Cool Kids @ GCC 2008-2009

Day of Week: Thursdays
Dates: 9/18/2008 - 12/31/2009
Time: 7 PM - 8 PM ish
Place: The Forum

One College Road
Batavia, NY14020
Cost: FREE and open to ALL! 10th year Sponsored by Student Activities of G.C.C.
For more information: contact us


“"Latin Dance Party!!!" ”

9/18/2008

You won’t want to miss this powerpacked Latin dance and drum ensemble in traditional garb electrify the stage with traditional Afro-Carribbean and Cuban, Latin dance styles!! Both educational and entertaining- we’re all invited to join them in a thundering climax of drums and music at show’s climax! WOW!


“A MOVING EXPERIENCE!!! ”

10/16/2008

You'll LOVE THESE GUYS!!! ABSOLUTE MAGIC! Join “A Moving Experience!”- a professional, touring group of special needs dancers which bring original works and loads of INTERACTIVE fun to Cool Kids! Don’t be fooled! This is first rate fun and smacks of Cool Kids’ memory-and-magic making! Wait till you see em! And they teach us SIGN LANGUAGE! And how to dance!


“MONKEY BIZ! Live primate show! ”

11/20/2008

WOW! Get there early for this one!!! Chimpanzees and primates and monkeys-oh MY! The BEST and MOST fantastic educational experience and eye-goggling fun EVER!! We’re SO excited to bring our primate friends to COOL KIDS--to learn about habitats, their personal stories and what we can do as World Citizens to conserve & preserve! SOOOO COOL!


“19th CENTURY FESTIVAL!!!! Games! Instrument Jam! DANCE! FUN! ”

2/19/2009

Yes! Life before cable! Don’t miss this Cool Kid’s favorite-featuring live 1800’s music by the FlintHill Folk in authentic costume and then the Genesee Country Village Museum hitches up stilts, hoops, board games and more! And –thennnnn—EVERYONE gets to take part in an INSTRUMENT Jam! Big 1800’s style DANCE party! And more GAMES!


“BUBBLE MAN! Special EVENT and TIME! ”

3/26/2009

Special Event- Cool Kids! performance at EXPERIENCE GENESEE Open House!” SPECIAL TIME- Open House = 5- 8 PM, Bubble Man at 630 PM He’s back! Celebrate GCC’s Open House with a night of nonstop BUBBLING with everyone’s favorite man of suds: The Bubbleman! Its lots of bubbling trickery, sudsy silliness and big bubbles, tiny bubbles, HUGE bubbles! A THOUSAND bubbles! All set to the COOLEST Surf music—and SO fun! THEN--Experience Genesee! The BEST of GCC's faculty and staff again host this SECOND ANNUAL EVENT--featuring A HUGE MENU of FREE and AMAZING mini-funshops to kids and families including: Pottery! Cartooning! Make your own Movie! Telescopic Star Gazing! Gardening magic! Endless hands-on and make-it-and take it’s with GCC Education Dept! Science show and CSI! Fashion!! LIVE music with the Batavia Brass! Tours! Vocal workshops! Radio station FUN! And LOTS LOTS MORE! You’ll WISH you had TEN hours to do it all! FREE SNACKS! FREE DAYCARE and OPEN GYM for the kids! OR—bring the kids with you to these funshops! To pre-register (optional) : www.genesee.edu/experience OR call 343-0055 (x6200)


“Cool Kids ECO Fest and E-SCRAP DRIVE -our 4th year!!”

4/30/2009

COOL KIDS ECO-FEST - 5 PM - 8 PM Join us for AWESOME eco-games, recycling trees, wind Loads more! Lots of cool booths--and LOADS of activities to keep you/the family busy with GREEN FUN! GAMES! Hands-on COOL! A mountain bike raffle for participating in E-Scrap Drive! Street Cleanup! Various activities inside! And more! o INCLUDING OUTSIDE -- 5 - 8 PM o “Pump em Up” --National program! FREE tire pressure check--and get a FREE tire gauge!!! Drive-thru service! Plus--RAFFLE TICKET! o Eco Car Displays (possibly a WIND car! Vegetable Oil powered car!) o Solar and Wind Power displays! LIVE LLAMAS with Critter Ranch!!! o STREET CLEAN UP with GROWINKIDS Daycare!! - 5 PM -6ish ONLY --We provide gloves, bags. You and your group should wear weather and clean-up appropriate clothes! You get raffle tickets for helping! Meet by clock tower in front of GCC! PLUS--get a RAFFLE TICKET for participating! o NEW THIS YEAR: SNEAKER RECYCLING! Bring us your old sneakers (only) to recycle into astoturf! No shoes or metal in the sneakers please! No wheelies, cleats, light up sneakers or shoes, sandals, etc. Start a sneaker drive at your school, church, agency, business! o E- SCRAP DRIVE (electronics recycling) Drive-thru service! GET A RAFFLE TICKET for EACH ITEM DONATED! Public can bring their old electronics for Cool Kids to recycle and DODGE the DUMP!! You save $! We save the Planet! Spring clean your house! And bring us your old: TVS--are now $5! But EVERYTHING ELSE is FREE to DONATE!!! including: Computers! Printers! Fax machines! Cash registers! Wiring! Phones! Stereos! Microwaves! Rechargeable batteries! Calculators! Typewriters! IPODS! Cell Phones! PDA’s! PLUS: Any peripheral computer equipment (mouses, keyboards, cables)! SIDENOTE: No businesses or agencies can donate. Call us for more info. o INSIDE- o 5-8 PM - Over 45!!!! eco vendors with artistic “green” games/activities and demos at every table! Including: INFLATABLE PLANETARIUM with Beaver Meadows! MINING for MINERALS with Penn Dixie Palentological Educ Cntr!! Exotic wildlife at Wildlife Educational Encounters! MOVIE GREENHOUSE!(cool green flicks) Tons of giveaways! Tree Seedling Giveaway! Earth Day Bag Project with the Girl Scouts!!!! Tift Nature Preserve! Geothermal Fun with VanLee Heating! GIGANTIC MAP fun with NY Geographic Alliance! Make origami at the Cool Kids Peace Chain! TONS of alternative energy cars! Solar and Wind! Recycled Art Contest!Outdoor Adventure Club! Erosion fun with Black Creek Watershed! BADGE Make 'n Take it at NYS Service Commission! Luvaboos cloth diaper biz! SEEDLINGS and LOADS more with Connections Community Farm! Check out LIVE aquatics at Adopt A Stream! Tons of Eco Games! Recycling Olympics with Boy Scouts! Nonstop fun for all ages! 615 PM ART Contest Awards (Steiner Theater Lobby!) o 630 PM - Pizza Party 6:40 PM Big BAG BASH!! with FULL audience participation! o 7 PM -Cool Kids STAGE show- WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS with exotics critters from around the GLOBE!! o 8 PM- Mountain Bike Raffle Giveaway! (from Adam Miller Bike Shop, Batavia, NY !) MUST be PRESENT to WIN!


“UPDAT E and STAY TUNED! ”

12/31/2009

STAY TUNED for the COOLEST EVER RETURN of MORE Cool Kids! at GENESEE Community College in the FALL of 2009! Its our ELEVENTH YEAR!!! UPDATE: On April 30th--if you missed it ---it was HUGE! And MORE FUN THAN EVER! Cool Kids! Ecofest and E-scrap Drive broke records all over the place! Over 45 activities for kids to do including: INFLATABLE PLANETARIUM! Exotic wildlife! A GIANT MAP (half the stage!!)to play with! HUGE Tree Seedling giveaway! LIVE LLAMAS! Eco games! Kid powered TOYS! Butterfly and peace crane making! Face painting! TONS of cool vendors! Live aquatic critters! Alternative energy cars! Just crazy cool and green green FUN! We had SO much fun at the BIG BAG BASH that Steve even wore a plastic bag DRESS to get you all to start using reusable bags!! But the BEST NEWS is: all of you came in DROVES to the E-scrap Drive!! You broke your previous record and collected over 500 pairs of sneakers to recycle into astroturf via Nike-Reuse-a-Shoe! Andddd OVER TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS OF ELECTRONICS WERE RECYCLED by ALL of YOU!!! And each year the e-scrap collection goes up 30% more than previous years!! And alot of you report--you're NOT throwing your stuff to the curb throughout the year but saving it from hitting the dump! WOWWWWWW! Be proud! Be green! Have a GREAT Summer! Stay cool! And remember to SMILE! Because it spreads peace around!!!