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Peter Yarrow concert, Alum Spring Park gathering, canoeing, film among planned Earth Day activities Date published: 4/14/2009
By RUSTY DENNEN Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary fame will be among Earth Day festivities here, beginning this weekend. Yarrow, a member of the iconic 1960s folk ensemble, will sing at 7 p.m. April 22 in Kalnen Court outside the Eagles Nest on the University of Mary Washington campus. The concert is free, and sponsored by UMW's Ecology Club. In fitting Summer of Love fashion, organizers ask participants to bring a blanket to sit on, and a T-shirt to tie-dye. "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Early Mornin' Rain" and "Puff the Magic Dragon" were among the trio's hits. Earth Day officially falls on April 22, but the Rappahannock Group Sierra Club will hold its annual Earth Day celebration Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m to 3 p.m. at Alum Spring Park. The park is a 34-acre woodland retreat off Greenbriar Drive, with a playground and hiking trails. Scott Howson, event coordinator and a member of the local Sierra Club chapter, says there will be exhibits, food and live music. "This year we'll have a second stage and more activities," he said. Among them will be raptor shows by the Wildlife Center of Virginia in Waynesboro. Shows will be at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. "And we'll be having a man who does a character, King Henry the Oak," for kids, on the importance and benefits of trees. Children will make paper, birdhouses, and Girl Scouts will have a campfire to show off the finer points of roasting marshmallows. Musical entertainment will include Peter Mealy and Laurie Rose Griffith, Ask Fred, Andra Faye and The Mighty Good Men, and local folk artist and songwriter Bob Gramann. Parking will be available at the Fredericksburg Armory, and Fred shuttle buses will run every five minutes. Exhibits will include displays on environmental topics of concern. Howson says the Rappahannock Group of the Sierra Club's focus, for now, is on transportation and energy efficiency. "We're working on improving our relationship with local governments on developing better planning" including more bike and pedestrian paths, he said. And the group is working with the George Washington Regional Commission on structuring its Green Government Commission.
Date published: 4/14/2009
Be advised: Events have been moved to Old Mill Park from Alum Spring.
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