Grand Cities Children’s Choir

The Grand Cities Children’s Choir is holding auditions on Tuesday, Sept. 6 and Wednesday, Sept. 7 for it’s 10th anniversary concert season. Auditions are from 4:30-7 each day at Red River High School.  Auditions for one of the four choirs in the program are open to boys and girls who are in grades 3 – 9.  Singers will be asked to sing “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” or “Happy Birthday”, sing “Are You Sleeping” as a round and participate in several vocal exercises.

To schedule an audition call: 701.746.2205 ext. 107.

For more info: www.gogccc.org

Choice Financial 10K Fun Run/Walk

Sign up NOW for the Choice Financial 10K Fun Run/Walk. It’s happening THIS Saturday, Sept. 10. Races start at 9am. Medals will be awarded to the first 250 participants registered. Pick up packets Sept. 9 4-7pm or Sept. 10 8:00-8:45am at Choice Financial.

The starting point is Choice Financial (4501 S. Washington St.) Entry fee is $25/person or $30 for families with children under 13. Strollers will be allowed at back of race. All proceeds go to the Choice Financial Youth scholarship Fund which builds on Choice’s commitment to children and guarantees their access to Choice Health & Fitness and the Altru YMCA Family Center. 

Pick up registration forms at Center Court, the YMCA or Choice Financial.

Greater Grand Forks Convention and Visitors Bureau

Sometimes we grandforksnodakmommies get to go on vacation! So another great place to get information on how busy and awesome Grand Forks is is the Greater Grand Forks Convention and Visitors Bureau. Their website is: www.visitgrandforks.com . You can also like them on Facebook and follow their blog at: www.visitgrandforks.com/blog .

 

Have a wonderful Labor Day weekend!

Girl Scouts Open House: Sept. 27

 

Girls K-12 are invited to an open house event at the Canad Inn Splash Park.  For 100 years Girl Scouts has been inspiring girls and young women of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.  Come find out more about Girl Scouts and enjoy an evening of fun!

Tickets are $6 at the door.

September 27 from 4-9pm

See you there!

For more information please contact Jennifer Barnes at jbarnes@gsdakotahorizons.org

What’s Happening: Sat. Sept. 3

 

@ Town Square

Farmer’s Market. 9am-2pm

@ Michael’s Arts and Crafts

Grandparents Day Make-It and Take-It Craft. 10 am

@ The Betty

UND Women’s Volleyball vs.  Southern Utah. 7pm.

@ Sky Vu Drive In

Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Dusk

@ Minneapolis/St. Paul

Minnesota State Fair

@ Science Museum of Minnesota

King Tut Exhibit

@ Minot

Black Eyed Peas Concert

Crafts at Michael’s

Michael’s Arts and Crafts store is a place that has all kinds of fun things for kids and parents. You can scrapbook, find picture frames, puzzles and art supplies – just to name a few things that are there. But did you know that Michael’s offers creative classes? NOT just for adults! At least once a month they offer children’s “workshops”. Tomorrow, Sept. 3 in honor of the upcoming “Grandparents Day”, Michael’s is hosting a FREE Make-It Take-It Grandparents Day Card workshop It is from 10am-noon while supplies last and is targeted to ages 3 and up. Call (701) 746-0072 to confirm the workshop and times (subject to whether there’s an instructor).

3861 32nd Ave S

www.michaels.com

What’s Happening: Fri. Sept. 2

@ Red River Valley Gymnastics

Bug Time Open Gym 10:30am-11:30am

@ River Cities Speedway

Premier Racing Series. Hotlaps 6:30pm. Kids $5. 6 and under FREE

@ Fire Hall Theater

Cult Classic: “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “The Last Man on Earth” 9:30pm.

@ Sky Vu Drive In

Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Dusk

@ Minneapolis/St. Paul

Minnesota State Fair

@ Science Museum of Minnesota

King Tut Exhibit

@ online/get more information about:

sign-up for music classes at Music Therapy In Motion OR Arioso Music Academy  (see previous post)

check out ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) (see previous post)

call  the Parent Information Center (see previous post)

sign-up for gymnastics classes at Red River Valley Gymnastics (see previous post)

check out the YMCA for fall youth sports and swim lessons (see previous post)

sign the kids up for Community Theater fall workshops (see previous post)

get the kids membership to the Sioux Kids Club (see previous post)

Swim Classes

We’ve already posted about the youth sports programs the YMCA has to offer but here’s a testimonial from a grandforknodakdaddy on the swim classes:

The outdoor pools may be closed but that doesn’t mean you have to put away your suit for the winter!  The YMCA offers swim lessons for parents and their children ages 6 months-adult.  GFNodakDaddy has done this class with his little one for going on 3 years now (since she was 6 months).  It has proven to be a great time to play with your child, meet some other parents and introduce your baby to water at a young age.  Activities include singing songs and playing with other kids.  As usual the YMCA has an available water slide for your older more adventurous youngsters.  If you are interested you better move quickly as space is limited!

 

To check the schedule and get signed up just call the YMCA at 701-775-2586.

Classic Movies Tonight and Every Friday in Sept.

Little Shop of Horrors

Do you have a movie lover or a budding Steve Spielberg? Then your child may get a kick out of the classic movies that are being shown around Grand Forks!

Tonight, Thursday, Sept. 1 at local bookstore, Ferguson Books & Media (Menard’s Strip Mall/32^nd Avenue), it is classic movie night and tonight’s movie is “The 10^th Victim”.  The 1965 movie will be shown at 7pm and admission is free.

Every Friday night in September the Greater Grand Forks Community Theater will be showing sci-fi and horror cult classics at the Fire Hall Theater – September Movie Mania. This Friday  the double feature is “Plan 9 from Outer Space” and “The Last Man on Earth”.  $5/ticket (to both films) and it includes some free refreshments. The person wearing the best costume will win a free pass to the rest of the movies in the series.  Anyone wearing a tinfoil hat to prevent aliens from scanning your brain (throughout the whole movie) can win a free soda during intermission! Since the movies are unrated, it is up to parents to decide whether their young children should attend.

Upcoming double features:

Sept. 9: Wasp Woman. Attack of the Giant Leeches.

Sept. 16: Attack of the Puppet People. Teenage Zombies.

Sept. 23: The Brain That Wouldn’t Die. Grammera the Invincible.

Sept. 30: Little Shop of Horrors. Night of the Living Dead.

What’s Happening: Thurs. Sept. 1

@ Grand Forks Public Library

Toddler Storytime 10am

@ Red River Valley Gymnastics

Bug Time Open Gym 10:30am-11:30am

@ Arioso Music Academy 2524 S. Washington

Auditions for Northern Valley Youth Orchestra www.noyvo.org

@ Pasley Ballet School

Open House and Registration 4-7pm. 1002 Park Drive 701.746.5973

@ Alerus Center

UND Football vs. Drake University 7pm

@ Science Museum of Minnesota

King Tut Exhibit

@ Minneapolis/St. Paul

Minnesota State Fair

@ online/get more information about:

purchase pre-sale tickets to Barney’s Birthday at the Alerus Center (see previous post)

sign-up for music classes at Music Therapy In Motion OR Arioso Music Academy  (see previous post)

check out ECFE (Early Childhood Family Education) (see previous post)

sign the kids up for Community Theater fall workshops (see previous post)

get the kids membership to the Sioux Kids Club (see previous post)

buy tickets for the Black Eyed Peas concert benefitting Minot Rising (see previous post)