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Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area Present
The 3rd Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 11 AM - 8 PM

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An outdoor festival to celebrate our connection to the natural world through Music, Art, Dance, Environmental Stewardship & Wildflower Tours. Free and Open to the Public!

Prairie Fest is About

Park & Prairie Preservation: Tandy Hills Natural Area - Best place in D/FW to see wildflowers!
Organics
Green Building
Clean Energy: We are Solar Powered by Exeltech and the first local festival to be Solar Powered.
Sustainable Living Products & Services
Native Plant Gardening: Get free advice!
Recycling - Composting - Conservation
Hybrid Vehicles: Latest models on display!
Music - Arts - Dance: Entertainment Galore for ALL ages!

Entertainment

Brave Combo
The Ackermans
Trigger Fish
Darrin Kobetich
Blackland River Devils
The Butterfly Connection (puppetry for kids of ALL ages!)
Footprints with Lori Sundeen Soderbergh, Tammy Gomez and Chris Curiel
Kerri Arista (singer/songwriter)
Mimi Kayl-Vaughan (modern dance)
Walking Contradictions
Cri Crow (of Spiral Diner): Cooperative Games for Kids

Guest Speakers

Jarid Manos, Founder and CEO, Great Plains Restoration Council
John Snowden, Owner and Native Plant Expert, Bluestem Nursery
Elizabeth Samudio, Owner and Native Landscape Expert, Elizabeth Anna's Old World Garden

En Plein Air Event

Witness the beauty of Tandy Hills Natural Area and possibly take a memory of it home with you as it is captured on paper at a special artistic gathering with these Fort Worth artists throughout the day:

Alison Aldrich
Georgia Clark
Sarah Green
Ginger Head Gearheart
Tom Huckabee
Carol Ivey
Debob Jacob
Sheri Jones
Sunnie LeBlanc
Rose Marie Mercado
Cecilia Robertson
Julie Wende

Food & Beverage

Chadra Mezza and Grill
Smokey's BBQ
Hot Damn Tamales
Rahr & Sons Brewery
New Belgium Brewing

See Elizabeth Anna - she will be speaking at 3:00 on the Little Prairie Stage!

Stage Schedule
(subject to change)

	Big Prairie Stage	Little Prairie Stage
11 am - 12:15 pm	Ackermans (music)
12:15 - 12:30 pm		Mimi Kayl-Vaughn (modern dance)
12:30 - 12:45		John Snowden Bluestem Farms
12:45 - 2:00 pm	Trigger Fish (music)
2:00 - 2:15 pm	Footprints (dance/music/poetry)
2:15 - 3:00 pm		Kerri Arrista (music)
3:00 - 3:15 pm		Elizabeth Samudio Elizabeth Anna's Old World Garden
3:15 - 4:30 pm	Blackland River Devils (music)
4:30 - 4:45 pm	Kathleen Hicks Fort Worth Mayor Pro tem Dr Camille Rodriguez FW ISD Board Member
4:45 - 5:00 pm	Footprints (dance/music/poetry)
5:00 - 5:45 pm		Walking Contradictions (music)
5:45 - 6:00 pm	Jarid Manos Great Plains Restoration Council
6:00 - 7:30 pm	Brave Combo (music)