If you didn’t get a chance to check it out, make sure you head over to Pittsburgh Metblogs where I had a full-day blog stream going of the Pittsburgh 250 celebration kick off on Saturday. You’ll have to go back a page to find my first post (24 in all), but the day was amazing, and I think the blog stream was a cool feature to do, and I had a lot of fun doing it!
We kicked off the day with the Eagles at the Point, where I was the stage producer, coordinating via camp radio with the Scouts and all the other producers on stage. The program went off without a hitch, and after cleaning up, we all headed to the Hilton for lunch. Afterwards I wandered around Point State Park all afternoon talking with vendors, playing games, taking a few pictures and listening to a few concerts. The singer of the Eat ‘n Park jingle, Sarah Marince performed (she also sung the national anthem during Eagles at the Point) and I got an autographed picture from Mr. McFeeley!
I saw the ceremony where a bronze trail marker was presented to the city to commemorate the Forbes Trail, and about 1,000 bikers came in on the Allegheny Passage (the other end in D.C.) and celebrated the completion of that bike trail (which in some places uses the same decking, Trex, that we use on the docks at camp).
As the day started to wind down and the crowds swelled even more, I headed to my “somewhat undisclosed location,” also known as the Science Center, where I attended a somewhat swanky reception for the staff of Pittsburgh 250. Most of the Eagles at the Point crew were there, and we made our own group of course, and we were probably louder than other people had realized we would be, but that’s what happens when you get Scouts together, we have a good time.
So up on the roof we had a great view of the fireworks. The only things we couldn’t see were the West End Bridge (blocked by the telescope) and PNC Park (blocked by the building), but we had a perfect view of the point and the big barge anchored there. The fireworks were amazing, and like everyone said, we’ll be spoiled forever now, having seen such an impressive show.
I’m still waiting for the rest of Point State Park to open, and if I can manage it, I’d like to head down and go to Kayak Pittsburgh before they close for the season, but I don’t know if that will be possibly with my schedule. I’ll be collecting and putting up pictures as I get them, so check back for those soon (I hope)!
