Main Street Moorestown will be decked out in yellows, golds and daffodils this April, as it celebrates spring with a special new day.
Main Street Merchants, a subcommittee of the Moorestown Business Association, is launching Moorestown’s first annual Daffodil Day. Daffodil Day will take place on Saturday, April 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. along Main Street, encouraging families to enjoy a fun-filled day to celebrate spring.
“We hope to bring people out from a long winter to walk Main Street and enjoy shopping, dining and entertainment,” said Daffodil Day Chairperson Melissa McGrath. “Everyone is invited to get in the spirit and wear yellow to join the fun. Bring your dog wearing a spring collar.”
“This is the first of what we hope to be an ongoing event in Moorestown. The MBA has determined that we need to do as much as we can to bring people to Main Street, show them what is offered here and bring the town community together,” Don Powell, president of the MBA, said.
After creating two successful Main Street events last year, Ladies’ Night Out and the Holiday Stroll, the Main Street Merchants are excited to inaugurate another fun-filled occasion for Moorestown. Inspired by a traditional Nantucket event held each year to herald the springtime, Moorestown’s Daffodil Day will welcome spring by having yellow items and daffodil decorations up and down Main Street along with a variety of activities for the whole family.
“Moorestown, compared to other towns here in South Jersey, because we have this Main Street, has the opportunity to really get to know everyone. I think this is just another opportunity to come together and get to know each other,” McGrath said.
Merchants along Main Street will offer specialty items, menus and services, and the section of Main Street between Chester Avenue and Church Street will be lined with spring-related amusements and activities.
Activities include a bounce house sponsored by Long & Foster Realtors; sidewalk art displays and works for sale by local artists brought together by Sustainable Moorestown’s Moorestown Creates! Committee; kindergarten through third-grade children’s art provided by Moorestown Parks & Recreation Department; displays of MHS and WAMS artwork in the windows of Health Haven and Moorestown Hardware sponsored by MoorArts; a lemonade stand sponsored by Moorestown Hardware in front of the former Peter Pan Gift Shop; Moorestown Garden Club offering tips on planting bulbs; and a bicycle decorating station for all ages.
“Because it is Daffodil Day, I thought it would be a nice idea for each child to make flowers out of recycled materials … They’ll be on display in various areas,” Sophia Geiger, Moorestown Parks and Recreation art instructor, said.
“The bicycle decorating station will have a designated area where people can bring their bikes and decorate them with items provided,” McGrath said.
Exhibits and demos by professional artists and individual musicians stationed along Main Street include: Tom Sheckels, Sheckels Creations Photography; Lisa Mrak, Waterline pottery; Catherine Kuzma, oil paintings; Katie Oneill, art and photography; Sandra Jones; Bruce Riley, Twisted Steel Studio (steel sculpture); Judy Karten, painter; Kathryn Readding, painter; Laura Dishong, harpist; and Neil Hughes, painter.
There will also be a continuous lineup of live music, provided by Moorestown Creates! at Long & Foster Realtors. The lineup will be: 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., Juli Susi with The Shining Star Studio All Stars; 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., The Marc Ambrosia Trio; 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. The Williamsboy; 11 a.m. to noon John Magill and the Have Nots; noon to 1 p.m., Coyote Jack; 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., Frank Cervantes and the Once Was; 2 p.m. to 3 p.m., Swing That Cat!; and 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., The Jericho Horns.
“The lineup is really interesting and many of them are local,” Wolf Skacel, Sustainable Moorestown president, said.
There will also be horse and surrey rides down Main Street from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
“Winter is over. It is time to stop hibernating, come out and enjoy spring,” Powell said.
Main Street will be open to traffic, but street parking will not be permitted during the event. Parking can be found on side streets as well as behind the shops in various parking lots.
Daffodil Day will take place rain or shine.
For more event information, including details about the musical entertainment, visit the MBA’s Daffodil Day Facebook page: www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=mba daffodil day moorestown.
Coming up next for the MBA is Moorestown Day held on June 4. Sustainable Moorestown is planning to have a Community Yard Sale on May 14, encouraging residents to all have a yard sale that day.
In addition to the MBA, Daffodil Day is sponsored by Bayada Home Health Care, Moorestown Flower Shoppe, Long and Foster Real Estate, employees of Wells Fargo — Main street Moorestown branch, Burl-Moor-Driben Animal Hospital, Main Street Cabinet Company, and Navy Blue Home & Gifts.
