Events

Don’t throw away those beads, bows and trinkets! Donate them to a Fantastic, Town-wide, Kid-centered,
Spectacular Rhinebeck Event: Sinerklaas: An Old Dutch Tradition in Rhinebeck --December 6, 2008

An event for families feturing a children's Star Light Parade. Call for
Materials – Needed: Beads, buttons, bows, ribbons, trinkets,
charms, lace, yarn, glitter, oddities, shells, do-dads, streamers, decorative papers, old ornaments, necklaces …
Anything FUN and SHINY that the children can use to decorate their
Corwns and Branches as part of the celebration. Call 758 5519 to make
yur
donations !

Designing and Building
a Soapbox Car for the

Artists’ Soapbox
Derby

Saturday afternoons:
July 26; August 2^nd, 9^th,
16^th from 1
– 4PM

At the Trolley Museum
of New York Restoration Shop, 89 East Strand, Kingston

The Trolley Museum of New York invites
those interested in participating in the 14^th Annual Artists’
Soapbox Derby to attend a hands-on workshop on how to design and build
a derby car.  The Soapbox Derby will be held on Sunday, August
17, 2008 at 1PM on lower Broadway in Kingston, NY. 

The Workshop Series will be held in the
Trolley Museum Display and Restoration Shop at 89 East Strand. 
The workshops are free, but you must make a reservation to attend one
of the workshops.  The dates of the workshops are: July 26^th,
August 2^nd, 9^th & 16^th, all beginning
at 1PM.  Some tools and materials will be available, but workshop
participants are encouraged to bring their own materials and tools. 

All manner of designs are eligible. 
The Artists’ Soapbox Derby is a race where speed is not the objective;
rather creativity in design and locomotion will be rewarded in many
categories of prizes.  George and Nancy Donskoj, of Donskoj &
Company say “In the case of this Artists’ Soapbox Derby, it’s
more akin to a kinetic sculpture parade, it’s the style, creativity
and engineering that turns on the crowd”.  “Awards and cash
prize money are based on design and the way the vehicles attain the
finish line at the bottom of the hill.  Just about anything that
slides, glides, rolls and walks has the potential to win a prize.” 

www.artistsoapboxderby.com