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2009 dates are July 10th ~ 25th
Use your credit card/ to purchase
tickets for Music Fest "Gin
Blossoms" or Family Faith Nite
"Paul Colman & VOTA" on
this page or call Chamber office at
815-385-4300.

2009
Fiesta Days
Schedule
of Events

Friday, July 10th
Music
Fest
(4:00 pm - 11:00 pm)
AT PETERSEN PARK, 4300 Petersen Park Road, McHenry 60050 Map
Admission: $4 per person, age 12 and under free.
¨Meijer
Virtual Playground: 4:00 pm
¨Paintball
Tournament:4:00 pm $10 to play pre-register
at www.pappaintball.com
¨Food
~ Beer: 5:00 pm - 11:00 pm
¨Amusements Rides: 5:00 - 11:00 pm
¨Re/Max
Hot Air Tethered Balloon Ride: 6:30 - 8:30
pm
¨Performance
Times:
5:30
pm: Goin' South
8:00
pm: Modern Day Romeos

Sign
up for a chance to win an autographed guitar
signed by Gin Blossoms. Registration takes
place at the Air 1 Wireless, Spring Grove
Sprint Booth. Guitar donated by Washburn
Guitars.
Saturday, July 11th
Music Fest
Rock N' Rev - Gin Blossoms
(1:00 pm - 11:00 pm)
AT PETERSEN PARK, 4300 Petersen Park Road, McHenry 60050 Map
Tickets: $6 per person in advance,
$8 at gate, 12 & under free.
¨Food
~ Beer: 1:00 - 11:00 pm
¨Amusements Rides:
1:00 - 11:00 pm
(unlimited ride special 2pm-5pm)
¨Meijer
Virtual Playground: 1:00 pm
¨Paintball
Tournament:1:00 pm $10 to play pre-register
at www.pappaintball.com
¨Fiesta
Favorite Competition: 1:30 - 5:00 pm application
1:00pm Pre-show performance by Poseidon
¨Volleyball Tournament:
2:00 pm application
¨Harley
Motorcycle Show: 1:00 - 5:00 pm application
2:00pm ~ 5:00pm
Entertainment ~ Uncle Sam
¨Canoe Challenge
(McCullom Lake)1:30 pm: application
¨Plywood Boat Challenge
(McCullom Lake): application
1:30 pm Orientation
2:00 - 4:00 pm Building
Time
4:30 pm Race
¨Performance
Times:
5:45 pm: Trippin'
Billies
9:00 pm:
Gin Blossoms
Sign
up for a chance to win an autographed guitar
signed by Gin Blossoms. Registration takes
place at the Air 1 Wireless, Spring Grove
Sprint Booth. Guitar donated by Washburn
Guitars.
Sunday,
July 12th
Music
Fest
(12:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
AT PETERSEN PARK, 4300 Petersen Park Road, McHenry 60050 Map
Admission: $5 adults, 12 & under free.
¨26th Annual Car Show:
8:00 am - 3:00 pm website
¨Food
~ Beer: 12:00 pm - 8:00 pm
¨Amusements Rides: 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
(unlimited ride special 12pm-3pm)
¨Meijer
Virtual Playground: 12:00 pm
¨Men's Annual 3 on 3 Basket Ball Tournament: 9:00 am - 4:00
pm
at McHenry Middle School.
¨Volleyball Tournament:
12:00 pm application
¨Fiesta
Favorite Finalists Competition: 12:30 - 1:30
pm application
12:00pm Pre-show performance by Poseidon
¨Sand
Sculpture Contest: 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
¨Extreme
Sports Show: 1:00 - 3:00 pm Skateboard
Demo
¨Paintball
Tournament:1:00 pm $10 to play pre-register
at www.pappaintball.com
¨Performance
Times:
3:30 pm: The
Moods
5:45 pm: The
Ides of March featuring Jim Peterik

Sign
up for a chance to win an autographed guitar
signed by Gin Blossoms. Registration takes
place at the Air 1 Wireless, Spring Grove
Sprint Booth. Guitar donated by Washburn
Guitars.
Monday, July
13th
( 5:00 pm - DARK) AT PETERSEN PARK
Map
¨Food ~
Amusements Rides (unlimited ride special all
evening)
¨Big Wheels
Race: 5:30 pm check-in; 6:30 pm race begins.
¨Teen Night: 7:00 pm -
10:00 pm
Entertainment: "The Blue Waves"
(Sponsored by the
Kiwanis
Noon Club)
Tuesday, July 14th
¨McHenry
River Run at Veteran's Memorial Park (Sponsored
by
McHenry Parks & Recreation Dept.)
Check in: 5:45 pm -
6:20 pm
3 Mile Fun Run - Race begins 6:35pm
6.8 Mile Run - Race begins 6:45 pm
¨CrimeStoppers Bingo Bash:
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm at VFW Hall
Wednesday, July
15th
¨Open
Track Meet at McCracken Field (Sponsored
by
McHenry Parks & Recreation Dept.)
Check in: 5:00 pm
5:15 pm to 8:00 pm
Thursday, July
16th
Concert
in the Park
(5:00
pm -9:30 pm)
AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK, 3400 Pearl Street, McHenry, 60050 Map
¨Food
~ Beer: 5:00 - 9:30 pm
¨Parade
Marshal Don Gattone
¨Parade
Marshal Ceremony:
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm
¨McHenry City Stage Band:
7:30pm - 9:00 pm

Friday,
July 17th
Children's
Ice Cream Social
(3:00 pm -
8:00 pm)
AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK, 3400 Pearl Street, McHenry, 60050 Map
¨Food Service: 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
¨Entertainment : Face Painting, Moon Walk,
Balloonist, Games,
Finger Printing, Fire Safety House and much more.
¨Performance
Times:
3:00 pm: Children's
Karaoke with Off The Wall Entertainment
Services
4:00 pm: CYT
"You're A Good Man Charlie Brown"
5:00 pm: Team Dog/Camp Bow
Wow Training Demonstrations
6:00 pm: The
Martin Lopez Academy "4 Strings
Attached"
7:00 pm: Bill
O'Connor, audience participation show
¨Inside Sidewalk Sales: 9:00 am - 9:00 pm all over town.
Saturday, July
18th
28th
Annual Arts & Crafts in the Park
application
(9:30 am - 4:00 pm)
AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK, 3400 Pearl Street, McHenry, 60050 Map
¨Outside Sidewalk Sales: 8:00 am 4:00 pm all over town
¨Antique & Classic In-The-Water Wooden Boat Show: will
return 2010

Saturday, July 18th
Shakespeare in the
Park
(4:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK, 3400 Pearl Street, McHenry, 60050 Map
¨
Master
Puppeteers Booth; Wandering Insult Comics;
Sonnets, Songs & Skits Stage;
¨
Quarter Staff
Dances; Stage Combat Demonstrations and
Little People's Craft Booth
¨
"Much Ado About Nothing" starts
at 7:30 pm,
Performance by The Riverview Theatre
Co.

Saturday, July 18th
Drum & Bugle
Corp
(7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
AT McHENRY HIGH
SCHOOL WEST CAMPUS, 4724 Crystal Lake Rd., McHenry.
¨Tickets $8.
¨Featuring:
Chicago Royal Airs; Classic Cavaliers;
Northernaires from Menominee Michigan;
Lakeshoreman from Troy Michigan; Crystal
Lake Strikers; Southshore Drill Team
¨This is
an audience participation show, units will
be judged by the audience.

Sunday, July 19th
Parade
Activities
Theme:
"Proud to Be an American"
(11:00 am - 6:00
pm)
AT VETERAN'S MEMORIAL PARK, 3400 Pearl Street, McHenry, 60050 Map
¨Jaycees Dinner: 11:00 am - 6:00 pm
¨
Parade Marshal application
¨Parade: 1:30 pm - Route: Main Street to Green Street to
Pearl
Street to Riverside Drive to Broad
Street. application

Saturday, July
25th
Family Faith
Nite
( 4:00 pm - 10:00 pm)
AT
PETERSEN PARK, 4300 Petersen Park Road, McHenry 60050
Map
Tickets: $6 per person in advance, $8
at gate, 12 & under free.
¨ Concessions ~ Games ~ Face Painting ~ Kid's
Fest sponsored by Mercy Health
Systems
¨
Performance Times:
4:00 pm: CYT
"You're A Good Man Charlie
Brown"
5:00 pm:
Local worship music led by Katie Yore
6:15
pm: Paul
Colman

8:00 pm: VOTA (formerly known as Casting
Pearls)

Sign
up for a chance to win an autographed
guitar signed by Paul Colman and VOTA.
Registration takes place at the
Merchandise Booth. Guitar and one month
free lesson donated by
Pearl Street Music.
Pictures will be taken at event and reproduced in publications.
Thank
you to our Fiesta Days Sponsors:
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