Thursday,
Sept. 5 The festival kicks off
with a Thursday night talent show to
benefit the Logan County Food
Pantry. The show will begin at 6:30
p.m. at the Christian Church Family
Life Center on Lafayette Street.
Zeiler Amusements will have their
carnival set up, and rides will be
open at 4 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 6
On Friday, activities will begin
at noon with a craft show at the
Mount Pulaski Courthouse. The show
will run until 8 p.m. Visitors may
also take guided tours of the
courthouse during that time.
At 5 p.m. the American Legion
will host a rib-eye sandwich dinner
at the Cross Brothers Food Tent, and
the Jaycees will open their beer
tent on the southeast corner of the
square.
The youth group from Zion
Lutheran Church will host a dunk
tank on Washington Street from 5 to
9 p.m.
The official opening ceremony for
the festival will be at 5:30 p.m. on
the Farmers Bank Main Stage, on
Washington Street. On that same
stage at 6 p.m. will be the Cutest
Lil Famer, Little Miss Mount Pulaski
and Junior Miss Mount Pulaski
contests.
Egg roulette will follow at 7
p.m., and the annual game show will
begin at 7:30.
At 8 p.m. there will be a lantern
parade. Those who wish to
participate should meet in front of
the courthouse.
Live music will begin at 9 p.m.
on the main stage, and the band
X-Crush will play at the beer tent.
Zeiler Amusements will open at 4
p.m. and remain open throughout the
evening.
Saturday, Sept. 7
Saturday will begin with a
pancake and sausage breakfast,
sponsored by Mount Pulaski Christian
Church, at the food tent. The event
will run from 7:30 to 10 a.m.
Mount Pulaski will also host a 5K
run and walk, with registration at
Mount Pulaski High School beginning
at 8 a.m. There will be a Kids Dash
at 8:30. The 5K runners will start
at 8:35, walkers will start at 8:40,
and families will start at 8:45. All
of the 5K events will start at the
intersection of Washington and
Jefferson streets.
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As Saturday proceeds, Zeiler
Amusements will open their carnival
at 9 a.m. and the craft show will
open at the Mount Pulaski
Courthouse.
Also at 9 a.m., the Washington
Street Merchants Bake-off will take
place along that street.
The Zion dunk tank will open at
10 a.m. At that same time will be
the Vinegar Hill Car and Bike Show
and the kiddie tractor pull,
sponsored by the Jaycees, with both
events on Washington Street.
The chili cook-off will be at 11
a.m. on Washington Street.
At 11:30, parade entry
registration will begin at the Mount
Pulaski High School.
The theme for this year's parade
will be "Big Top on the Hilltop."
The grand marshals will be the
members of the 2012-2013 third-grade
class. They raised funds last year,
$1 at a time, for the Mount Pulaski
Courthouse Foundation.
The parade route will begin on
Spring Street, turn onto Wayne, then
follow Washington through the
downtown area, turn onto Harry
Street, then back to Spring. The
parade will begin at 1 p.m., and
parade awards will be announced at
1:50 on the Washington Street Stage.
Beginning at 2 p.m. the Farmers
Bank Main Stage will host a variety
of entertainers. First there will be
a magician. At 3 p.m. the Mount
Pulaski Community Band will perform.
The eating contest will begin at
5:30, and at 6 there will be a
hypnotist. The game show will follow
at 7 p.m., and at 9 p.m. there will
be live music on the stage.
Haircut Actual will be the
featured band at the Jaycees Beer
Tent, beginning at 8 p.m.
There are also two very special
events being planned for Saturday.
At 3 p.m. will be the dedication
of Gasaway Field and Butkovich Drive
in Veterans Park.
At 4:30, Roger Capps will be at
the Mount Pulaski Museum. He is a
great-great-grandson of Jabez Capps,
a founder of the community. Roger
lives in Portland, Ore., but will be
returning to Mount Pulaski for the
festival this year. He is expected
to speak on "Jabez Capps, Coming to
America."
[LDN, from
information provided by Phil Bertoni]
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