Sept. 29, 2006 CONTACT: Pam Young 734.487.4400 pam.young@emich.edu

Pirate-themed EMU Family Day provides educational treasures, fun Oct. 7

YPSILANTI — An African dance troupe, bagpipers, super heroes and library robots may not have much in common with pirates, but they will Oct. 7 as Eastern Michigan University provides a pirate theme to its annual Family Day, noon-4 p.m., on EMU’s main campus in Ypsilanti.

            Children, teens and adults can pick up a treasure map on Family Day and experience a variety of free activities:

Especially for children:

• The Great Bobini, a deaf musician who has thrilled thousands of children
• Decorate your own pirate and parrot puppets
• Make friends with exotic live animals
• Meet some friendly spiders; and try your hand at science experiments.
• Learn safety tips and get up close and personal with an antique fire truck

For the entire family:

• Music by the Silver Strings Dulcimer Society and Ypsilanti High School Jazz Band
• Learn about African Americans in the Civil War with the 102nd Colored Infantry 
• Dance to the sounds of Africa with Like Water Drum and Dance troupe
• Explore the men and their baseball teams who made history in the Negro Leagues and meet players from The Henry Ford’s early baseball team
• Thrill to the sounds of Scottish bagpipes and colonial fifes and drums
• Pick up tips to keep the entire family healthy
• Learn to beat the odds with statistics

For complete details on Family Day 2006, call 734.487.4400 or visit the Family Day link at www.emich.edu/familyday/

 

 

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