Walpole Energy Fair Tomorrow (Saturday, May 3)
The Energy Fair tomorrow promises to be a fun and educational day-long gala affair for people of all ages. You can get all the latest details at the website at http://trivillageenergy.org/.
Excerpts from the very full schedule:
Parade arrives to loop around Common: 9:45ish
FREE CFL bulb giveaway (100 3-packs)
LARGE Penny Auction
Speakers
10:00: Welcome and Senator Odell
10:30: Brief Tom Wessels Keynote
11:00 Biofuels
12:00: Creative Community Solutions To Our Changing Energy Future
2:00: Green Building Old and New: EcoVillages and Green Renovation
Music/Entertainment
10:45: Will Danforth
11:15: Solar Sisters
1:15 Westmoreland Town Band
2:15 Donald Saaf & Friends
3:30 Battle of the High School Bands
Demonstrations
11:00: Sheep Shearing; Ongoing Carding, Spinning, and Weaving
11:00 Planting Salad Greens
11:40: Composting
12:45: Clothes Repair
2:30: Mushroom Log Inoculation
Lunch ($7) in Congregational Church on the Common 11-1
Energy Saving Home Tour: 1-5
Contra Dance 8-11, with beginner lessons at 7:30 (no partner needed!)
Activities for Kids
9:00 Join the parade with any petroleum free transportation (feet, bikes, roller blades)
10:45 Parachute play
11-3 Hay wagon rides
Ongoing: Make solar hot dog cooker (and cook hot dogs?)
Ongoing: Solar pizza box cooking of s’mores?
Ongoing: New things from recycled things
Ongoing: Play games with recycled items, hay wagon rid
Films
11-2 A variety of films on various energy topics at the UU Church’s Media Center
Contra Dance Tomorrow Night (Saturday, May 3)
Calling Walpole Dancers!
A Special Energy Fair Day Contra Dance will be held in the Town Hall. Here are the details:
Saturday May 3rd
Special Energy Fair Contra Dance in Walpole, NH
8:00 - 11:30 PM dancing
7:30 PM Beginners' workshop
Rebecca Lay, calling, Jessie Gagne-Hall, fiddle, Marko Packard, guitar/flute/sax
Admission: $8, or $6 for students, seniors and first time dancers
At the Town Hall, next to the Common in Walpole, NH
For information contact Christopher Parker at 802-579-3394 or at Christopher@railvermont.org
or visit http://www.walpoledance.org.