SUNDAY’S ONGOING ACTIVITIES
Here’s what’s happening all day on Sunday, April 14 

 
OC Promenade
• Hands-on module train exhibit with OC Module Railroaders
• Brain Flakes – A creative and educational alternative to building blocks
• OC Fair photo booth – Grab a prop and smile big for your free OC Fair photo souvenir (ocfair.com/fair)
• Corn hole with Raising Cane’s
• Scavenger Hunt – Explore the grounds, complete fun activities and receive a prize for your hard work

Action Gallery South
• Woodworking 101 with OC Scroll Saw Association (ocssa.us)
• Creative Crafting – Create anything from an insect to a bracelet
• Sew Easy – Learn the basics to make a plush cow
• Sun Prints – Use the power of the sun to make photographs
• Tech Play – Interactive LED installation, Elenco Snap Circuit, Makey Makey
• Augmented Reality Sandbox – Create in real time
• IKEA Build-A-Chair – See how fast you can assemble a chair
• Clay Play with OC School of the Arts (ocsarts.net); clay donated by Aardvark Clay (aardvarkclay.com)
• Marker Watercolor with Pop Up Studios (popupstudiosoc.com)
• Mini art lessons with Art Steps (artstepsclasses.com)

Action Gallery North
• Reptile Zoo – Hands-on interaction with a variety of reptiles

Livestock Area
• 4-H/FFA livestock animals on display 
• AIAA OC Rocketry – Build and launch a paper rocket

The Hangar
• Aerospace Adventure – Laptop flight simulators, flying demos, make and fly paper gliders (presented by Harbor Soaring Society & Civil Air Patrol)
• Wild Science – Take an excursion into the wild and amazing world of science through dozens of highly interactive, fun and visually captivating displays and activities, including life-size games and puzzles (presented by IG Presents)

Main Mall
• Model A Ford car exhibit
• YMCA crafts and games
• Make a mini steampunk hat
• Face painting with AMO Marketing

Vital Link
• Interactive industry, nonprofits and education exhibits and demos
• Drone flight demonstrations with Autonomy Foundation
• Orange County Department of Education’s Robotics Showcase 

eSports Playground
• eSports Training – Learn how to train like the pros with Esport Management
• Coding workshops – Learn coding fundamentals (Microsoft, Coder School and Code Ninjas)
• For parents only – Learn how to discover and choose which games offer educational content
• Twitch.tv and Friends – Meet esports pros and learn how they got their start
• LEGO Minecraft Biome City Build with Play-Well TEKnowledgies
• Xbox and PC free play featuring educational games
• Kids Can Cosplay demo – Learn how to create a superhero costume during daily 1-hour demos (kidscancosplay.org)
• League of Legends High School eSports Tournament – Watch some of the finest Orange County High School students compete for pride and prizes. Hardware provided by iBUYPOWER and Sceptre. League Unlocked provided by Riot Games.

Country Meadows
• Fort Blisters Boot Camp – Earn your stripes on this fun, challenging obstacle course (presented by Heroes Hall)
• Amazing Maze – Find your way through!
• Physical Physics – Use S.T.E.A.M. to power physical movement
• Fishing in the City – Try your hand at casting a line (presented by the California Department of Fish & Wildlife)
• Dig for roots – Harvest and plant root vegetables
• Radish seed planting – Plant a radish to take home and grow (presented by the City of Costa Mesa)
• Potato sack races – Race against your family to see who wins (presented by the City of Costa Mesa)
• Make seed balls and decorate using veggie stamps (presented by the City of Costa Mesa)
• City of Costa Mesa exhibit – Learn what recreation activities are available
• Interactive butterfly exhibit (presented by SkyRiver Butterflies)

Centennial Farm
• Farm animals on display – Tour the 3-acre working farm to see animals and crops
• Blacksmith demo – Watch Christian the Blacksmith work his magic
• OC Beekeepers – Learn about backyard beekeeping
• Touch Table – Use your senses to explore the garden
• Cow milking (Millennium Barn) – Practice milking Maxine the demo cow
• Ox demo (Millennium Barn) – See how these creatures work (closed 12:30-1:30 p.m.)
• UCCE Master Gardeners exhibit (Millennium Barn)
• Great Egg-Scape (Silo Building) – Watch chicks hatch from eggs
• Kruse Feed and Supply exhibit (Silo Building)
• CA Rare Fruit Growers workshop
• ENRECOS worm composting demonstration
• Leather workshop (some projects will require a materials fee) (The Farmhouse)

Heroes Hall
• Veterans exhibit – Victory From Within: The American Prisoner of War Experience

Niño Village
Dia del Niño Village workshops will include:
• Circus Workshop: Fern Street Circus is back by popular demand with their unique workshop that leads children of all ages through tumbling, juggling, tightwire and clowning in a portable circus ring.
• Aerial Arts Workshop: Lucy Abdullah and instructors from Freedom Aerial will set up an aerial silk work rig and teach the fundamentals of aerial fitness and fun for children.
• Stencils and Textiles of the Americas: Timoi will lead engaging activities in painting Modern Textiles of the Americas Painting stencil painting Ruins of the Americas. Participants will get to take home the 8.5- by 11-inch art.
• California Papermaking: Janet Adams from Southern California Artists will conduct hands on workshops on Huichol Indian beading and paper making, showcasing the art of several California paper makers.
• Peace Dove: Maria Reyna from Arte por Vida will show children how to use a mix of media, pencil, oil pastels, watercolors to create an original work of art while they learn about the Nahua culture from Mexico.
• Bubblefun: Israel Barrios will explore the science and history of bubbles with an imaginative Bubblefun workshop that offers the chance to be inside a bubble, blow big bubbles and see the effects of dry ice in soapy water.
• Migration in the Americas: Kimberly Duran from The Heavy Collective will celebrate diversity in cultures and ethnicity by creating an artistic butterflies.
• Children’s Mural Workshop: Francisco Ordoñez from Media Arts Santa Ana returns with his popular mural painting activity, allowing kids to participate in a large scale art piece, exploring color and imagery.
• Ojos de Dios/God’s Eye Workshop and Friendship Bracelets: Marisol Cardenas will conduct a fun and engaging workshop evoking the weaving motif and its spiritual associations for the Huichol and Tepehuan Indians of western Mexico. 
• La Loteria History and Symbol: Adriana Martinez will share the history of the colorful Mexican loteria game, showing kids how to use watercolor, painting, drawing, and composition skills to create their own loteria-inspired cards.
• Dance Party: Hiba Shublak and instructors from Active Learning will provide dance, hip hop and pop exercises, warm ups, stretches and creative movement activities.
• Repujado Embossed Metal: Andrew Cervantes will lead participants through the art of Repujado (embossed metals) to create their own hangable art piece. 
• Make a Mask! Introduction to Acting: Mercy Vasquez from South Coast Repertory will hold a fun introduction to acting, and kids can create their own domino half mask.
• Create a Piñata: Romina Perez from the Mexican Consulate will lead a workshop in which children will create a small, colorful piñata. 
• Recreational Flamenco: Claudia de la Cruz and instructors from the Claudia de la Cruz Flamenco Institute workshop will introduce the art of flamenco dance to participants in a very fun way, exploring basics such as zapateado (footwork), braceo (arm form), floreo (hand movements) and palmas (hand clapping).
• Coloring with the Community: Dino Perez will have some of his imaginative designs on hand to teach color theory, color harmonies and patterns. 
• Button Making and Magnets: Maria Elena Cruz from Dial Art will engage children in mixed media art to make wearable buttons and magnets that include empowering words, quotes and images.
• Indigenous Clapper Sticks: Martin Espino will show children how to make Indigenous Clapper Sticks, exploring Native Californian musical instruments and embellishing them with designs from indigenous petroglyph.
• Art of Puppetry: Hands-on workshop in which children will create and take home their very own Cardboard Box Rod puppet.

SUNDAY’S SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES  
Here’s what’s happening and when on Sunday, April 14

 
8:45 a.m. 4-H Decorated Egg Judging (Livestock Area – Small Tent)

9 a.m. 4-H/FFA Dairy Show (until noon) (Livestock Area)
9 a.m. Poultry Showmanship (Livestock Area)
9 a.m. Dairy Cattle Show (Livestock Area)

10 a.m. Rescue Robotics Design Review (until 2 p.m.) (Vital Link North)
10 a.m. Bytes and Bots Labs Workshop (until 3 p.m.) – Track I – Codologie: Raspberry Pi Track II – Buildologie: Robotics and Automation (Vital Link North)
10 a.m. Steampunk Hat Competition (until 2 p.m.) – Costumes are welcome. Pre-registration online required. (Main Mall Stage, inside Mini Hat Making Tent)
10 a.m. OCCTAC Children’s Music Variety – Young violin students from the Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center will perform a medley of songs. (occtac.org) (Plaza Pacifica)
10 a.m. 4-H Fashion Revue Community Service Project (until 1 p.m.) – Make fabric toys for donation to local animal shelters (Action Gallery North)
10 a.m. 4-H presentations and performances (until 3 p.m.) (Action Gallery North)

10:20 a.m. Dance Academy performance – Garden Grove multicultural dance groups performing to various genres such as: salsa, folklorico, jazz lyrical, etc. (thelearningspotcdc.com) (Plaza Pacifica)

10:30 a.m. Milking demonstration (Millennium Barn)
10:30 a.m. Sadie’s Farm-tastic Adventure – Celebrate farming with Sadie the Balloon Lady! Sadie’s Farm-Tastic Adventure is a rollicking, knee-slapping, toe tapping thirty minutes of fun (Country Meadows)
10:30 a.m. Registration for free trial aerial class – Aerial arts, circus activities and classes (OC Promenade)
10:30 a.m. Goat milking demonstration (until 4 p.m.) (Centennial Farm)
10:30 a.m. Plant Terrarium (until 1:30 p.m. or while supplies last) (Centennial Farm)

10:45 a.m. Ballet Folklorico Fraternidad de Bolivia performs folkloric dances from different regions of Bolivia (facebook.com/balletfolkloricofraternidaddebolivia) (Plaza Pacifica)

11 a.m. Arts & Learning Broadway musical performance (Main Mall Stage)
11 a.m. 4-H/FFA Pygmy Goat Showmanship (Livestock Area (Small Tent)
11 a.m. Horse vaulting barrel demonstration (OC Promenade)
11 a.m. Minecraft STEM Build-Off (eSports Playground)

11:10 a.m. Mojinganga de Oaxaca performance – Club Oaxaca USA’s Mojiganga or “Calenda” is a festive parade that celebrates the beginning of a good event. This one will have “Marmotas,” giant balls that are twisted by the dancers, with paper maché animals and girl dancers with baskets. (facebook.com/clubmigrantesnochixtecosusa) (Plaza Pacifica)

11:15 a.m. Circus Aerial Arts free trial session – Aerial arts, circus activities and classes (OC Promenade)

11:30 a.m. Wild Science’s Animal Discovery Show (The Hangar)
11:30 a.m. Rhythmo Mariachi Kids performance – Anaheim’s Rhythmo Mariachi Kids perform the most popular songs of the mariachi repertoire (mariachikids.com) (Plaza Pacifica)

11:50 a.m. Twinkle Time performance – Award-winning Peruvian-American bilingual kindie music phenomenon Twinkle presents her pop/rock/hip hop concert Twinkle Time! Described as “like Lady Gaga for kids,” Twinkle breaks barriers with both her music and flamboyant presentation. (twinkleandfriends.com) (Plaza Pacifica)

12 p.m. Horsemanship demonstration (Livestock Area)
12 p.m. Powerhouse performance –Powerhouse combines innovative tap, precision clogging, and explosive stomp for an electrifying dance experience. Uniquely American, it has all the power, excitement and style of America’s best music and dance. (Main Mall Stage)
12 p.m. Code your own spells with Harry Potter (eSports Playground)
12 p.m. Why Oh Why Books workshop (Action Gallery South)

12:15 p.m. Circus Aerial Arts free trial session – Aerial arts, circus activities and classes (OC Promenade)
12:15 p.m. Horse vaulting demonstrations – Gymnastics on horseback (Livestock Area)

12:30 p.m. Wild Science’s Mix Up Science Show (The Hangar)
12:30 p.m.  Sadie’s Farm-tastic Adventure –Celebrate farming with Sadie the Balloon Lady! Sadie’s Farm-Tastic Adventure is a rollicking, knee-slapping, toe tapping thirty minutes of fun. (Country Meadows)

12:40 p.m. SOY Music and Dance performance – Students from Costa Mesa’s Save Our Youth program will perform live music and dance routines (save-our-youth.org) (Plaza Pacifica)

1 p.m. My Art performance –Dance group (Main Mall Stage)
1 p.m. Kids Can Cosplay: Intro workshop – Kids of all ages will learn techniques to bring their favorite fictional character costumes into real life (Action Gallery South)
1 p.m. Mariachi Los Santos performance – Mariachi los Santos is a student ensemble from Santa Ana High School (facebook.com/mariachilossantos) (Plaza Pacifica)
1 p.m. Aerial Arts Show – Aerial arts, circus activities and classes (OC Promenade)
1 p.m. Parent Panel: Career Opportunities in eSports (also 1:15 p.m.) (eSports Playground)

1:20 p.m. Trio Ellas performance – Grammy-nominated Trio Ellas has been making waves with a unique sound that comes from traditional mariachi roots tempered by a melting pot of musical styles (trioellas.com) (Plaza Pacifica)

1:30 p.m. Wild Science’s Animal Discovery Show (The Hangar)

2 p.m. Circus Aerial Arts free trial session –Aerial arts, circus activities and classes (OC Promenade)
2 p.m. Powerhouse performance –Powerhouse combines innovative tap, precision clogging, and explosive stomp for an electrifying dance experience. Uniquely American, it has all the power, excitement and style of America’s best music and dance. (Main Mall Stage)
2 p.m. Horse vaulting barrel demonstration (OC Promenade)

2:10 p.m. Calle 4 Cumbia performance – Santa Ana’s Calle 4 Cumbia performs community-inspired songs in English and Spanish to create a space of wellness through music (Plaza Pacifica)

2:30 p.m.  Wild Science’s Mix Up Science Show (The Hangar)
2:30 p.m. Milking demonstration (Millennium Barn)
2:30 p.m. Sadie’s Farm-tastic Adventure – Celebrate farming with Sadie the Balloon Lady! Sadie’s Farm-Tastic Adventure is a rollicking, knee-slapping, toe tapping thirty minutes of fun. (Country Meadows)
2:30 p.m. Hour of Code with Minecraft & Minecraft Battle Royale (eSports Playground)
2:30 p.m. Parent Panel: Career Opportunities in eSports (eSports Playground)

2:45 p.m. Horsemanship demonstration (Livestock Area)
2:45 p.m. Santa Ana High School Theater Arts Conservatory performance – In collaboration with Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble, students have written, directed and will perform short plays that are inspired by the history and culture of Santa Ana (facebook.com/santaanatheaterarts) (Plaza Pacifica)

3 p.m. Circus Aerial Arts free trial session (OC Promenade)
3 p.m. 4-H Fashion Show (Action Gallery North)
3 p.m. Horse vaulting demonstrations – Gymnastics on horseback (Livestock Area)
3 p.m. Academic Chess demonstration (Main Mall Stage)

3:05 p.m. Mariachi Juvenil Herencia Michoacana performance – Costa Mesa youth mariachi group composed of 16 members between the ages of 10-14 years old (facebook.com/mariachijuvenil.herenciamichacana) (Plaza Pacifica)

3:30 p.m. Nathalia performance – Originally from Barranquilla, Colombia, Nathalia’s unique bilingual approach to songwriting has made her a prominent voice in the world of children’s music (nathaliamusic.com) (Plaza Pacifica)

3:55 p.m.  Aerial Arts Show –Aerial arts, circus activities and classes (OC Promenade)

4 p.m. Powerhouse performance –Powerhouse combines innovative tap, precision clogging, and explosive stomp for an electrifying dance experience. Uniquely American, it has all the power, excitement and style of America’s best music and dance. (Main Mall Stage)

4:20 p.m. Ballet Folklorico Pilares de Mexico performance –Students from Pilares de Mexico and the Sol Academy elementary school will perform dances from different states of Mexico (Plaza Pacifica)

4:45 p.m. OCCTAC Pre-Columbian, Mestizo & Contemporary Dance performance – Fusion performance of dances by students from Orange County Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) that represent the America’s: Pre-Columbian Mestizo and Contemporary dances (occtac.org) (Plaza Pacifica)