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12/5/09: The Burlington Chapter of Asha for Education raises money to help educate underprivileged children in India. Saturday night 50-60 dancers and performers from the local Indian community participated in An Indian Wedding event and raised over $4000.
11/19/09: Six theaters were sold out for Thursday's midnight premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon at the Majestic 10 in Williston.
A line that stretched around the building began earlier that day at 5pm. Twi-hards waited in the cold for hours to be the first to see New Moon.
New Moon sold a record number of midnight tickets totaling $26.27 million - this surpasses both Harry Potter and the Dark Knight.
New Moon cost 50 million to produce and in 4 days has grossed $285 million worldwide.
Music: Bad Flirt, "St Valentine's Day Massacre"
11/13/09: Chittenden Solid Waste District's (CSWD) Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) processes about 180 tons of single stream recyclables a day and over 42,000 tons of recyclables in a year. See what happens to your recycling in a behind the scenes look at the MRF on the weekend of the 12th Annual America Recycles Day.
Music: Annemieke Spoelstra, Toccare, J.S. Bach Toccata in E Minor, BWV, 914
10/30/09: The 2nd Annual Vermont Horror Fest frightened a sold out crowd Friday at the Outer Space Cafe.
Two local directors, Mike Turner and Owen Mulligan and a recent Hollywood transplant, Rob Schmidt, entertained the crowd with their terrifying films.
VT author and folklorist Joseph Citro told ghost stories to get the crowd in the Halloween mood.
Locations: Outer Space Cafe, Greenmount Cemetery, Burlington, Vermont
10/26/09: Over 65 exhibitors and hundreds of attendees packed the third Vermont 3.0 event at the Sheraton Monday. There were plenty of green, high tech, innovative companies on hand to offer a glimpse into Vermont's future.
Music: Ryan Power, Is It Happening, "Is It Happening"
Location: Sheraton, South Burlington, Vermont
10/11/09: The 2nd Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta transformed the Burlington Waterfront Sunday with crowds of cheering fans and a bevy of floating pumpkin vessels. The money raised will go toward the Linking Learning to Life program called PILOT.
The pumpkins were provided by the Vermont Giant Vegetable Growers Association and Eva met them at their State Championship weigh off the day before the race.
Music:
The Jazz Guys, A Blessing in Disguise, "The Best Five Minutes of Your Life"
Locations: Sam Mazza's Farm, Colchester, Burlington Waterfront, VT
9/19/09: The tiny village of Tunbridge (population 1,400) gets quite a boost each summer when 50,000 people visit the Tunbridge World's Fair during their four day run.
Music:
Pariah Beat, Pariah Beat Radio, "City Far Away," "Oh, What a Night"
9/5/09: Get lost in the "a-maizing" Great Vermont Corn Maze in North Danville. Pet a baby coat, adopt a kitten and get some mental and physical exercise in the 8 acres of twisting paths through the corn.
Music: darkpark, "Husk"
8/27/09: Thunder Road Speedway celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Eva stopped by the renowned short track in Barre to meet racing greats like Ken Squier, "Tiger" Tom Pistone, Ken Ragan and newcomers like NASCAR's Rookie of the Year David Ragan.
Music: Chuch, Juarez, "Intro"
For more racing fun, check out Eva's ride in the speedy Pace Car as it leads the Late Model cars around the track:
8/23/09: There are 52 State Parks in VT bringing the great outdoors to thousands of visitors each year. Eva and her mother spend the weekend at Grand Isle State Park where they have been camping for 30 years.
As luck would have it, Ken Burns documentary about the National State Parks is currently airing on PBS.
Music: Bread & Bones, "Home"Pariah Beat, Pariah Beat Radio, "Front Porch," "Leavin'," "Oh, What a Night"
7/24/09: Michael Jackson fans packed a sold out house Friday to show Who's Bad in a karaoke contest and dance party. Event hosted by Seven Days.
Location: Higher Ground, South Burlington Vermont
7/19/09: The 13th Annual Flynn Garden Tour drew over 400 people to the Champlain Islands last Sunday for a peek into some spectacular secret gardens.
Music: La Strada, "Flying"
Location: North Hero, South Hero, Grand Isle Vermont
7/11/09: The Burlington International Waterfront Festival celebrated 400 years since the arrival of Samuel de Champlain with The Champlain 400 Parade. Despite the pouring rain, the tough performers put on the parade of a lifetime.
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6/27/09: For twelve years now, CJ Spirito has been gathering his friends and family for Wiffle Fest. But unlike previous years, this World Series has an unlikely outcome.
Location: Rock Point School, Burlington Vermont
5/23/09: The Burlington Farmers' Market is THE place to be Saturdays this summer. Over 50 vendors/farmers crowd into City Hall Park to sell their food, plants and produce to the eager masses.
Featuring Arethusa Collective Farm, Boucher Family Farm, Stray Cat Flower Farm, Lewis Creek Farm, Dragonfly Sugar Works and Pitchfork Farm.
Music: La Strada, "Flying"
5/7/09: Watch out Cirque du Soleil, the 3-5 year olds at Trinity Children's Center are in the midst of a hula hoop revival.
Music: Pretty & Nice, Pink & Blue, "Stop/Start"
5/5/09: Lila Vanderbilt Webb constructed the gardens at Shelburne House in the early 1900s.
Almost 100 years later, the gardens have fallen into disrepair which led to the Shelburne Farms’ Formal Gardens Restoration Project.
Music:
Swale, Verdigris, "Good Medicine"
Amber deLaurentis, Hey Sadie, "Take Me On"
5/2/09: Last Saturday, 15,000 volunteers across the state of Vermont picked up more than 40,000 bags of trash in honor of Green Up Day.
Music: The Activists/Dictators, "Out of the Picture"
5/2/09: Burlington became the 14th city to host a Snuggie Pub Crawl on Saturday night. The The procession of blanket-clad revelers was organized by brothers Matt and Bastian Gadouas with a little help from Facebook.
Music: Missy Bly, Clean Bee, "Wanda"
Rue Mevlana, Drop the F Bomb, "Tight Core Snuggin"
4/11/09: Once a year, professional sheep shearers gather at Shelburne Farms to teach shearer wannabes the tricks of the trade. With 40 sheep being shorn by novices and pros alike, it is an exciting day around the barnyard and a symphony of bleats ensues from the 80 gamboling lambs and their parents.
The song in the end credits is an Australian folk song:
Ryebuck Shearer
ChorusLocation: Shelburne Farms, The Farm Barn, Shelburne VT
4/5/09: The 2009 US Universities Debating Championships were held this weekend on the UVM campus. Life-long debate enthusiast Dr Alfred "Tuna" Snider welcomed over 120 teams from all over the US and abroad.
Students and judges explain why debate is so important to our every day life.
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