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)

Demonstrations of the following & locations

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)

Food By

Community Churches (2)    Vose Concessions (6)    Illiopolis Fire/EMS (7&10)

Schedule for Art Display & Performances

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

Sunday October 15 Schedule of Events

(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

Free trolley stops-all sites

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

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