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BugFest 2008

Presentation Schedule


Jones Street Stage
Time Featuring
10 am Buggy Bingo!
11 am Cooking with Bugs
noon Buggy Bingo!
1 pm Cooking with Bugs
2 pm Buggy Bingo!
3 pm Shotgun Romance (Bluegrass)
5 pm @Risk (Covering The Beatles & other British Invasion groups)
8 pm The Scarlet Divide (Classic and Alternative Rock and Roll)
Kid Zone Stage
Time Featuring
Most hours, on the hour
9, 10 & 11 am, 2, 3, 4 pm
Buggy Story Time!
Most hours, on the half hour
9:30, 10:30, 11:30 am;
1:30, 2:30, 3:30, 4:30 pm
Roachingham 500 Roach Races
noon Sandbox Band (Live music just for children!)

Bee Zone Stage

  • Bee bearding demos throughout the day

The Backyard Beekeeper

3:30 pm
Pre-Registration Required!

If you have ever dreamed of keeping honeybees or you simply find them fascinating, then this class is for you. We will explore the biology and management of a backyard hive and see an active honeybee hive. Additionally we’ll learn about an interesting, low-cost approach to keeping backyard bees and where to obtain honeybees, equipment and advice. Oh, and let’s not forget the honey! You will witness an easy, affordable way to harvest the honey from your bees.

Ages 12 and older, please.  Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

To register, email Kari Wouk at kari.wouk@ncmail.net or call 919.733.7450 x 502.
Cost of class is $5.00 per person.

WRAL Digital Theater
Time Featuring
11 am Our keynote speaker, David Gracer, Entomophagist Extraordinaire, will speak on the exciting topic of bug-eating and how it will save the world!
45 minutes

Ages 7 and older
12:30 pm Honey Bees…and You!  An entertaining and enlightening look at the incredible honey beePresented by Bob Alderink, Museum Educator.
30 minutes
Ages 7 and older
2 pm Our keynote speaker, David Gracer, Entomophagist Extraordinaire, will speak on the exciting topic of bug-eating and how it will save the world!
45 minutes
Ages 7 and older
3:30 pm The Transactors Improv Company!  Imaginative, interactive, bug-themed improvisation.
1 hour
All Ages
5 pm Our keynote speaker, David Gracer, Entomophagist Extraordinaire, will speak on the exciting topic of bug-eating and how it will save the world!
45 minutes
Ages 7 and older
8 pm Beehive Hairdo Contest.  You have never seen more bee-u-tiful hair!  Enter the contest or come vote for your favorite beehive hairdo!
45 minutes
All Ages
Windows on the World
25 to 30 minute programs suitable for ages 7 and older
Time Featuring
10:30 am What Makes Insects Tick?
Dr. Dan Johnson, Avian and Exotic Animal Care
noon Exploring a Bug’s World: Macro Photography
Paul Wagner, Photographer
1 pm Tarantulas!
Wade Harrell, Science Educator
2:30 pm What Makes Insects Tick?
Dr. Dan Johnson, Avian and Exotic Animal Care
4 pm Cicada Killers
John Connors, Coordinator of Naturalist Center

 

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