VOLUNTEERS NEEDED Call (212) 777-7969 or email: mail@earthcelebrations.com http://www.earthcelebrations.com VOLUNTEER: COMMUNITY, ARTISTS, PUPPETEERS, COSTUME-MAKERS, MUSICIANS, POETS, & DANCERS * Assist Puppet & Costume Workshops: ( teens & adults ) * Volunteer for behind the scenes event production * Sign up to be a Hudson River Costume Spirit, or Puppet Volunteer, or Parade Marshal. * Participate as a musician, poet, dancer, in performance presentation in the pageant and along the parade route. * Children of all ages join the pageant as mermaids and river creatures & find out about additional workshops & pageant participation opportunities such as Live Fish Release! * Organizations, schools, community centers, invited to host workshops to create costumes & participate as a local River Species group such as Sea Horses, Oysters, Crabs, & Fish. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EARTH CELEBRATIONS Earth Celebrations was founded in 1991 as a not-for-profit 501c3 organization in New York City, dedicated to fostering ecological awareness and reviving the arts at the center of community life. Earth Celebrations innovative environmental and arts programs include: theatrical pageants, exhibitions, performances, art & ecology/puppet & costume workshops, internships, artist residencies, and partnerships with schools, community centers, and gardens. For 15 years Earth Celebrations produced the popular Rites of Spring: Garden Pageant and Winter Pageant on the Lower East Side, which engaged over 5,000 participants annually, and led to the preservation of many of the community gardens on the Lower East Side and throughout New York City. Felicia Young- Founder/ Executive Director Earth Celebrations (212) 777-7969 mail@earthcelebrations.com http://www.earthcelebrations.com GARDEN PAGEANT SLIDE SHOW: http://www.earthcelebrations.com/springslideshow.htm