Art Car Parade Volunteer Kick-Off Party

The Art Car Parade requires about 400 volunteers, in order to go off without a hitch. The parade is Saturday, May 12th, and the volunteer recruiting is getting off with a bang tomorrow with a Kick-Off Party at the Whole Foods in West University, located at 4004 Bellaire Boulevard @ Weslayan. Essentially, there will be a big parking lot party from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. with food, music, schwag giveaways and some art cars on display. Plus, if you are a past volunteer and you bring an Art Car Volunteer Virgin, you'll receive a special prize! There will be a pie-eating contest (type of pie is as yet undisclosed - Houstonist seriously hopes there will be some type of whipped topping involved) and an ice cream sundae eating contest for the kids.

Fun times for the whole family and, don't forget to sign up for parade duty while you are having all that fun. Live music will be provided by "The Defenestration Unit", a funk-jam group comprised of Whole Foods hipster-types. It's an eclectic party, but, Houstonist expects nothing less when the coolest and largest Art Car Parade is involved. Don't forget to bring your bottlecaps, for The Children's Art Car Project!!

If you are looking for something fun and productive to do with the children on Saturday, The Orange Show is hosting another Trophy Making Workshop at the monument. Using found objects and recycled trophies to present to the winners of this years Art Car Parade. You can take them to pick up trash and learn neat stuff at the Trash Bash, then help them turn someone else's "trash" into an Art Car treasure! They will be good and tired for Saturday night's babysitter. The monument will be open for viewing, as well. Hey, if you're over there, buy a really cool T-Shirt from the gift shop. Our personal favorite says "Carnie" on the front - we are funny like that!

Whole Foods
4004 Bellaire Blvd.

Pictured above, last years Art Car Parade Marshall - Houston's own and beloved Dusty Hill (of ZZ Top fame, in case anyone actually does not know that - we shudder to think).