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Pickin’ on the Pigeon

 Pickin’ on the Pigeon, a family-music festival, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, 2005 in Garvin Park.  The event offers 

• Live music from regional performers (Beth Reasoner and Randy Pease, Sassafras, Red Sadie, The Toddlers, Autumn Jones, Hog Maw Blues, and Bosko)
• Two-mile canoe race on Pigeon Creek, 8 a.m.
• Paddling on Garvin Park Pond
• Children’s activities including building binoculars, walking sticks, and constellation compasses, plus walking the watershed by using a map drawn by the children
• Guided hikes
• Wildlife on display
• Pladdling clinics for adults and children
• Festive food
• Canoe and kayak demonstrations
• Variety of vendors.

Festival admission is free, but nominal fees are required for some activities.  Donations will be accepted, and the Evanbsville Otters are generously donating a free family pass to that night’s Otters game to anyone who donates $15 or more to theCanoe Evansville program. 

Coloring pages will be distributed at various locations before the event, and every child who brings their coloring page to Pickin’ on the Pigeon will get $1 off a canoe ride on the Garvin Park Pond and will be entered to win a free canoe trip for the family.   

Call 479-0771, ext. 5 for additional information.

Evening on the River

Last year’s Evening on the River was a huge success so we are going to do it again.  Put June 10 on your calendar and pray for good weather.  The cost remains the same--$50 per person.  This year we will be adding to the events and the excitement.  Vectren has agreed to be the major sponsor and their new building will offer a new dimension to the riverfront as will the Old National Bank building.

The money raised at this year’s evening river festival will add to the Greenway Passage’s Maintenance Endowment Fund and the Evansville Parks Foundation plans to help fund a spray park for Garvin Park with their share of the money.

There will be jugglers, music of many varieties, magic acts, Tales and Scales, food at three different stations along the riverfront, horse and buggy rides, and the museum will dedicate the Centennial Gates after which desert and coffee will be served  to dancing with the Temple Airs on the museum’s new patio.

It is a blast so come and join the fun.  Call Robin Hayes at 435-6141 for tickets.

Shirley James, Chair

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