A Huge Thank You!!

A huge thank you to all of our fabulous volunteers who helped make the 2010 season of Urban Harvest a success!

The Urban Harvest Board of Directors and committee members - you know who you are!

Travis Rau with Police Youth Bureau

Luke Graner

Tim Reed

Tony Fladeland

The Wanek Family – Dan, Tracy, Christian, and Aria

Jamieson Ridenhour

Kris Kitko

Nolyn Falcon

Kevin Kyes

Rich Neigum

Children’s Hour leaders – Gateway to Science, Sara Hilden and New Discovery Montessori, Julie Hart and Suzuki School of Music, Luke Graner, Northern Plains Dance, and Veteran’s Memorial Library

Our Wellness Hour leaders – Capital Racquet and Fitness, Becky Schnabel, Tamie Hauglie, Caressa Barth, Karen and Duane Ehrens, and Bonnie Torrence

August 12

August 12th marks the end of the 2010 Urban Harvest season. It just happened to be the hottest, muggiest market day. Thanks to all who made it happen. Here’s an overview:

The Veteran’s Memorial Library held the audience captive with great stories and puppet show. We always love to see the large groups of children holding hands in the buddy system as they make their way to Children’s Hour each week. The kids are always respectful, engaged, courteous. Thank you to all the groups that brought children down to participate!

Kris Kitko joined us for the noon performace. Thank you Kris for your dedication to music, educating kids, and volunteering your time. We so appreciate it!

The finale of Urban Idol was exciting with tough competition and talented kids. Check out the pictures of the seven finalists of the 2010 season!

And the winners are:

11 yrs old and under: Brittan Grub

12yrs old to 17yrs old: Summer

Trifecta and The Dedbeats rounded out the evening.

Join us for the LAST URBAN HARVEST OF THE 2010 SEASON!

10am – Children’s Hour with Bismarck Veterans Memorial Library
Noon – Kris Kitko
2pm – Open Mic
3pm – Urban Idol Finale
5pm – Wellness Hour Tai Chi with Bonnie Torrence
6pm – Trifecta
7pm – The Dedbeats

August 5th Schedule

Another fantastic market occurred today with Northern Plains Dance performing for children’s hour and Grady Jackson at noon. Open mic hour was jam packed with talented young ones willing to put aside their fear and show their talents on the Urban Harvest stage. The last Urban Idol before the finale showcased more local talent – two of which will advance to the final performance on August 12th. The crowd really enjoyed Karen and Duane Ehrens’ fresh cooking demo which featured produce from our local farmer’s market. The McMahon Brothers (sans Phil avec Pat Phillips) and Human Capital finished up the evening. Thanks to everyone who volunteered, performed, participated, and visited Urban Harvest today!! 

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

10 am – Children’s Hour – Northern Plains Dance

Noon – Grady Jackson

2 pm – Open Mic Hour

3 pm – Urban Idol

5 pm – Fresh Cooking Demo with Karen Ehrens

6 pm- The McMahon Brothers

7 pm – Human Capital

July 29th Market

We had another beautiful market day on July 29th. Suzuki School of Music entertained for Children’s Hour, Mike Swenson joined us for lunch hour. Shade Tree Players did some improv and open mic hour saw a great crowd! Thanks to Carissa Barth for leading a session on hula hooping for our wellness hour entertainment. The evening was capped off with Black Cat Rumble and The Levee. Fun times, for sure!

July 29th Schedule

Join us this Thursday for Urban Harvest!

Children’s Hour: Suzuki School of Music
Noon Hour: Mike Swenson
2pm: Open Mic Hour
3pm: Urban Idol
5pm: Hula Hoops with Carissa Barth for Wellness Hour
6pm: Black Cat Rumble
7pm: The Levee

July 22nd

Create your own video slideshow at animoto.com.

2nd Market – July 15th

Thanks to everyone who came out to our second market of the season. Here’s an overview of the fun!
Sara Hilden, from New Discovery Montessori, led Children’s Hour with a lot of different Montessori inspired activities.

Thanks Ms. Sara!!

We also have books to give away and hula hoops and jump ropes to play with while at the market. Feel free to take a book or two!

Our lunch hour performance was Sarah McMahon and Laura Knudsen. Beautiful girls singing beautiful tunes.

How nice would it be to have a beautiful green space in downtown Bismarck? Thought we’d give it a try!

Urban Idol is back with Host Kris Kitko! Thanks to all our participants!

Becky Schnabel gave a fantastic lecture on composting for this week’s Wellness Hour. Thank you, Becky!

The day was capped off with performances by The John Krueger Quartet and The Vexed.

July 8, 2010

Thank you all for joining us on our first market of the 2010 season! It was filled with excitement, music, and wonderful entertainment. The weather was perfect, too!

Numerous student and daycare groups joined us for Gateway to Science Children’s hour. The children were so well behaved and we look forward to their return for future children’s hour. In future weeks, we will be having lego building, used book give aways, music with Luke Graner, and Montesorri inspired activities. Please visit our entertainment page to view a complete schedule.

Thanks to the Wanek family for supplying us with fun activities for the kids including hula hoops, bubbles, and jump ropes. We also always have sidewalk chalk to inspire the young artisan.

Lunch options usually include The Walrus Restaurant, Dakota Deli, Indian Tacos, Steep me a Cup, and Camly Cuisine. This week, we happily hosted Ben Suchy on the noon stage.

 Sleepy Hollow will open their production of Annie later in July. Their performance at Urban Harvest is an added benefit to our afternoon lineup.  

A huge thank you to Blind Mice and The Midnight Noise Orchestra for starting off the 2010 Season of Urban Harvest!

Our First Market of the Season — JULY 8th!

Join us Thursday, July 8th on the corner of 4th and Broadway in Bismarck!!

Entertainment for the day:
10 am Children’s Hour with Gateway to Science
Noon with Ben Suchy
1 pm Sleepy Hollow Performance
2 pm Open Mic Hour
3 pm URBAN IDOL!
5 pm Wellness Hour with a Tennis Pro and Prairie Rose State Games!
6 pm Blind Mice
7:30 pm The Midnight Noise Orchestra

Volunteer Duties

In the comments box (at the bottom of the page), please leave the following information if you are interested in volunteering to help with Urban Harvest:

Name 

(please email contact information to director@bismarckurbanharvest.org)

Dates and shift available (am or pm)

Duties (see list below)

2010 Urban Harvest Dates (Thursdays):

July 8^th                                                   July 15^th                                               July 22^rd                                               July 29^th

August 5^th                            August 12^th

Morning duties (8:30 am – will take about an hour depending on the duty you sign up for)

•1.       Electricity:

• Retrieve electricity carts from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Run power cords from stage to carts
• Tape down extension cords in walk ways

•2.       Prepare Community Corner Table

• Retrieve table and two chairs from Downtowner’s Office (on location)
• Set up table and chairs at Market
• Attach signage to table and indicate community organization that will attending (provided by director)

•3.       On site advertisements and garbage cans

• Retrieve sandwich boards from Downtowner’s Office (on location)
• Position sandwich boards on North end of 4^th Street and East end of Broadway
• Staple entertainment schedule (provided by director) onto sandwich boards
• Retrieve garbage cans, line with trash bags and place around market area

•4.       Urban Harvest Banner and Stage Banner

• Retrieve Urban Harvest Banner and stage banner from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Retrieve banner hardware
• Hang banners behind stage area

•5.       Seating

• Move picnic tables into the right of way (on location)
• Retrieve bistro sets from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Set up bistro sets around market area

•6.       Urban Harvest Booth

• Retrieve UH booth items from Downtowner’s office (on location)
• Help UH board member set up booth items such as canopy, table, chairs, canopy weights, and merchandise materials

Evening duties (8:00 pm – will take about an hour depending on the duty you sign up for)

•1.       Electricity:

• Remove power cords from stage to carts
• Remove tape and extension cords from walkways
• Return electricity carts/extension cords to Downtowner’s office (on location)

•2.       Community Corner Table

• Take down Community Corner table and chairs at Market
• Remove signage from table
• Return table, two chairs, and CC sign to Downtowner’s Office (on location)

•3.       On site advertisements and garbage cans

• Remove sandwich boards from North end of 4^th Street and East end of Broadway
• Remove entertainment schedule from sandwich boards
• Return sandwich board to Downtowner’s Office (on location)
• Retrieve garbage cans and deliver garbage to designated location (on site)

•4.       Urban Harvest Banner and Stage Banner

• Remove Urban Harvest Banner and stage banner from hardware
• Tear down banner hardware
• Return banners and hardware to Downtowner’s Office

•5.       Seating

• Move picnic tables out of public right of way (on location)
• Remove bistro sets from market area
• Return bistro sets to Downtowner’s Office

•6.       Urban Harvest Booth

• Help UH board member tear down booth items such as canopy, table, chairs, canopy weights, and merchandise
• Return UH booth items to Downtowner’s office (on location)