I don't know if this public origami event was noticed on the Origami list back in 2000. I just spotted it on Project Passenger Pigeon, a website about the unhappy centennial of the extinction of the passenger pigeon. "
http://passengerpigeon.org/ideacenter.html "An Origami *Flight of the Passenger Pigeons* To celebrate the millennium in 2000, the City of Toronto commissioned the Waterfront Trail Artists to work with the city’s school children in various art projects. One effort involved passenger pigeons, where the kids studied the bird and made origami passenger pigeons. But the really exciting outreach component was that this work culminated in the “Flight of the Passenger Pigeons” whereby hundreds of children marched along Lake Shore Boulevard proudly holding their birds aloft. Few events would be more effective in drawing a wide audience to the passenger pigeon story and themes of P3. *(For more detailed information on Toronto's event, ** [email protected]**)"* http://passengerpigeon.org/everyoneinvolved.html "Origami Pigeon Parade:"*Flight of the Passenger Pigeon*" Students can make origami passenger pigeons and then walk in a parade holding up their birds. Link: How to Make an Origami Flapping Bird<http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=OCzSzgNS4Ek> " Has anyone created a more realistic origami passenger pigeon? (Here's an 18th-century engraving to work from: http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/aj/id/14606/show/14564/rec/1) Karen [email protected] Karen Reeds, co-ringleader, Princeton Public Library Origami Group. Affiliate of Origami USA, http://origamiusa.org/ We usually meet 2nd Wednesday of the month, 6:30-8pm, 3rd floor. Free!We provide paper! All welcome! (Kids under 8, please bring a grown-up.) Princeton Public Library info: 609.924.9529 http://www.princetonlibrary.org/ [email protected] (Ann Woodrow) Upcoming meeting: Wed. Nov. 13, 2013, featuring Laura Kruskal's classic origami Thanksgiving Turkey!
