2011 Events !!!
COOKING DEMONSTRATIONS featuring locally grown food; and Rick deRoque, Biggest Looser contestant will demonstrate his great veggie/chicken chili that helped him loose 160 pounds!
ENTERTAINMENT: music by Happenstance, the Boomers, the Drum Circle, and Handmade Moments;
| 8:45-9:30am | EcoTour of the recycling center/landfill - 4550 Hwy. 64 West. Those wishing to car pool may meet at the Laurel Park tennis courts at 8:30 a.m. |
| 9:30 am |
Cardboard Car Derby safety checks and registration begins at South Lot.
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| 9:30 am |
Music by Handmade Moments.
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| 10:00 am | Welcome - opening comments.Brief recognition of 9/11. A memorial will remain in the Liberty Garden at Laurel Park throughout the day. |
| 10:30am |
Kevin Barnes, Green Magician at the Main Stage.
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| 11:00 am |
Cardboard Derby begins at the park's south lot (near the pavillion).
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| 11:15 am |
Drum circle at the Main Stage.
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| 11:45am | Cooking demo. |
| Noon |
Announcements, upcoming events, door prizes. Jack Bell, assistant to Mayor Townsell, and Judge Scroggin to speak briefly regarding city and county progress. |
| 12:15pm |
The Boomers at the Main Stage.
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| 12:45pm | Cooking demo. |
| 1: 00 Pm |
Butterfly release, followed by the owl/raptor rehabilitation program. At the Natural Resources area.
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| 1:45pm |
Happenstance (featured at many folk festivals) performs
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| 2:00pm | Cooking demo. |
| 2:15pm |
Kite show - Park Fleming’s trick kites and more. (Seen at
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| 2:30pm | Kevin Barnes, Green Magician at the Main Stage. |
| 3:30pm |
Grand prize drawing for a Kindle 3G provided by Best Buy. (Winner must be present to win.) To enter, just register (one time only) at any one of the three information areas around the park. |
| 3:45pm | Wrap up statements. |
| 4:00pm | The Conway EcoFest 2011 officially closes. |
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Exciting Cooking Demo's Featured at this Year's Event.
Cooking shows will take place throughoout the day. The schedule of chefs and types of dishes will be posted at the cooking tent.
Biggest Loser contestant and Conway resident, Rick deRoque, will demonstrate his famous veggie chicken chili recipe that helped him lose 160 pounds! (You can even grow it in your back yard!. ...most of it, anyway). Visit with Rick as he reveals his secrets.
GEO-CACHING ANYONE?
Find out what the newest craze is from the Greenbrier Environmental and Sustainable Technologies Laboratory EAST Lab students! Try our hand at locating and answering a few questions about our environment....good fun! Find them in the Energy Section.
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