Puppet shows, clay sculpting, plant transplanting, and a Tongva-Chumash Native American crafts area will all be part of the non-stop family activity at this Sunday’s Lummis Day Festival. A festival favorite, the Puppets & Players Little Theatre are back with their traditional puppet productions presented on their own hand-made stage on wheels. Puppeteers Laurie Branham and Gil Olin consistently entrance family audiences with their puppet magic. They'll perform twice at 1:20pm and 2:15 pm. This year, Lummis Day is teaming with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to feature "Play with Clay," a "take home a personal sculpture” table. Artist and L.A. County Museum of Art instructor Karen Merchant-Yates will show clay-molding and sculpting techniques and guide young people in creating their own clay sculptures. At the Home Depot/ColorSpot Transplanting Booth, visitors will be able to take home a plant to nurture through the summer. A Tongva-Chumash "Make and Play With Clapper Sticks" area will guide kids in creating and making music with a traditional Native American percussion instrument. It will be led by Julie Bogany of Tongva Cultural Affairs and Ted Garcia, Chumash/Tongva Song Leader. Kids will also enjoy many of the music and dance performances. The Old Round's musical presentation of "Ladies of the Red Witch Wilderness, Midnight Tree priestesses, Thimble Horsemen and Two-eyed Cyclops" is designed to capture the attention and young imaginations. They'll be performing on Stage 3 at 2:45pm. "Locate A Landmark," led by teachers Vernita Mason and Violeta Sujo (and sponsored by Nightingale Middle School) will encourage young people to create their own personal geography within their communities. And a "100th Anniversary Time Line" for Northeast L.A. will be presented by teacher Robin Nixon of the Yorkdale Elementary School. All events are free to the public. For schedules and parking information, visit www.LummisDay.org ####
