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!