International Children's Festival at Wolf Trap
international childrens festival wolf trap youthoriented festival dedicated performing visual interactive art festival held september wolf trap national park performing art fairfax county virginia united state national park devoted solely performing art first conceived international childrens day festival provides opportunity child share aspect culture art idea impetus festival came joan c blair also fairfax county art council convinced founder wolf trap national park performing art catherine filene shouse support festival international childrens festival sponsored art council fairfax county cooperation wolf trap foundation performing art national park service proceeds annual festival support educational program service art council fairfax county held annually september typically rd weekend month end decided conclude tradition amid financial issue twoday weekend festival feature many performer several country musical dance performance four stage representative cultural heritage performer dressed traditional clothing play many traditional song dance also featured art technology pavilion handson technology station international experiential tent attendee meet international performer learn move saw stage participate craft project help learn international culture creative kid workshop featuring pavilion handson art project instrument petting zoo educational curriculum codeveloped art council fairfax county fairfax county public school support learning opportunity available student international childrens festival curriculum directed toward fifth grade class also available homeschool private school program year since festival designated fine art field trip entire th grade population fairfax county public school – resulting student coming wolf trap week see meet featured performer year particularly interesting year festival thousand student en route wolf trap event september took place festival includes featured international performer also dozen fairfax county washington dc metropolitan area art organization total festival feature area performing visual artist representing diverse range art form genre culture assistance community year free ticket gift snack provided nearly washington dc area child family would otherwise unable attend international childrens festival relies volunteer hour volunteer local corporation service organization volunteer actual festival must least year age available work hour shift year bob mcgrath sesame street acted host consultant international childrens festival international childrens festival web site archived wayback machine