April 27, 2014 - St. Louis Earth Day Festival is an annual celebration of Earth Day, the largest among such festivities in the St. Louis area. The organizers point out that it now ranks as the 2nd largest Earth Day event in the nation! This year marked the 25th anniversary of this celebration. Festival goers enjoy a full day of local musical acts, live performers and engage in various eco-educational activities. Learn all about the organizers, their mission and community involvement on their website
stlouisearthday.org.
The Muny grounds in Forest Park hosted the festival on a day which was forecasted to have severe storms. For the most part the weather held off for a beautiful overcast spring day, any outdoor photographers delight. The snarly skies and warnings buzzing on phones eventually did cause the organizers to close the festival early by 4:30 pm. Nothing really happened!! but I guess its safer to err on the side of caution. I was left a little bummed out with the performance I was really looking forward to being cancelled but still a fun day. Till next year!!
Sharing some of the photos captured at the event, if you like'em you can see more in the gallery
here.
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| Joia World Percussion Ensemble: Engaging the child |
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| Joia World Percussion Ensemble: Leading the all species parade |
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| Joia World Percussion Ensemble: Leading the all species parade |
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| Circus Flora: Had the young ones in peals of laughter. |
The Pazazz Performers from St. Louis Academy of Dance put on an great show.
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| St. Louis Academy of Dance |
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| St. Louis Academy of Dance |
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| St. Louis Academy of Dance |
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| St. Louis Academy of Dance |
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| St. Louis Academy of Dance |
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| St. Louis Academy of Dance |
The Wings Over Water demonstration presented by World Bird Sanctuary and Missouri American Water was superb.
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| World Bird Sanctuary: Bald Eagle, check out the talons. |
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| World Bird Sanctuary: Awww......owl. |
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| World Bird Sanctuary: Great Horned Owl.. hates dogs. |
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| World Bird Sanctuary: Bald Eagle |
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| World Bird Sanctuary: Bald Eagle |
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| Green Earth Girl: Kudos for the effort |
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| Green Earth Girl |
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| Spellbound |
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| Jabula Drumming Circle |
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| Peace Circle: Jabula Drumming Circle |
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| Tandava Tribal: Hopefully next time we get to see the performance |
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| Saxaphone Joy |
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| Todd Mosby: Earth Songs, thanks for playing on. |
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| Cosmic Chaos: The last shot |
My favorite shot from the day, surprising how quickly things wound down. All it took is one strong wind gust and people scrambled. Mother earth has provided for every moment of our life in this ever evolving comic chaos. So lay down, relax, take a deep breath and think of the pillars of nature which make possible our existence on Earth.
Did you have a good time at the festival? Leave a comment below!
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