The recreation department will be sponsoring a trip to Splish Splash Water Park in Riverhead. This trip, for all middle and high school students who are residents of the village, will be held Tuesday, July 13. Buses will depart from the parking lot at St. Paul's School (by Cluett Hall) at 9 a.m. and will return there at approximately 5 p.m. Playground and recreation staff will provide supervision for the trip. The cost is $21 per person. To register, please bring cash - no checks accepted - to the recreation office in village hall by Monday, July 12. For further information, call 465-4075. Please join the recreation department's dance staff as they offer a special jazz workshop for students going into fifth grade and up. This workshop will be offered the week of July 12 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at Cluett Hall. The cost of this program will be $20. Interested dancers should visit the recreation office to register. The Garden City Recreation Department's Dance Program for September is quickly filling up. Director Felicia Lovaglio and her staff have planned an exciting program for your children's enjoyment. Please visit the recreation office in village hall for details about the dance class schedule or to register for a class. Any man or woman, high school graduate age or older, who is a resident of Garden City is eligible to play on the recreation department's softball teams. Captains of established teams sometimes call the department for extra players and new teams forming always need a few more names. So if interested in playing softball this summer, call the recreation office to get on the waiting list. The Garden City Recreation Department presents Summer Music on the Village Green 2004 Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. Residents are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. The musical lineup is as follows:

July 8		Randy and the Rainbows, featuring Randy Safuto
July 15	Buddy Merriam and the Back Roads
July 22	The Chiclettes
July 29	Six Gun
August 5	Tom Wagner and the Village Music Makers
August 12	The Chaperones
August 19	Blue Heron Entertainment

In the event of rain, all shows will be held indoors at the Cultural and Performing Arts Center at Cluett Hall. Due to space limitations at the indoor facility, proof of Garden City residency will be required.

The recreation department will hold a pre-school camp for Garden City children aged 3.5-5 years old this summer. Pat Haas Leonenko will again run this very popular camp.

The pre-school camp will be held in Cluett Hall at St. Paul's from 10:30 a.m. to noon during the following summer weeks:

Session 1		July 12-16
Session 2		July 19-23
Session 3		July 26-30
Session 4		August 2-6
Session 5		August 9-13

The cost of this program is $75 per session. Children must be 3.5 years old by the start of the session in order to register. A copy of the child's birth certificate must accompany registration.

To register by mail, (walk-in registrations are now being accepted), pick up an application at the recreation office in village hall or at St. Paul's. Residents can also make their own by listing their child's name, address, phone number, birth date, grade he/she will be entering in September and the session they are registering for. Mail all information with payment to the recreation department, located at 351 Stewart Avenue. Please make checks payable to the Incorporated Village of Garden City. The recreation department cannot be held responsible for delays in the mail. Please make your selection carefully, as fees are not returnable.