BRCA Aquafest

We’re Throwing a Party, and YOU’RE Invited!

The big Do is AQUAFEST, a family festival celebrating the seven beautiful Belgrade Lakes on August 29 and 30, 2008. Consider yourself cordially asked to round up the gang and join your neighbors for summer’s fun finale on Labor Day weekend.

AQUAFEST offers something for all ages … a timed 5K Race for the Lakes, a Kids Corner Challenge (ages 1 to 12), a Fun Run, Walk, Crawl or Creep (in which dogs with securely leashed owners may compete), Kayak Races, GPS and kayak lessons, music, art, a Farmer’s Market, a yummy Family Barbecue, an Art Mart, and much, much, more!

Festivities kick off with a cocktail party from 5 to 7 pm on Friday evening at the Village Inn in Belgrade Lakes. You’ll be off to the races at 8 am the following morning when the 5K sprints out and back from Camp Runoia on Point Road in Belgrade. Then the Kids Corner Challenge with T-shirt painting, games, prizes and a Lake Event Course runs from 9 to 11 at the Belgrade Center for All Seasons, with the Fun Run following-on close behind. Awards for all events and the Fishing Derby winner take place before the noontime Chicken Barbecue in the Rec Center picnic grove; then Canoes and Kayaks Race off from the waterfront at 2 pm.

If that isn’t enough to occupy family and friends, your gang can take boat and float plane rides, visit the Farmers’ Market, snag a Labor Day bargain, find a summer keepsake at village stores or the Art Mart, or munch on AQUAFEST Specials at village food emporia.

There’s more to tell, but we’ve run out of room. No problem! All details can be found in the AQUAFEST flyer (at random watershed locations) and on the BRCA website www.belgradelakes.org