A Faery Hunt at Griffith Park
Wings. Glitter. Tassles. An array of pastel colors. It’s time for a faery hunt, at least that’s what’s on the minds of fifty-some kids and their parents standing around Fern Dell at Griffith Park.
Three British-accented women in floppy hats call the children to attention and we begin the hike. Faeries smell like perfume, they tell us. Look around and above, they say –
“Shh! Shh! There! I see one!”
A faery.
A faery in Griffith Park.
Her purple dress gives sparkle to her body. Psychedelic tights turn her legs into a swirl of colors. She tiptoes down from the hill, blinks her wide eyes, and states: “Are you friend or foe?”
The adventure has begun.
A Faery Hunt in Griffith Park is an audience-interactive show that takes kids to the Land of the Faeries, where we seek out the Queen Faery and are given the task to help her retrieve her faery light. The adventures walks us around Griffith Park, with a cast of characters that includes the troll Grendel and the Half Man Half Bird.
Cletus loves corn.
Day light come and me wanna go… GNOME!!!!!!
Holler if you see him! No! Only if you SEE him!
There’s also a Mermaid Faery, whose main purpose seemed to be to cause all the girls to whisper, “She’s part faery AND mermaid… WOW.”
Mermaids + Little Girls = Can Do No Wrong
The whole show takes about an hour and once the troll and his hodgepodge band join the picture, the laughs abound.
While this was a girl-saturated event, that didn’t stop The Boy from oohing and aahing over the Queen Faery, shutting his eyes and making wishes, clapping his hands and singing along, and like the good big brother that he is, making sure Little No Limit could see.
“Can you see?”
“How about now?”
After A Faery Hunt ended, the be-hatted British-accented women passed out papers for the children to collect autographs from the cast. I figured my kids were too young to want to do that. But as the Colonel said in The Waterboy, “Momma’s wrong again!” We waited for every one of those faeries’ signatures, and this one took a picture with Little No Limit because they have the same exact name–
(or as the other little girls put it, “The same name? WOW.”)
A Faery Hunt in Griffith Park ends right next to a picnicking area with a playground, so bring a packed lunch and call it a day of fun.
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What a fun event! Thanks for sharing. I love to see those grand kids.
Papa
The Tongginator would be in HEAVEN!
You’re telling me that somewhere in this world, there’s a faery named “Little No Limit?” Wow. That is the right response.
What fun! My girls would have LOVED this — and so would I! Maybe when I have a grandkids? Thanks for sharing! And WOW indeed that your daughter shares a name with a Fairy! What could be cooler than that? Maggie
What a great event! I’ve never seen anything like this (except maybe in movies).
Looks like fun!
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