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News Release
| June 3, 2003 |
Contact: Shannon Eberly |
| For Immediate Release |
(717) 238-PACD (7223) |
Celebration Centers on Susquehanna
Harrisburg, PA--Bring the whole family to the 2003 Susquehanna
River Celebration on Saturday, June 7, 2003. This one-day event will
take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, at Harrisburg's Carousel
Pavilion on City Island. Admission is free.
Photo by Karen Hoffman Atwood/Atwood Outdoors.
Participants in the Susquehanna River Celebration
explore their creative side with fish printing. Using paint and a brush,
works of art are created using life-like rubber replicas of fish and
other critters living in or around the river.
The River Celebration's theme is We All Live Downstream.
Join other community members in this unique festival on water quality.
Activities will include live animals, music, interactive children's
programs, crafts and great food.
Scheduled activities are as follows: around the noon hour and again
at 3pm join the Puppet Factory for shows that relay environmental messages
in a light hearted manner; at 1:30pm join Greg Line for a live snake
program; all day, national recording artist Ray Owen will be entertaining
the young and young at heart with his one of a kind musical act - Animal
Odyssey, which chronicles adventures in the animal kingdom; Buttons
and Bows the clowns, will entertain with face painting, balloon art
and children's games from Noon-4pm; and Rehabitat will be at the River
Celebration all day with live birds of prey.
Other activities include the BugMobile, a traveling, interactive exhibit
designed to increase public awareness on minimizing the effects of pesticides
on human health and the environment. Also, Bobby Rahal Honda will bring
the popular 4-door Honda Civic Hybrid to the Celebration for participants
to see and learn about the vehicle's energy saving features. Throughout
the day Otto the Otter, the clean water mascot, will mingle with the
crowd. And the Turkey Hill Turkey will hand out prizes for youth.
Dozens of exhibitors will be on hand sharing practical tips on water
quality. A sampling of these follows. Animals that are indicators of
water quality such as Butterflies from Butterfly Haven and macroinvertebrates
from the Stroud Water Research Center will be on display. The Pennsylvania
Game Commission will be on hand talking about river wildlife and making
wildlife stickers with children. The Department of Environmental Protection
will offer opportunities to learn about composting and waste reduction.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resource Conservation Service
will have an interactive children's exhibit with touchy feely boxes-a
special sensory experience. Join staff from the U.S. Geological Survey
in making 'an edible aquifer.' Dauphin County Conservation District
will bring an enviroscape model to demonstrate how pollution enters
our waterways. Finally, the Ned Smith Center for Nature and Art will
lead nature journaling activities with attendees.
While protecting the river and other water resources, we need to protect
ourselves too. Be sure to visit the Department of Health's booth during
the River Celebration for valuable information on sun safety.
Ten local craft vendors will be on hand offering furniture, jewelry,
aromatherapy products and wildlife art. Butterfly Haven will also have
wildlife merchandise on sale during the celebration. Pick up gifts for
those summer birthdays, weddings and anniversaries while you are at
the River Celebration. Or if you want to see crafts being made, attend
the craft demonstrations, such as colonial papermaking and flax linen
demonstrations.
With so much to see and do you'll want some refreshment throughout the
day. The River Celebration features a concession area offering a number
of tasty treats. Funnel cakes, sausage and steak sandwiches are available,
along with iced tea and fresh-squeezed lemonade.
Games for the kids, exhibits, music, crafts, good food…what better
way to spend quality family time than during the Susquehanna River Celebration?
Mark your calendar today! For more information call (717) 238-PACD (7223).
The Susquehanna River Celebration is co-sponsored by the Pennsylvania
Chesapeake Bay Education Office (Pennsylvania Association of Conservation
Districts, Inc.), the City of Harrisburg, and The River, 97.3 WRVV.
For more information please call (717) 238-PACD (7223).
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Exhibitors to include:
Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay · American Rivers Organization
· Virginia Brown · Brother Johannes of the Hermitage
· BugMobile · Butterfly Haven · Buttons &
Bows · Central PA Conservancy · The Conservation
Fund · Dauphin County Conservation District · Harvy
Harman · Greg Line · Izaak Walton League of America
· Living Water Community Church · Stroud Water Research
Center · Ned Smith Center · Betty Ott · Ray
Owen · PA Biodiversity Partnership · PA Department
of Conservation and Natural Resources · PA Department of
Health · PA Department of Environmental Protection ·
PA Fish & Boat Commission · PA Game Commission ·
PA Environmental Council · PA Senior Corps: Capital Region
· Paxton Creek Watershed and Education Association ·
Philadelphia Handmade Paper · Puppet Factory · Rehabitat
· Rita's Concessions · Schnader's Concessions ·
Ralph Sprenkle · Stroud Water Research Center ·
Susquehanna Greenway Partnership · Susquehanna River Basin
Commission · Susquehanna River Trail Association ·
Toycrofter's Studio · Turkey Hill · USDA Natural
Resource Conservation Service · U.S. Geological Survey
· Wildwood Lake Sanctuary · York County Planning
Commission
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Click here to see photos of previous
Susquehanna River Celebrations
Click here for directions to
the Susquehanna River Celebration
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