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SCULPTURE ON THE PRAIRIE!

 

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The 4th Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10 AM - 8 PM

Silent Auction Items Galore from:

Anderton Tree
Backwoods
Eagle
Fort Worth Cats
Fort Worth Opera
Fossil Creek Golf
Green Mama's
Larry North Fitness
Mexican Inn
Omni Hotel

Rahr & Sons Brewery
Spring Creek BBQ
Starbucks
Stephen Smith
Texas Brahmas
Texas Rangers
The Modern
Old Home Supply House
Times Ten
Toter Inc

 

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A word from our NBC5 Sponsor

An outdoor festival to celebrate our connection to the natural world through Music, Art, Dance, Environmental Stewardship & Wildflower Tours.

Free and Open to the Public!

  • Organics
  • Green Building
  • Clean Energy: We are Solar Powered by Exeltech and the first local festival to be Solar Powered.
  • Sustainable Living Products & Services
  • Native Plant Gardening: Get free advice!
  • Recycling - Composting - Conservation
  • Hybrid Vehicles: Latest models on display!
  • Music - Arts - Dance: Entertainment Galore for ALL ages!
Park & Prairie Preservation
Best place in D/FW to see wildflowers!

Entertainment

10:00 Fort Worth Scottish Pipes & Drums
10:30 Trigger Fish
11:30 KatsüK
12:30 Kerri Arista
1:20 Plein Air Paint Out Silent Auction Announcements
1:30 Blackland River Devils
2:30 The Ackermans
3:30 Texas Gypsies

Presented by
TX Commission on the Arts

4:30 Mayor Pro Tem Kathleen Hicks (Speaker)
4:35 Mimi Kayl-Vaughan (Dance)
4:45 Walking Contradictions
5:30 The Butterfly Connection (Drama)
5:45 Plein Air Paint Out Silent Auction Announcements
5:55 Jarod Manos (Speaker)
6:00 Brave Combo

Grammy Winners 2X!

Brazen Bellies dance to Brave Combo

Main stage sound provided by Systems Sound and Lighting.

Exhibitors

Check out the ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS AND ARTISTS coming to Prairie Fest.

Dirt Doctor Howard Garrett at With My Own Two Hands booth from 2 - 4 PM.


Plein Air Paint Out

Witness the beauty of Tandy Hills Natural Area and possibly take a memory of it home with you as it is captured at a special artistic gathering of local talent.

Learn and see more about who's painting at Plein Air Paint Out here.

PrairieLand

PrairieLand is our new, Alternative Family Activity area and includes story telling, puppets, drumming, crafts, gardening, yoga, massage therapy and games. PrairieLand will feature these performances throughout the day:


Wildflower Walks

Take a complimentary stroll through Tandy Hills Natural Area with native plant experts from the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge. Come witness and learn about the beauty of nature untouched by the human hand. Wildflower Walks will begin at 10:00 a.m. at the Nature Center's booth and continue on the half hour until 4:30 p.m.

Prairie grass tours with John Snowden at 11 and 1:00 p.m.

Prairie Sculpture

Featured Artist Elaine Taylor has created a sculpture made of natural materials designed especially for Prairie Fest to reflect the environmental consciousness of the festival and the innate beauty of Tandy Hills prairie.

Food & Beverage

Fuzzy's Taco Shop

Times Ten Cellars

Don's Dawgs

Chadra Cafe

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Rahr Brewery

Flying Pig Pie & Pint

Parking

Street parking will be in the neighborhood. Transportation from your parking spot to the festival will be available through Go Green Taxi. Just call 817-412-9196 when you are ready to be picked up.

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