2nd Annual RunWILD 5K and WILDFun Family Run kicks off HARVEST! Festival on Saturday, October 8 at 8:30 a.m. wtih West Little Rock's only point-to-point race. Race begins at the Promenade at Chenal and ends inside Wildwood's unique botanical gardens.
Runners receive free admision to HARVEST! Festival!
Contact Leslie Vaeth at lvaeth@wildwoodpark.org for volunteer opportunities!
Pumpkin Hill - For schools, special groups and families! October 7 through October 30, catch a hayride to Pumpkin Hill's hay fort and pumpkin patch!Open to the public Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Weekdays are available for schools and community groups by reservation.
Reserve your group field trip today! Call 501-821-7275 or e-mail Kristen Vandaveer at kvandaveer@wildwoodpark.org.
October 8 & 9 - A family Festival celebrating autumn in Arkansas with hayrides, crafts, kid's activities, the Arkansas Pickin' & Fiddlin' Championship, model trains, live demonstrations, a selection of southern vendors, a culinary competition and delicious foods for purchase! Plus, don't miss a special viewing on the Devil's Box!
Culinary Competition at HARVEST!
Interested in showing off your culinary skills? Enter the culinary competition. The best sweet or savory pumpkin dish wins $100! What are you waiting for? Enter today!
Back for its 4th year, the Arkansas Pickin' & Fiddlin Championship attracts musicians and fans from across Arkansas and the region.
Judges include 2011 Grand National Fiddle Champion and Grand Master Fiddle Champion, Katrina Nicolayeff (who is also one of Nashville's top session musicians); Arkansas native Tim Crouch; and nationally renowned fiddler Junior Marriott, who has worked with Rhonda Vincent and Mark Chestnutt, among others. Each will perform during the Championship.
The competition for Arkansas' state champions has grown so much that Pickin' & Fiddlin' spans Saturday and Sunday of the HARVEST! Festival. Activities include Hot Fiddle, Gambler's Draw, and a Round Robin fiddle-off. Contest includes Arkansas State Flatpick, Arkansas State Mandolin, Arkansas State Banjo and Arkansas State Acoustic Roots Band, with the Arkansas Master Fiddle championship including divisions from pee wee to senior. Prize packages include cash up to $500 and an opportunity for the 2011 winner of the acoustic roots band division to open for HARVEST! Festival 2012.
Volunteer Opportunities
October 8, 8 a.m. Volunteers needed for the RunWILD 5K and WILDFun Family Run to assist with registration, packet pick up, T-Shirt distribution, set up, personal item check, chip clipping at the finish line, concessions, 1K registration and 1K general assistance.
October 8 and 9, For HARVEST! Festival, we'll need everything from ticket takers to WILDBucks sellers and from concessions folks to kids' activities leaders to parkers. We will have three shifts Saturday and two on Sunday. In addition to the regular shift hours, we also will need help Sunday morning for set up beginning at 10:00am and for an hour after the festival on each day for clean up.
Can you drive a tractor? We need your help! Hayrides to Pumpkin Hill begin October 7, and that means we'll need plenty of tractor drivers!
Interested in becoming a WILD Man or WILD Woman volunteer? E-mail Leslie Vaeth at lvaeth@wildwoodpark.org or call 501-821-7275!
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