The Grant County Community Health Council hosted its annual Red Hot Children's Fiesta, with a theme of "Out of This World." More than 40 vendor booths had activities for the kids, including an astronaut training obstacle course, a string maze, and a telescope with a special filter set up by the Silver City Astronomical Society to allow people to see the sun without eye damage. The sun, however, did not cooperate for most of the event.
At the end, the Monsoon Puppet Parade began at the festival, made its way to the Silver City Museum, and then to downtown Silver City.
(Editor's Note: Photos of the parade will be forthcoming)
Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2013
Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2013
Anna Reyes of Molina HealthCare holds the blender as Western New Mexico University footbal player Dominic Barry rides the bike furiously to create smoothies.
Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2013
Matthew Garrison, 8, also took his turn on the bike and got the smoothies to froth up, as Anna Reyes of Molina Healthcare watches the blender
Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2013
Leweis Reed, 10, scored the athletic tests necessary to "train to be an astronaut."
Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2013
Sofia Perez, 7, makes her way through a string maze, as another child waits a turn.
Red Hot Children's Fiesta 2013
With the theme, "Out of This World," the Silver City Astronomical Society had set up a telescope with a filter to allow children and adults to look at the sun without eye damage. The sun did not cooperate until later in the day. Above, Zion Guck, 8, sees what he can see in the clouds.