The public is invited to observe the second annual “Crow Supper” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, under demonstrably alive live oak trees at the City Pier Park, Pine Avenue at North Bay Boulevard, Anna Maria.
Organizer Mike Coleman announced tasty crow pies will be served to members of the Dead Tree Society — motto: always wrong, never in doubt — who continue with their “improperly planted and dead live oaks” theme for a second straight year.
The folly of this, given the springing forth of greenery at the same time last year, will be memorialized in an a cappella performance by resident/philanthropist Rex Hagen of the time-honored classic “When Will They Ever Learn.”
Native plant enthusiast Mike Miller will, yet again, give a lecture on the difference between “dead” and “deciduous,” including the process of acclimatization of semi-salt tolerant trees grown for more than a decade on sweet water to the park’s bayfront location, known to be subject to frequent salt-laden winds.
All the faithful who never doubted can join in to sing a rendition of the age-old song we all know and love, “We Told You So,” as the memorial plaque inscribed with “those who say it can’t be done are constantly being interrupted by those who are doing it” which is being dusted off for another year.
Mayor Dan Murphy will close the festivities with a reading of the poem, “All’s Well That Ends Well.”
