Thank You to our Discoveroo Sponsors!

The Discoveroo Family Music Festival held at the Charlottesville Pavilion on Sunday May 2nd was a huge success. Despite the heat, attendees danced and wiggled, hula-hooped and hopped. Much fun was had by all!

Pictures can be viewed here by clicking on this link. To purchase, contact Kirsten Rose Photography or 434-971-7883.

A huge THANK YOU goes out to our Discoveroo Family Music Festival Table Sponsors, Volunteers, and Contributors:

Speak! Language Center
Hollywood Theatre Lab
Mountaintop Montessori
The International School of Charlottesville
Alakazam
The Charlottesville Pavilion
The Hook
The City of Charlottesville
Brad Savage of 106.1 The Corner
Aaron Fein
The Hill & Wood
We Are Star Children
Sarah White & The Pearls
Jay Pun and Morwenna Lasko
Kirby Hutto
Danny Shea

...and all of the wonderful volunteers who helped make our 2nd Annual Discoveroo concert such a fun event!

DISCOVEROO! May 2nd - Charlottesville Pavilion!

DISCOVEROO!
A Family Music Festival

Sunday May 2, 2010
3-5pm, gates open at 2pm
Charlottesville Pavilion

Discoveroo! – a children’s music festival featuring local bands popular with adult audiences who will perform a set expressly for children and families. In addition, local organizations will have hands-on activities available to keep children occupied between sets. Tickets are $6 for members, $7 for nonmembers (purchased in advance at the Museum), and $8 for everyone on the day of the show.

We are so excited Danny Shea, who is responsible for Events Promotions and Booking for the beautifully-restored Jefferson Theatre, will once again invite four musical groups to perform a 20-minute family-friendly set at DISCOVEROO! Between performances children will visit local businesses and organizations, who will provide tons of hands-on activities. During the concert, we plan to have lots of dance/wiggle room in front of the stage.

Last year was our first DISCOVEROO!, and despite the rain, it proved to be one of the year’s most popular events. Equally important, DISCOVEROO! reflects our commitment to active, healthy, well-organized activities for children and their families. Please join us!

Get FREE Music!

For FREE downloads of music from the 2009 Discoveroo Family Music Festival, go to www.monkeyclaus.org/discoveroo. We are pleased to be joining forces with local music business Monkeyclaus to further our commitments to the community. While Monkeyclaus is providing the free music downloads, VDM is offering fabulous programming including summer camps! Swing into the Museum and visit both of us on the web!

Find us on the web at http://www.vadm.org/ or become a fan on facebook by searching Virginia Discovery Museum.

DISCOVEROO!

The Virginia Discovery Museum is proud to announce its first annual Discoveroo, a family music festival, happening Sunday, May 3rd at the Downtown Pavilion of Charlottesville, VA from 3-5pm. Be sure to be at the Pavilion when the gates open at 2 pm so you can enjoy all the activities we will have for you! Freckles N’ Friends entertainment will be making balloon art, Partner Juggling Theatricks will be performing, Steven Levine will be walking on his stilts, and the Museum will have a Bubble Station and noise maker craft as well as temporary tattoos for the kids! The main event for the day will start at 3 pm when Shannon Worrel takes the stage followed by In Technicolor, 6 Day Bender and Jim Waive and the Young Divorcees! Each of these local acts will be performing music expressly for children so the show will be fun for all ages! The Museum’s own Executive Director, Peppy Linden and 106.1 The Corner’s, Brad Savage will be our announcers for the day.

Several organizations will be in attendance with information, activities and more for families as well. This event is sponsored by Whole Foods, MMM Design Group, Charlottesville Parking Center, Barton Mallow, The Hook, and the City of Charlottesville as well as Alakazam, AuPair Care, Bright Beginnings Preschool, Camp Friendship, Charlottesville Day School, Exploration Play Studio, and Nature’s Child. Tickets are $5.00 for an individual and Family Passes (good for 5 people) are available for $20.00. You can purchase tickets at the Virginia Discovery Museum’s front desk or at the gate the day of the show. We hope you will be able to attend this amazing event!