Kids Programs
Different Programs and activities for kids
South Orchard Tent / Saturday July 20,2013
1pm-2pm | Sing a Song: A performance by children accompanied by the piano and percussion instruments.
2pm-3pm | Sarv Music Academy Children's Music Workshop : Presented by Sarv Music Academy, children's music specialist Mona Manoochehri, and traditional Iranian voice specialist Mahin Mohajer, this workshop is for children ages 5 to 10, based on Orff pedagogy, and traditional Iranian radif and tasnif. This workshop is an interactive, engaging educational series of games, songs and musical activities woven into a journey told through music. Kids will not only have a great time, they will also learn and experience musical concepts, learn about instruments, and more.
3pm-4pm | Drum/ Percussion Circle : Kids will learn how to hit a percussion instrument and play a rhythm which will turn in to a synchronized drum/ percussion circle.
4pm-5pm | Dance Workshop : Ladan Lotfi, with the help of three other dancers will teach some basic dance moves and steps to the participants. The movements are a combination of ballet and Persian dance. Children will practice simple routines choreographed to a high energy music, bit by bit, and then perform the dance all together.
5pm-6pm | Sing a Song (Poem Recital): A performance by children choir accompanied by the piano and percussion instruments.
Story Telling (English and Persian): Old Persian stories, combined with music and rhythm performed by kids.
6pm-7pm | Dance Workshop : Ladan Lotfi, with the help of three other dancers will teach some basic dance moves and steps to the participants. The movements are a combination of ballet and Persian dance. Children will practice simple routines choreographed to a high energy music, bit by bit, and then perform the dance all together.
7pm-8pm | Sing a Song (Poem Recital): A performance by children choir accompanied by the piano and percussion instruments.
Story Telling (English and Persian): Old Persian stories, combined with music and rhythm performed by kids.
Kids Zone Tent / Saturday July 20,2013
1pm-1:30pm | Story Time With Ariel Balevi: Ariel will tell two stories. One is a story from Shahnameh about Fereydoon and his three sons and the second one is a folk tale about Shah Abbas.
2pm-3pm | Food Bingo: Clues will be read off a clue sheet for a particular food without revealing the name of the food. Kids who have the food which matches the clues will mark it off on their sheets. The first kid who completes her/his sheet and gets a BINGO will win a prize from Rainbow Caterpillar Bookshop*.
*Rainbow Caterpillar Multilingual Bookshop is one of Tirgan’s generous sponsors.
3:00pm-3:30pm | Story Time With Ariel Balevi: Ariel will tell two stories. One is a story from Shahnameh about Fereydoon and his three sons and the second one is a folk tale about Shah Abbas.
3:30pm-4pm | MapContest : Iran map will be divided to pieces and then fit back together with the help of the kids and musical rhythm.
1pm-8pm | Face Painting / Painting / Crazy Hairdo: Face painting activity for children and youth of all ages. Face painting is applying a design to the face using brushes and paints suitable for use on the skin. The designs may be very simple such as butterfly shape on the cheek or complex such as a full batman mask.
Crazy hair do is for children and youth of all ages. Simple crazy designs are applied to hair using hair spray and hair wax.
South Orchard Tent / Sunday July 21,2013
12pm-1pm | Sing a Song: A performance by children accompanied by the piano and percussion instruments.
1pm-2pm | Sarv Music Academy Children's Music Workshop : Presented by Sarv Music Academy, children's music specialist Mona Manoochehri, and traditional Iranian voice specialist Mahin Mohajer, this workshop is for children ages 5 to 10, based on Orff pedagogy, and traditional Iranian radif and tasnif. This workshop is an interactive, engaging educational series of games, songs and musical activities woven into a journey told through music. Kids will not only have a great time, they will also learn and experience musical concepts, learn about instruments, and more.
2pm-3pm | Dance Workshop : Ladan Lotfi, with the help of three other dancers will teach some basic dance moves and steps to the participants. The movements are a combination of ballet and Persian dance. Children will practice simple routines choreographed to a high energy music, bit by bit, and then perform the dance all together.
3pm-4pm | Drum/ Percussion Circle : Kids will learn how to hit a percussion instrument and play a rhythm which will turn in to a synchronized drum/ percussion circle.
4pm-5pm | Sing a Song (Poem Recital): A performance by children choir accompanied by the piano and percussion instruments.
Story Telling (English and Persian): Old Persian stories, combined with music and rhythm performed by kids.
Kids Zone Tent/ Sunday July 21,2013
12:00pm-12:30pm | Story Time With Ariel Balevi: Ariel will tell two stories. One is a story from Shahnameh about Fereydoon and his three sons and the second one is a folk tale about Shah Abbas.
1pm-2pm | Food Bingo: Clues will be read off a clue sheet for a particular food without revealing the name of the food. Kids who have the food which matches the clues will mark it off on their sheets. The first kid who completes her/his sheet and gets a BINGO will win a prize from Rainbow Caterpillar Bookshop*.
*Rainbow Caterpillar Multilingual Bookshop is one of Tirgan’s generous sponsors.
2:30pm-3pm | MapContest : Iran map will be divided to pieces and then fit back together with the help of the kids and musical rhythm.
12pm-5pm | Face Painting / Painting / Crazy Hairdo: Face painting activity for children and youth of all ages. Face painting is applying a design to the face using brushes and paints suitable for use on the skin. The designs may be very simple such as butterfly shape on the cheek or complex such as a full batman mask.
Crazy hair do is for children and youth of all ages. Simple crazy designs are applied to hair using hair spray and hair wax.
Volunteers ( Full Time )
Arian Behshad
Sanaz Ariannezhad
Tandis Rezaei
Meisam Esameilzadeh
Zhian Hasanpoor
Hanoosh Abbasi
Volunteers ( Part Time )
Shirin Manafi
Behrouz Bakhtiari
Amir Manbachi
Banafsheh Salimi
Arash Barati
Kamelia Shanehchian
Shaghayegh Sotoudeh
Face Paiting
Tandis Rezaei /Sharareh Banue / Aida Bahrami/ Shaghayegh Sotoudeh/ Nairi Gowharrizi/ Asal Karami
Shahrzad Koraim
Rebecca Taghizadeh
Aghdas Ahghar
Mitra Rabiee
Shahla Norizadeh
Gisoo Keyghobadi
Shahrzad Banouei
Sophia Tehrani
Kamyar Tehrani
Sophia Khalafi / Music4Kids
Sophia Khalafi
Tasha
Anoosha
Elica
Rodmehr
Nusha
Tandis
Roxana
Sepanta
Tina
Hiva ( Tombak Player )
Ladan Lotfi / Dance Workshop
Ladan Lotfi
Shahrzad Hashemi
Bahar Hashemi
Azaeh Osareh
Hanoosh Abbasi / Rainbow Caterpillar
Food Bingoo, Map Contest
Music
Behrouz Bakhtiari & Haleh
Amir Manbachi
Sarv Academy /Shahin Fayaz, Mahin Mohajer, Mona Manoochehri , Raha Rouhollahi , Kousha Nakhaei , Behrouz Bakhtiari,
Nastaran sadr
Story Telling
Ariel Balevi
Puppet show
Vida Ghahramani
Ariel is a storyteller whose repertoire derives from the literary and folklore traditions of...
Ladan Lotfi is a performer, dance teacher & the director of Aftaab Dance Group. She received...