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Long Haul Productions teamed up with musician Tim Fite to tell the fishy tale of the fight for the right to throw bread at the Linesville Spillway in Pennsylvania.
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INTRO:Since the 1930s, delighted throngs have gathered just outside Linesville, Pennsylvania, to toss bread to a writhing stew of carp and ducks at the Linesville Spillway. The carp are so thick that mallard ducks literally hop, skip and jump on the fishes' backs to compete for a slice of bread. Famous worldwide as the place “where ducks walk on the fish,” the Spillway draw as many as a half million tourists a year, part of a small but critical tourism economy bolstered by the sale of day-old Wonder Bread from bread shanties that line local streets.
But recently, the people of Linesville learned about some big changes planned for the spillway. Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister paid a visit and, in collaboration with musician Tim Fite, have the fishy tale of the fight for the right to throw bread - part of their Song/Story series. It's called "Loaves and Fishes."
OUTRO:The Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has permanently rescinded the bread ban. Visitors to the Linesville Spillway are now free to toss as many slices - or loaves - as their heart's desire.
"Loaves and Fishes" was produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister as part of Long Haul Productions' Song/Story series. The Song "Bread in the Water" was written and performed by Tim Fite. For more song/stories go to www.longhaulpro.org.
