In our Friday, March 22, edition, we published our story, “22K eggs up for grabs at spring celebration”. The times listed there by reporter Joseph K. Giddens are correct. The schedule for the egg hunts is as follows:
- 10:30 a.m.: Ages 2 and under. This is the only age group in which parents can search with their children.
- 11 a.m.: Ages 3 to 5
- 11:30 a.m.: Ages 6 to 8
- Noon: Ages 9 to 12
On Tuesday, March 26, the city of Sedona’ Communications Department sent out another press release in error with the incorrect times, which we printed on Page 5A in the Friday, March 29, edition. Those erroneous times were listed as:
- 10:30 a.m.: ages 9 to 12
- 11 a.m.: ages 6 to 8
- 11:30 a.m.: ages 3 to 5
- Noon: ages 0 to 2 (parents will only be allowed to search with age group 2 and under)
These times are not correct. The city of Sedona Parks & Recreation Department said those times were sent out in error by the Communications Department and were from last year’s scheduling.
“Those are last year’s times,” Parks and Recreation staff stated on March 27. Please refer to the correct times when bringing your children to the event. The correct times are also listed on the city website.
Over 22,000 eggs are waiting to be found by youth under the age of 12; however, the event is bring your own basket, and the egg hunts will start exactly on time.
The Celebration of Spring’s lineup of free carnival rides so far includes a Ferris wheel, loop-o-plane, super-slide, an elephant tower with a rock wall, an inflatable obstacle course and, for the smaller children, a six-lane carousel carnival slide; additional attractions may be announced.
“Itty Bitty Pony Parties will be bringing a menagerie of animals for the community to interact with and they will be able to pet as well as pamper the animals,” Parks and Recreation Special Events Coordinator Jason Vargo said, while pointing out that attendees will not be able to ride the ponies. “They can dress up the animals a little bit. There will be different [wigs] and hats.”
