[Flight of the Monarch 2023]
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OCTOBER WEATHER GREETED THE RETURN OF GRAND PRAIRIE'S.
VERY POPULAR FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH FESTIVAL.
THE FREE FESTIVAL SPONSORED BY EPIC CENTRAL AND THE PARKS ARTS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT DREW HUNDREDS OF FAMILIES FOR AN AFTERNOON OF LIVE ENTERTAINMENT VENDORS, CRAFTS AND GAMES, AND ALL KINDS OF ARTWORK THAT SETS THE STAGE FOR THE MAIN ATTRACTION.
TWO CHOREOGRAPHED MONARCH BUTTERFLY RELEASES TWO 500 OF THE COLORFUL CREATURES WERE SET FREE SO THEY CAN CONTINUE THEIR MIGRATION PATTERN, WHICH RANGES FROM CANADA TO CENTRAL MEXICO.
THIS YEAR'S FESTIVAL IN GRAND PRAIRIE IS THE RENEWAL OF WHAT HAD BECOME A HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ANNUAL EVENT UNTIL IT WAS FORCED INTO HIBERNATION WITH THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, WE REALLY WANTED TO BRING IT BACK AND SO THIS IS REALLY THE CULMINATION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT EPIC CENTRAL OF DRIVING COMMERCE, DOING FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENTS AND INVOLVING ALL ASPECTS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, AND THEN BEING ABLE TO DO IT ON EPIC CENTRAL, WHICH IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF GRAND PRAIRIE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE WITH MONARCH AND REALLY DOING A FESTIVAL THAT REALLY IS FOR THE CITIZENS AND FOR THE COMMUNITY.
KING SAYS THAT NOW THAT IT'S BACK, PLANS ARE TO MAKE FLIGHT OF THE MONARCH EVEN BIGGER, WHICH COULD ALSO MEAN MORE BUTTERFLY RELEASES AS SOON AS NEXT YEAR.