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Buffalo Bayou Partnership Hosts 3rd Annual KBR Kids Day along Buffalo Bayou – June 6

June 3, 2009
Join the Buffalo Bayou Partnership for a day of adventure and activities along Buffalo Bayou. Admission is free. KBR Kids Day on Buffalo Bayou will be held on Saturday, June 6, 2009 from 10am – 2pm at Downtown’s Sabine Promenade on Sabine Street between Memorial Drive and Allen Parkway. Click here for a map and directions

EVENT INFO
WHEN: Saturday, June 6, 2009
10 am-2 pm

ADMISSION: Free and open to all

WHERE: Sabine Promenade on Sabine Street between Memorial Drive and Allen Parkway

PARKING: Free parking is available at City Lot H (next to Fonde Recreation Center at Sabine Street and Memorial Drive) and Lot C (Memorial Drive and Houston Street).

Family fun festivities include:
  • Hands-on activities with over 25 Houston non-profit organization partners
  • Bird shows from Last Chance Forever Raptor Rescue
  • (including hawks, eagles and falcons)
  • Bayou boat rides and kayak demonstrations
  • Bat games and sunprints
  • Bayou scavenger hunt
  • Up close with birds and bugs on the bayou
  • Music, park performers, balloon artists and much more!
Performance Schedule:
10:30 am - 11:15 am
Skateboarding demonstrations at the Lee and Joe Jamail Skatepark
Hosted by Soundwaves with give-aways following


11:30 am - 12 noon
Break Dancing/VisciouGermzCrew ˆ near Sports Zone

10:30 am - 11:00 am
Chinese Fan Dancers - Buffalo Bayou Performance Platform
Sponsored by the Texas Dragon Boat Association


11:00 am - 11:45 am
Bird Demonstration along the banks near the Sabine Street boat launch
Last Chance Forever: The Bird of Prey Conservancy


11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Watch for the Astros Junction Jack, Aeros Chilly and Texans Toro who will be greeting guests along the trails

11:45 am - 12:15 pm
EISA/Japanese drumming group - Buffalo Bayou Performance Platform
Sponsored by the Texas Dragon Boat Association


12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Break Dancing/VisciouGermzCrew - Buffalo Bayou Performance Platform

12:50 pm - 1:10 pm
Manutahi Polynesian Dancers - Buffalo Bayou Performance Platform
Sponsored by the Texas Dragon Boat Association


1:10 pm - 1:50 pm
Bird Demonstration along the banks near the Sabine Street boat launch
Last Chance Forever: The Bird of Prey Conservancy


For more information, call 713.752.0314 or visit www.buffalobayou.org

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