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Saturday June
7 , 2008 |
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| • 11:00 am – 1 am Germanfest tent open Festival Plaza • 8:00 am - 11:00 am VOLKSMARCH (10K WALK) Festival Plaza Headwaters Park Start between 8:00 am and 11:00 am and finish by 2:00 pm. Traverse a well-marked route through the downtown area, River greenway, and neighborhoods of Ft. Wayne. The walk begins and ends at the Festival Tent. Sponsored by the Three Rivers Strollers Walking Club and the American Volksport Association. The Volksmarch is for families, youth groups, singles, couples, old and young. Stamp books and medals will be available upon completion of the walk. For more information contact Ed Masloob at (260) 432-9370. 9:00 am VISIONWALK Headwaters Park The Foundation Fighting Blindness will hold a 5K VISIONWALK with registration beginning at 9 am and the walk beginning at 10am. Join Olympian Lloy Ball, emcee Ryan Elijah and Dr. Kathleen McCabe from the Cataract & Laser Institute as we help raise critical research dollars. Admission to the Germanfest is FREE to all VISIONWALK participants on the day of the event. Complete information is available by visiting www.visionwalk.org and clicking on the Fort Wayne link or by contacting Jim Platzer at (260) 450-3692. • 11:00 am - 12:00 pm THE SUZUKI STRINGS Festival Plaza Headwaters Park The Suzuki Strings students ages 5 to 14, will be performing folk songs and classical pieces by German composers on violins, violas and cellos. You will be amazed by quality performance of these youngsters! • 12:00 am - 8:00 pm KIDDIE RIDES Lower level, Headwaters Park Fun festival rides for small children. • 11:00 am - 2:00 pm FAMILIENFEST (FAMILY FEST) Experience a fun filled day at Germanfest 2008. Sentimental Journey will provide free horse drawn wagon rides for the entire family. Face Painting, and Soccer Run, Fencing demonstration, St. Joe Fire Department, State Police, Balloon Sculpting, and much more. New this year will be Kinder Korner, children will learn to speak a little German as well as German songs! • 11:30 am - 2:30 pm 7TH ANNUAL GERMANFEST BAKE OFF Festival Plaza / Culture Tent Area • 11:30 am - 12:30 pm Drop-off time at the culture tent • 12:30 pm Judging 2:30 Awards Bring your best authentic German dessert along with the recipe to the Culture tent at Festival Plaza, Headwaters Park. The 3 best entries will receive prizes, not to mention glory and fame from those who taste the offerings. Please bring your entries in disposable containers, should you need help finding a recipe, contact Sharon Smith at (260) 493-2439 • Noon - 8 pm CARICATURE DRAWINGS Familienfest Noon – 3 pm Festival Plaza Headwaters Park 4 pm – 8pm Caricature drawings by Lee Sauer. • 12:00 pm - 3:00pm IT’S ALIVE! The Science of Yeast Science Central, 1950 North Clinton Come find out how this microscopic, single-celled organism can help us in so many ways. We’re even making secret formula “beer” – ROOTBEER that is. Bring your own cup or use one of ours! • 1:00 pm THE TURNER TUMBLERS Festival Plaza, Main Stage Area The Fort Wayne Turners are proud to present what will be an energetic and entertaining program for both young and old. • 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm NATIONAL WIENER DOG FINALS Headwaters Park, Lower Level Join Germanfest and 92.3 The Fort for the 2007 National Wiener Dog Finals! As these “hot dogs” battle it out for bragging rights as the fastest weiner dog. Listen to radio station 92.3 The Fort for details. Sponsored by Miller brewing. • 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm “RECOLLECTIONS OF A HAMBURGER” Germanfest Festival Plaza Culture Tent “Recollections of a Hamburger”: Meet author Christel Behnke Gehlert. Stop by the Culture Tent and purchase a signed copy of her recently published book. 5:00 pm HOT AIR BALLON LAUNCH Hot Air Larry will launch from the lower level of Headwaters Park. Weather permitting. • 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm BALLOON SCULPTING Festival Plaza / Family Area Kevin Harris See Wednesday Info • 4:00 pm - 8:30pm PAINT IT GERMAN Trixie White, from Adorable Face Painting See Info Wednesday. • 7:30 pm POLKA LIKE A STAR Festival Plaza / Stage Area Patric Didier from American Styles Ballroom dance studio will be teaching one more lesson and choosing three more couples to compete against the winning couples from Friday nights contest. These six couples will dance off for prizes and trophies! ALL DAY MUSTER ON THE SAINT MARY’S Re-enactors from Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana will come to the Fort to camp out for the weekend. They will be demonstrating military life during these eras and periodic firing of the cannon! |
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