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Volume 17, Issue 21, Week of May 28, 2018
The Children’s Festival will run from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 2 and 3, with the free sunset party scheduled from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on June 2. The festival’s hours are 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on June 4 and 5. (Photo Supplied)
Children’s Festival
Popular event celebrates 30th birthday
Shannon Boklaschuk Saskatoon Express fter nearly three decades in Kiwanis Park, the Nutrien Children’s Festival of Saskatchewan moved to its new location in Kinsmen Park in 2017. Following last year’s successful festival, the annual event will take place in Kinsmen Park again this year when it runs June 2 to 5. That means attendees will be in close proximity to the park’s popular rides — such as the 20-metre-high Ferris wheel, the carousel and the Canpotex Train — as they take in all of the shows and attractions the festival has to offer. “This will be the second year in Kinsmen Park. It was great last year; we were really able to spread out and have more larger
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(activities),” said general manager Rachel Wormsbecher. This year also marks a milestone for the children’s festival, as it is celebrating its 30th birthday. The theme of the 2018 festival is The Land, and the theme will figure prominently in the event programming. Some of the activities will be inspired by the theme, such as a container garden art project that will feature tomatoes grown in a fish tank, lettuce in a boot, watermelons in a suitcase and more. “We’re kind of deconstructing the idea of gardening and growing plants in random objects, in found objects,” said Wormsbecher, noting six schools are taking part in the initiative. “A local artist made six containers for these schools out of found materials.”
Another project on the festival site is the safari hedge maze, which will be made out of snow fencing. Children and their families can learn about Saskatchewan plants and animals as they make their way through the educational maze, including bison, gophers, owls, mule deer, grouse, saskatoon berries, the prairie crocus and the Western Red Lily, which is the floral emblem of Saskatchewan. The mainstage show Land of Trash also reflects the festival’s theme. The play is aimed at children in Grades 2 through 6 and explores the effects of environmental abuse. “It’s a futuristic portrayal of what the world could be like in 100 years or so if we don’t kind of start really start reducing the amount of products we’re consuming,” said Wormsbecher.
This year the children’s festival will be the greenest it’s ever been, said Wormsbecher, noting that composting and recycling will be available. In fact, all of the dishes patrons will eat off of will be compostable. “So hopefully it’s something we do every year, but we’re trying that for the first time this year,” she said. Another show reflecting the theme of The Land is called We Are All Treaty People, which is presented by Quest Theatre and is a co-production with Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society. In the show, which is best for ages eight and up, a trickster poses the question of whether friendship can exist between two girls who don’t understand their cultures’ shared history. (Continued on page 5)
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