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Schedule
of Events:
Thursday,
April 15, 2010 Noon | Local
U.S. and Canadian officials join together to drop the 7ft. Red BoomDays Ball from
the Peace Bridge to signify the coming of spring. |
Saturday,
April 17, 2010 SPRING SHORELINE SWEEP 9:00AM
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Noon | Over 1,000 hardworking volunteers will partner with Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER¨
to clean up the shoreline at 40 sites throughout the Buffalo Niagara region! Cleanup
crews will pick up trash such as clothing, drinking bottles, shopping carts, mattresses,
and car parts as well as perform community beautification projects. For more information
or to sign up to volunteer, visit www.bnriverkeeper.org/get-involved/cleanups/
or call (716) 852-7483. |
SATURDAY NIGHT
CELEBRATION @ Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park 6:30PM
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9:30PM | Celebrate the lifting of the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom and Western New York's unofficial start of spring with Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER. Tickets are $25 presale (by 4/9) and $30 after 4/9 and at the door. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit www.bnriverkeeper.org/events.
or call (716) 852-7483.
- Live music from The Stonebridge Band
- WIVB Weatherman Don Paul talks about the Ice Boom and Buffalo Weather Experience Center
- Catering from Pearl Street Grill & Brewery
- Local wine and brews
- 50/50
- Poetry Contest
- Fireworks on the waterfront
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SATURDAY
NIGHT CELEBRATION @ LASALLE YACHT CLUB
73
South 68th Street - Niagara Falls, NY 6:00 PM
Free Admission - $5 donation
requested
Food Service - Cash Bar
Bar Area Large TV - BoomDays on the
Niagara
6:10
PM | Music
- Ladies First Jazz, created by Jennifer May | 6:50
PM | MC
Chris Bystrzak, LaSalle Yacht Club
Canon Fire / Musket Fire - LaSalle Yacht
Club & Fort Niagara
Canoe Landing - LaSalle, Hennepin, Frontenac & Co.
Welcome
- Yacht Club Commodore Steve Tisack
Presentation of the Colors - Boy Scout
Troop #841
Pledge of Allegiance
Environment Pledge of Allegiance
City
Proclamation - Mayor Paul Dyster
Senate Proclamation - Senator Antoine Thompson
Song - America the Beautiful
Fort Niagara Presentation | 7:20
PM | Music
- Ladies First Jazz, created by Jennifer May | 8:20
PM | Fireworks
Display | 8:50
PM | 50/50
Split | 9:00
PM | Music
- Ladies First Jazz, created by Jennifer May |
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