Youth Fest is the best-kept FUN SECRET in Waynesboro!
Free admission. [Rain site TBA]
A Full Day of FREE Fun & Activities!
The 2023 lineup of participants: • First Start Partnership • Waynesboro Area School District • Blue Ridge Summit Library • Eyler’s Pelts and Critters • Waynesboro Area YMCA • Waynesboro Ceramic Center • Blue Ridge Fire and Rescue • Alexander Hamilton Memorial Library PLUS~ A guided StoryWalk® and Craft, led by The Institute
Featured Performer, 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM: Silly Goose & Val!
Ventriloquist, musician, composer, and performer Valerie Leonhart Smalkin was one of the writers, performers, and co-producers—as well as the head puppeteer—of the Emmy award-winning television program It’s Kindertime on Baltimore’s ABC affiliate WMAR-TV 2.
Val’s books and CDs for children have won numerous awards over many years.
She recently stepped down as President of The Children’s Music Network made up of 400+ performers, teachers, librarians, music therapists, parents, and children from around the world who celebrate the positive power of music in the lives of children by sharing songs, exchanging ideas and creating community.
Plus ~ Waynesboro Children’s Theater Troupe performs Summer Selects, 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
