As part of week-long activities to celebrate Juneteenth in Pasco County, its Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department held its annual Beats & Brushes event — a guided painting activity to music at the James Irvin Civic Center in Dade City on June 15. About a dozen participants, including Mayor Pro Tem Normita Woodard, were in attendance and painted watermelon images. Other Juneteenth Week events included Intro to Pickleball, a 3v3 basketball tournament and soul line dancing at Wesley Chapel District Park, bowling at Pinchasers in Zephyrhills, badminton at J. Ben Herril Recreation Complex in Holiday, movie on the lawn at Land O’ Lakes Heritage Park, volleyball at Veterans Memorial Park in Hudson, all to be capped off by the 6th Annual Juneteenth Community Celebration, with games and activities and food at Lewis Abraham Boys & Girls Club in Dade City on June 20.[ Photos provided by Pasco County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department ]
Locals paint to their own beats for Juneteenth
By Tampa Bay Beacons
June 23, 2026
As part of week-long activities to celebrate Juneteenth in Pasco County, its Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department held its annual Beats & Brushes event — a guided painting activity to music at the James Irvin Civic Center in Dade City on June 15.
About a dozen participants, including Mayor Pro Tem Normita Woodard, were in attendance and painted watermelon images.
As part of week-long activities to celebrate Juneteenth in Pasco County, its Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department held its annual Beats & Brushes event — a guided painting activity to music at the James Irvin Civic Center in Dade City on June 15. About a dozen participants, including Mayor Pro Tem Normita Woodard, were in attendance and painted watermelon images. Other Juneteenth Week events included Intro to Pickleball, a 3v3 basketball tournament and soul line dancing at Wesley Chapel District Park, bowling at Pinchasers in Zephyrhills, badminton at J. Ben Herril Recreation Complex in Holiday, movie on the lawn at Land O’ Lakes Heritage Park, volleyball at Veterans Memorial Park in Hudson, all to be capped off by the 6th Annual Juneteenth Community Celebration, with games and activities and food at Lewis Abraham Boys & Girls Club in Dade City on June 20.[ Photos provided by Pasco County Parks, Recreation and Natural Resources Department ]
Other Juneteenth Week events included Intro to Pickleball, a 3v3 basketball tournament and soul line dancing at Wesley Chapel District Park, bowling at Pinchasers in Zephyrhills, badminton at J. Ben Herril Recreation Complex in Holiday, movie on the lawn at Land O’ Lakes Heritage Park, volleyball at Veterans Memorial Park in Hudson, all to be capped off by the Sixth Annual Juneteenth Community Celebration, with games and activities and food at Lewis Abraham Boys & Girls Club in Dade City on June 20.
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