Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 18:52:52 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Norm Saunders Subject: Coast Day Festival set for this Saturday MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Coast Day festival set for Sept. 14 on Assateague Clam bake highlights 2002 event The Assateague State Park grounds will transform into a world of wildlife, entertainment and environmental education at the sixth annual Maryland Coast Day Saturday, Sept. 14. from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. when 4,000 visitors are expected to head to the barrier island park for the festival replete with live animals, Eastern Shore eats, music, boat rides, and arts and crafts. The state and national park have nixed entrance fees to ensure all can enjoy the beaches and bays. This year's celebration of the biological diversity and economic significance of the coastal bays will include a good ole' fashioned clam bake. Clam farmers will offer their aquacultured clams all day during the festival on the barrier island. As always, the day will feature free Discovery boat rides, DNR's Scales and Tales, live animal touch tanks, kite flying and sand-castle building lessons, and AMSA surf casting demos. On hand will be some 40 environmental organizations showing what visitors and residents can do to protect the coastal bays. Music will be provided by Hayman White and food vendors will offer chicken, oysters, crab cakes, fish and munchies. With help from the Coastal Bays Program, Assateague State Park, Assateague Coastal Trust, Assateague Island National Seashore, and the Kite Loft, the free, family-oriented event takes place on Assateague after the Coastal Cleanup which begins at 8:30 a.m. at the National Seashore. The 2002 Coast Day is sponsored by Conectiv, Bayshore Development Corporation, U.S. Navy, Town of Ocean City, Castle in the Sand, Choptank Electric, Sun Signs, and Worcester County. Festival displays will be just south of the state park entrance. Parking is available on Assateague State and National parks and on the mainland. Busses will shuttle visitors from parking areas. For questions call Dave Wilson at 410-213-2297 or e-mail him at outreach@mdcoastalbays.org. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Norm Saunders [mailto:marshhawk@att.net] > Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 6:37 PM > To: outreach@mdcoastalbays.org > Subject: Re: Need Coast Day help > > > Dave, > > Do you have a standard announcement for Coast Day that you could send me? > I'm also the owner of MDOsprey, the Maryland birding listserv, and I'd love > to post some information to our over 400 subscribers. > > Best, > Norm Saunders > > P.S. Work calls--I won't be able to help you with the tent nor will we even > be down this weekend--the first we've missed since July 13. Sigh.... > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================