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Bronx River Festival, June 27

06/22/2009 12:31:00 By Peter Milosheff, viewed 478 times.
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The Bronx River Alliance

Celebrate our river at the Bronx River Festival sponsored by the Bronx River Alliance. Festival will feature songs & stories, music, paddling trips, and the beautiful Bronx River!

The Bronx River Alliance hosts the Bronx River Festival featuring Sonia Manzano (Maria from Sesame Street) and her friends from the show. The Festival will also feature Sãlongo, 7-piece Afro-Cuban/Brazilian Group sponsored by the Bronx River Art Center.

Rain or shine, the event will take place Saturday, June 27th from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., at River Park (180th Street and Boston Road).

Dozens of canoes and kayaks on the river, the beautiful and historic waterfall near 180th Street, performances by Sonia Manzano and her friends from Sesame Street, and Sãlongo, a7-piece Afro-Cuban/Brazilian Group.

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