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One of the highlights of the evening will be Greenland Station Bluegrass Band, stationed right by our cave, ready to fill the air with toe-tapping folk tunes that'll have both people and bats dancing the night away!
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Save the Date for Bats and Bluegrass at the Watershed Sanctuary in Cave Springs. Join us for a day filled with fun activities, delicious food and smells from food trucks, creative flora and fauna-themed face painting, live bluegrass music, engaging educational booths and stations, an exciting scavenger hunt, and the spectacular sight of bats emerging from Cave Springs Cave!
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Entry: $10 per person, $30 per family
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Event Schedule:
4:30 PM - 8:00 PM: Food Trucks Open
5:30 PM: First Round of Sessions Begins
6:30 PM: Second Round of Sessions Begins
7:15 PM: Programming Begins @ Music Tent
7:30 PM: Greenland Station Bluegrass
9:00 PM: Dusk, Close
Breakout Sessions: (Workshops are repeated at 5:30 PM and 6:30 PM)
Workshop 1: Ozark Music History with Charley Sandage, Bluegrass Historian
Meeting point: Registration Table, to walk across the street; session is in the Watershed Learning Center
Leader: Sarah Alvey
Workshop 2: Nature Hike with Annie Sales, IRWP Green Infrastructure Program Manager
Meeting point: Music Tent
Leader: Annie
Workshop 3: Caving Demonstration with Boston Mountain Grotto
Meeting point: Boston Mountain Grotto’s Tent Near Cave Entrance
Leader: Corey Maize
Workshop 4: Nature Journaling with Morgan Keeling, IRWP Associate Director
Meeting point: Green Roof Pavilion
Leader: Morgan