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Join Buffalo Bayou Partnership and KBR for the 6^th year anniversary of KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou.  A day filled with FREE family fun, hands-on educational activities, music, food, park performers, and kayak demonstrations on the bayou!
 

Activity stations will include numerous hands-on activities from over 30 Houston non-profit organizations partners, rock climbing wall, kayak and skateboarding demonstrations, Art Cars on display (Jeannie Bottle by Kelly Blakley, Hen-a-Tron by Drew Bettge, Mr. Green by Mark Bradford and Sentrasauraus by Perri Harper), local entertainment, face painters and balloon artists. 

Additionally, there will be a Halloween Costume Parade, so come dressed in your favorite costume!

It's all happening Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 11am-3pm, so mark your schedules today!

All performances will take place at the Children’s Memorial Hermann Stage

11-11:30am
DJ Bill and his Bag of Tricks and
Chick-fil-A Herd of Cows

11:30am-12:30pm
Leah White performing her Houston Hits

FREE grass-roots, all day event connecting the dots between, skateboarding, music, art, and science
Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark

12:30pm
Halloween Costume Parade led by
Whole Foods Market Veggie Salute

1pm
Captain Kale with Whole Foods Market
Healthy Eating Games

1:30pm
Break Free Crew/ Break Dancing

2-3pm
Allegro West Academy
Dance Zone
Emotion Dance Company
Mixteco Ballet Folklorico
North Harris Performing Arts
Planet Funk
Vitacca Dance Project
Houston Dance Showcase Presented by Vitacca Productions & Company

Want to know how much all of this wonderful entertainment costs?? It's DISH'S favorite price!! It is FREE and everyone is welcome!

Food and drink will be available for purchase (including food trucks – It’s a Wrap, Luchi & Joey’s, Monster PB&J, Porch Swing Desserts and Snow Cone Angels)

Put on your favorite Halloween costume and join us at Downtown’s Sabine Promenade – (150 Sabine Street, 77007) between Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive. 

Parking is so easy! Parking is available at City Lot H (next to Fonde Recreation Center at Sabine Street and Memorial Drive) and Lot C (Memorial Drive and Houston Avenue).

Of course none of this could happen without some amazing sponsors!

Lead sponsor KBR with additional support from Children’s Memorial Hermann, City of Houston Mayor's Office of Special Events, Downtown District, The Greensheet, Houston Family Magazine, Houston First Corporation, Houston Parks and Recreation Department, IKEA, KHOU-Channel 11, Orange Show for Visionary Arts, Texas Children’s Health Plan, United Airlines, Watermill Express and Whole Foods Market

Would you like to know a little bit more about Buffalo Bayou Partnership? It is, after all, the entire reason the city of Houston exists! Buffalo Bayou Partnership is the non-profit organization revitalizing and transforming Buffalo Bayou, Houston’s most significant natural resource.
The Partnership coordinates the integration of major amenities into the bayou greenbelt and seeks ways to increase community involvement through pedestrian, boating and biking amenities, permanent and temporary art installations, and other natural and built attractions.

For more information CLICK HERE

See you on the Bayou, DISHIES!