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River Fields Hosts 15th Annual “Dancing by the River,” September 5 

Louisville, KY (August 21, 2008)—River Fields will celebrate the 2,200 acres of land it has preserved forever at its 15th annual “Dancing by the River” fundraiser on Friday, September 5. The organization has been promoting a “green” agenda since 1959.

Attendees will dine and dance in the heart of Metro Louisville’s only state-designated, Scenic Corridor, at the corner of River Road and Lime Kiln Lane, directly across from Goose Creek. 

“This area is for everyone to enjoy,” said Meme Sweets Runyon. “It’s part of what makes Louisville such a beautiful and culturally rich community. And through conservation and preservation, we have made certain that it can also be enjoyed by future generations.”

The gala begins with hors d’oeuvres at 7 p.m., followed by a buffet dinner catered by Lilly’s –LaPeche at 8 p.m.  Dessert and dancing begins at 9 p.m. The Robert Nickerson Band will provide music until midnight. A silent auction will include fine wines, and other one-of-a-kind items, including a Boone-Gardiner Center landscaping package, a trip to Costa Rica, an outdoor lighting package from Outdoor Lighting Perspectives, a behind-the-scenes tour of the Louisville Zoo, a weekend stay at 21C, pavilion tickets to the Ryder Cup, and tickets to a Masters’ Practice Round.

“Dancing by the River” is co-chaired by Inez Segell and Hope and Matthew Boone Gardiner, owners of Boone Gardiner Garden Center, also a corporate sponsor of the event. Other corporate sponsors are Brown-Forman Corporation, Stites and Harbison LLC, and Commonwealth Bank and Trust.

The members of the “Dancing by the River” committee are Janice Blythe, Fay Dorval, Cindy Kohorst, Mary Celeste Lerman, Melody Raidy, Jane M. Townsend, Ann C. Wells, and Meredith L. Williams.

River Fields has more than 2,100 members who live in 104 Zip codes.  Funds raised at “Dancing by the River” will support River Fields’ work to protect, preserve and enhance the natural, historical and cultural resources near the Ohio River between Westport and West Point, Kentucky, on both sides of the river.

Tickets for the buffet dinner, dancing and dessert are $200 per person; dancing and dessert only, beginning at 9:00 p.m., are $75 per person. For information, contact River Fields at (502) 583-3060 or at melodyraidy@riverfields.org.  Reservations close September 2.  

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River Fields is the largest and oldest river conservancy along the 981 mile Ohio River.  For nearly 50 years, River Fields has utilized its resources to effectively protect, preserve and enhance the natural and cultural resources of the land and water around the Ohio River in our region.  Through careful management of the corridor's resources, River Fields strives to create harmony between nature, history and the people who live here.  River Fields owns land or holds conservation easements on 34 properties, totaling more than 2,200 acres, most of which is preserved forever. River Fields is one of the nation's few land trusts tackling regional advocacy work and land conservation.