| Kalamazoo Water Festival |
| Arcadia Creek Festival Site, Kalamazoo MI |
| Aug 14th, 2010 |
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A celebratory call to action for citizens concerned about clean water, a healthy
Kalamazoo River and Watershed, and sustainable Great Lakes.
Celebrate your water at the first annual Kalamazoo Water Festival! Bring your family
and friends and enjoy activities, great bands, and poetry. Interact with passionate
advocates, organizations, and businesses to explore ways to ensure clean, plentiful,
sustainable water for future generations.
NEWS:
Organizers have been planning the Water Festival for months. In response to the recent oil spill near Marshall, Michigan, organizers will highlight ways you can help victims of the disaster. Due to uncertainty surrounding the spill, morning activities we had been planning at Verburg Park on the downtown Kalamazoo waterfront between 9am and noon were canceled including a Kanoe the Kazoo paddle trip.***
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ARCADIA CREEK FESTIVAL SITE
BROUGHT TO YOU BY:
Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
Kalamazoo Nature Center
Kalamazoo Community Foundation
Kalamazoo River Cleanup Coalition
Kalamazoo Environmental Council
Allegan County Conservation District
The City of Kalamazoo Public Services
Calhoun Conservation District
The City of Battle Creek
Wolf Lake State Fish Hatchery
Kalamazoo County Drain Office
Kalamazoo County Road Commission
Fenn Valley Vineyard and Wine Cellar
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Free Events from Noon to 6pm
12:00 Welcome
12:20 Watershed Council - short
12:50 Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy - Natural and Working Lands
1-1:45 RED TAIL RING
1:50 Jen Wright, Nature Center - No Child Left Inside
2-2:45 JOE REILLY
2:50 Rachel Hood, WMEAC - Rain Gardens, Rain Barrels
3-3:45 THE CORN FED GIRLS
3:50 Gun Lake Tribe, Angie Francisco - Native American Traditions
3:56 Special Kinetic introduction
4-4:45 KINETIC AFFECT
4:50 Dan Bogema - City Water
5-5:45 WHO HIT JOHN?
5:50 MDNRE Greg Danneffel - Oil Spill Update
-DINNER BREAK-
$7 Admission
6:30 Open Mic - 2 minute maximum contributions (ending at 7:00 p.m.)
7:15 Watershed Council - short
7:20 Bobby Hopewell, Mayor
7:30-8:15 DUNUYA DRUM AND DANCE
8:20 Michele Richards, Climate Change
8:30-9:15 THE RED SEA PEDESTRIANS
9:20 Watershed Council
9:30-11:00 THE STARLIGHT SIX featuring Seth Bernard, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis, Josh Davis, Dominic John and Mike Shimmin
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Water Festival organizers, sponsors, participants, and artists are committed to cleaning up old pollution and preventing new pollution. Like you, we know that water is the
beating heart of the Great Lakes state, and that an active, connected citizenry can
protect its water. Proceeds from the Water Festival will be set aside for the next festival
and Kalamazoo River Watershed Council programs.
Jeff Spoelstra, Kalamazoo River Watershed Council coordinator says: The Council
sees connections everywhere we look in the Kalamazoo River Watershed between
sustainable agricultural, healthy local food programs, protected wild places, sustainable
cities, contamination cleanup, connected land and water trails, and critically important groundwater (it's what you drink, and its under your feet). Join us as we celebrate water connections up and downstream of where you live, work, and play!
Walk or bike to the Festival on the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail. Bring a reusable
water container. Food and beverages will be available for purchase all afternoon.
Free afternoon activities and features at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place between noon
and 6:00 p.m.:
1. Talk with over a dozen organizations working every day to restore and protect
water resources in the cities, towns, and on the farm
2. Kids - explore the soil and water tunnel with the Allegan County Conservation
District, run through the sprinkler, try Gyotaku "fish printing", and enjoy Joe Reilly
who will sing songs just for you!
3. Listen to guest speakers and take home information about your role in water
protection
4. Listen to out of this world poetry by the duo Kinetic Affect
5. The Kalamazoo Nature Center will be on hand using LIVE animals, skins, skulls, and games to highlight the animals and plants we find in our Michigan wetlands. Stop by and meet some local critters or help their frogs get to their lily pads in a fun game of Habitat Hop!
6. Explore Stormwater Otter World on the playground
7. Learn about local Michigan Earth Corps projects completed in August and meet
the Earth Corps crew
Evening concert celebration at the Arcadia Creek Festival Place ($7). Minors under 17
must be accompanied by an adult:
1. Wine from Fenn Valley Vineyard and Wine Cellar will be available for purchase
after 6:00 p.m. Several beers from the Great Lakes region will be available.
Special guests will speak on important sustainability topics between musical acts.
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UPCOMING EVENTS:
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PAST EVENTS
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