC tripod guy and if this was some elaborate scam they were running. I asked him why he needed a phone. He told me some kids on the nearby playground had knives and were going to stab him and his friends.
*sigh*
I asked him how old he was.
“Eleven.”
Edmontonkids.com
If you’re trying to find ways to keep your kids from making you insane this summer, you owe a debt of gratitude to the geniuses at the Edmonton Kids website. It’s a comprehensive web listing of family-friendly activities, both local and provincial, and they even break stuff down in sub-categories – age groups, field trips, day camps. Did I mention they have listings for events into 2010? So visit the website, pick some activities… and run your children out of the house. It’s Mommy and Daddy time now, kids. Mojitos, anyone?
