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 FESTIVAL 2010


FRIDAY, JULY 30th


7:00 PM:
QUEEN’S PAGEANT: Rogers City High School

Sponsored in part by; Independent Bank, & Presque Isle Advance Newspaper        

- Featuring Miss Michigan Nicole Blaszczyk -

Tickets: Adults $8.00, Children under 12 $5.00

Miss Rogers City 2009

 
Julie LaBar
 


Tuesday Aug 3rd 2010



 

5:00 PM

Kick-off Dinner

sponsored by Rogers City Kiwanis Club.

Whitefish or Chicken Dinner, with French Fries, Coleslaw, Roll & Desert.  

$10.00

 

6:00 PM

Sailors Memorial

At Lakeside Park Band Shell. sponsored by; Elite Home & Design,
Mcfalda Law Office, & VFW Post 607.

Reception to follow in the tent for speakers & dignitaries.

 

6:30-7:30PM

Texas Hold-em Tournament  

sponsored by McLean Pharmacy

Registration 6:30-7:30PM

Location: Big Tent   Buy-in $40.00 


Tournament
starts at 7:30 sharp

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 Band Concert: Lakeside Park Band shell following the Sailors Memorial.
(Rogers City,  City Band)

 

8:30 PM to 12.30AM

Kick off Night at The Tent

sponsored by Rogers City Chevrolet Buick &  True North Radio Network     

Open Jam session/ Talent Contest. Bring your instrument or voice and join the fun!

Admission: FREE

 

 

Wednesday Aug 4th 2010

 

10:00am until 12:00 noon

Sidewalk Art

 
Sponsored by; Thunder Bay Accounting,  Harkins & Karsten Eye Care, & Jean’s Gifts

Courthouse Square
conducted by the Queen and her Court.

Kids needed, colored chalk provided, let the artists begin…

  

6:00 PM

Kiddie Parade
 
Sponsored by Womens Civic League, McDonalds of Rogers City,
Top-O-Michigan Insurance, & Thunder Bay Accounting

Line-up at; Westminster Church.    (Colleen Whittsit 733-6525)

Route: Third Street to Lakeside Park Band Shell

Theme: “My Favorite Cartoon”

 

6:30 pm

Kiddie Picnic At The Park

sponsored by Womens Civic League & Kiwanis Club

Awards and refreshments for parade participants at Lakeside Park Band Shell
following the Kiddie Parade.

 
8:30 PM to 12:30AM

Big Tent Teen Dance
 
sponsored by Coke Cola, Big D’s Pizza & 107.7  the Bay

Band… Bobbing-for-Piranhas

Admission  $5.00 per person.

 

 

Thursday, Aug 5th, 2010

 

 

9:30 to 11:30AM

Arts & Crafts

sponsored by Tender Care Health Center of Rogers City

Hands on arts and crafts will be provided for children, at the MAIN tent.
Conducted by the Queen and her Court

 

1:OO PM - 4:00PM

Walk-In Bingo At Lakeside Tent:

sponsored by Daughters of Isabella

Tent opens at noon.

 
4:00 PM to 7:00PM

Spaghetti Dinner
 
At the Senior & Community Center, 131 E. Superior St.

sponsored by Rogers City Area Seniors

Cost:  $6.00 adults, & $3.00 10 years old and under.

 

8:30 PM until 12:30 AM

Thursday Night in the Tent Dance

sponsored by Calcite Credit Union   &  102.9FM 

The band “Stolen Horses” will perform at the tent. The music will be both
Country & Western and Rock format.

MECHANICAL BULL RIDING sponsored by Rogers City Do-It-Center

Admission, $5.00

 

 

Friday, Aug 6th, 2010


 

9:00 AM to 5:00PM

Print Your Own T-Shirt

sponsored by Rogers City Screen Arts

Children can make their own T-shirt until 5:00 pm at Rogers City Screen
Arts for a nominal fee. Ages 4 and up.

 

9:30AM to 11:30AM

Hands On Arts & Crafts for Kids

sponsored by Tender Care of Rogers City %
Conducted by the Queen and her Court.
This event will be at Lakeside Park in the tent.

 

10:00 AM

Juried Arts & Crafts Show:

Courthouse Square 10:00AM to 6:00 PM

Food Booths

 

10:00AM to 7:00PM

Presque Isle Pieceable Lighthouse Quilters

At Harry Grambau Education Center, 251 W Huron Ave.   100’s of quilts,
wall-hangings, & quilted apparel on display.  Quilting Demonstrations.
FREE ADMISSION

 

1:00 PM - 4 PM

Walk-In Bingo in Lakeside Tent:

sponsored by Daughters of Isabella

Tent opens at noon.

 

4:00 PM

Fossil Dig:

A ‘Fossil Dig’  hosted by Dana LaBar,  will be located behind Little League Field.
This event will run until 7:00 pm.

 

4:30 PM

Pet Show
Lakeside Park MAIN Tent

sponsored by the Knaebe’s Mmmunchy Krunchy Apple Farm

Categories; Biggest, Smallest, Cutest, Ugliest, Best Trick, Most Nautical,

Best Dressed, Best Smile, Friendliest, & Stupidest Pet Trick

 

5:00 PM to 7:00PM

German Festival Dinner:

St. Johns Lutheran School Gym, 145 N. Fifth St.

Menu:  Featuring Plath’s Smoked Loin & Bratwurst Dinner with all the fixin’s.

$9 Adults, $5 children, under age 5, Free

 

8:30 PM to 1:30AM

Friday Night Dance,

sponsored by ABC Beverage, &    99.3FM WATZ / 96.7FM WRGZ 

Featuring: The “Stolen Horses”  Band  country/western music

MECHANICAL BULL RIDING

Admission: $5.00
 

 

 

Saturday August 7th, 2010


 

7:00 AM

Nautical City Run For Health

sponsored by RCHS Cross Country Team, Rogers City Re-Hab Hospital,
Rogers City Physical Therapy, Bayport Convenience Store, Presque Isle Agency,
Top-o-Michigan Insurance & Coca Cola

Registration 7:00AM to 8:30AM At Lakeside Pavilion

Pre-registration fee $12 until July 31st.

Late registration fee $15.00

Start times: 1-Mile Run/Walk  8:45AM

6K Run/Walk  9:00AM   Start/Finish  North 1st Street

Information: Rob Kortman  734-4691

 

8:00 AM

Nautical City Festival Men’s & Women’s Slow Pitch Softball Tournament

At various fields.   Organized by PIC Softball League.    For more information call: Men’s (Roger 989-734-4009) or (Eric 989-306-3255), Women’s (Karl 989-734-4021)

 

8:00AM to 2:00PM

Concessions available at the Little League fields, The Hole,
and Gilpin fields - sponsored by the Huron Sports Boosters

 

8:00 AM

Knights Of Columbus Scholarship Breakfast

Featuring;  Potato Pancakes & all the fixin’s

8:00 am to 11:00 am,  at  St. Ignatius School Gym.

Cost: $6.00 and under eleven (11) $3.00.

 

9:00 AM

Beach Volleyball Tournament;

4 on 4 Coed (1 female min. per team)

Registration;  $40.00 per team   Cash Prizes

Information, Kristy Smolinski  989-733-0409,

(kasmolinski@hotmail.com), forms & rules at:  www.nauticalfestival.org

 

9:00AM to 3:30 PM

Nautical City Festival Antique And Classic Car Show:

sponsored by
;Rogers City Screen Arts, Beck Funeral Home, & Glens Markets         

Westminster Park, ( all vehicles welcome)

Registration 8:00AM to 11:00AM, pre-registration $15, day of show $20

 

9:00 AM

Spitzer Tournament (23rd Annual)

sponsored by the Serviceman’s Club

Location: Service Men’s Club. Contact is Larry Haselhuhn (734-4510) to register.

 

9:00 AM to 500PM

Print Your Own T-Shirt

Children can make their own T-shirt until 5:00 pm at Rogers City Screen Arts
for a nominal fee.  Ages 4 and up.

 

9:30 AM

Kiddie Games
sponsored by the Zonta Club, & McDonalds Restaurant of Rogers City

At the Band Shell area,  for ages 3-10.

(some games; ring toss, sack race, sand pile, bean bag toss)

Kiddie Tractor Pull  after games, ages 4-7, pre-register with parent

 

 

10:00AM to 4PM

Presque Isle Pieceable Lighthouse Quilters

At Harry Grambau Education Center, 251 W Huron Ave.   100’s of quilts,
wall hangings, & quilted apparel on display.  Quilting Demonstrations.

FREE ADMISSION

 

 10:00 AM to 5:00PM

Voyageur Rendezvous:

sponsored by Presque Isle County Historical Museum

On the Grounds of the Bradley House Museum

Voyageur and Indian encampments with re-enactors demonstrating skills
from the 1700s.

FREE admission

 

11AM-2PM

Buffalo Burgers 

sponsored by Presque Isle County Museum

The museum’s famous Buffalo burgers will be available on the museum grounds.

 

10AM to 5PM

Juried Arts & Crafts Show

Courthouse Square 

 

11:00 AM

Youth Fishing Tournament
 
sponsored by Hammond Bay Anglers Assn. &  Cadillac Products, Inc.

Located at Lakeside Park Band Shell Area

Catch a Trout, get-em cleaned, and cooked right there.

 

11:30 AM-2:30 PM

Strawberry Shortcake & Ice Cream Social:

This event will take place at Westminster Church grounds. Across from
the Antique & Classic Car Show

 

11:30 AM

Horseshoe Tournament

hosted by the Knights of Columbus

Along side Lakeside Tent

Register at time of event.

 

12:00 PM to 4:00PM

Archery & Shotgun Shooting

sponsored by the PIC Sportsman Club

At: Presque Isle County Sportsman’s Club 1½ miles west of Adrian’s Sport Shop

Ages 7- 13. Instructed & supervised by Certified Range Officers.

All equipment provided, including ear protection.

Must be accompanied by parent or guardian.  (Ray Purol 766-2656)

 

12:00 PM:

Euchre Tournament

sponsored by VFW Post 607

Location: VFW Hall, West Third Street.  Fee: $10.00

Sign-up at noon, lunch available, Play starts at 1PM

 

1:00PM to 3:00PM

 Mackinac Bands Music & Arts Festival
 
sponsored by the Mackinaw Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians and the Presque Isle County Historical Museum

Lakeside Park.  FREE Admission

Indian drummers, dancers, singers, crafters, storytellers, and cultural interpreters.

Fry bread and Indian tacos will be available from 11am to 4pm

 

3:00 PM

Rosco The Clown

sponsored by Chee Peng Restaurant, Carmeuse Lime & Stone, Glen’s Markets, Inc.,
& McDonalds Restaurant of Alpena

This entertainment for children will be held at the Band Shell at Lakeside Park.

 

 3:30 PM

Antique And Classic Car Show Cruise

Route: 2nd Street to Orchard St. to Third Street to Depot Street

 

4:00PM

Birmingham Concert Band 

sponsored by Presque Isle Electric & Gas, &  Rogers City
Community Development Authority     

Performing at the “Band Shell” or  “Big Tent”, at Lakeside Park

 

8:30PM to 1:30AM

Saturday Night in the Tent

sponsored by Budweiser  & 99.9FM ‘the Wave’

Budweiser Bikini Contest

“Budweiser” Kayak Raffle

Dance featuring “No Baloney”  Rock & Roll             

Admission  $5.00.

  

Sunday August 8th, 2009

 

8:00 AM

Nautical City Festival Men’s & Women’s Softball Finals

Various fields, finals in ‘The Hole’

 

9:00 AM

Festival Breakfast

sponsored by the Daughters of Isabella

Location: St. Ignatius School Gym

Adults: $6.00, eleven (11) and under $3.00

 

9:15 AM

Polka Mass

sponsored by Nautical City Festival

St. Ignatius Catholic Church.  Music by “Diddle Styx”

 

10:00 AM to 5:00PM

Voyageur Rendezvous

sponsored by Presque Isle County Historical Museum.
On the Grounds of the Bradley House Museum

Voyageur and Indian encampments with re-enactors demonstrating
skills from the 1700’s

FREE admission

 

11:00AM to 2:00PM

Buffalo Burgers

the Bradley House Museum’s famous Buffalo Burgers
will be available at the
Courthouse Food Court

 

11:00 AM to 4:00PM

Juried Arts & Crafts Show

The Arts & Crafts Show will continue  at the Courthouse Square.

 

11:30 AM Until sold out

Chicken Bar-B-Que:

sponsored by the Presque Isle Sportsman’s Club.

Lakeside Park and ‘The Hole’

 

11:30 AM to 2:30PM

Strawberry Shortcake & Ice Cream Social

Westminster Presbyterian Church grounds

 

12:30 PM

Grand Parade

featuring 2009 Miss Michigan Nicole Blaszczyk, sponsored in part by Kowalski Agency, Glens Markets, Huron National Bank, & Chee Peng Restaurant

Route: Gilpin Field, north on Third St., Grand Marshall Mr. Erhardt Tulgestka.

Open class theme. Sault Ste. Marie Pipe Band, Royal Canadian Legion Band,
Navy League Cadet Band, Queens & others

 Meet, and Greet Miss Michigan in the Main Tent After the Parade

 

2:00 PM……After the Parade

Tent Entertainment

‘Rosco the Clown’, along with Sault Ste. Marie Pipe Band,
Royal Canadian Legion Band, & Navy League Cadet Band

FREE ADMISSION


4:00PM

Raffle, Lions Club Super Barbeque Grill

Webber Stainless Steel Grill

 

4:00 PM to 9:00PM

Sunday Evening Polka Dance:

sponsored by Onaway Community Federal Credit Union

The polka band “Diddle Styx” 

Admission  FREE

 

8:00PM

Raffle Drawing

2010 ‘Red’ Chevrolet Cobalt

sponsored by RC Chamber of Commerce


9:00PM

LAST CALL IN THE TENT

 10:00PM

Tent Closes

 

10:00 PM

Fireworks Display

Sponsored by  E.H. Tulgetska Transport Co., Plath’s Meats, Inc., Glens Markets,
Harbor Light Laundry & Dr Robert Taylor, & Rogers City Travelers & Visitors Bureau

 A Fireworks Display/Show will begin at dusk at Lakeside Park Area.

Note: should there be a cancellation, fireworks will take place Saturday, August 15th, at 10:00PM.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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