On June 27, 2010, a group of volunteers went to Turtle Boy and cleaned up the weeds and put down mulch. It was a fun event with great spirit. And it all started with a few comments on the Worcester Turtle Boy Facebook Page. Cathy Walsh of Sprout! mentioned that there was a mess of weeds. Suddenly, there was an event planned and people showed up to help. I love the way people will come together to do stuff like this!

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Kate Toomey, Brendan Melican and myself (Claudia Snell) were on the Hank Stolz Experience on Monday, June 29, to discuss the Weeding Party and developing plans for ongoing maintenance and hopefully refurbishing the statue / fountain. The Hank Stolz Experience airs on Charter TV3 and is available On Demand.

Steve Foskett, Worcester Telegram and Gazette did a story: Burnside fountain gets weeding from ‘Turtle Boy’ fans

Worcester News Tonight, Kate Toomey on taking care of monuments in Worcester

June 9, 2010 practice session. Turtle Boy is the result of the June 2010 “Turd Thursday” Songwriter’s Challenge here at the Emporium. The theme was, in fact, Worcester’s Turtle Boy, also known as the Burnside Statue.

There is a challenge every month. Stay tuned for more tunes and hope to see you all out there in real life real soon!

Shot with two Canon ZR930s at Dr. GONZO’s All Natural MEGA Spicy Comestible EMPORIUM.

Music/Lyrics/Arrangement by J. Stuart Esty 2010

Look for more original music videos here and the upcoming full album of timeless tunes from theRoadKill Orchestra coming soon to drgonzos.com.

theRoadKill Orchestra is:
Tuna: Drums & backup vocals
Pork Chop : Bass & backup vocals
Shades: Lead Guitar & backup vocals
Willwürk Fajürky: Tenor Sax & backup vocals
GT Nightcrawler: everything else