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Events from the Heritage Park Opening Weekend
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"Classical Music for Kids"
-- trio from the American Classical Orchestra, one of the nation's
premiere historical ensembles, performs works by Vivaldi, Handel and Mozart.
ACO Music Director Thomas Crawford joined by Nina Stern and Andrew Schwartz
for a performance that introduced children to classical music in an interactive,
age-appropriate, entertaining format. The musicians performed on original
instruments known to the composers, and audiences heard the differences
in sound between the original and new instruments. |
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Heritage Park Official Opening Ceremonies in Mathews Park. Participants
included Connecticut State Treasurer Denise Napier; Norwalk Mayor Frank
Esposito; State Senator Robert Genuario; Edward Bowers, chairman of the
Norwalk Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs Committee; Peter Nolin,
president, Norwalk Common Council; and Pamela Stark, cochairperson, Norwalk
State Heritage Park Opening Weekend. James Banks, director, Norwalk Marketing
and Business Development, served as emcee. |
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Kayak and Canoe Displays adjacent to Heritage Park Pier |
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"Dreaming & Designing" -- arts & crafts creativity for children,
refreshments, information about new all-ability playground |
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Harbor Cruises & Sheffield Island Lighthouse Tours |
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Stop & Go Clinics -- plus in-line skating rental/sales |
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Fishing Clinic -- how to rig a pole, fly casting, bait selection |
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Windsurfing Demonstrations -- dry land simulation and lessons |
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Postal Cachets and Display |
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Rugby Exhibition |
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American Festival Concert Band -- popular Big Band arrangements of patriotic and classical music. |
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"Opera on Broadway" -- The Norwalk Opera |
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"Florissa the Fish" -- preview of new musical comedy with imaginative
staging, movement and humor performed by a 12-member ensemble from Voicepoint. |
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The Greater Norwalk Community theatre -- scenes & monologues from well-known plays, plus improvisation with audience participation. |
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Crystal Theatre -- excerpts from Broadway Babies and Ellis Island plus songs by KRYSTAL from their "Coming of Age" CD. |
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Chamber music was performed by the string quartet from Norwalk Youth Symphony. |
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Norwalk Youth Symphony's Principal Orchestra -- concert of musical selections by Bernstein, Lebhaft, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Schumann and Williams performed by 82 talented young musicians from 30 area communities. |
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Musical & Dramatic Extravaganza -- features the
Norwalk Symphony, Shakespeare
on the Sound and Chris Coogan & The Good News Gospel Choir in
a program celebrating America's heritage and cultural diversity. Music
from Bernstein's West Side Story juxtaposed with scenes from Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet -- additional selections by Berlin, Gershwin, Grainger
and Rossini. |
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Folk Singer Wendy Sayvetz |
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Drill Team |
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Greek Orthodox Dancers |
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Hungarian Dancers |
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Irish Dancers |
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Italian Dancers |
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Motion Drill Team |
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Puerto Rican Dancers |
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First annual Norwalk Children's Choral Festival Concert
-- performances by 200 singers from Elm City Girls Choir; Fairfield County
Children's Choir; Neighborhood Music School Children's Chorus (New Haven),
Newark Boys Choir and Windsor Island Girls Choir -- includes world premiere
of Clear Water, a choral work by Robert Hugh commissioned for the Heritage
Park Opening. |
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Exhibition: "Cycling in Victorian Era Norwalk" -- vintage photographs. |
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Exhibition: "Forest Puzzles" |
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Exhibition: "The
Bicycle Takes Off: From Bone Shaker To Boom" -- traces the golden
age of bicycle innovation that resulted in the technology still in use |
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