Light Up The Delaware River Party

Local Philadelphians will meet at the park area around the Columbus Monument between Dock St. and Chestnut St. on the Delaware River at 6:30pm. Please bring a cup for pouring water into the River at 7:00pm and a candle to light up the Delaware at 7:30pm.  For more information on this Philly event Mark Barbash, 215-564-0119, jzzmrk@verizon.net &Lisa Levinson, 215-620-2130, lisa@publiceyephilly.org  

9/6/09--Narrowsburg.  7:45 PM.  Josh Fox is bringing his film, Water Under Attack to Narrowsburg for the Light Up The Delaware River Party.  The filmaker  will be available for discussion after the showing which is scheduled for near the Gazebo river overlook. 

9/6/09 This private, Annual Labor Day Party is a perfect example of how families and neighbors can Light Up The Delaware River. The family is boating from Hancock, NY to Equinunk, PA this year in celebration of the River and will be lighting their candles at 7:30pm 

POND EDDY BRIDGE,  PA-side: 9/6/09   Friends of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network will meet up at the Pond Eddy bridge adjacent the Delaware State Forest and the Buckthorn Natural Area on the PA side  to watch the sun set and participate in the water sharing and lighting ceremony to honor our River.   For folks coming from the PA side, you can cross over the Delaware south of Pond Eddy at Port Jervis off of Rte 84 and then head north along Rte 97 to the intersection with Rte 41 where you will see the Pond Eddy bridge. Or you can cross the River from the north at Shohola Pa (off Rte 434) and head south along the river on Rte 97 to the intersection of Rte 41 where you will see the Pond Eddy bridge. If you have questions, contact Faith at 610-291-1403. 

Dunfeld Creek, NJ 9/6/09--Fred Stine--
Our private Light up the Delaware River event wll have my family and I celebrating my 54th birthday with a hike along the Dunfield Creek on the Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap.  They think it's my birthday wish, but it's my hope to stoke their interests in getting out and enjoying the beautiful Delaware River Valley.

Happy Birthday Fred from all your friends here!

HANCOCK, NY.   All are welcome to  join the public gathering at the Hancock Bridge on the NY side.   This is the northern-most  Party in the Basin!   Don't miss their  "thatched raft" send-off at 7:30 pm.  

 9/6/09--The festivities will start around 3pm on a street named Galilee. There will be food, music and a sense of community all leading up to a caravan towards the Cochecton/Damascus and Callicoon bridges for the 7:30pm Candlelight Vigil. Food and beverages are free...simply RSVP at quintessentialcountry@yahoo.com for further details..please include your telephone number as space is limited.

MILANVILLE--9/6/09-- A private party of friends and family will gather to celebrate the River, enjoy a clothes swap and light giant torches at 7:30 pm.

MINISINK--9/6/09--  Friends and River Watch monitors of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network will paddle the River, taking water samples and  camping  at Lander's  Minisink campground.  In celebration of the River Basin, we will join our  fellow campers in the water-pouring ceremony at 7:00 PM and candle lighting at 7:30.    Campsites are still available at Landers River Trips at both the Minisink and Knights Eddy campsites if any others want to join in on the ceremony. We welcome fellow river lovers!  

POND EDDY BRIDGE,  NY-side: 9/6/09 Friends of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network will meet up at the Pond Eddy bridge  on Rte 41 and Rte 97 on the New York side at 7:00pm on Sunday evening to watch the sun set and participate in the water sharing and lighting ceremony to honor our River.  For folks coming from the PA side, you can cross over the Delaware south of Pond Eddy at Port Jervis off of Rte 84 and then head north along Rte 97 to the intersection with Rte 41 where you will see the Pond Eddy bridge. Or you can cross the River from the north at Shohola Pa (off Rte 434) and head south along the river on Rte 97 to the intersection of Rte 41 where you will see the Pond Eddy bridge. If you have questions, contact Faith at 610-291-1403.

CALLICOON on the PA SIDE. 9-6-09  Come Light Up The Delaware River  on the Pennsylvania side of the River about  one mile south of the Callicoon Bridge on  the River Road. There's plenty of parking at the access site.  Bring a  potluck snack to share and your own candles and potable water to pour into the  River at 7:00  PM.   We will probably move to the Callicoon Bridge  to light our candles at 7:30 PM.  

HANCOCK River Party begins on Sunday at 6:00 pm at Firemen’s Field riverfront, at the end of Maple Street, off Rt. 97, just across the East Branch bridge from Hancock’s main business district.  We’ll celebrate with food and drink, and the party will be enlivened by live music, complements of Steve Eisnberg and Kathy and Larry Judd, among others.  All are urged to join in -- bring your hopes for the river, your good spirits, a candle, and if you have a mind to, a musical instrument or a drum!

ABOUT HANCOCK:  These two wonderful Hancock parties  came to us in the last 24 hours... unbeknownst to each other!  We've emailed them but a few are already out on the River.  We're sure that they'll find each other by 7:00 PM.  VERY COOL!     

It's Saturday evening on the River.  Tomorrow, Dan Desmond's plane will take off and the on-board camera crew will turn the Party into a video record -- a little piece of Basin history.

Didn't think about it like that, did ya'?  

A little piece of history.  Or a really BIG piece of history?
If we stop the drills here, we can stop them anywhere.

At 7:00 PM tomorrow, we'll each pour a cup of water into the  River -- a re-commitment to care-taking.  

At 7:30, we'll light our candles from Hancock to Philladelphia --  one candle multiplied by the next and the next and the next.

And when we go home, we'll continue to protect and strengthen our  communities, our people and our resources. 
The difference is, when we go home, our community will be  s-o-o-o-o much  bigger.

Party Up!  The River's tappin' its toes!