Crow celebration set for Oct. 30
Elissa Harper, Jadyn Art and Brianna McConnell pose for a group picture after performing at the Third annual Crow Homecoming in 2014. The event returns this year and will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at the artPARK on Main Street. File | Beacon
COSHOCTON – The Pomerene Center for the Arts is throwing a dance party this year to celebrate the crows.
“We think it’s hard to watch the crows flying in to roost without thinking of dance – so many bodies moving together through space in sync with each other,” said Anne Cornell from the Pomerene Center.
The Crow Homecoming will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30 at the artPARK on Main Street.
The dance party will focus on square dancing with Victor and Reta Grewell being on hand to help anyone who doesn’t know how to square dance. Steve and Lisa Ball with Larry Stahl will provide the music. Bill Dietrich, a clogger from Uhrichsville will be the rhythm section for the musicians on occasion and will test the artPARK platform as a rhythm instrument.
“Coshocton has carried the nickname Crowtown for some time,” said Cornell. “No one seems to know exactly where the nickname came from but it is somehow linked to motorcycles. In 2008, when crows began to congregate for the winter in significant enough numbers to warrant propane cannons and pyrotechnics, the name began to fit like a glove. Coshocton. Crow resort town, Crowtown. Science says they’re here to stay. The Pomerene Center for the Arts says, ‘If you’re given lemons crows make lemonade hot crow-co, hang some crow art and dance.”
Since Halloween is the day after the celebration, Cornell said people are encouraged to come dressed in black or in any costume they want and come enjoy dancing and refreshments.
Category: Arts & Entertainment
