CAMPFIRE SING-A-LONG: Roast marshmallows and sing 
your favorite songs around the campfire ... we'll tell you 
where on Passport to Texas.			 (Week of Nov. 6)

Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife

Singing ballads around a campfire didn't vanish with the 
old west. It's alive and well at Cedar Hills State Park. And 
this weekend your family can relive this tradition at the 
park's Campfire Sing-a-long. 

Our campfire sing-a-long is just an opportunity for families to get 
together and sing around the campfire. A lot of people used to 
do that and learn songs, but they don't have campfire so much 
anymore. We'll tell them to bring marshmallows with them 
because we have a marshmallow roast at the end. :12
 
Linda Dunn is Park Interpreter at Cedar Hills in north 
Texas, near Dallas.

It's just something you look back on as a kid and it brings the 
family closer together because of the time that they had doing 
something you normally wouldn't do. That they might think it's 
silly that their parents are singing or something like that. It's just 
that bonding experience, and to have other people out there as 
well, making it a group thing, it kind of brings a little more 
energy to the campfire. It helps them, you know, build those 
memories. :19 

And what's the most popular tune around the campfire?

I know everybody always wants 'Kumbaya.' It's like the most 
requested song that there is. All the older people remember that 
but the kids have no clue what it is. So it's really kind of neat that 
the parents can share that part with their kid. :11 

The campfire sing-a-long is this Saturday beginning at 
6:30 pm. Don't forget your marshmallows! For details 
about Cedar Hills SP visit the Texas Parks and Wildlife 
website. 

That's our show for today ... with research and writing 
help from Loren Seeger ... For Texas Parks and 
Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.