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F R E E F U N - A L L A G E S - A L L DAY

2019T E N T H A N N U A L

The FestivalWhere Imagination

Takes Flight!

D O W N T O W N C O L O R A D O S P R I N G S

S A T U R DAY

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10AM TO 4PM

EVERYBODY WELCOME

CULTURAL FESTIVAL

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Festivals withinThe Festival

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100+ Interactive ExperiencesThe Arts, Engineering, Science,

High Tech & Low Tech Fun!

Immersive Global Portal Ninja Course ChallengesRegional Innovators Chalk It Up Challenge!

Delicious Festival Food

FREE FUN - ALL AGES - ALL DAY

1 0 A M – 4 p M S A t u r d A y, S e p t e M b e r 1 4 t h W e l c o M e t o A d A y o f W o W S !Live Performances from 10am to 4pm

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1. Ninja Challenges American Ninja Warrior, Damon Marcucci and Altitude Ninja present ninja obstacles with excellent coaches to help you get off your phone and into healthy, competitive, creative fun! Professional Course is $5 for one run or $10 for all day unlimited runs. Learning Obstacles for All Ages is Free. Proceeds benefit What IF...Festival. All participants under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

2. Ninja Learning Obstacles Course for All Ages FREE

3. Crafts for Critters Make crafts for animals and in support of animals. Academy Optimist Club /Junior Optimist International

4. Aerial Artistry Experience dancing on the ground and in the air. Watch aerial silk performances and more ! Mt Shadows Aerial Skills / Brazilian Capoeira

5. Featured Artist : Neil Fenton Enjoy colorful spontaneous works created by this multimedia painter in various styles, from impressionistic to surreal to abstract.

6. How do you define creative? Replace the word ART with your own sense of creativity, imagination, and playfulness. The Unsteady Hand

7 –30. Everybody Welcome

Cultural Festival A Festival with a Festival!

Presenting a full day of dance, music and engagement

with booths highlighting an array of cultures that enrich our community and region.

Performance Schedule on back page of this guide.

Pikes Peak Diversity Council

31. Scoot, Scoot Learn how to ride a Segway X2 and how they work! Cheyenne Cañon Segways

32. Face Painting Need we say more? Southern Colorado Children’s Arts Festival / CIVA Charter School

33. Fantasy Photos! A photo booth with ballerinas, pirates, and cartoon characters! Southern Colorado Children’s Arts Festival

34. Instrument Petting Zoo Experience how instruments make sound. You become the instrumentalist! Southern Colorado Children’s Arts Festival / Thomas MacLaren School / Manitou Elementary

35. Instrument Petting Zoo Experiment with musical instruments of all kinds. CS Philharmonic / Graner Music

36. Program a Robot Use basic coding to drive a robot through an obstacle course. Automotive Institute of Science and Technology

37. Hip Artz Make a Zine, create songs, and discover portable music! NuSense Art Society / Vinyl and Patties

38. Code vs. Chemistry Interact with and manipulate molecules within virtual reality chemistry software! Peak Startup

39. Challenge Your Paradigms Think, create, make, and more! Launch Highschool

40. It Takes a Village Join a group and test your agile problem solving skills! Springs Startup Studio & Co-Working Space

41. Share Your Story Come share your story and we’ll share ours. 1 Million Cups

42. Medical Insights Learn how researchers collect data thru observation and technology. Trauma, Health and Hazards Center at UCCS

43. Virtual Musuem Walk through a virtual reality museum showcasing historical wreckage sites of the Pacific Maritime Heritage Trail: Battle of Saipan. Palmer High School

44. Art Fun Make your own kazoo, collect art trading cards, and see art by local artists. Southern Colorado Children’s Arts Festival Pikes Peak Arts Council

45. Discover Poetry Create your own small narrative and inspire your community! Hear Here Poetry

47. Jazzatron Experience an exuberant twist of Mixed Reality and music! Augmented reality headsets respond to live music. Portraits of Change

48. Innovation Nation Looping videos of this popular TV show, in two Festival locations. Innovation Nation / Imagination Celebration

48a. Time Travel 100 Years! Experience never-seen history of Southern Colorado on 3 screens. Colorado Film Bank

49. Creative Thinking Find your way through a 15 minute pop-up game of out of the box thinking. May the odds be in your favor. Escaped in Time

50. Hands-On Projects Explore hands-on, open-ended, process-oriented experiences. Pikes Peak Children’s Museum

51. Iconic Photobooth Enjoy fun props and good music while taking fabulous photos! lyriXchange

52. Meet the Bands Meet and greet the bands from the RHZ stage. Redheaded Zombie Show

53. Whittling ‘n’ Whistling Learn how to make basic cuts out of wood and the tools that make wood carving possible. Pike’s Peak Whittlers

54. CACTUS! Blow your mind on making colorful tiles with a team of veterans and IC folks. CACTUS (Creating Art Can Tell Untold Stories) / Imagination Celebration

55. Motion Ranger Explore energy in motion by making and observing your own spinner! Girl Scouts of Colorado

56. Spin the Wheel! Explore complex issues with just one spin of a wheel. Pikes Peak Community College - Office of Sustainability

56. Community Health Solve a problem in your community game. Thrive Colorado Springs

57. Amazing Robotics Use your phone to control robots and meet Spheros, a rolling white orb robot. Manitou Springs School District

58. Zombie Faces Face-painting and coloring pages based on the RHZ theme. The Redheaded Zombie Show

59. Kickin’ Martial Arts Move along with Colorado’s nationally ranked Taekwondo team. All ages learn martial art and to break a board! U.S. Taekwondo Center

60. Creative Outlets Express your inner energy through the whimsical journey of Flow Arts! Genies Wish Works

61. Read! Connect to your daily source of news! The Gazette

62. Gravity Visualized - Gravity Realized Observe gravity effects on marbles on spandex fabric. High Trails Outdoor Education Center

63. Sweet Nature Immerse yourself in a wildlife photobooth. Make outdoor adventures journal. Catamount Institute / Generation Wild of the Pikes Peak Region

64. How High is High? Put on your thinking caps to solve a larger than life Jenga game and more! Colorado Odyssey of the Mind

65. Kindness Rocks! Come paint a rock to help spread kindness. 719 Rocks!

66. Ramps, Robots, & More! Create electricity through multiple hands-on experiments! Inventa Academy

67. Mobile Earth + Science Observatory Experience celestial science center. Peer thru telescopes for deeper understanding of our universe! National Space Science & Technology Institute / Cool Science

68. Angry Nerds Catapult these Nerds to test your aim, force, and trajectory. Lockheed Martin

69. PVC Pipe Challenge Build a structure and see how long you can keep your marble in it. Lockheed Martin

70. Automotive Burst Inspect cars from last century to learn how engines generate maximum power. AutoShop Vocatiional

71. Solar Technology See the latest in solar electric and battery storage technologies. Rocky Mountain Solar and Wind

72. Let’s Get Cooking Cook s’mores in highly efficient solar ovens! Southeast Colorado Renewable Energy Society / Rocky Mountian Solar and Wind

73. Hang Up Poetry Hang a word on the “clothesline” to create a community poem. Poetry Heals

74. ClayFest Fun Learn to throw a pot and mold clay.

$5 to fire and glaze. Clayfest

75. Play with Clay Handbuild a scultpure with clay and your amazing hands. CS School District 11

76. Chalk It Up Challenge Watch art take form right before your eyes. CIVA / Imagination Celebration

77. Didgerihow? Didgeridoo! Experience the unique sounds of an Australian aboriginal wind instrument. John Skrivan

78. Creative Forces! Music experiences for all ages, learn to use music to relax and engage. Join Creative Arts Therapists in interactive music making. National Endowment for the Arts / Creative Forces / Military Healing Arts Network

79. Wandering Emcees Actors in character appear to introduce acts and point out things you can’t miss through out the the Festival. Red Herring Productions

80. New Concept: Placemaking What does “Sense of Place” mean to you? Envision new places for our city. UCCS Downtown

81. Makers Station See how digital manufacturing works, from idea to design to machining. Pikes Peak Makerspace

82. TED Circles - World of Wonder A facilitated 60 minute interactive session with LEGOs and Play-Dough. Sign up in advance.

83. Rube Goldberg & Beyond Create fun reaction machines to complete silly tasks! Momentix Toys

84. Can you hear me now? Share communications across a physical space using ancient, historic, and new tech! That Science Fairy

85. Power to the Line 10,000 volts of electricity run through a “power safety village” to show the power of electricity and safety around electric infrastructure. CS Utilities

86. Re-purposed Poems Make poem greeting cards with re-purposed materials. Bemis School of Arts

87. Chemical Make-up Scientific demos show different ways to see and experience chemistry and science all around us. USAFA

88. Space Art Create space-themed artwork to be published in monthly “STEM to Bloom” magazine. Zack and Zoey Adventures

89. On the Moon Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing! Learn moon facts. Create craters! Academy for Advanced and Creative Learning

90-91. Stop the Bleed Professional Emergency Medical expert works with Pikes Peak Community College EMS students to teach us all how to save lives. American Medical Response/Pikes Peak Community College

92. What IF... you smiled? Take pictures at our celebratory What IF photobooth and have your pictures instantly sent to you! Jay Billups Creative Media

93. Up in the Hair Enjoy a temporary transformation with colorful clip-in hair extentions and more! Pure Artistry, LLC

94. Light it Up! Build circuits in an artistic way, then light them up! Plus other creative STEM actiivities. Pikes Peak Library District

95. What Does It Mean? Play a creativity-enhancing game that involves interpreting strange drawings to tell a story. UCCS Bachelor of Innovation

97. Uncover the Earth Learn about local issues of water, population, climate, and more! UCCS Sustainability

98. Design in the Air Make art in a virtual reality. UCCS Visual and Performing Arts, GOCA 121

99. FEARS Explore the new exhibit! GOCA121 / UCCS Visual and Performing Arts

100. Stormwater Spectacular Dip into extradordinary fun while learning about water and pollution! See what “pollutants” do to our watershed. City of Colorado Springs

101. How Secure is Your Front Door? Learn new tactics for safety and security. Dragien Security

102. 3 City Parks Share your creative ideas on how to spruce up our historic downtown parks! Visit each downtown partk to participate in collaborative activities. Design Workshop, City of Colorado Springs Park and Recreation, Cultural Services

103. Olympic Games Sport your values with USA and Paralympic teams! Jump into sport based activities throughout the day. Olympic City / USOC

104. Totem Art Showcase your own art to illustrate your vision of public art in the Pikes Peak Region. Colorado Springs Public Art Master Plan

105. The Best Course of Action? Follow the physical path to see if your response to an emergency is the best. An interactive shake table portrays earthquaes and landslides! Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Managment

106. Recyling Relay Speed and sort through recycling to win! Colorado Springs Office of Innovation and Sustainability

107. Tippy, Tappy, Toes Experience a variety of popular dances with professional dancers. Kemper Dance Academy

108. New Reusable Product Disposable pads reduce landfills. We Warriors

109. This is how we do it! Tackling issues no matter how old you are. Engage in varous experiential learning activities. The Colorado Springs School

110. Roadstation See old and new road equipment that helps us get around town safely! El Paso County Government

111. Solar Current Interact with solar powered water pumps and learn how PV, Voltage, Current, and Watts work. Aim High Solar

112. Escape Room Find your way through a escape room. Game on ! $5 Planet Deadline Inc.

113. Grow! Learn how to sow and reap popular fruits, perennials, vegetables. Plant your own garlic. Pikes Peak Permaculture / CSP Parks Dept.

114. LIVE PORTAL to the World Connect with people from other parts of the world. What IF Festival / Imagination Celebration / Shared Studios

115. It Auto Be Solar Two electric cars demonstrate solar powered transportation. Affordable Solar Colorado

116. Giddy Up Nothing better than letting loose! Grab a hula hoop, bubbles, or ride around on a stick hourse to show off your groove! Gallop 5k

117. Virtual Tour Explore the benefits of cybersecurity through a virtual reality game. National Cybersecurity Center / Spark Mindset

118. Rocky Robots Manuever manually controlled robots thru a large obstacle course! Rocky Mountain Robotics Team 662

118A. Paint Utopia Paint with science! Make magnetic paint, fizzy art, and more! The Made for More Project

119. Community Building Celebrate cultural differences by interacting with people from around the world. PPCC Foreign Languages

120. Find your Path Test your mind and body. Toss a drop disk to find your interest, career, or vocation. PPCC

121. Cave Crawling Put on your lighted helmet and explore a 60-foot simulated cave! CaveSim

122. It’s Okay to Ask! Explore gender neutral pronouns in a new and exciting way. Inside Out Youth Services

123. Blending Colors Explore the concept of Chromotography by creating beautiful butterflies. Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters / Catholic Charities of Central Colorado

124. Bike Hype Learn about micro mobility thru interactive games. Pike Ride / Downtown Partnership

125. Puzzle Cube Solve the most popular puzzle around, the Rubik’s cube! Jazz 93.5

126. Solar Race Learn how solar energy works while building and racing a solar car. EcoMark Solar

127. The Life of Palmer Journey through the new exhibit “Evidence” and help unearth shocking archaelogical evidence surrounding Palmer and his family’s life. CS Pioneers Museum

128. Make it sew Learn simple stitches to make a patch for jeans or a jacket and how to up-cycle old tee shirts. Textiles West

129. Meet & Greet Step out of the digital age and meet others with similar interests! Experience what the Trof app can do ... without the app! Tr o f

130. Rollicking Robots Meet the new competition robot! Coronado HS Robotics Team / Cougars Gone Wired D11

131. Cycle of Composting Learn how to compost with worms! Feed, hold, and watch the worms! Soil Cycle

132. Tea Time Make your own tea and share the goodness! The Queen’s Teapothecary

133. Beehave! Uncover the life of a working honey bee. Stock up on bee products for winter. Hanson Honeybee Farm

134. Good Clean Fun… Big Bubble Blowout! Make giant bubbles with the MAT! Millibo Art Theatre

135. Quite In-Trancing Experience the phenomena of hypnosis in only a few minutes! Colorado Springs Hypnosis

136. Dance it Out Watch dancers perform popular dance styles throughout the day. Join in! Summit Dance Works

137. It’s like magic! Choose an object of your choice and cast it’s shadow to discover something magical. Renewal By Anderson

138. Creative Caligraphy Learn how to spray paint your name in various street art styles! Knob Hill Urban Arts District

139. Expand your horizon! Discover, test, and play with hand-ons makers space, robotics, and critical thinking games. CSSD 11 Penrose Elementary

140. Clay-o-Mania! Help make ceramic handholds for their bouldering wall ...or just play with clay. Concrete Couch

141. All Things Outside - Mineral Springs Tastings Play seed identification games, build robot lego contraptions, and draw plant still lifes. Manitou Springs School District

142. Word Cloud What words do you think represent the Pikes Peak region? Create a unique canvas. Colorado Publishing Company

143. How Are You Doing? Ask yourself how you are doing and remember the people who want to know and care! Porchlight

144. Test your Muscles! See how sEMG technology measures your muscle balance in real time. Etio Chiropractic / REACH Pikes Peak

LIVE PORTAL TO THE WORLD

This celebration is undaunted and will occur rain or shine! By City Ordinance:

No Pets Allowed at the Festival. Schedules are subject to change.

Get to the Festival! Drive - Bus - Walk - Bike! (Secure B ike Va le t Ava i l ab le )

Free or inexpensive parking in all directions.

(Meters in effect.)

BRING FRIENDS !

Bring water! Wear sunscreen !

Big Papa’s Grill

Cowgirls Kettle Corn

Filipino

Kabob Kaboose

Josh and John’s Homemade Ice Cream

Kona Ice

Lucy I’m Home - Cuban

Wild Goose Catering

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Big Squeeze Lemonade

Bison Brothers (V)

Black Forest Chew Chew

Fiesta Grill

Fruitlandia Ice Cream & Popsicles

Hafa Adai Guam Fiesta

High Grade Jamaican

Hot Box Tots/Sandwiches (V, GF)

K2 Indian Cuisine

Lil Howard’s

Miggie’s Meltdown

Mountain Pie Meat & Dessert Pies

Salad or Bust

Thai Pepper

Kirsten Akens signs her book “100 Things to Do in Colorado Springs”

at West INFO Booth from 10-2pm Book availalbe at both Info Booths - $16

Enjoy the artistry of craft brews from

EVERYBODY WELCOME CULTURAL FESTIVAL

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Music… Dance… Poetry… Performance!

10:00 Welcome10:10 Jamoral - African Drumming and Dance10:55 MānavaOPolynesia-Dance11:40 Shakti Dance School11:55 Ballet Folklorico de la Barajas12:35 Korean Taekwondo1:10 Indian Dance1:55 Native American Dance2:40 Panamanian Dance3:15 Fannie Mae Duncan - Sculpture3:00 Tidal Breeze Jazz Band

10:00 Turning Pointe Dance

10:30 MacLarenCharterSchoolOrchestraIV

11:00ColoradoSpringsBalletSociety

11:30 Colorado Springs’ Got Talent!

12:00 Colorado Springs’ Got Talent!

12:30KemperDanceAcademy

1:00 Barbara Ellis Studio of Dance

1:30 Springs Singers of the CS Children’s Chorale

2:00 Flamenco K-5 Troupe from Manitou Springs Arts 14

2:30 Pikes Peak Singers of the CS Children’s Chorale

3:00 Summit Ensemble of the CS Children’s Chorale

3:30 Colorado Springs’ Got Talent!

10:00 The Yeti – Indie/Lo-Fi

10:30 Robbie D – Acoustic Folk Punk

11:00 AndyTanner–Rock

Noon lovewithme – Electronica

1:00 stale//mate – Shoegaze/Indie

2:00 Glass Cases – Alternative

3:00 We Are Not A Glum Lot – Indie/Lo-Fi

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10:00 Rough Age – Alternative Rock/Americana

11:00 Hoptown – Roots/Americana

Noon CrystalandtheCurious – Whimsical Lounge

1:00 Briffaut – Progessive Rockin’ Folk

2:00 Menagerie – Indie Rock

3:00 Super Tone – Mixed Match Grooves

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10:30 Writing Workshop withAshleyCornelius

11:00 FlanneryBurdick

11:30 Kevin Mitchell

Noon CommunityOpenMic

1:00 Jennifer Leider

1:30 LindsayMaroney

2:00 JenniferYanceyakaRosegold

2:30 AshleyCornelius

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Prairie Daydreamers Enjoy the sounds of Calhan and Peyton favorite musicians

at the Plaza of the Rockies. 10am-Noon

PioneerS MuSeuM GazeBo

10:00 ColoradoSpringsConservatory

11:30 Draw Five

1:00 Tidal Breeze Jazz Arts

2:30 Swingin’SweeneyandtheMoldyFigs

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E N O R m O U S T H A N K S T O T H E F O L K S W H O m A K E T H E F E S T I V A L P O S S I B L E ! P lann ing Team: Dav id Lee , Be tsy McClenahan, Br ian E l yo , CeCe Beauchamp,

Co le t te Laba te , L i sa V i l l anueva , A lan Owens , S lade Cus te r, Ren Thorpe , P r i sc i l l a Barso t t i , B r i t tney MacDona ld-Lantze r, Becky Eng l i sh , L i z K i l l en-Sco t t , Jackson

Tay lo r, and Pam Smi th . Fes t i va l Suppor t : Dan Wecks , Dav id Ba l l , James Wood, Ash ley Thompson, Mar y Be th Bur ich in ; Fes t i va l Hos ts : Chr is Jenk ins o f Norwood;

M ike Hasse l l o f Sun P laza ; Susan Pres t i & Co lo rado Spr ings U t i l i t i es ; Ma t t Mayber r y & CS P ioneers Museum; B lake Z ink & The C i t y o f Co lo rado Spr ings ; Ryan Parse l l

& E l Paso County. Kudos f rom Fes t i va l P roducer ; Cur ious Choreographer o f Crea t i v i t y, Imag ina t ion Ce lebra t ion

PikeS Peak Center aMPhitheatre

10:00 Welcome

10:15 First String Duo

11:00 Kaleidoscope Arts Project

11:30 Laura Rupejko

12:00 Pirates of Penzance – Chameleon Arts

12:30 Barbara Ellis Studio of Dance

1:00 Iron Springs Chateau

1:30 Arts for Autism – Avanti, FrontRangeTheatre&CIVA

2:00 Ballet Folklorico de la Raza

2:30 J & J Hip Hop

3:00 OutLoud Colorado Springs Men’s Chorus

Thank You 2019 What If… Festival Sponsors

Schedules are subject to change.