The popular Birthday Bash and Music Festival returns to the Walden’s Ridge Civic League on Saturday, June 7, from 4-8 p.m. The party is at 2501 Fairmount Pike, across from Wayside Presbyterian Church in Walden atop Signal Mountain. Activities will take place rain or shine.
Join us to celebrate with free cupcakes and ice cream. Buy a helium balloon to enhance the festive atmosphere. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Hamburgers and hotdogs, grilled corn on the cob, rice bowls, and varieties of pizza will satisfy any appetite. Enjoy funnel cakes, snow cones, and popcorn.
This fifth year of the Birthday Bash offers lots of fun. Make a kite during a kite-building and kite-flying workshop conducted by Chuck Jones of River City Kites. He is well known for his kite workshops with the fourth-graders at Signal Mountain Christian School. The soccer field provides plenty of open space to fly your new kite and to run and play.
The hay wagon pulled by a beautiful red antique tractor is a big hit. The playground offers swings, slides, sandpile, teeter-totter, cars to ride, and more. Face painting and hair painting are always popular. You might want to be prepared for the kids to get wet in the sprinklers and at the water feature.
Games for grownups, such as tug-of-war, horseshoes, and volleyball, were a hit last year. The “big kids” like to ride in the hay wagon, too. At the Civic League, everyone of any age can have a good time. We want the whole family to enjoy themselves and to discover the facilities available for rent at the Civic League.
Under the pavilion, musicians will entertain with a variety of genres including blues, bluegrass, rock-n-roll, and gospel. Tour the auditorium to see the period theatre with its American flags of 48 stars. Witness the progress your donations have made toward restoration. See the exhibits in the glass cases and visit the new history room where we are working on scanning and preserving the Walden’s Ridge Civic League minutes dating back to 1928. Learn about the Mountain Opry years and purchase history books.
There is no admission charge. Become a member of WRCL for $20 and become eligible for discounts and special events. Donations are greatly appreciated to support the Civic League and help restore the buildings. Your support at the Birthday Bash and at any time helps further our goals. Gifts to the nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation are tax deductible. To see pictures of previous Birthday Bashes and other events, go to www.waldensridgecivicleague.org and click the “News & Photos” or the “Archives” tab.
Work Underway
If all goes well, work will be underway on our big, big project of new siding for the auditorium. We anticipate the activity will not interfere with the birthday festivities. The Birthday Bash celebrates construction of the auditorium by the local people in 1921. In continued use since then, it is showing its age at 104 years old, and the siding has deteriorated from weather. The community building was the idea of the Fairmount School Improvement League and served as a meeting place for all residents of the ridgetop before the Towns of Signal Mountain and Walden were organized. For several years, the auditorium was known as the original home of the Mountain Opry.
Come and see what all the excitement is about. Volunteer to help with the birthday party or with the siding project. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone. No experience necessary! The only requirements are a friendly attitude and willingness to serve. Drop us a note at [email protected] or call Mark Dwyer at 423) 618-3060.
Join us to celebrate with free cupcakes and ice cream. Buy a helium balloon to enhance the festive atmosphere. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Hamburgers and hotdogs, grilled corn on the cob, rice bowls, and varieties of pizza will satisfy any appetite. Enjoy funnel cakes, snow cones, and popcorn.
This fifth year of the Birthday Bash offers lots of fun. Make a kite during a kite-building and kite-flying workshop conducted by Chuck Jones of River City Kites. He is well known for his kite workshops with the fourth-graders at Signal Mountain Christian School. The soccer field provides plenty of open space to fly your new kite and to run and play.
The hay wagon pulled by a beautiful red antique tractor is a big hit. The playground offers swings, slides, sandpile, teeter-totter, cars to ride, and more. Face painting and hair painting are always popular. You might want to be prepared for the kids to get wet in the sprinklers and at the water feature.
Games for grownups, such as tug-of-war, horseshoes, and volleyball, were a hit last year. The “big kids” like to ride in the hay wagon, too. At the Civic League, everyone of any age can have a good time. We want the whole family to enjoy themselves and to discover the facilities available for rent at the Civic League.
Under the pavilion, musicians will entertain with a variety of genres including blues, bluegrass, rock-n-roll, and gospel. Tour the auditorium to see the period theatre with its American flags of 48 stars. Witness the progress your donations have made toward restoration. See the exhibits in the glass cases and visit the new history room where we are working on scanning and preserving the Walden’s Ridge Civic League minutes dating back to 1928. Learn about the Mountain Opry years and purchase history books.
There is no admission charge. Become a member of WRCL for $20 and become eligible for discounts and special events. Donations are greatly appreciated to support the Civic League and help restore the buildings. Your support at the Birthday Bash and at any time helps further our goals. Gifts to the nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation are tax deductible. To see pictures of previous Birthday Bashes and other events, go to www.waldensridgecivicleague.org and click the “News & Photos” or the “Archives” tab.
Work Underway
If all goes well, work will be underway on our big, big project of new siding for the auditorium. We anticipate the activity will not interfere with the birthday festivities. The Birthday Bash celebrates construction of the auditorium by the local people in 1921. In continued use since then, it is showing its age at 104 years old, and the siding has deteriorated from weather. The community building was the idea of the Fairmount School Improvement League and served as a meeting place for all residents of the ridgetop before the Towns of Signal Mountain and Walden were organized. For several years, the auditorium was known as the original home of the Mountain Opry.
Come and see what all the excitement is about. Volunteer to help with the birthday party or with the siding project. There are plenty of opportunities for everyone. No experience necessary! The only requirements are a friendly attitude and willingness to serve. Drop us a note at [email protected] or call Mark Dwyer at 423) 618-3060.
RSS Feed