The Fun & Creative LEAF Kid’s Village Schedule October 2009

Kids Village Director!!! Denisa Rullmoss

Music, comedy, dance painting, storytelling with fire, mountain unicylers, jugglers, stilt-walkers, puppets, diablo spinning, interactive performers, instrument petting zoo, arts & crafts, and kid’s market for LEAFlets. Meet the queen of Kids Village, Denisa Rullmoss & her very fun crew.

LEAF Instrument Petting Zoo • LIPZ Come see, touch, hear and play instruments! The goal is to inspire an interest in music and nurture the natural curiosity of kids. We are looking for donations! The instruments be old, ugly, badly beaten up OR new. As long as the instrument can still be blown, banged, strummed or picked. Special thanks to ACOUSTIC CORNER!

Friday
4pm- Free Candy! –a sideshow of Music, Comedy & Other Wonders to Behold.
5pm- Juggling, Jokes & Fire-eating! with Randall Thompson
6pm- Baron Von Rumblebuss & The Redd Zeppelin! – Kids Music that Rocks!
7pm – Asheville International Children’s Film Festival!
Saturday
10am- Elise Witt -global, local and homemade songs – LSS!
11am- Baron Von Rumblebuss & The Redd Zeppelin! – Kid Music that Rocks!
12noon- Hula Kuhiko/Auwana & Chants Workshop! by Rhythm Fire Cultural Dance
1pm- Lunch Money – Indie Rock for Kids!
2pm- Runaway Circus! - music, juggling, acrobatics & more!
3pm- Free Candy! –a sideshow of Music, Comedy & Other Wonders to Behold.
4:30pm- LEAF PARADE with Runaway Circus, Elkland Art Center, Rhythm Fire Cultural Dance
Blue Fairy & Prince of Pipes, Becki the Balloon Lady, Papa Elf, & YOU!
5pm- Diablo Spinning Workshop for Kids! by Ken Julian
6pm- Kids (ages 11 and under) Poetry Reading!
6:45pm- Youth (ages 12-17) Poetry Slam - LSS!
Sign up at Kid’s Village 6:00
Sunday
10am- Diablo Spinning Workshop for Kids! by Ken Julian
11am – Lunch Money – Indie Rock for Kids!
12noon- Runaway Circus! - music, juggling, acrobatics & more!
1pm- Red Herring Puppet Show – LSS!
2pm- Juggling, Jokes & More! with Randall Thompson
3pm- Panama LEAF International program!
Other Special Kids Events
Elfhaven Childcare- scroll down the page to see details
Friday 3pm - DrumSTRONG drum circle for all ages at Lakeside Stage.
Friday 8pm- Bedtime Stories w/ Sarah Eshan at Thunderbird Lodge Fireplace
Saturday 8pm- Bedtime Stories w/ Sarah Eshan at Thunderbird Lodge Fireplace
ROAMING about the festival
Friday 6pm – Elkland Art Center Puppets
Saturday or Sunday- Zulu Connection
Sunday 12pm - PaperHand Puppet Intervention












Kids & Families

"In a metamorphosis worthy of Kafka himself, the last Lake Eden Arts Festival turned my kids’ oft-tossed toddler tantrums into tempers of sweet tranquility"
- parent quote from Mountain Express

LEAF is a family scene and a blast for kids of all ages! Create memories in a perfect setting as you engage in a multitude of activities. Just a few of the things to keep everyone happy: swimming, the zipline, climbing wall, tennis, hiking, exploring the woods & streams, dancing, music, storytelling, puppet shows, poetry slams, kayaking, canoeing, face painting, yoga, arts & crafts, yummy food, the LEAF parade, fire shows and just hanging out together. It doesn't get any better than this!

"LEAF is the perfect opportunity to send the whole family to camp… For three days, mom, dad and kids have the unique opportunity to be in a setting that is designed for children and families to have a safe, fun, and life expanding experience."
- Rapid River

"I am 13 years old and have been coming to LEAF for 4 years. I fell in love with it the first time I came. I know so many people there, now, and it is a special time for me to visit with friends. I have been inspired many times at LEAF and every time I go, it becomes more magical. Thank you for such a wonderful place!"
-from the LEAF forum

"My experience at spring LEAF was very positive, healing and rejuvenating...I'd heard for many years about LEAF and finally made it. LEAF provided the most well rounded variety of arts and was the most family friendly of all festivals that I attended.”
- Berkeley

Kids Handcraft Market

Located at the Kid's Village! (for kids 14 & under) Amazing and original kid made art. The best place to shop at LEAF! Kids bring your blanket, your creations and your smiles and sell your wares at this busy market. Just a few guidelines:

  • All items must be handmade & sold by you for $6.00 or less (no candy, food or store bought items)
  • Kids must sign up at the Kid's Village during selling times and pay a $3.00 daily fee for a space. This fee is a donation to LEAF in Schools & Streets!
  • Kid sellers may share a space, but not a fee.
  • Spaces are 1st come, 1st served (within the hours open, no one can set up early).

    A Kid's Handcraft Market volunteer will help with spaces, sign ups and collect money.
    There is also a Kid's Performance Platform to showcase your talents as you play an instrument, sing or dance.
    Kids bring your fiddles, your horns, your tap shoes and your voice!!

    Hours: Friday 4-8 • Saturday 10-6 • Sunday 10-4

    • Kids Village

    "WOW!....there is so much to do" is frequently heard at the LEAF Kid's Village. It is our goal to bring fun & magic to all LEAFers.

    We take the words "Family Friendly Festival" seriously. Enjoy:

  • Performance Stage with puppet shows, jugglers, kids music bands, magicians, storytellers, sing-a-longs, dancers, workshops for kids & more!
  • Craft Tent where kids are welcome to come and create one of a kind arts & crafts!
  • Costume Tent with a multitude of crazy and wacky costumes to try on....don't forget to bring the camera to this tent.
  • Face Painting Tent with wonderfully talented painters always on hand. A VERY popular area.
  • NEW! LEAF Instrument Petting Zoo - Kids, both young & old, can see, touch, hear AND play a multitude of instruments. Wanna know what it feels like to strum a dulcimer, bang a djembe, clang a tambourine, toot a trumpet or shake a shakeree? In addition to experiencing instruments 1st hand, LEAF performers will drop by the ZOO throughout the weekend with THEIR instrument and folks can see it up close and personal!
  • Bubble blowing, hula-hooping, parachute play, karaoke time and shaving cream fun are some of the activities that take place throughout the Village.
  • Balloon Twisters, Stilt-Walkers and Belly-Dancers are just a few of the roaming entertainers you can find.
  • Kid's Handcraft Market with original handmade kid art!

    & Bedtime Stories
    As the sun sets over LEAF, something special happens in front of the fireplace inside Thunderbird Lodge. Friday & Saturday evenings, the vaudeville-style storytelling of Sarah Eshan creates a magical setting. Her stories, characters, and songs take audiences places that span the globe and connect them to ancestral and cultural roots with laughter and the occasional lesson for life. Come experience the storytelling spirits with her!

    • Elfhaven Childcare

    Elfhaven Childcare in Arrowhead Lodge is a sweet creative play space for kids and little ones. Kate Hyde & her crew, who have been involved with festival childcare for quite awhile, create a magical kids world with arts, crafts, games, puppets, books and blocks. Truly a very special festive child care. Kids come have fun and parents go play!

    Friday 7pm-1am • Saturday 12pm-2am • Sunday 12am-4pm in Arrowhead Family Lodge.
    Sign up at Arrowhead Lodge. $5 per hour- a great deal. Sibling discounts. Sign up early for limited spaces.

    Interested In Being A Kid's Village Performer?

    If you are interested in being a Kid's Village performer, entertainer, face painter, balloon twister, etc. please contact the Denisa Rullmoss - LEAF Kid's Village Director denisa@theleaf.com

    “This is one of the nicest things I do for myself and my son. I hope he grows old remembering childhood at LEAF.”
    ~ Andrew C.