Children's Day 2010-001
Eva, a Children's Day attendee, makes foam art at a booth in the shade of elm trees in front of Old Main on Wednesday, July 7, the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. The festival, simply known as Arts Fest, will begin officially on Thursday throughout West campus and downtown State College
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Jake, an Arts Fest Children's Day participant, gets a basketball painted on his face by Erin, a Mount Nittany Preschool volunteer. This facepainting station was just one of at least a dozen tents, tables and stations across the West side of the Old Main lawn on Wednesday, July 7, the first day of Arts Fest, which is primarily focused on activities for children.
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Kyle and his mother, Kelly Fritzsche, work on a scratched paper picture frame at an activitiy table on the Old Main lawn on Wednesday, July 7, the first day of Arts Fest.
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Gabe, a youth Children's Day participant blows warm air into liquid nitrogen as it is poured into a mixture of milk, sugar and vanilla that would be cooled to the point of becoming ice cream. The activity was run by the Materials Research Science Engineering Center, and was one of many available specifically for youth on Wednesday, July 7, the first day of Arts Fest.
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Kendall (left) and Gavin (right) watch as Katie Knobloch works with a great horned owl, one of several creatures brought to Childrens Day by Shaver's Creek Environmental Center, a local Penn State educational facility. Children's Day, held this year on Wednesday, July 7, is held traditionally on the first day of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, also known as Arts Fest.
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Micah, a youth participant at Arts Fest Childrens Day, gets a high five from Twistee, the Philly Soft Pretzel Factory mascot, during Childrens Day, held this year on Wednesday, July 7.
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Ben, a State College Suzuki Program piano student, performs at the Allen Street Stage during the program's hourlong performance as instructor Diane Lindsey looks on. The performance was one of several youth-oriented performances to take place at the downtown venue during Children's Day, held on Wednesday, July 7. The main Arts Fest programming officially begins Thursday.
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Families walk through the mist jungle on Allen Street in downtown State College on Wednesday, July 7, during Childrens Day, held at the very start of Arts Fest, which will take over parts of downtown State College and the Penn State University Park campus beginning Thursday.
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Children's Day youth participants check out a black rat snake held by Lisa Scarbrough during a Shaver's Creek Environmental Center demonstration on the Old Main lawn during Children's Day, held on Wednesday, July 7.
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Sarah, a Childrens Day participant, blows a glycerin bubble though a pipette at a science demonstration station on Old Main lawn on Wednesday, July 7.
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Allen Street will play host to a performance venue, heat-relieving water features, colorful painted banners and food vendors for Arts Fest, as seen here Childrens Day, Wednesday, July 7. Dozens of musical groups will be featured during each day and night of the four day festival, which officially begins Thursday.
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Children play in a water feature on Allen Street on Wednesday, July 7, set aside as the Children's Day for Arts Fest, which officially begins on Thursday.
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