2006 Sesquicentennial Celebration
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Saturday October 14 Schedule of Events
Encampment by 114th (Park)
7:00-10:00 Breakfast (Township hall)(7)
9:00-5:00 Demonstrations (Park & School)(2&6)
10:00-? Parade (Staging school)(2)
10:00-5:00 Quilt show (Methodist church)(3)
10:00-5:00 Museum (Visitation Hall)(4)
1:00-5:00 Art Show (Christian Church)(5)
11:00-2:00 Lunch (Firehouse)(10)
11:00-5:00 Car shows (School Parking lot)(2)
11:00-5:00 Tractor shows (Methodist Parking lot)(3)
5:00-? Alumni gathering (Township hall)(7)
5:00-7:00 Chili dinner (School Cafeteria)(2)
7:00 Variety Show (KPAC center)(2)
8:45 Variety Show (KPAC center) (2)
Rail-splitters (6) Water Sluice (6) Apple Press (6) Blacksmithing (6)
Indian Teepee (6) Medicine show (6) Colonial archery (6) Bowyer (6)
Flax & spinning (6) Gunsmith (6) Phrenology (6) Home made Root beer (6)
Kettle Corn (6) Wood Carver (9) Basket maker (8) Cannon (2)
Potato Gun (2) Pumpkin Launch (2) Old time baseball (2) Band concert (2)
Community Churches (2) Vose Concessions (6) Illiopolis Fire/EMS (7&10)
1:00 Art display opens
1:00-1:30 Sangamon Valley jazz band
1:30-2:00 Gary Warnick Piano
2:00-2:30 Ed Bliler Piano
2:30-3:00 Marge Stout Piano
3:00-3:30 Bill Ingrum’s “Musical Accents”
3:30-4:00 Dancers
4:00-4:30 Dunn/Griesheim Duet
4:30-5:00 Richland Dance Company
(All activities on school grounds)
10:00-11:00 Ecumenical church service
12:00 Children’s parade
11:00-12:00 bring your own picnic
1:00-1:30 Illiopolis Photo
1:30-? Old time baseball game
3:00 Community Band concert
4:00 dedication of time capsule
1.
Parking 2. School
3. Methodist
Church 4. Visitation Hall
5. Christian
Church 6. Park
7. Township
hall 8. Mini mall
9. Hardware
Store 10. Fire house
11. Parade staging