OLD   POWAY   PARK   SPECIAL   EVENT


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TRAIN   SONG   FESTIVAL

2009



"Celebrating the History of Trains and Song"





City   of   Poway   Announcements


12TH ANNUAL
TRAIN SONG FESTIVAL 2009

Hear the sweet sounds of train songs and whistles on Saturday, October 10, 2009,
from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. during the Train Song Festival at Old Poway Park,
co-sponsored by the City of Poway and San Diego Folk Heritage.

* Listen to live, traditional railroad music
* Enjoy storytelling
* Make children's arts and crafts
* Have your face painted
* Participate in the children's railroad costume contest
* Meet train-related vendors
* See an HO Model train display
* Walk through the arts and crafts market and see demonstrations
* Ride the steam train for a nominal fee
* Visit the Nelson House and Museum
* Watch blacksmithing demonstrations
* Experience mock train robberies and gun-fighting reenactments
* Eat lunch and sweet treats for a nominal fee

Come dressed in your best railroad attire and be a part of the fascination of Old Poway Park.
For more information, please call (858) 668-4576.

Train Song Festival
Saturday,   October 10,   2009
10:00 am - 4:00 pm


8TH ANNUAL
RAILROAD MOVIE UNDER THE STARS

Following the Train Song Festival, the annual "Railroad Movie Under the Stars", co-sponsored
by the City of Poway and the Old Poway Park Action Committee, will feature a traditional-style
railroad-themed movie in the Old Poway Park Gazebo from 7pm - 9pm.

* Free
* Candy, popcorn, and sodas will be available for a nominal fee
* Movie Title: TBD

Bring your family and a blanket and catch an old-fashioned family movie under the stars!

For more information, please call (858) 668-4576.

Railroad Movie
Saturday,   October 10,   2009
7:00   -   9:00pm



IT'S BELLS & WHISTLES FOR TRAIN FESTIVAL

On Friday, Feb. 4, 2000, the City of Poway Community Services Department received an
Achievement Award for Recreation Programming from the California Park and Recreation
Society District XII for the Train Song Festival, which is held at Old Poway Park.
The award was presented for Outstanding and Innovative Program Development and
Implementation. Criteria for the award included creative and unique programming and
utilization and collaboration of volunteers.

Since 1828, the railroads that have criss-crossed the country have inspired songs
about the freedom to travel, the power of the great engines, the tragedies and
triumphs of railroad men, and the adventures of hobos and other traveling folks whose
lives have been entwined with the rails. Each year the City, in cooperation with San
Diego Folk Heritage and the Old Poway Park Action Committee, celebrates the history
of trains and songs with a festival that includes train rides and robberies, a full
day of music on two stages, train-related arts and crafts, specialty food items, and
more. The Festival is held each year on the first Saturday in October.

The event is made possible by the City of Poway, the Old Poway Park Action Committee,
the Poway-Midland Railroad, and the volunteers who made their vision of a celebration
of trains and songs an award-winning reality.

~ Excerpted from 'Poway Today', Summer 2000

All Aboard for Songs and Whistles

"Look yonder comin', comin' down that railroad track,
It's the Orange Blossom Special, bringin' my baby back."


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