Especially for
Children and Families
In the Giving Voice program, children and families will have the opportunity to explore wordplay and oral games through a variety of workshops and interactive presentations. Ella Jenkins, the celebrated performer of children's music, will play in concert on June 27.
The Las Américas program will feature workshops that encourage children to explore the diverse musical styles and instruments of the United States and Latin America.
The Wales Smithsonian Cymru program will have many fun hands-on activities relating to traditional Welsh culture and sustainability, including: making cheese around a kitchen table; contributing to a mural with recycled materials; learning Welsh songs and phrases; trying on coal miners' gear; and watching organic matter turn into compost in the Worm Theater.
Jeff Bryden of Moose Pass, Alaska, is a Lead Law Enforcement Officer in the Chugach National Forest. Here he talks to young Festival visitors about Flash, the first dog employed by the Forest Service to detect fish-and-game smugglers. Both Bryden and Flash were participants in the Forest Service, Culture, and Community program at the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Photo by Jillian Foley, Smithsonian Institution.