Make plans to start your Labor Day Weekend right. Bring your friends and family to the ultimate end-of-summer, beginning-of-fall pool party of the century.
If you’ve not been to the Civic Center Pool, you are missing out. The grounds and original pool house were designed by famed architect O’Neil Ford. I’m surprised each year that Denton’s hipster culture hasn’t discovered and exploited this gem, with its amphitheater-style grassy areas shaded by large Live Oaks, its vintage mid-century hand-crafted clay light fixtures around the perimeter, and plenty of space of for ironic splishing and splashing. And on most sunny afternoons in the summer, this pool is easily the most diverse community gathering in the city. It simply looks like Denton.
After Labor Day, this pool will go through many significant (and much-needed) renovations. Among them will be the removal of the diving board. More bravery has been instilled in our city’s youth through that contraption than any book of virtue contained in our libraries.
I’ve teamed up with We Denton Do It to throw a party to say goodbye to that board, to introduce more Dentonites to the greateness that is the Civic Center Pool, and to raise some money for the Eurkea 2 Project.
Join us on Friday, September 4 from 6:30pm to 9:30pm for a special night time open swim event, featuring a celebrity cannonball contest and a chance for anyone to receive a judges ruling on their own cannonball chops. It’s free and open to the public, but we’ll be suggesting a $5 per person donation with all proceeds going to the new Eureka Park.
Here’s a link to the Facebook event page. And here’s a great little clip to get you in the mood…