DOVER — The Children’s Museum of New Hampshire will host the annual Family Mardi Gras Celebration on Sunday, Feb. 14, from noon to  5 p.m. This colorful cultural celebration features  entertainment and activities for all ages.

The event will include live Cajun music by The Fiddling Thomsons at 1 and 3 p.m., samples of regional foods of New Orleans, as well as children’s parades through the museum led by museum mascot Albert The Costumed Alligator.

Children can make Mardi Gras masks and jester hats, and each visitor will receive a strand of colorful Mardi Gras beads to wear and take home.

All Mardi Gras activities are included in regular paid admission to the museum, which is $8 for adults and children, $7 for seniors, and no charge for museum members and children under age 1.

Featured entertainers The Fiddling Thomsons are a father-and-son duo from Newmarket, who have performed their lively Cajun music at festivals throughout New England.

The father, Ryan, is a music and dance professional who has been honored by inclusion in the traditional and touring artists rosters of the N.H. State Council on the Arts. He teachers fiddle, banjo, flute, piano and other instruments.

The son, Brennish, has been performing for many years of his young life and plays fiddle, wooden spoons, zydeco rub-board, and the penny whistle.
For more information on the Family Mardi Gras celebration, call 742-2002 or visit www.childrens-museum.org.