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Entertainment
St.
Louis Day Celebration 2009
Schedule of Events
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 22
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 138 yr-old St. Louis Catholic Church.
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SUNDAY,
AUGUST 23 -- PICNIC DAY!! Big Festival
celebrates 127th 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 Bishop Oscar Cantu. 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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The
Flemish FolkDancers,
The
Fire on the Mountain Cloggers,
The
ever-popular San Antonio Community
50-piece band is making its
26th straight St.Louis Day appearance. The
group, composed of some of the finest musicians
in the area, will entertain with a wide
variety of selections. Music and
singing will echo from every corner of
the park throughout the day as fun and
merrymaking is the order of the day.
Locally
popular Jumping Monks
Regional
favorite, Watusi
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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. 10th 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 (164 years old);
first parish school and Moye buildings (all
over l00 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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