Outdoor Game Festival
Ever hear of a city-wide game festival? Well, I ran across this report: New York’s Come Out And Play Festival which is a three day festival with a mission to encourage public games and play. This all started in 2006 when it was founded by Peter Lee and consists of about 35 different games, all unique to me. I’m sure if you want to start something like this in your town you will be able to come up with your own games. Meanwhile here is a short description of a couple of the games played in New York. One group of games is called the Neo-Cowgirl Faux Rodeo consisting of three events: bronco buck, barrel race and hog-tie. In the bronco buck, a bed sheet was spread on the ground and a yoga ball was positioned at one end. The cowgirl rider balance the tops of her feet on the ball while forming a plank with the rest of her body and steadying herself using two palms face down on the ground. Rustlers then held edges of the sheet and shook it until the cowgirl was bucked from her “bronco” or until she had stayed on for four whole seconds.
Another game is Circle Rules Football in which there are two teams and the goal post is placed in the center of the field. The field had no boundries because the play keeps the large (Yoga) ball toward the middle. Sorry, I don’t have more details from the article posted by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch on June 18. 2009 but I could not find him when I went to CameSetWatch. Regardless, you can come-uo, dream-up your own games and contact vendors as sponsors and for prizes.
