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Provisional festival schedule provided as a courtesy. Events may be weather dependant and can change without notice.

If you have any questions, please call (562) 590-3100, ext 0. Festival of Human Abilities 6th Annual January 24-25, 2009 Festival Hours: 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Welcome to the 6th annual Festival of Human Abilities, celebrating the creative spirit of people with disabilities. Enjoy dance, music, storytelling, and interactive displays that showcase the talents of people from diverse backgrounds and abilities as you explore the wonders of the Aquarium of the Pacific. And for the first time see Cody Unser, who is paralyzed, scuba diving at 3:45p.m. in our Blue Cavern exhibit. * Festival Programming

Saturday, January 24, 2009

9:30 a.m. – Whales: A Journey with Giants Show / Great Hall

9:45 a.m. – Blue Cavern Dive Show / Great Hall

10:00 a.m. – Welcome to Fest ival of Human Abil i t ies - - emcee Glenn McIntyre and

service dog Zander* / Blue Cavern

10:05 a.m. – Love in Motion Signing Choir * / Blue Cavern

10:25 a.m. – Bethune Theatredanse – dance presentat ion* / Blue Cavern

10:30 a.m. – Tropical Reef Dive Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor

10:30 a.m. – Children’s Interactive Program/ Marine Life Theater

10:50 a.m. – Love in Motion Signing Choir * / Blue Cavern

10:45 a.m. – Sea Otters Show / Northern Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor

11:00 a.m. – Sharks Show / Shark Lagoon

11:15 a.m. - Storytel l ing with Wheely Willy* / c lassroom- enter v ia Harbor Terrace


11:15 a.m. – Seals & Sea Lions Show / Southern California/Baja Gallery 2nd Floor

11:30 a.m. – Kodi and the Chil l Bodi’s – music band* / Shark Lagoon

11:35 a.m. – 10th Anniversary Tribute / Great Hall

11:45 a.m. – Cityzen- music band* / Blue Cavern

12:00 p.m. – Tommy Hollenstein wheelchair paint ing* / Harbor Terrace

12:00 p.m. – Tropical Reef Dive Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor

12:05 p.m. – Cityzen- music band* / Blue Cavern

12:35 p.m. – Whales: A Journey with Giants Show / Great Hall

12:45 p.m. – Blue Cavern Dive Show / Great Hall

1:00 p.m. - Hip Hop Wheelchair Dance by Colours ‘N’ Motion* / Blue Cavern

1:15 p.m. – Seals & Sea Lions Show / Southern California/Baja Gallery 2nd Floor


If you have any questions, please call (562) 590-3100, ext 0. 1:30 p.m. – Children’s Storytel l ing - -Michaelangelo the Diver by Dana

Commandatore* / Watershed Classroom


1:30 p.m. – 10th Anniversary Tribute / Great Hall

1:40 p.m. - ARC Handbell Choir* / Blue Cavern

2:00 p.m. – Sharks Show / Shark Lagoon

2:05 p.m. – Cody Unser short f i lm*/ Great Hall


2:15 p.m. – Sea Otters Show / Northern Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor

2:20 p.m. - - Keynote Presentat ion: Cody Unser* / Honda Theater


2:30 p.m. – Service Dog Demonstrat ion with Glenn McIntyre and Zander*/

Watershed Classroom

3:00 p.m. – Tommy Hollenstein wheelchair paint ing* / Harbor Terrace



3:10 p.m. - Kodi and the Chil l Bodi’s – music band* / Blue Cavern


3:30 p.m. – Storytel l ing- A puppy helps a paralyzed police off icer* / Watershed

Classroom

3:45 p.m. – Blue Cavern Dive Show featuring paralyzed scuba diver Cody Unser* /

Great Hall

4:00 p.m. – Exbound featuring No Boundaries & Triana Moon – music performers* /

Blue Cavern



4:30 p.m. – Exbound featuring No Boundaries & Triana Moon – music performers *

/ Blue Cavern


Sunday, January 25, 2009

9:30 a.m. – Whales: A Journey with Giants Show / Great Hall


10:05 a.m. – Love in Motion Signing Choir* / Blue Cavern


If you have any questions, please call (562) 590-3100, ext 0. 10:25 a.m. – Service Dog Demonstrat ion with Glenn McIntyre and Zander*/ Blue

Cavern

10:30 a.m. – Tropical Reef Dive Show / Tropical Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor


10:45 a.m. – Sea Otters Show / Northern Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor

10:50 a.m. – Love in Motion Signing Choir* / Blue Cavern

11:00 a.m. – Sharks Show / Shark Lagoon


11:15 a.m. – Seals & Sea Lions Show / Southern California/Baja Gallery 2nd Floor


11:35 a.m. – 10th Anniversary Tribute / Great Hall

11:45 a.m. – Kodi and the Chil l Bodi’s – music band* /Blue Cavern


12:05 p.m. – Kodi and the Chil l Bodi’s – music band* /Blue Cavern

12:30 p.m. – Children’s Storytel l ing - -Michaelangelo the Diver by Dana

Commandatore* / Watershed Classroom





1:30 p.m. – Live music entertainment* / Shark Lagoon



1:45 p.m. - Heri tage Award honoring Cody Unser* / Blue Cavern

2:00 p.m. – Sharks Show / Shark Lagoon



2:20 p.m. - - Keynote Presentat ion: Cody Unser* / Honda Theater


2:30 p.m. – Live music entertainment* / Shark Lagoon



3:10 p.m. - World Music with Bayadera* / Blue Cavern



If you have any questions, please call (562) 590-3100, ext 0. 3:30 p.m. –Storytel l ing- A puppy helps a paralyzed police off icer* / Watershed

Classroom

3:45 p.m. –Blue Cavern Dive Show featuring paralyzed scuba diver Cody Unser* /

Great Hall


4:00 p.m. - World Music with Bayadera* / Blue Cavern


4:35 p.m. –- Service Dog Demonstrat ion with Glenn McIntyre and Zander*/ Blue

Cavern


All programs subject to change and weather dependent.

Demonstrators & Exhibitors/ Great Hall

• Diveheart

• Cody Unser First Step Foundation

• Swim with Mike— Benefiting Physcially Challenged Athletes Fund

• Accessible pinball presented by Disabled Dealer Magazine

• Mouthstick Art Demonstrations & Displays by Ruben Rios, Esvin Rodriguez, Ann Ruth,

and Jose Robledo

• Michael Seale – Art Demonstration & Display

• Tommy Hollenstein – Art Demonstration & Display (Saturday)

• Arts and Services for Disabled— Art Display

• McIntyre and Associates

• CCI (Canine Companions for Independence)

• Colours Wheelchairs

• Exbound/Ex Music— Expanding boundaries through music

• Community Resource Table

Children’s Craft / Outside Tropical Pacific Gallery 2nd Floor

Heritage Award Presentation Sunday 1:45 p.m. at Blue Cavern Cody Unser


If you have any questions, please call (562) 590-3100, ext 0. In February 1999, Unser was in 6th grade when diagnosed with Transverse Myelitis (TM), a rare and often paralyzing spinal cord inflammation. In April 1999 she returned home, paralyzed and in a wheelchair but energized in her quest to build awareness of TM. Today, this 22 year-old Redlands college student is an experienced SCUBA diver who will become the first person who is paralyzed to SCUBA dive at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Over the past decade, Unser has helped many others with disabilities and has served as National Disabilities spokesperson for New Mexico Governor and former presidential candidate Bill Richardson. Her accomplishments have won national acclaim, including being featured in People magazine and on CBS 48 Hours. In fall of 1999 the Cody Unser First Step Foundation was created to generate awareness and research of TM. NASCAR star Bobby Labonte serves as honorary chairman. After becoming SCUBA diving certified, Unser formed “Operation Deep Down”, a military diving program that introduces wounded veterans to SCUBA diving as a way to rehabilitate through recreation. In 2001 Unser announced the formation of a TM research consortium spearheaded by Johns Hopkins Hospital. Unser won Prudential’s national 2001 “Spirit of Community Award” as one of America’s Top 10 youth volunteers. Unser has introduced SmashMouth at its 1999 Albuquerque concert, was the guest of Luc Longley at a Phoenix Suns game, met pop group “N’Sync” in Phoenix, received a citation from the New Mexico Speaker of the House, and has an ongoing relationship with the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation. For more information visit http://www.cufsf.org On Saturday and Sunday, Cody will be making our keynote presentation in Honda Theater at 2:20 p.m. and scuba diving in our Blue Cavern exhibit at 3:45 p.m. __________________________________________________________________ Sign language interpreters will be available at major presentations and all gallery videos are closed captioned. Scripts for all major presentations will be available for checkout at information desk. Free Audio Tours are available for checkout at the Information Desk for people who have a visual disability. Please see a Guest Services Representative at the Information Desk to check out an audio tour. Behind-the-Scenes Tours are fully accessible and can be booked at the Information Desk. Extra elevators are available on request: See Information Desk. Assistance Dog Relief area is located outside the front of the Aquarium. See info desk for an escort. If you would like a detailed map of the Festival of Human Abilities events and services, please request one at the information desk. Emcee: Glenn McIntyre The Festival of Human Abilities is a joint project of the Aquarium of the Pacific and McIntyre and Associates. Special thanks to Diveheart for partnering with the Aquarium to bring scuba diving opportunities to people with disabilities.


If you have any questions, please call (562) 590-3100, ext 0. Special thanks to Mike Steiner of Exbound for his assistance in coordinating several of this weekend’s musical performances. Special thanks to Gloria Williams for coordinating signing interpreters. Festival Sponsors: Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation The Westin Long Beach

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