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Friday, March 11, 2005 Orange City revives Black Bear FestivalBy BOB KOSLOW ORANGE CITY — The Black Bear Festival will return after a two-year absence and with city sponsorship. “The Black Bear Festival became a lot of work with fewer and fewer volunteers until they got burned out,” parks and recreation superintendent James Moltz said Wednesday while explaining festival plans to the City Council. “That’s not to say we still don’t need or want volunteer help and community sponsors. We do.” The festival is not the first event the city has taken over. Orange City picked up the annual Christmas Parade about two years ago from the Jaycees. It then expanded and reorganized the parks and recreation and leisure services divisions to develop and promote more activities. Events and festivals help preserve and enhance the historical and cultural character of the small city that will celebrate its 125th birthday in 2007, leisure services coordinator Kristina Wright said. Rotary Park will be the site of the Black Bear Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. May 7, 2005 and include vintage cars, artisans, food vendors, a disc jockey, historical presentations, children’s games and representatives from churches, organizations, clubs and groups. It will not be as large as the first festival in 2001 sponsored by the Sorosis Club, Village Improvement Association and the Library Association to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Black Bear Trail and replace the foundering Frontier Days celebration. The trail was a 1920s designated roadway from Canada to Miami and included part of U.S. 17-92. |
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