Fw: Ready for Spring Festivals in Arkansas?

Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T

---

From: "Arkansas Parks & Tourism" <info@arkansas.com>

Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:37:27 -0500

To: Mayor James F. Valley<mayorjfvalley@gmail.com>

Subject: Ready for Spring Festivals in Arkansas?

Keep Arkansas messages coming! Add info@arkansas.com to your address book. Click here to see how. Having trouble viewing this email? Read it online.

Hi Mayor, We all know April showers bring May flowers. April also brings warmer temperatures, early blooming flowers and trees, green grass, and the yearning to be outside after the winter cold. Though there is always something going on in Arkansas, no matter what month, activities start to gear up this month as well – both indoors and out. Keep reading to find an event or activity that piques your interest.

Learn the fun side of reading and writing by attending the Arkansas Literary Festival. Discover what a “redbug” is at the Fordyce on the Cotton Belt Festival and enjoy some fine horse racing during the Apple Blossom Invitational at Oaklawn in Hot Springs. Ample opportunities for shopping abound, ranging from Big To Do on 22 in the Arkansas River Valley, and the Springs Arts & Crafts Fair at Hardy, to Calico Rock’s Riverfest and Cabot’s Strawberry Festival. Experience all things Scottish during the annual Arkansas Scottish Festival in Batesville, and a performance by the Russian Ballet in Helena-West Helena.   Keep on Reading! A wide assortment of events cover history and heritage in April. A reunion of former Walnut Ridge airfield personnel is slated, and a convention for dobro guitar players takes place in Clarksville. McNeil honors its railroad heritage while the Ozark folkways are showcased for the 48th year in Mountain View. Woolly Hollow State Park demonstrates what life was like in frontier time and Powhatan offers living history of how to be a lady in the 19th century. Last but not least, Hampson Archeological Museum State Park heralds the history of ancient body art, a.k.a. tattoos. Keep on Reading! Easter Eggstasy - April 2 - 4, 2010 Bismarck, AR SOE UA Fort Smith Jazz Concert - April 8, 2010 Fort Smith Convention Center Fort Smith, AR $5 Million Apple Blossom Invitational at Oaklawn Park - April 9, 2010 Oaklawn Racing & Gaming Hot Springs, AR AA Springtime in the Ozarks - April 15 - 18, 2010 Best Western Inn of the Ozarks Eureka Springs, AR Little Rock Wind Symphony Presents "Connections and Collaborations" - April 22, 2010 Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Dr. Little Rock, AR 8th Annual Strawberry Festival - April 23 - 24, 2010 Allman-Bevis Field Cabot, AR

This email was sent to mayorjfvalley@gmail.com, because you requested periodic e-newsletters from Arkansas Department of
Parks & Tourism. If you are not interested in this type of information, you may unsubscribe.

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND TOURISM
One Capitol Mall / Little Rock, Arkansas 72201 / 1-800-NATURAL / (501) 682-7777 (V/TT)

© 2007 Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. All rights reserved.