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Canada Day 2012                           Schedule of Events                                               July 1, 2012

Diamond Jubilee

 

7:00 to  

11:00 am        Elks Pancake Breakfast – Overwaitea Parking Lot

 

8:00 am to

3:30 pm          Farmer’s Market

 

8:30 am          Art Gallery – Children’s bike decorating for parade.

9:30 am

 

9:00 am          Jazzercise Fitness Warm-up for The Early Birds – Gyro Park!

10:00 am       

 

10:00 to          Boundary Artisans’ Faire – Art Gallery grounds

  3:00 pm       

 

10:00 to          Bernice & Co. band

11:00 am

 

10:00 am        Parade, featuring River’s Edge Theatre actress, Christy Luke, as the Queen – starting at Royal Canadian Legion Parking lot

 

11:00 to                      Food Concessions

2:00 pm                        

  • Grand Forks Art Gallery’s Popular Hot Dog Booth
  • West End Global Market
  • Pyro Pizza Cart
  • Rilkoff’s East Indian Cuisine & produce
  • Rotary Kettle Corn
  • Jillybeans Ice Cream Truck
  • Overwaitea Foods Watermelon Feast

 

11:00  am       Opening Ceremonies

  • Flag & Color Party Arrives – Gyro Park
  • Emcee Mayor Brian Taylor  –  The relationship with America from the perspective of a border community.           
  • O Canada – by Nicole Del Agila
  • Introduction – Grand Forks City Councilors

 

11:10 am        Grand Forks Pipes & Drums

 

11:30 am        Fascinator Contest (crazy bonnet) in honor of the Diamond Jubilee

               

1st Prize – $50 gift certificate from Buy Low Foods

2nd Prize – $25 gift certificate from Extra Foods

3rd Prize – $10 gift certificate from Jogas Espresso Cafe

 

“Kids Zone” Games Begin – Crafts, water play, bubbles, fish pond

 

 

12:00 pm –    Watermelon Feast by Overwaitea Foods

 

12:30 pm        CanadaDay FREE Cake – City Council

 

12:45 pm        Draw for Library’s Starlight Dinner

 

 1:00 pm         Granby Dance Studio

 

 1:40 pm         Sacred Circle Dancing

 

 2:00 to           Bernice & Co. band

3:00 pm

 

6:00 pm – James Donaldson Park Zak Waterlow Audio Presents: Ladyhawk, The Ford Pier Vengeance Trio, Coldwater Road, Jason Poulsen & the Diatonics, Plectrum & Fender

Sponsored by:         

  • City of Grand Forks
  • RDKB – Area D
  • Canada Day Committee
  • Grand Forks Station Pub
  • Boundary Electric
  • Riverside Motel
  • Boundary Sentinel Online News
  • SILVER–      WD SHEET METAL, CIBC ,                   GRAND FORKS & DISTRICT CREDIT UNION
  • GOLD–         INTERNATIONAL FOREST PRODUCTS, ROXUL INC.
  •  Beer Gardens sponsored by Phoenix Ski Hill                        Concession stand sponsored by Border Bruins 

Performers & scheduled times subject to change

 

THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE 144th BIRTHDAY OF CANADA A SUCCESS!

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