A fun-filled event intent on bringing friends, family, and community together for the New Year! Proceeds going to Dropping the Carp Fund and City Park and Recreation Youth Enrichment/Hoffman Hall Activities.

Photographs - 2009


December 28, 30, 2009
DAILY YOUTH CARP GAMES/ARTS & CRAFTS, @ Hoffman Hall
CARP KIDS KARAOKE, @ Hoffman Hall.
CARP SKATE PARTY @ Lochner Park Sponsored by PDC Boys Scouts. Games, contests,& fun for all!
JUICE PONG- @ Hoffman Hall
(Album here)


December 30, 2009
TORCHLIGHT SKI, HIKE, SLEDDING HILL- @ LaRiviere Park. Ski or Hike the lighted trail, moonlight sledding, ending with hot chocolate & campfire!
(Album here)


December 31, 2009
DODGEBALL TOURNAMENT- @ Hoffman Hall
(Album here)


December 31, 2009 -
Run/Walk
(Album here)


December 31, 2009
Preparation: It's all in the planning!
(Album here)



December 31, 2009
7th ANNUAL CARP BOWL FOOTBALL GAME- @ St. Feriole Island PDC Firefighters battle the Mar/Mac Dept.
(Album here)



December 31, 2009 - January 1, 2010
7th ANNUAL Dropping of the Carp
(Album here)

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Meet 'Lucky' the Carp

The first annual Droppin' of the Carp was held in 2002. after two local residents spent the year before in Savannah, Ga.. Where they lowered a giant styrophoam peach. "We decided we could have some sort of New Year's celebration here in the Midwest," Tom Nelson, one of the founders, said. "Since New York took the ball idea, a carp was the next local choice. Being on the river, it had to be a fish." The first year, a three foot carp was named Lucky after learning that Chinese people believe that eating Carp on New Years was lucky. Mike Valley, a local business man and owner of Valley Fish Market said, "Everybody always kisses it for good luck."

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