Resonating tone and graceful movement will highlight appearances by The Water Drum Percussion Musicians and De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts Mariachi Ballet Folklorico on Sunday, May 6 at the Museum of Ventura County. The two groups of students from De Anza Academy of Technology and the Arts will perform free from 1:00 until 2.30 p.m. during the museum’s monthly Free First Sunday. Instruction for the water drum percussion students has been provided by the Bell Arts Factory in conjunction with Luis Perez and the Vita Art Center, through a grant by the Smith-Hobson Foundation. Luis Perez will conduct the young musicians.

On the first Sunday of every month the Museum of Ventura County in Ventura now offers free admission to its galleries and any event scheduled that day. Free First Sundays is also held at the museum’s Agriculture Museum satellite in Santa Paula, where on May 6 there will be a show and sale of Zapotec weavings, from noon to 4:00 p.m. The museum’s new Free First Sunday replaces Family Times, once held on third Sundays.

The Museum of Ventura County is located at 100 East Main Street in downtown Ventura, is open 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. The Museum of Ventura County’s Agriculture Museum is located at 926 Railroad Avenue, Santa Paula, and is open 10 a.m. –4:00 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.

Admission to either location is $4 adults, $3 seniors, $1 children 6-17, free for Museum of Ventura County members, and for children ages 5 and younger. On first Sundays of the month, admission is always free. For more museum information go to www.venturamuseum.org or call 805-653-0323 for the Ventura location and 805-525-3100 for the r Santa Paula location.