Dunedin Life & Light Lantern Parade April 23–24, 2011

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
This event benefits the community as a fundraiser for Planting Seeds Workshops & the 1% Food Project

SO BRING YOUR KIDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS & FRIENDS!
AND SUPPORT LOCAL FOOD!

Casa Tina’s family of Downtown Restaurants in partnership with The Dunedin Harvest Food & Garden Co-op will be holding our first Life & Light Lantern Parade & Festival on Earth Day weekend, Saturday and Sunday, April 23-24, 2011. This community art event is a fundraiser for the Planting Seeds workshop series and the 1% Food Project.

Saturday, April 23, 2- 7 PM

• Life & Light Lantern Festival w/ Live Music
• Paper Lantern Making Workshops
• Gardening & Sustainability Demonstrations
• Great FOOD at 3 downtown locations!

Sunday, April 24, 12 – 8:30 PM

• Life & Light Lantern Festival w/ Live Music
• Paper Lantern Making Workshops
• Gardening & Sustainability Demonstrations
• Great FOOD at 3 downtown locations!
• 8 PM LIFE & LIGHT LANTERN PARADE!

Symbolically held Earth Day weekend, the Life & Light Lantern Parade & Festival is a community celebration of all life! The festival will include FREE Paper Lantern Making Workshops held ALL DAY Saturday and Sunday in downtown Dunedin’s Pioneer Park. The workshops will be surrounded by Live Music and Entertainment along with FREE Gardening and Sustainability demonstrations. Workshop participants get to use their lanterns in Sunday’s Parade of Light, then keep and take their lanterns home!

This is a family friendly event with two goals in mind…to encourage public art for and by the public and to educate our community about sustainable living practices.

On Sunday at 8:00 pm Join the LIFE & LIGHT LANTERN PARADE! Event attendees, organizers, Casa Tina’s Staff, and members of the Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons will take the Life & Light Lantern Parade celebration to the streets and parade their newly made, glowing paper lanterns through downtown Dunedin. Join us to light up the streets as this is an experience and spectacle not to be missed. You and the kids will love it!

Paper Lantern Workshops will be taught by professional lantern makers, Casa Tina’s is hosting members from The Krewe of the Grateful Gluttons from Atlanta, GA. The Krewe, nationally known for their creative and artistic efforts in organizing artistic community events, is being brought to town specifically to share their unique talent with our community.

Fundraiser Raffle, Donations and Profits from ALL Meals, Drinks and Merchandise sales at Casa Tina’s Mexican Restaurant, Cabana Café & Gifts and Pan y Vino Brick Oven Pizza, on both days will be donated to fund the Planting Seeds workshop series and the 1% Food Project.

Planting Seeds is a FREE Organic Gardening Workshop series offered to the general public.  The workshops provide free ongoing education to local residents with topics including Florida Vegetable Gardening and other Sustainable Living practices.

The Dunedin 1% Food Project is a community organized sustainable living initiative. The goal of the project is to encourage 1% of all households in Dunedin to pledge a small part of their land and their time to grow food. Growing food brings health, vitality and food security to individuals and our community.

Event Sponsors www.dunedinharvest.com and www.casatinas.com.

WE COULDN’T HAVE MADE IT ANY EASIER.

WHERE: Downtown Pioneer Park and three GREAT restaurants in Downtown Dunedin. Organic food options at Cabana & Pan y Vino!

Casa Tina’s Authentic Mexican www.casatinas.com
365 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698

Cabana Cafe and Gifts www.cabanacafeandgifts.com
833 Douglas Ave, Dunedin, FL 34698

Pan y Vino Brick Oven Pizzawww.panyvino.com
369 Main Street, Dunedin, FL 34698

SEE YOU THERE!