By Jodi Helmer
Your New Years Eve celebration probably involved sipping champagne and staying up until midnight to watch the ball drop. The passing of another year hasn’t always been marked with champagne toasts and noisemakers.
The Cabarrus County Parks & Recreation department is hosting an event that honors a more traditional New Years celebration.
Native American New Year was created to introduce families to the traditional celebrations hosted by Native American tribes. Spend the afternoon of January 9 at
Camp T.N. Spencer Park learning about Native American cultural traditions. From 1 to 2 p.m., children ages 5 to 12 will play traditional games and plant seeds in honor of Native American bean planting festivals. Once the event is over, explore the walking trails, fishing ponds and boardwalk in the 50-acre park. It’s a perfect family activity to kick off 2010.
Camp T.N. Spencer Park is located at 3155 Foxford Road in Concord. For more information, call 704-795-4492 or go to
www.cabarruscounty.us.