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Hug The Earth Festival

To see some of the Hug the Earth performances with the Banana Slug String Band, watch

PIQUA Public Access

May 19 AM airs July 25-31

May 20 AM, airs  August 1-7

May 20 PM, airs August 8-14
Hug the Earth Festival School Performances from May 2011

SCHOOL(GRADE)

SONG
BETHEL(1) BEAKS AND FEET
BETHEL(2) WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED
BETHEL(3) HEAT AND PRESSURE
BETHEL(K) I'M A TREE 
BRADFORD(1)                   BEAKS AND FEET
BRADFORD(2) HABITAT, HABITAT                   
BRADFORD(K)                  DIRT MADE MY LUNCH
COVINGTON(1)                 ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES
COVINGTON(2)                 EVERYTHING NEEDS A HOME
COVINGTON(3)                   FOOD CHAIN
LT BALL(4) WATER CYCLE BOOGIE         
MIAMI EAST(1) ANTS                                      
MIAMI EAST(2) WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED     
MIAMI EAST(3) HEAT AND PRESSURE            
MIAMI EAST(4) FBI                                         
MIAMI EAST(K) I'M A TREE                              
MILTON UNION(1)              WE ALL LIVE DOWNSTREAM
MILTON UNION(1)                BEAKS AND FEET
MILTON UNION(2)               ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES
MILTON UNION(2)               ONE LITTLE RIVER
MILTON UNION(3)             HEAT AND PRESSURE
MILTON UNION(3)             STORM DRAIN BLUES
MILTON UNION(4)              WATER CYCLE BOOGIE         
MILTON UNION(5)              LISTEN
MILTON UNION(K)             ONE DROP OF WATER
MILTON UNION(K)                I'M A TREE
NEWTON(1) BEAKS AND FEET
NEWTON(2) WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED
OVERFIELD(K)                 I'M A TREE
PIQUA CATHOLIC(1)           BEAKS AND FEET
PIQUA CATHOLIC(2) NO BONES WITHIN
PIQUA CATHOLIC(3)           HEAT AND PRESSURE
PIQUA CATHOLIC(K) I'M A TREE
PIQUA FAVORITE HILL(2)   WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED
PIQUA HIGH ST(2) HABITAT, HABITAT                 
PIQUA SPRINGCREEK(2)    WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED
ST PATRICK(2)                 NO BONES WITHIN
ST PATRICK(3) FBI                                         
TIPP NEVIN COPPOCK(3)   HEAT AND PRESSURE
TIPP  NEVIN COPPOCK(2)     EVERYTHING NEEDS A HOME 
TROY CONCORD(1) BEAKS AND FEET                   
TROY CONCORD(2) HABITAT, HABITAT                  
TROY CONCORD(3) HEAT AND PRESSURE            
TROY CONCORD(4) WATER CYCLE BOOGIE         
TROY COOKSON(1)           BEAKS AND FEET
TROY COOKSON(2)            WATER CYCLE BOOGIE         
TROY COOKSON(K) I'M A TREE                               
TROY FOREST(3)               VERTEBRATE FIVE
TROY HEYWOOD(1)      BEAKS AND FEET                   
TROY HEYWOOD(2)           WATER CYCLE BOOGIE         
TROY HEYWOOD(3)           VERTEBRATE FIVE
TROY HEYWOOD(4)     ROOTS STEMS LEAVES        
TROY HEYWOOD(G) WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED      
TROY HOOK(1) BEAKS AND FEET                 
TROY HOOK(2) WHAT DO ANIMALS NEED       
TROY HOOK(3)                   HEAT AND PRESSURE
TROY KYLE(1)                   BEAKS AND FEET
TROY KYLE(2)                    EVERYTHING NEEDS A HOME
TROY KYLE(3)                    HEAT AND PRESSURE

 

Banana Slug week began on May 16, 2011 at Garbry Big Woods Reserve.(6660 Casstown-Sidney Road, Piqua)

The 2011 Hug the Earth Family Festival was held on Saturday, May 21.

In weeks prior to the Festival,  school children were visited in their classroom by the Miami County Park District teaching staff to make costumes and learn their chosen song. They learned about water through demonstration with the Enviroscape, ground water flow model and the Stream Table, plus a watershed model the park staff made and a colorful mural drawn and painted by Administrative Naturalist, Susan Condy. They have a hands-on trip to one of the Park District parks to actually get their hands, feet etc. in the water. Some students were able to spend a day as a water droplet and follow its trip through the water cycle; condensation, precipitation and evaporation.

I hope you didn't miss out on this years Hug the Earth Family Festival but if you did, we hope to see you next year! For pictures of this years festival, visit our facebook page. Miami-County Park-District

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