EVENT SCHEDULE FOR HARVEST HOOTENANNY

Annual Harvest Hootenanny (The Hoot) 

Sunday, October 25th, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The lineup for Sunday's Harvest Hootenanny has been announced:

• All day: Barking Cat Crafts (free)
• All day: Kingsbay Y Crafts And Archery (free)
• 11 until there are no pumpkins left: Pumpkin Painting ($5)
• 11:30 to 12:30: Giggling Ghosts and Silly Songs, with Robin Bady; for toddlers, in the tot lot 
• 12 to 2: Face Painting and Glitter Tattoos ($5) 
• 3:15: Halloween Parade, with prizes for Scariest, Sassiest, Best Homemade, Best Superhero, Most Creative, and Cutest. 

Music and Dance

• 11 to 12: Debbie Deane
• 12 to 1:  John Montagna & Brooklyn Bass Daddy
• 1 to 2:    The Cynthia King Dancers
• 2 to 3:    Jennifer Milich

Raffle Prizes: Raffle tickets cost $2 per ticket or $10 for 6 tickets.

Admission to The Hoot is free, and it's open to the public. A donation of $5 per family is suggested.

Greenwood Playground is located on E. 5th Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue. It's near the Fort Hamilton Parkway subway station for the F and G trains.

Follow Friends of Greenwood Playground

Facebook: Friends of Greenwood Playground

Instagram and Twitter: @FOGP1

Hashtag them in your photos: #FOGPFUN

CELEBRATE FALL WITH MUSIC AND MORE AT THE HARVEST HOOTENANNY

Harvest Hootenanny

Sunday, October 25th, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Harvest Hootenanny, the 9th annual celebration of fall at Greenwood Playground, will welcome the season with music, dance, arts and crafts, and the 3rd Annual Halloween Parade, with prizes in several costume categories.

Friends of Greenwood Playground (FOGP) have arranged a solid block of entertainment, including the Cynthia King Dancers, musicians John Montagna and Brooklyn Bass Daddy, Debbie Deane, and Jennifer Milich, and storyteller Robin Bady. The entertainment schedule will be announced soon.

In addition, the festival will offer arts and crafts with Barking Cat Studio, face painting, pumpkin painting, glitter tattoos, a bake sale, and a raffle.

A donation of $5 per family is suggested.

Bring, if you can, canned food and non-perishable items to donate to the Food Bank for New York City. Go to their website to see what they need.

For updates about this event and announcements about others, follow FOGP's Facebook page.

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 Friends of Greenwood Playground is "a community group dedicated to bringing great programs for kids and families to our fantastic local playground. Our entire operation is volunteer-run." 

Can you volunteer to help for an hour or two on the day of The Hoot? FOGP needs help with set-up, clean-up, and everything in between. Send them an e-mail at greenwoodplayground @ gmail.com to let them know what times you will be available.

Greenwood Playground is on E. 5th Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue, near the F and G Fort Hamilton Parkway station.

PAINTING FACES AND PUMPKINS

Harvest Hootenanny

Sunday, October 19th, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The annual HOOT (Harvest Hootenanny) in Greenwood Playground will offer a dazzling array of dance performances by Cynthia King Dance Studio, spooky storytelling, arts and crafts with Barking Cat Studio, a Halloween parade, glitter tattoos, face painting, pumpkin painting, balloon twisting by Mike Gold the Ballooniac, raffle prizes, and more.

A $5 donation is suggested and would be appreciated. The money will be used for future programs from Friends of Greenwood Playground.

Canned food and other non-perishable items can be brought to the Hoot to be donated to The Food Bank for New York City. 

Friends of Greenwood Playground would love to have help with putting the Hoot together. These parents donate their time and energy to making Kensington and Windsor Terrace even better neighborhoods for families to live. Anyone who can help out can e-mail them at greenwoodplayground @ gmail.com.


Event location
Greenwood Playground
E. 5th Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue
Windsor Terrace
One block from Kensington

Friends of Greenwood Playground
phone: (347) 497-3490
e-mail: http://friendsofgreenwoodplayground.org/contact-us
website: http://friendsofgreenwoodplayground.org
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Friends-of-Greenwood-Playground/223014854379847 
Twitter: FOGP1
Instagram: FOGP1
Hashtags: #FOGP #friendsofgreenwoodplayground #greenwoodplayground

FUN FOR EVERYONE AT THE HARVEST HOOTENANNY

Volunteers are still needed

• at 9 a.m. to set up,
• between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to
• sell raffle and other tickets,
• monitor lines for face painting and balloon twisting, and
• help with arts and crafts and pumpkin painting, and 
• at 4 p.m. to clean up.

Volunteers are also needed prior to that day to solicit raffle prizes from a few neighborhood businesses.

If you can help, contact Dari at greenwoodfriendsfunds  @  gmail.com and tell her which hours you'd be available to help out. Thanks!

HARVEST HOOT HELP NEEDED

Volunteers are needed to help at the Harvest Hootenanny in Greenwood Playground on Sunday, October 21st.

• at 9 a.m. to set up,
• between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. to
• sell raffle and other tickets,
• monitor lines for face painting and balloon twisting, and
• help with arts and crafts and pumpkin painting, and 
• at 4 p.m. to clean up.

Volunteers are also needed prior to that day to solicit raffle prizes from a few neighborhood businesses.

If you can help, contact Dari at greenwoodfriendsfunds  @  gmail.com and tell her which hours you'd be available to help out.

HARVEST HOOTENANNY HAPPENING IN OCTOBER

Annual Harvest Hootenanny

Sunday, October 21st, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

music performances and
dance performances and
pumpkin painting and
face painting and

crafts and

balloon twisting by Mike Gold the Ballooniac and
food and
raffle prizes and
more.

More details to come.

See photos of the 2010 hootenanny here, here, and here 
and the 2011 hootenanny here.

Greenwood Playground

E. 5th Street

between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue

organized and run by

Friends of Greenwood Playground

TWISTED BALLOONS

Balloon twister Mike Gold delighted the kids at Greenwood Playground's Harvest Hootenanny--and the adults too!

 

PUMPKIN PAINTING AT THE HARVEST HOOTENANNY

 

PAINTED FACES

Face painting by Dari Litchman

at the Harvest Hootenanny

darilitchman@nyc.rr.com

TODAY: HARVEST HOOTENANNY IN THE PLAYGROUND! PUMPKIN SALE, FLEA MARKET, BAKE SALE IN THE GARDEN!

The sun is shining, and it's a perfect day for the Harvest Hootenanny in Greenwood Playground and the Pumpkin Sale, Flea Market, and Bake Sale in the East 4th Street Community Garden.

Enjoy

• musicians
• dancers
• face painting
• pumpkin painting
• arts and crafts
• balloons
• raffle prizes

Greenwood Playground: E. 5th Street, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Greenwood Avenue. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

East 4th Street Community Garden, on E. 4th Street between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue. 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Come on over!

FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Saturday, October 16th

Harvest Hootenanny
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Pumpkin Sale, Flea Market, and Bake Sale
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.