BoomDays :|: April 2010

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Noon	Local U.S. and Canadian officials join together to drop the 7ft. Red BoomDays Ball from the Peace Bridge to signify the coming of spring.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

SATURDAY CELEBRATION IN BUFFALO

9:00 AM-
12:00PM

Up to 1,000 hardworking volunteers will partner with Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER® to clean up the shoreline at 40 sites throughout the Buffalo Niagara region! Cleanup crews will pick up trash such as clothing, drinking bottles, shopping carts, mattresses, and car parts as well as perform community beautification projects. For more information or to sign up to volunteer, visit www.bnriverkeeper.org/get-involved/cleanups/ or call (716) 852-7483.

	SATURDAY NIGHT CELEBRATION @ THE BUFFALO AND ERIE COUNTY NAVAL & MILITARY PARK
6:30 PM- 9:30 PM	Celebrate the lifting of the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom and Western New York's unofficial start of spring with Buffalo Niagara RIVERKEEPER. - Live music from The Stonebridge Band - Catering from Pearl Street Grill & Brewery - Local wine and brews - 50/50 - Poetry Contest - Fireworks on the waterfront

	SATURDAY NIGHT CELEBRATION @ LASALLE YACHT CLUB 73 South 68th Street - Niagara Falls, NY
6:00 PM	Free Admission - $5 donation requested Food Service - Cash Bar Bar Area Large TV - BoomDays on the Niagara
6:10 PM	Music - Ladies First Jazz, created by Jennifer May
6:50 PM	MC Chris Bystrzak, LaSalle Yacht Club Canon Fire / Musket Fire - LaSalle Yacht Club & Fort Niagara Canoe Landing - LaSalle, Hennepin, Frontenac & Co. Welcome - Yacht Club Commodore Steve Tisack Presentation of the Colors - Boy Scout Troop #841 Pledge of Allegiance Environment Pledge of Allegiance City Proclamation - Mayor Paul Dyster Senate Proclamation - Senator Antoine Thompson Song - America the Beautiful Fort Niagara Presentation
7:20 PM	Music - Ladies First Jazz, created by Jennifer May
8:20 PM	Fireworks Display
8:50 PM	50/50 Split
9:00 PM	Music - Ladies First Jazz, created by Jennifer May