Don't miss Spady Living Heritage Day Saturday

By DAVID DiPINO
Staff Writer

DELRAY BEACH - The four employees at the Spady Living Heritage Day Festival have been planning their event since April.
The hard work seems to have paid off. From 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, everyone is welcome to come out to the Spady Cultural Heritage Museum, 170 NW Fifth Ave., and learn the history of Delray Beach, enjoy entertainment, and participate in a family-oriented activities.
Brandy Brownlee, an educator at the museum, said this is the third year that Heritage Day has been celebrated as a street festival.
The Renaissance Park Tradition Bearers from Mariana in Florida's Panhandle are set to demonstrate what early pioneer life was like, showing old-time broom-making, corn-shucking, and how to make homemade soap, jelly, syrup, corn bread and collard green. Free food samples will be available in addition to food for sale by the usual vendors.
Two stages will feature gospel, R&B and calypso music. Several groups will perform including the Milagro Stars, La Paloma, and the Delray Divas. The Knights of Pythagoras will present the color guard.
There will be a children's area with sidewalk chalk art, jacks, hopscotch, pony rides and a petting zoo, Brownlee said.
Admission is free. Bring lawn chairs and blankets.
For information visit www.spadymuseum.org or call 561-279-8883.

David DiPino can be reached at dddipino@tribune.com or 954-621-5000.

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About This Blog

Dave DiPino
David DiPino joined Forum Publishing Group in August 2006. As a reporter for the Delray Forum, David covers community news and writes a dining column twice a month that focuses on restaurants in South Palm Beach County.

He also is one of the writers of the twice-monthly Hometown Downtown column that looks at events, celebrations, and organizations in Delray and Boynton Beach. He freelances for the Sun-Sentinel during high school football and basketball seasons.

David spent 12 years working in the restaurant industry, and did just about every job in the back of the house, including line cook, sous chef, and dessert chef. A Florida native who lives in Jupiter, he studied Multimedia Journalism at Florida Atlantic University, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree. David enjoys playing the guitar, golf, boating and snorkeling during his free time.

Contact him at ddipino@gmail.com or 954-621-5000.