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Heritage Celebration Schedule of Events: June 28, 29, 30, 2002
Downtown Calumet and Agassiz Park
Friday, June 28
Downtown Historic window displays and Student Art contest throughout downtown
merchant windows
| 7 p.m. |
White Water performance at the Calumet
Theatre
Guided walking tour with Ed Jenich, departing from the Calumet
Theatre right after the White Water performance |
Saturday, June 29 |
| 7 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
Pancake breakfast and open house at the Elks Club
at 6th and Temple |
| 10 a.m. - noon |
Young Historian role players dressed in period
clothing |
| 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. |
AGASSIZ PARK
Two-day Ojibwe Indian Encampment with interpreters and displays
sponsored by the Calumet High School National Honor Society.
Family games for all ages:
- 100 person (all ages) tug of war
- Watermelon seed spitting contest
- Horseshoes, cribbage, checkers, chess, croquet and more
- Cricket Games hosted by Tom Melville, as played 100 years ago
Heritage foods
Music by The Jan Arnold Show with many surprise performers
Guided walking tours
Mule-drawn carriage rides
Historic demonstrations: weavers, spinners, quilters, basket makers
Heritage type Arts and Crafts
Calumet Rotary Pie Social
DOWNTOWN CALUMET
Historic displays, antique cars and exhibits on 5th Street
Sidewalk sales
Heritage food specials at local restaurants
Red Cross Pig Roast and First Aid Booth at 5th and Elm
Many museums and attractions will be open during the day: Omphale
Gallery, Keweenaw Heritage Center at St. Anne's Church, U.P. Firefighters
Memorial Museum, Albion Station, Norwegian Church, Coppertown USA Mining
Museum, Calumet Theatre
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| Noon - 4 p.m. |
Free "Ice Cream and Soda Social" at the
Oak Street Inn, 808 Oak Street |
| 7 p.m. - 1 a.m. |
Community Dance at the Calumet Armory, sponsored
by the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce. $3 admission, music by
Organized Chaos from 7:30 p.m. - 12:30 a.m., food and refreshments
available. |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Stage Hits: Opera to Broadway at the
Calumet Theatre, part of the Pine Mountain Music Festival |
| Sunday, June 30 |
| 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. |
Tour of Churches
Mule-drawn carriage rides
Ojibwe
Indian Encampment in Agassiz Park |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Antique Parade, originating at Coppertown USA
Mining Museum |
Sponsored by the Keweenaw Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Keweenaw
National Historical Park, Calumet Village, Calumet Township and the
Community at Large
For more information call (906) 337-5224, (906) 337-2552 or
800-338-7982
Times and events are tentative and are subject to change.
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June 26, 2002
