Butterfly Festival this Saturday

Join us this Saturday, April 16th

from 9 a.m.- 5 p.m.

at the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens for the 18th Annual Butterfly Festival

Live Release of 3500 Butterflies (butterflies released every 30 minutes throughout the day)

Posting of the Colors at the Veterans Memorial Plaza

Commemorative Air Force Flyover (weather permitting)

Butterfly Art

Live Entertainment

Nature Activities

Butterfly Store

Games and Concessions

Raffle/Vendors

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Butterfly Festival Schedule

8:45 Music by RR 12 Philharmonic

9:00 Opening Ceremony

- Invocation - Rev. Richard Young

- Opening Message - Norm Rolling

- Raising of the Flags

National Anthem - Rev. Young
The Pledge of Allegiance
Texas Flag raised by scouts
Military Flag Raising Ceremony
Taps

- Butterfly Festival Welcome

- Introduction of the Artist of the Year

- Memorial Butterfly Release

Prayer - Father Bill Scheel
Reading of the Names - Norm Rolling
Closing - Norm Rolling

Commemorative Air Force Flyover

(weather permitting)

Entertainment Schedule

ART Stage - Village Green

10:00 - 12:00 "Bugz" Musical - Scudder Primary School

10:00 - King
10:15 - Caldwell
10:30 - Sierra
10:45 - Overall
11:00 - Clark
11:15 - Krauskopf
11:30 - Merkord
11:45 - Willoughby

12:00 - Kim Soo Karate
12:30 - 1:30 - WHS Ballet Folklorico
1:30 - 2:30 - Clickety Cloggers
2:30 - 5:00 - Divine Inspiration Band

Leman Stage - Gluttons Glade

11:00 a.m. - Hays County Master Naturalists - Butterfly Life Cycle
12:00 - Art Awards
12:30 - Herb Society
1:00 - KLRU's Central Texas Gardener
2:00 - Kim Soo Karate Black Belt Panel
3:00 - Nature Fun Facts

All Day Activities

Art Exhibit

Bird Walks

Butterfly Releases

Back Into Nature

Fancy Feather Chickens

Fish Viewing Tank

Healthy Living Fair (Seton Medical Center Hays Brookshire Brothers, Austin Dermatology Associates & Aesthetics, Lions Children's Vision Screenings)

Master Naturalist Exhibits & Nature Activities

Miniature Horses

Vendors

1 Ticket
- Butterfly Bait (cantaloupe)

- Butterfly Crafts
- Chalk Art

2 Tickets
- Bounce House

- Butterfly Crafts
- Circus of Hope

- Frisbee Golf Toss

- Maze & Water Balloon Catapult

- Obstacle Course
- Butterfly Express - Train

3 Tickets
- Cookie Decorating

- Face Painting
- Flight House
- Kiddie Korral

- Seed Activities

4 Tickets
- Hair Accessories

- Face Painting
- Pirate Tent
- Princess Tent

5 Tickets
- Paint-a-Tile

Concessions
- BBQ Sandwich - 5 tickets
- Nachos - 3 tickets

- Frito Pie - 3 tickets
- Hot Dog - 2 tickets

- Popcorn - 1 ticket

- Chips - 1 ticket
- Sodas - 2 tickets

- Water - 1 ticket

- Snow Cones 3 - 5 tickets

Schedule and activities are subject to change.

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Don't miss Nancy's Flight House, which will be filled with Texas Native butterflies.

18th Annual Butterfly Festival

Free admission. Donations appreciated. Game & concession tickets for sale.

Important Parking Information

Parking for this year's festival will be at Wimberley High School and Danforth Junior High. Visitors may walk the short distance to the EmilyAnn or take a free shuttle bus or hay ride. Overflow parking will be at Lion's Field with shuttle service to the EmilyAnn. Parking at the EmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens will be limited to vehicles with EmilyAnn issued and handicapped parking tags only.

The Butterfly Festival will go on rain or shine!

We will post local weather updates on our website and on Facebook and Twitter.

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Hannah Kuriakose will be at the festival signing the t-shirts that feature her artwork.

Join us for a very special evening with

Ray Wylie Hubbard

Please join us for a very special concert benefiting the EmilyAnn. The total price of your ticket will go towards the Theatre Arts Complex building fund.

April 30th

7:30 p.m.

In the Burdine Johnson Indoor Studio Theatre

Seating is limited. Includes a meet & greet with Ray. To purchase tickets, click here. Thank you for supporting the EmilyAnn!

Ray Wylie Hubbard Bio

When F. Scott Fitzgerald issued his classic conclusion that 'There are no second acts in American lives,' he failed to envision the career of legendary Texas troubadour Ray Wylie Hubbard. A willing conspirator in the late seventies Cosmic Cowboy revolt that ushered in the mythical Outlaw era, Hubbard was a catalyst in the cultural upheaval that led to the peaceful coexistence of Lone Star music enthusiasts who comprised each end of the social and political spectrum of that troubled time. In the stellar company of iconic colleagues like Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Doug Sahm and Jerry Jeff Walker, Ray Wylie Hubbard was an architect of the musical legacy that continues to inspire subsequent generations of up-and-coming Texas talent.

Yes, Hubbard is a Texas singer-songwriter, complete with the classic trifurcated handle, fundamental chapter of the canon in his song catalog ("Redneck Mother"), and enough wild hairs in his past to qualify him as a legend. But along the way, his attention began to leave matters extraneous to his art and soul by the wayside and focus on the beauty and potential to be found in the blank canvas of, in his case, the yet to be written and recorded song. The result has been one of the most satisfying musical and lyrical journeys to witness over the last two decades. In the years that followed he evolved into a writer of uncommonly honest portraits of life, alternately mixing deep personal sagas with poignant character studies of those traveling on the dark side of the road. If one wanted to describe the sound of Ray Wylie Hubbard, one could call it American music, born from the time honored traditions of folk, country and roots rock.

To learn more about Ray and his music visit www.raywylie.com.

www.emilyann.org

The EmilyAnn Theatre

P.O. Box 801 - 1101 FM 2325

Wimberley, Texas 78676

512-847-6969

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