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Volunteers Needed & For More Information: (212) 777-7969



8 Hour-Theatrical Parade & Performance Celebrating the Recent Victory

Saving Many Lower East Side Gardens!!!!!!!!!!!!



View  Slideshow:  http://www.earthcelebrations.com/springslideshow.h tm



Rites of Spring: Procession to Save Our Gardens!

SATURDAY 17, 2003

(raindate: Sunday, May 18),



The 13th annual,  Earth Celebrations' Rites of Spring: Procession to Save

Our Gardens,  enacts a day-long parade and mythic pageant to celebrate and

preserve the community gardens of New York City. The 8-hour pageant, begins

at Forsyth Street (between Broome & Delancey), at 10am and weaves

throughout the day until 6pm, visiting over 35 magnificent gardens on the

Lower East Side. The parade features: giant puppets, musical bands,

spectacular costume garden characters. Performances of dance, music, and

poetry performed at gardens along the route.THE PAGEANT IS FREE

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED & FOR MORE INFORMATION (212) 777-7969

You can view our web-site:  www.earthcelebrations.com

Earth Celebrations 638 East 6th Street   New York, NY 10009 (212) 777-7969

e-mail:  mail@earthcelebrations.com


RITES OF SPRING: PROCESSION TO SAVE OUR GARDENS

PROCESSION ROUTE / SCHEDULE: SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2003



10AM   GARDEN SPIRITS INITIATION - HUA MEI FORSYTH GARDENS

(Forsyth bet. Broome & Delancy)

10:45   GARDEN OF EDEN MEMORIAL CEREMONY

           (Forsyth St. bet. Stanton & Rivington)

11:00   ROCK & ROSE GARDEN (Houston and 2nd Ave, NW corner )

11:10   LIZ CHRISTY GARDEN  (NE Corner Bowery & Houston)

11:20   ALBERTS GARDEN  (2nd St. bet. Bowery  & 2nd Ave.)

11:30    HOPE GARDEN (2nd St. bet Aves A & B)

11:40   KENKELABA HOUSE GARDEN  (2nd St., bet. Aves. B & C)

11:45   UMBRELLA GARDEN (Ave. C, bet. 2nd & 3rd St.)

12:15   BIRTH, MARRIAGE  & KIDNAPPING OF GAIA - LA PLAZA CULTURAL

            (SW Cor. 9th St. Ave. C)

1PM     9TH STREET COMMUNITY GARDEN & PARK Inc.  (9th St. & Ave C, NE corner)

1:15     CORADON EVADEN GARDEN (11sth St bet Aves B & C)

11:30   DIAS Y FLORES GARDEN (13th St. bet. B & A)

1:45   EL SOL BRILLANTE GARDEN (12th St. bet Aves. A & B)

1:50   CHILDREN'S GARDEN (12th & Ave B, SW corner)

2PM   MENDEZ MURAL GARDEN MEMORIAL(11th bet A & B, northside)

2:15   10TH BC GARDEN MEMORIAL  (10th St. bet. Aves B & C)

2:25   ABC GARDEN MEMORIAL (8th St., bet. Aves. B & C)

2:30   DE COLORES GARDEN (8th bet B&C, northside)

2:45   EARTH PEOPLE GARDEN (8th bet B & C, northside)

2:55   BELLO AMANECER BORINCANO (Avenue C bet 7th and 8th Sts.)

3PM   JARDIN DE LA ESPERANZA  MEMORIAL(7th St. bet. Aves. B & C)

3:15   BUTTERFLY ANGEL FLIES - 6TH ST. & AVE. B GARDEN (SW cor.)

3:30   CREATIVE LITTLE GARDEN (6th Street bet. B & A)

3:45   6BC BOTANICAL GARDEN  (6th St. bet. Aves B & C)

4:00   STANNARD DIGGS GARDEN MEMORIAL (6th St bet. Aves C & D)

4:15  BUTTERLFY CHILDREN/SAVING OF GAIA -  ORCHARD ALLEY

          (4th St. bet. Aves. C & D, southside-close to Ave. D)

5:00   ALL PEOPLES GARDEN  (3rd St. bet. Aves. C & D)

5:10   BRISES DEL CARIBE  (3rd St. bet. Aves. B & C)

5:20   AMIGOS GARDEN (3rd St. bet. Aves. B & C)

5:30   GENRATION X GARDEN (4th St. bet. B & C)

5:40   WINNERS CIRCLE  (4th St. bet. B & C)

5:50  GILBERTS SCULPTURE GARDEN (8th St. bet. Aves. C & D)

6:00   BUTTERFLY RELEASE CLOSING CEREMONY

           GREEN OASIS GARDEN        (8th St.  bet. Aves. C & D)


Earth Celebrations is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering

ecological awareness through the arts. Since, 1991, Earth Celebrations has

been working to preserve the community gardens through innovative and

creative programs, theatrical pageants, &  educational environmental arts

workshops with children and adults through schools, community centers,  and

gardens.