Upcoming Events (see also: Teacher Workshops)
Saturday, April 28
Upstream Festival
10 am - 4 pm • $5.00 per car • Rain or Shine
Saturday, May 12
The Water Jump Ball & Silent Auction
Call 610-444-1582 to receive an invitation
'Silks & Stirrups'
Join us for a special evening of 'Silks & Stirrups' in casual elegance. Enjoy dining catered by the Wilmington Club with hors d'oeuvres served in the newly renovated "Yellow House" on the grounds of the Steeplechase. Dance to the music of "Red, Hot & Blue," bid on the wonderful silent auction items, and then be ready to join in the excitement of the live auction of premier items hosted by Sotheby's.
Sunday, May 13
The Willowdale Steeplechase
Proceeds benefit the Stroud Center. For information call 610-444-1582.
Held behind the Landhope Farms Store at routes 82 and 926.
Gates open at 10 a.m. Support the work of Stroud Center scientists and educators in another way by joining us for spectacular steeplechasing at the ninth annual Willowdale Steeplechase. Watch horses leap over the 12-foot-long water jump, brush hurdles and other obstacles as they thunder to the finish. Between races, there will be free pony rides courtesy of Gateway Stables. Enjoy Jack Russell terrier races, a dog agility demonstration by K-9 Academy of Delaware, vendor and food tents and the popular ECS Kids' Alley tent, featuring fun and educational science activities and games. Enter your child in the new stick pony races for children. It's fun for the entire family - and a great way to spend Mothers' Day!
Friday, Sept. 21
Joan M. Stroud Memorial Lecture featuring entomologist and Berkeley professor Vince Resh.
Sunday, Oct. 14
Fall Family program with Mike Weilbacher of WXPN's Kids' Corner performing his "Oceans in Motion".
Teacher Workshops
The Stroud Center's Education Department will be holding a streamkeeper workshop from June 25 to 28 in the New York watershed. This is part of the Stroud Center's Summer 2001 Teacher Workshops program.
Other workshops Weeks of:
July 9-12 - GLOBE Workshop at Stroud Center.
July 16-19 - Leaf Pack Network Workshop at Stroud Center.
July 23-26 - Watershed Education and Leaf Pack Workshop at Nockamixon State Park (with Pa. DCNR & State Parks). Watershed Tour & Project WET Workshop at Stroud Center.
August 6-9 - Watershed Education and Leaf Pack at Promised Land State Park (with DCNR & State Parks).
August 13-16 - Watershed Education and Leaf Pack Workshop at Evansburg State Park (with DCNR and State Parks).
For more information contact Jim McGonigle at (610) 268-2153 X255 or email jmcgonigle@stroudwater.org
