Saturday Specials in 1997-1998 were made possible through the generous support of Costco and the Yakima Sunrise Rotary Club. 

October 10, 1998 Julie Henigan  Traditional American (Ozark and Appalachian) and Irish music, songs, and stories for children, ages 5-13. Julie emphasizes participation on the songs, while illustrating various folksong genres and demonstrating several folk instruments (banjo, guitar, fiddle, and mountain dulcimer). Julie Henigan website

April 4, 1998 Snakes! David Kellet's snake collection came to the Children's Underground.  Visitors included a king snake, gopher snake, rattlesnake, milk snake, and an iguana.

Curator David Lynx talks to Aurthuritis McCoy

March 7, 1998 Pet/Puppet Parables Aunt Birdie delighted a packed audience with her trained birds and puppets.  George the cockatoo talked to the audience.  After the performance children were able to hold the animals.

February 7, 1998 Starlab Starlab, a traveling planetarium from the Museum of Flight.  Museum of Flight website.

February 23, 1998 Toby Wessel Magic Toby and Pooba (the rabbit) made a magical appearance at the Children's Underground.  In our first After School Special, the Underground was delighted to receive such a large audience.

January 3, 1998 Gabriel's Crayon On a cold Saturday in January, Gabriel fascinated children drawing dinosaurs and other requests.  He specialized in drawing right-side-up to children and upside-down to him.

November 1, 1997  Playtime Puppets

October 4, 1997  KinderMusic  Patty Oliver brought her music program for young children.

June 7, 1997  Brian Felix - The Wonderful World of Bees Brian Felix explored the amazing world of bees while inviting visitors to a peer through the glass of a live bee hive.  Miraculously the members of the hive perform as a single organism.  How do they do it?

April 26, 1997 Nancy Stewart - Oodles of Animals Nancy returned to the Children's Underground with more wonderful songs and laughter.  Many people braved the snowstorm the previous year to see her sing only to be rewarded with a most exciting show that was fun for the whole family.  As Nancy left, many parents asked for more...and when was she to return?  Nancy Stewart has performed with Burl Ives and has recorded the children's albums Oodles of Animals and Rhythm of the Rocks.

April 5, 1997  Caitlin Sansegal Melanie Emory dresses in the costume of a medieval European peasant and takes on the persona of Caitlin Sansegal.  Caitlin tells folk fairy tales and will incorporate these into the educational topics of the Children's Underground.

March 1, 1997  The Proper Ladies - Women & Work Anabel Graetz and Deborah Goss return to Yakima to sing songs and tell a few tales of women and women's work in nineteenth century America. Women sang, and they sang with the children, who helped with the work as soon as they were old enough.  A weaving song, a lullaby, and songs of the kitchen and the backyard.  The youngsters will join the songs and even a game or two.

February 1, 1997  Porompompom Ricardo Chama performs with two additional puppeteers in a traditional puppet show.  Mr. Chama studied drama in Argentina and traveled through Ecuador with a puppeteer group.  Many of the tales performed were written by Mr. Chama or adapted from folk stories.