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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

Earth Day 2004: Events & Activities
(Updated stage schedule)
 
COLUMBIA, MO (Date) -- Date: Sunday, April 25, 2004
Rain date Sunday, May 2, 2004
This is the 34th anniversary of the first Earth Day held in 1970.

Time: The street fair will run from noon - 6:30 p.m. The children's
area will run from noon - 5 p.m. The on-stage music is scheduled noon -
7 p.m.

Location: MU's Peace Park located downtown along Elm Street between
6th and 9th streets. Booths for the street fair will be set up on
adjacent streets. Booths for the Volunteer Fair will be set up along the
circle drive next to the park.

Annual Community Volunteer Fair
Join the biggest social movement in America today - volunteering! Over
100 million Americans volunteer billions of dollars worth of time and
services to local, state and national agencies and organizations. 

Dozens of agencies and not-for-profit groups will have information
booths at the Earth Day Festival sharing information on how you can make
a difference in one person's life or in the life of your community by
volunteering your time and talent. Explore opportunities to enrich not
just your own life, but your family's life by Volunteering as a Family.
Enrich your relationships with one another and gain insights into
challenges that other families face. Don't know where to start? Check
out the Voluntary Action Center's Booth for ways that you can get
involved.

Family and Kid's Activities 
Come along with your kids and explore the wonders of nature while
learning to help care for the planet

Plant a seed: Join the Missouri Master Gardners to learn what plants
need. Start your own plants to take home and take care of this summer.

Catch a Crayfish: Join the Missouri Department of Conservation to learn
what crayfish need. Learn the safe way to catch one and get an up close
look at our very own stream monsters.

Wonder at Wildlife: Join staff and volunteers from Rock Bridge Memorial
State Park to learn how bats find their babies and other interesting
wildlife facts.

Make Friends With Worms: Learn "What Worms Want" and how to set up a
compost bin in your home or yard to make your kitchen waste magically
disappear - courtesy of Columbia Public Works.

Discover your Watershed: Join the Community Stormwater Partnership to
find out what watershed you live in and how to keep your streams clean.

Sort those Recyclables: Can't keep those recycling categories straight?
Check out some fun games to help you learn what goes where - courtesy of
Columbia Public Works Department and Hickman Biology Club.

March in the All Species Parade: Bring a species (plant or animal) mask
or puppet, or make one at the All Species Parade Table, courtesy of the
Earth Day Coalition and Hickman Biology Club, then join the All Species
Parade from the end of the Circle Drive to the 8th Street Stage. 

Assemble at the Circle Drive by 3 pm.
Run, Jump and Play: Run with the Giant Earth Ball and take the stilt
challenge with Columbia Parks and Recreation.

Try out Tattoos, Tracks and Tie Dye: Try out fun washable tattoos,
animal track rubbings and kool-aid tye dye with Columbia Parks and Rec.

Street Fair
Sample the wares (and ideas) of hundreds of vendors and organizations
at the street fair. We have everything from fluorescent light bulbs to
fluorescent t-shirts, from saving energy to saving souls. Nothing is too
practical or too esoteric for the Annual Earth Day Street Fair. 

Stage Schedules
Come hear Columbia's up and coming (and free) musical talent - covering
a wide range of tastes, styles and influences. Spread out a blanket in
Peace Park and spend an afternoon soaking up culture and sunshine.

8th Street Stage 
12:00 River Cowboy Tour
12:30 Announcements
12:40 The Val Goodrich Band
1:10 Announcements
1:30 Michele Van Hoose
2:00 Noah Earle
2:40 Announcements
2:50 Bartholomew Bean
3:20 Announcements
3:30 Sheryl Clapton
4:00 Announcements
4:10 Lola's Ruin
4:40 Announcements
4:50 Mike Barber
5:20 Announcements
5:30 Soulstace

Peace Park Stage
12:00 One Shot Crockett
12:40 Announcements
1:00 The Djanglers
1:40 Announcements
2:00 Nova Lunacy
2:40 Announcements
3:00 The New Crusty Nostrils
3:40 Announcements
4:00 The Ham
4:40 Mark Haim/Jan Weaver
5:00 Slugtrail
5:40 Announcements
6:00 Tabla Rasa

West Field
Betty Gayle Smith, member of the Master Gardeners & founder of
Labyrinths of Turtle Island will have a meditative labyrinth available
all day in the Northwest corner of the field. The labyrinth is a simple
spiral path designed to allow you to follow the path to the center,
where inner tensions, burdens, etc. may be left behind before following
the path back out.

There will also be a tepee set up for children's stories.Children are
invited to come join Mike, Jackie, or Coleen in the tepee for stories
that teach environmental awareness and other valuable lessons.
Story tellers:
Mike 12:30-1:00
Jackie 1:00-1:30
Coleen 1:30-2:00

The Bocomo Drum Heads Medicine Show and Social Club will be appearing
in the west field from 4:40-5:00, and from 5:40 until 6:00. At 6:40,
they will be in the area in front of the Peace Park stage as part of the
drum/dance circle.

Gypsy Baladi will join the Drum Heads for a portion of their set in the
west field, and also for the drum/dance circle.

Want a nitty gritty Earth Day experience? Here's How to Volunteer -
To help with Logistics (traffic control and/or clean-up), please
contact Mark Haim, 573/875-0539, peacewks at coin.org 
To help with Family and Kid's Activities, please contact Jan Weaver,
573/874-0171, envstudy at missouri.edu 
To assist the Stage and Sound Crews, please contact Shannon Morris,
573/442-5338, shannon at shannonmorris.com 

Earth Day is sponsored by:
Show Me Clean Streams, MU Environmental Studies, Friends of Rock Bridge
State Park, KOPN, Peace Nook, Peace Works, Downtown Columbia Association
Special Business District, Columbia Public Works, Voluntary Action
Center, Columbia Parks and Recreation.

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