Spring Eggstravaganza
Apr 16 2022, 11 am - 4 pm
Apr 16 2022, 11 am - 4 pm
One. Two. Three - Spring Eggstravaganza on April 16 - three great Easter events for the whole family. We start off the day with getting color blasted at the Easter Egg Color Run 5K! The race begins at Doughboy Stadium at 8 a.m., but prepare yourself to get color bombed along the route! Visit here for more information on how to sign up.
Once you completed the run, go home, shower and get rid of your color blasted clothes and head over to the Lawn of Riverside, home of the Commanding General of Fort Benning, Major General and Mrs. Donahoe.
Our Spring Eggstravaganza starts at 11 a.m. with great activities such as crafts, face painting, tattoos, balloon artists, inflatables, our VW picture bus and of course, thousands of eggs ready to be hunted by Fort Benning’s children. During this “Egg-citement” Fort Benning’s Maneuver Center of Excellence Band will entertain us with a great Concert – bring a basket for the kids to hunt the eggs, a camera to take pictures with the Easter Bunny and blankets or lawn chairs and kick of the Spring!
This event is EFMP friendly – our EFMP Children have their own hunting area.
| 8-9 a.m | Easter Egg Color Run 5K |
| 10:58 a.m | Opening remarks by MG Patrick Donahoe |
| 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Vendors are open (food available for purchase) |
| 11:05 a.m. | 18 months - 2 years old Egg Hunt (one parent allowed in the hunt area) |
| 11:05 a.m. | all fun activities start (crafts, face painting, tattoos, Balloon Artist, inflatables, etc) |
| 11:05 a.m. | River Winds Woodwind Quintet Performance |
| 11:45 a.m. | 3 - 4 years old Egg Hunt |
| 11:50 a.m | Raffle drawing (bicycle give-away) |
| 12 p.m. | EFMP Egg Hunt (ages pre-school and under) |
| 12 p.m. | Benning Brass Quintet Performance |
| 12:30 p.m. | 5 - 6 years old Egg Hunt |
| 12:45 p.m | EFMP Egg Hunt (ages elementary school and up) |
| 1 p.m. | 7 - 8 years old Egg Hunt |
| 1 p.m. | Turning Blues Jazz Combo Performance |
| 1:30 p.m. | 9 - 10 years old Egg Hunt |
| 1:45 p.m. | Raffle drawing (bicycle give-away) |
| 2 p.m | Turning Blues Jazz Combo Performance |
| 3 p.m. | Jump Tower Brass Band and Rolling Thunder Rock Band |
| 4 p.m. | Event concludes |
NEW this year: we will have more than one golden egg – all of our door prizes will be given away by finding an egg with a ticket for one of the many prizes, make sure to open the eggs on site! Join the raffle to win one of the bicycles we are giving away!
Vendors will be available on site to purchase food starting at 11 a.m. (Vendors can be paid by cash or card, tokens are not required to purchase food.)
Don't miss out on this great fun filled day, enjoy some food while watching the kids hunting the Easter eggs and listen to our great MCoE Band, the event ends at 3 p.m.
This event is sponsored by Kia Auto Sports, Kinetic, Smile Doctors, AFBN, Villages of Benning and Blue Bell.
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