[NEohioPAL]Canal Days retraces Ohio & Erie Canal history at Akron's Lock 3 Live on 9/4

Tue Aug 31 12:18:02 PDT 2004

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Dear NEOhioPal Subscriber ~

If not for the Ohio & Erie Canal, Akron would not exist today. The canal
opened up Ohio's frontier settlement, providing settlers with a reliable
form of transportation to ship products. Consequently, the city of Akron
sprang up around Lock 1 of the canal at Main and Exchange Streets. And
the rest, as they say, is history ....

On Saturday, September 4, from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., the Canal Days
Celebration at Lock 3 Live! park will commemorate the history and
preservation of the Ohio & Erie Canal Corridor. Just two locks down from
Akron's pivotal Lock 1 in downtown Akron, Lock 3 Live! park is located
on Main Street, next to the Akron Civic Theatre.=20

Festival attendees are invited to breathe in the fresh air and take in
Akron's proud past along downtown's picturesque waterway. A marble
exhibit, pioneer craft activities, and a glass blowing demonstration are
among the scheduled activities that will bring Akron's past to life,
with an emphasis on the city's historic manufacture of products.

In addition to tours of the Ohio Canal -conducted by staff and
volunteers of the Cuyahoga Valley National Park - there will be
inflatable "rides" for kids, including a rock climbing wall, a Giraffe
Moon Walk, and a Bungee Trampoline.=20

Featured festival foods include burgers, fries and handmade ice-cream
cones from Menches Brothers; chicken wings, tacos and taco salad, and
peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from Lisa's Place; German style
sausage sandwiches, and cabbage and noodles from Yost Concessions;
pulled pork and rib sandwiches from Arnold's Ribs, and various items
from Mustard Seed Market.

Fitting to the festival theme, live musical entertainment spotlights
folk favorites The Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarbrough & The Folk Reunion,
Weavermania, Lee Murdock, and Brian Henke.

The Canal Days Celebration festival runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on
September 4 at Lock 3 Live! park and FirstEnergy Stage on Main Street in
downtown Akron, located next to the Akron Civic Theatre. There is a $10
admission charge, except for children under 48 inches. Bring a canned
food item to benefit the Akron/Canton Food Bank, or show your Montrose
Ford VIP card, and you can buy one ticket at full price and get the
second ticket for half price. Get half off the price of a regular priced
ticket with proof that you're a Key Bank customer. Cash-only tickets are
sold at the Lock 3 Live! gates 30 minutes before the festival begins.
For advance tickets, call the Akron Civic Theatre Box Office at
330.253.2488 between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday.
Tickets are also available at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall Ticket
Office at 330.972.7570, or through Ticketmaster Centers or
Charge-By-Phone at 330.945.9400.=20

Free parking is available in the O'Neil's Deck (entrance off State
Street), Cascade Parking Deck (enter from Quaker Street) and Landmark
Deck (entrance off Bowery Street). Paid parking is available in the
Summit County Parking Deck (entrance off High Street). For event
information and updates, visit <outbind://32/www.lock3live.com>
www.lock3live.com, or call the Civic Theatre Info Line at 330.535.3178.=20

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Dear NEOhioPal Subscriber ~
If not for the Ohio & Erie Canal, Akron would not exist today. =
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& Erie Canal Corridor. Just two locks down from Akron’s =
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downtown Akron, Lock 3 Live! park is located on Main Street, next to the =

Akron Civic Theatre. 
 Festival attendees are invited to breathe in the fresh air and =
take in=20
Akron’s proud past along downtown's picturesque waterway. A marble =
exhibit,=20
pioneer craft activities, and a glass blowing demonstration are among =
the=20
scheduled activities that will bring Akron’s past to life, with an =
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In addition to tours of the Ohio Canal –conducted by staff and =
volunteers of=20
the Cuyahoga Valley National Park – there will be inflatable =
"rides" for kids,=20
including a rock climbing wall, a Giraffe Moon Walk, and a Bungee =
Trampoline.=20

Featured festival foods include burgers, fries and handmade ice-cream =
cones=20
from Menches Brothers; chicken wings, tacos and taco salad, and peanut =
butter=20
and jelly sandwiches from Lisa’s Place; German style sausage =
sandwiches, and=20
cabbage and noodles from Yost Concessions; pulled pork and rib =
sandwiches from=20
Arnold’s Ribs, and various items from Mustard Seed Market.
Fitting to the festival theme, live musical entertainment spotlights =
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favorites The Kingston Trio, Glenn Yarbrough & The Folk Reunion,=20
Weavermania, Lee Murdock, and Brian Henke.
The Canal Days Celebration festival runs from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. on =
September=20
4 at Lock 3 Live! park and FirstEnergy Stage on Main Street in downtown =
Akron,=20
located next to the Akron Civic Theatre. There is a $10 admission =
charge, except=20
for children under 48 inches. Bring a canned food item to benefit the=20
Akron/Canton Food Bank, or show your Montrose Ford VIP card, and you can =
buy one=20
ticket at full price and get the second ticket for half price. Get half =
off the=20
price of a regular priced ticket with proof that you’re a Key Bank =
customer.=20
Cash-only tickets are sold at the Lock 3 Live! gates 30 minutes before =
the=20
festival begins. For advance tickets, call the Akron Civic Theatre Box =
Office at=20
330.253.2488 between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday through Friday. =
Tickets=20
are also available at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall Ticket Office at=20
330.972.7570, or through Ticketmaster Centers or Charge-By-Phone at=20
330.945.9400. 
Free parking is available in the O’Neil’s Deck (entrance =
off State Street),=20
Cascade Parking Deck (enter from Quaker Street) and Landmark Deck =
(entrance off=20
Bowery Street). Paid parking is available in the Summit County Parking =
Deck=20
(entrance off High Street). For event information and updates, visit =
<A=20
href=3D"outbind://32/www.lock3live.com">www.lock3live.com</A>, or call the =
Civic Theatre=20
Info Line at 330.535.3178. 
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