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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=6
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black;letter-spacing:2.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MUSKETAQUID<br>
ARTS AND ENVIRONMENT<br>
</span></font></b><font size=6 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
21.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;letter-spacing:2.0pt'>in collaboration
with<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OARS<br>
</span></b>presents<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'><img width=414 height=317 id="_x0000_i1028"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CD21B0.C552A1A0" border=0><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:13.0pt;text-align:center'><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>[River Ceremony; photo by Mark Dannenhauer]<br>
<br>
</span></font><b><font size=6 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
21.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;letter-spacing:2.0pt;font-weight:bold'>MUSKETAQUID
EARTH DAY<br>
APRIL 28, 2012<br>
10am – 2pm</span></font></b><b><font size=6 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;letter-spacing:2.0pt;
font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
</span></font></b><i><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>“…
For me, in showers, in sweeping showers, the Spring<br>
Visits the valley--break away the clouds--<br>
I bathe in the morn's soft and silvered air,<br>
And loiter willing by yon loitering stream ...”<br>
(</span></font></i><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
13.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>excerpt from<i><span style='font-style:
italic'> Musketaquid<br>
</span></i>by Ralph Waldo Emerson)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Musketaquid Arts and Environment</span></b>,
in collaboration with <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>OARS</span></b>,
announces its 22nd annual <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Musketaquid Earth
Day </span></b>celebration<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>which
this year falls on <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Saturday, April 28th, from
10 am-2 pm</span></b>.</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'> </span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>All events, free and open to everyone, take place in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Concord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State>
 <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">01742</st1:PostalCode></st1:place>.<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>The Schedule for</span></b> <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Musketaquid Earth Day</span></b></span></font><b><font
size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:navy;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b><font size=2 color=navy
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>(up-to-date
details can also be found at <a
href="http://musketaquidartsenvironment.posterous.com/pages/the-schedule-for-musketaquid-earth-day-saturd">http://musketaquidartsenvironment.posterous.com/pages/the-schedule-for-musketaquid-earth-day-saturd</a>):<br>
<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>10 am<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>River Ceremony<br>
</span></b>All are welcome to<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b>join
in at the Lowell Road Boat Launch located in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:City>. Developed by participants in the
river ceremony workshops, the ceremony will feature wise and foolish chickens,
and sprites from water and earth. Expect the unexpected. The <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Voices for the Earth Chorus</span></b> will provide
song and celebration. The Earth Day Parade proceeds from this location.<br>
<br>
11 am<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Earth Day Parade<br>
</span></b>Parade from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lowell</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Road</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Bridge</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
to Emerson Umbrella. Large puppets will be accompanied by several musical
groups such as the <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Musketaquid All-Star Brass
Band</span></b>,<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><strong><b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Berkshire
Bateria</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>, <strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'>La Piņata</span></font></b></strong>,<strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'> </span></font></b></strong><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Snow Crow</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> and <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Branches
Steel Orchestra</span></b>. Parade participants include environmental, school
and community groups, friends, families and all those passionate about
celebrating this place. Surprise side shows are planned along the parade route.
All are welcome to join in the parade</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>, with or without a costume. (Musketaquid will have spares
for those who would like something festive to wear</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>.</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>) </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>Come!<br>
<br>
12 to 2 pm<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Arts & Environment Festival<br>
</span></b>Rock out to the sounds of local area bands <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Snow Crow</span></b> and <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Spacelanders</span></b> (formerly known as Ricky Spoolhands & The
Gay-Z), along with the Boston-based <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Brendan
Hogan Band</span></b> (who has just released a new album <b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>SilverQuick</span></i></b>). There
will be information tables from several area environmental organizations, along
with glass blowing demonstrations by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Diablo
Glass</span></b>, food for sale by <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Lefty’s
Silver Cart</span></b>, and water bubbler stations provided by the town</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>’s </span></font><b><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:bold'>Concord Water</span></font></b><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>. Held on the Emerson Umbrella grounds, <st1:Street
w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">40 Stow Street</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:City>, right after the
arrival of the Earth Day Parade.</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><br>
<br>
</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'>For many years now,
Musketaquid Arts and Environment, a program of <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts</span></b>, has honored Mother Earth
by devoting a special week in the Spring to celebrating the natural beauty of
the <st1:City w:st="on">Concord</st1:City> area, aptly described by <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State>’
first people as <b><i><span style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>musketaquid,
<strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>the place where the
waters flows through the grasses</span></font></b></strong></span></i></b><strong><b><i><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'>.</span></font></i></b></strong>
During this time, Musketaquid rallies in a big way by presenting their own
Musketaquid Earth Day to pay a special artistic tribute to <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:City>’s beautiful natural
surroundings, long recognized by the likes of Thoreau and Emerson.<br>
<br>
</span></font>Each year, Musketaquid chooses a theme that best speaks to its
passion for discovery within both art and nature. <strong><b><i><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:
italic'>“Seeking the Spirit of This Place” </span></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:
normal'>is the theme for this year, and Musketaquid activities that began in
mid-January in preparation for the </span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'>Earth Month
Art Exhibit</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:normal'> (now up through April
29th at the Emerson Umbrella) and Earth Week activities, are all tied into this
“seeking the spirit” process of discovering what it means to be
connected to the earth, and finding a way to express that connection in an
artistic manner, whether it be through the visual, performing, or literary
arts.</span></font></b></strong><font color=black><span style='color:black'><br>
<br>
Everyone is welcome to join in Musketaquid Earth Day and Earth Week, either as
a participant or as an active observer. More information can be found at <a
href="http://www.emersonumbrella.org/"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><span hordecleaned="font-size:14px;">www.emersonumbrella.org</span></span></font></a>
or by contacting Musketaquid: 978-254-1092 (Musketaquid Info Line), <a
href="mailto:musketaquid@emersonumbrella.org"><font color=black><span
style='color:black'>musketaquid@emersonumbrella.org</span></font></a>.<br>
<br>
<u>More background information</u>:<br>
<br>
Founded in 1990, <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>Musketaquid
Arts & Environment</span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>, </span></font></b></strong>the
environmental arts wing of <strong><b><font face=Arial><span style='font-family:
Arial'>Emerson Umbrella Center for the Arts</span></font></b></strong>,<strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'> </span></font></b></strong>is
a place-based program whose mission is to provide opportunities to create and
experience art and to explore, learn about, celebrate and care for the local
environment. The name Musketaquid honors the wisdom of <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:City>, Massachusett's first people who
described this place according to its nature, <strong><b><i><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal;font-style:italic'>"the place
where the waters flows through the grasses.”</span></font></i></b></strong>
All ages and abilities are welcome: individuals and families, environmental,
school and community groups. Musketaquid offers a year-round chorus and journal
group, summer and winter solstice events, quarterly potlucks, and winter and
spring programs that build towards the <strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>Musketaquid Earth Month Exhibit
and Musketaquid Earth Day in April of each year</span></font></b></strong>.
More information can be found at <strong><b><font face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial'><a href="http://www.emersonumbrella.org/"><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>www.emersonumbrella.org</span></font></a></span></font></b></strong><strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;font-weight:normal'>.</span></font></b></strong><br>
<br>
This year’s co-presenter of Musketaquid Earth Day,<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> OARS </span></b>(Organization for the Assabet, <st1:City
w:st="on">Sudbury</st1:City>, & <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Concord</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Rivers</st1:PlaceType>) has a mission to protect,
preserve, and enhance the natural and recreational features of the Assabet, <st1:City
w:st="on">Sudbury</st1:City>, and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:City>
rivers, their tributaries and watersheds, and to increase public awareness of
the rivers’ values as important natural resources. Established in 1986 as
the Organization for the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Assabet</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType> by a group of concerned citizens, OAR added the
<st1:City w:st="on">Sudbury</st1:City> and <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
 w:st="on">Concord</st1:place></st1:City> rivers to its mission in 2011,
becoming OARS. More information can be found at <a
href="http://www.oars3rivers.org/"><font color=black><span style='color:black'>www.oars3rivers.org</span></font></a>.<br>
<br>
</span></font><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Emerson Umbrella Center for the
Arts</span></b> enriches lives and builds a vibrant community through the arts.
<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>They strive to</span></font> inspire
creativity, learning, and personal growth through education, performing and
visual arts, cultural events, and community collaborations. Each year <font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'>they</span></font> engage, excite, and
educate people of all ages – from toddlers to seniors – in the
arts. <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>Their</span></font> performing
arts and events draw thousands to <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>their</span></font>
400-seat theatre. <font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>The Umbrella</span></font>
present<font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>s</span></font> approximately
10 exhibitions per year including curated, juried, and non-juried exhibitions
and works by local, regional, and national artists. <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>Their </span></font>popular Musketaquid arts and environment
program links discovery of art with passion for nature. And, <font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'>their </span></font>community of 50 artists adds tremendous
vitality and inspiration. <strong><b><font color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:black'><a href="http://www.emersonumbrella.org/"><font
color=black><span style='color:black;font-weight:normal'>www.emersonumbrella.org</span></font></a></span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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Mary Curtin<br>
Musketaquid Arts & Environment Coordinator<br>
c/o <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Emerson</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
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<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Concord</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State>
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