The first ever Crocus Spring Festival, to be held in River Park on Sunday, May 2, will feature the Campbell Collegiate band and choir from Regina.
The Grade 8 and 9 Choir and Grade 9 band will fill the Tatagwa Parkway with music for listeners to enjoy around 3 p.m.
The choir has consistently achieved a high level of performance, and has served as an ambassador for Campbell Collegiate on many occasions. The Grade 9 Band has been awarded straight A ratings for the past several years in competition at the Regina Downtowners Optimist Festival.
Other entertainment will include the Weyburn Eagles cheerleaders and the Canoe and Kayak Club holding demonstrations along the river. Hot dogs and drinks will be availiable.
Two walk-a-thons will be also held at the festival. Registration for these will begin at 1:30 p.m. at the campground building.
The Weyburn and District Lions club will kick off their Journey for Sight walk-a-thon after registration.
Local girls guides will be on site to hand out small garbage bags to those who want to help clean the park while they walk.
Participants will receive a card to be stamped at four stations along the pathway, and can enter their card for a prize draw when the walk is completed. Garbage collectors will get an extra draw entry. All participants with fully stamped cards in the walk-a-thon will receive a free hot dog and drink.
Pledge money will be used to support eye health and provide services for the blind in our area.
At 2 p.m., The Heart and Stroke Foundation's Hearts in Motion walk for adults will begin.
The walk, designed to promote heart health, will feature signs posted along the pathway to show walkers how far they've gone.
Walkers in this event do not have to collect pledges.
Weyburn Parks Board chairperson Marlene Nedelcov says the Crocus Spring Festival is designed to promote exercise and appreciation of the park.
"We've developed it to promote a healthy lifestyle and for people to enjoy nature. Hopefully we will see the young, old, middle aged and the whole works down there. The (parkway) has a lot to offer them, and we want people to get used to going there," Nedelcov said.
She also encouraged people in wheelchairs to participate in the festivities, since most of the 7 kilometre pathway is paved.
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