[November 14, 2009]

Family Fun Day offers plenty to choose from: Mountaineer Week wraps up Sunday with hunting expo

Nov 14, 2009 (The Dominion Post - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Mountaineer Week continues today with Family Fun Day, with lots of activities noon-5 p.m. on the first floor of the Mountainlair for children and families, as well as a lengthy list of choices for later on. Take your pick today from: Noon-12:30 p.m., illusionist and magician Josh Knotts and his partner, Lea Teyssier, both WVU graduates, perform two shows in the food court.

11 a.m.-1 p.m. King and Queen Jellybean, costume characters from the WVU Puppetry Department, will greet families as they enter the Mountainlair.

Noon-5 p.m., free popcorn and soda presented by WVU Dining Services; discounted bowling and billiards on the ground floor; Woodsy the Owl; WVU women's softball team will provide games for children; West Virginia Rehabilitation Raptor Center will be on hand; Appalachian author book table, with Amanda Griffith Penix and Gretchen Moran Laskas; Ready to Learn, info booth of West Virginia Public Broadcasting; Super Why and Princess Presto, costume characters from the children's show "Super Why!"; sand art, $6 per bottle; panning for gemstones and fossils, fee charged; airbrush tattoos, fee charged.

12:30-1:30 p.m., String of Pearls senior tap dancers in the food court.

1 p.m., Second Annual Black Powder Shootout, a double elimination eight ball tournament, with cash prizes awarded.

1-2 p.m., author Amanda Griffith Penix will present a pictorial history of Athurdale.

1:30-2 p.m., West Virginia 4-H Dance Ambassadors Exhibition, at the food court; Coal Country and Bringing Down the Mountains, question and answer discussion by WVU grad Shirley Stewart Burns of her books and film.

1-3 p.m., Vandalia Dancers in the food court.

1-4 p.m., Celebrating the 75th anniversary of Arthurdale, Preston County's New Deal community, with an exhibit and online database, exhibit by Valley Elementary School contest winners at Hatfield's.

2-2:30 p.m., mini-Mountaineer trivia, Vandalia Lounge; Arthurdale Reader's Theater, Hatfield's. 2-4:30 p.m., old-time hammered dulcimer, food court. 2:30-3:30 p.m., author Gretchen Moran Laskas will discuss her book, "The Miner's Daughter," and storytellers, at Hatfield's. 3 p.m., clogging competition, Gluck Theater. 3:30-4 p.m., reader's theater, Hatfield's.

4-4:30 p.m., illusionist and magician, food court, two shows; book signing by Burns, Penix and Laskas, Hatfield's.

4-5 p.m., WVU Student Voices, undergraduate writing on display, Bluestone Room.

5:30-7 p.m., Tellebration! tall tales from West Virginia story tellers, Hatfield's.

7:30 p.m., fiddle contest, Gluck Theatre; "Old Crow Medicine Show," WVU Creative Arts Center, $30 general admission, $20 with WVU ID.

9-10 p.m., yesteryears photos, Vandalia Lounge.

9:30 p.m., "The New Relics," food court.

Other events today: 11 a.m.-8 p.m., craft fair, quilt show; 1-2 p.m., planetarium shows at WVU's Tomchin Planetarium and Observatory in the fourth floor of Hodges Hall.

On Sunday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Hunting Traditions of Appalachia Expo, Morgantown National Guard Armory, Mileground; noon-5 p.m., craft fair, quilt show.

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