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Entertainment
St.
Louis Day Celebration 2010
Schedule of Events
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 21
4 a.m.
to 7 a.m.
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--- Seasoning,
stuffing, storing 4,000 lbs of Alsatian
style sausage in cooler at Koenig Park.
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7
a.m. to ???
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--- Final
preparations at Park for picnic day.
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5
p.m.
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--- Mass
at park pavilion for volunteer workers.
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7
p.m.
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--- Mass
in 140 yr-old St. Louis Catholic Church.
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SUNDAY,
AUGUST 22 -- PICNIC DAY!! Big Festival
celebrates 128th birthday!
EARLY
in a.m.
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--- Barbecue
operation begins. Over 50 volunteers season
and BBQ around 2 1/2 tons of beef.
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Early to 10:45
a.m.
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--- BBQing,
saucing, slicing beef; cooking, cutting sausage;
preparing cabbage slaw, potato salad; in
general, massive kitchen operation using hundreds
of volunteers readying the big meal.
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9:00 a.m.
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--- PICNIC
DAY MASS in St. Louis Church, celebrated
by Retired Bishop John Yanta. The famed
Liederkranz Men's Choir from San Antonio will
provide the singing.
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11 a.m. to
2:00 p.m.
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--- Feeding
over 2,000 diners per hour, using 2 efficient
meal serving areas to avoid long lines
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12:00 Noon
till 7 p.m
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-- LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
ON OUTDOOR STAGE AREAS |
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12:15
Fire on the Mountain Cloggers
1:10 Flemish Folk Dancers
2:00 Nathan Mathis Band
4:20 Vinyl 45s
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l p.m. to
???
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-ALSO
ON THE GROUNDS—
--- THE
BIG AFTERNOON SILENT AUCTION, when numerous
antiques, as well as specialty items, are
displayed in the confines of air-conditioned
Koenig Park Hall.
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All
day long
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-- All
sorts of games and rides in Kiddie Korner;
all types of food and drink stands—sausage
and barbecue buns, nachos, homemade cake,
beer, soft drinks, iced tea, candy, ice
cream, sno-cones, and wine coolers; and
amusements for all ages--doll booth, bingo,
arts & crafts, plants, trash 'n treasures,
horseshoe and washer-pitch tourneys and
all kinds of souvenirs. 12th annual
St. Louis Downs Horseracing.
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About 7:00
p.m.
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--- Annual picnic
drawings pull down curtain at end of perfect
day of merrymaking. Beautiful quilts,
and numerous merchandise prizes and gift
certificates will be awarded. |
WORTH FILMING
IN TOWN--Majestic St. Louis Church;
original St. Louis Church (166 years old);
first parish school and Moye buildings (all
over 100 years old on Moye grounds); church
cemeteries in western sector of the old town,
with century-old markers; and many old pioneer
homes and structures, namely, Landmark Inn
State Park and the homestead of city founder,
Henri de Castro; and numerous antique shops.
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