While most people walk or bike the new Alfred J. Lima Quequechan River Trail, the newly-created park is also an ideal location for other events. On August 6, 2016 Kim Ferrara of WiggleKids in Swansea brought her exercise balls to the park where she was joined by over 15 children and adults for more than an hour of active drumming to music called Drums Alive. The event got kids and adult moving to a variety of familiar tunes as they used drumsticks and pool noodles to keep time to the music. "Coach Kim gets everyone moving and enjoying the space that she creates, "commented Stanley Street Treatment and Resources (SSTAR) employee Janice Velozo who helped to plan the event. The project is part of a larger effort to introduce people to the new Trail and the adjoining Britland Park in collaboration with City's Mass in Motion Project. Other events are being planned for the park throughout the months of August and September. The Trail created a bicycle and walking path that runs over a former railroad bed to connect with Britland Park and Rodman Street. Funded by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation and by the Gateway City Park Program of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, the trail will eventually open up nearly two miles of a natural habitat right in the middle of some of the lowest income sections of the City. Click here for a seven-minute video of the event. Click here for the Herald News story. For more information about walks in the City, go to www.WalkFallRiver.org. 

(Top row) Seven-year-old Genevieve and nine-year-old Meredith, granddaughters of Fall River Mass in Motion Coordinator Julie Kelly, walk across Britland Park to join Wiggle Kids owner Coach Kim Ferrara and her assistant, Gina Gagliardi, for a Drums Alive session. (Rows two and three) Coach Kim and Gina lead the group in rhythmic drumming using drumsticks on large exercise balls. (Row four) Fifteen-year-old Ethan Bryan, left, drums along with the group. ((Row five) The group is instructed to dance around their balls. (Bottom row) Fourteen-year-old Jayden Landry, left, enjoys the event as Julianne Kelly and SSTAR employees Janice Velozo and Eric Andrade of the 1422 project join in from the sidelines.