Kinetic Derby Day April 22 (Page 147)

West Columbia’s Kinetic Derby Day, featuring iMAGINE STEam Festival, is April 22.

The 4th annual free festival is seeking volunteers and parade participants to complete the planning of the event. Join in and get all the details at www.kineticderbyday.com. Registration for soapbox entries closes on April 17 at noon.

Schedule of Events

10 am – The Kinetic Sculpture Parade kicks off a day full of fun. Register until April 17. This year’s parade is 80s themed. Throw on your 80s fashions and ride a bike or create an 80s sculpture to ride or pull.

10:30 am – 11 am – Kids’ Zone opens and the chalk artists begin. Soapbox racing begins by 11 am.

12:30 pm - The track changes . . . new this year with obstacles and ramps. Start on the Whetzel’s Automotive push ramp, slide through First Community Bank’s green Jell-O Explosion, hit Savage Craft’s Foam Surprise, get soaked by PASCO’s Water Works, and end up in the COVID corn/grits.

While waiting on the track to change, enjoy the chalk artists creating on the corner of Meeting and State, the Meeting Street Artisan Market, shop in the local stores, eat in local restaurants and food trucks, or take a ride on Brookland’s Giant Slide on the corner of State and Meeting Streets. The city has partnered with iMAGINE STEam Festival to bring a hands-on STEam Festival to State Street.

1 pm – 2 pm - The Obstacle Course. Participants will be able to test their builds and get dirty with the new obstacles, pedal-powered cars, and ramps. This is a single-car, timed event.

2:30 pm – Awards Ceremony on Savage Craft Ale Works’ Stage and stay for the after party.

Events are held on State and Meeting Streets

Free Public Parking Garage – 310 Court Avenue

River District Baptist Church – 400 State Street

The Warehouse – 312 State Street

Interactive Art Park – 425 Meeting Street

Carraway Park – 212 Hudson Street

Capitol Square – 483 Sunset Boulevard

Kinetic Derby Day will feature iMAGINE Dynamic Kids After School & Summer Camp Kinetic Sculpture Parade

Soapbox Racing

House of Raeford Start Line

TNT Martial Arts & Fitness Finish Line

Obstacle Racing

First Community Bank’s Jell-O Explosion

Savage Craft Ale Works’ Foam Surprise

Pasco’s Water Works

Brookland SC Giant Slide for Adults and Kids

Aflac iMAGINE STEam Festival on State Street

EdVenture

Columbia Art Center

Haering Precision

Lexington Technology Center

Claflin University-Mathematics & Computer Science Department

South Carolina Military Museum

Midlands Education and Business

Alliance (MEBA)

IT-oLogy

FIRST South Carolina

South Carolina Artists

Girls Who Code

FIRST SC

Vision Builder Adventures

Million Women Mentors - SC

The Children's Museum of the Upstate

SC Energy Office - Office of Regulatory Staff

Code Ninjas Lexington

STEM For Kids

Pittsburgh Institution of Aeronautics

Girl Scouts Troop 3395

Look for the Power LL

Tesla – Including 2 Self-Driving Test Cars

The Blissful Hippie

Alpha Omega Epsilon

Mathnasium of Lexington

Verizon

Meeting Street Artisan Market

22 Memory Lane LLC

B.MAC Bakeshop

Benji Hicks Art

Blu Jim Fine Art

Brickhouse Gourmet Coffee and Tea

Bully Bowtique

Cindy's Turn

Colleen Doodles

Cute Country Coasters

Emerald's Artistry

Faithful Foods Inc.

Fired Up Custom Leather Works

Found & Altered

Gee Your Dog Smells Terrific

Kristin Holzer Art

Maman Afrique Boutique

Mopickles

Mrs. K's Kreations

One Tribe Designs

Quipu

Sealine Soap Company

Sudsy Dreams

Tails & Trails Treatery LLC

The Hope Chest

Tickled Pink Jewelry

Tiny Folds Origami

You Grow Girl, SC. LLC

WalkerStix

Chalk Artists sponsored by Cayce’s Best After School & Summer Camp

Michael Krajewski

Kristin Holzer

Kate Batten

Alan Pearsall

Boys & Girls Club of the Midlands Kids’ Zone

Kids Soapbox Racing – Traditional soapbox racing returns to take over Meeting and State Streets. Kids that are too young to compete can still participate in the Kids' Zone with an American Soapbox car.

Inflatable Obstacle Course – Kids can also have fun with an inflatable obstacle course.

STEam Crafts – Whether you want to paint a car to take home or learn how steering and axles work, there will be plenty of hands-on activities.

Dunking Booth – Enjoy dunking some of the Boys & Girls Club's finest in the first-ever dunking booth at Kinetic Derby Day.

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