Tentative
- Schedule
of Events
Friday
August 21st
**All Events at Expedition Island unless otherwise noted
Signups, orientation
& packet pick ups
Evers Park
4 pm
Photo
Contest
4 pm
Cajun Shrimp Boil-serving from 5:30-7 pm
$15.00 for
adults and $8.00 for children
Free Kids Games
5-7 pm
Concert
with the “Fireants” 5:30 – 10:30 pm
Great Duck Race
7:30 pm
(Kiwanis Club’s fundraiser)
Saturday August 22nd
Marathon
6:30 am
Begin & End Evers Park
"Lucky 13" Poker Horse
Run
9
am
Photo
Contest
9 - 3 pm
Street Dreams Car Show - Evers Park
10am - 5 pm
Free Kids Games
11 am - 3
pm
4th
Rock in
Concert
1-
3
pm
Brew Fest
11
am –
5
pm
Dog Fetching
11:00
am
Dog Show
1:30
pm
Story
Tales
3:30 pm
Street Dreams
Cruise
6 - 8 pm
Flaming Gorge Way
*Please note if you are coming into town for the events please be sure to check
on motel room availability!!! Follow
this Motel listing link provided for your convenience.
8th
Annual
River
Festival
The
River Festival
will be held August 21,
22, 2009.
will be held August 22, 23, 2008.
The Festival will begin on Friday afternoon with signups and orientation at
4 p.m.
! At about
5:30 p.m.
we will begin serving a Cajun
Shrimp Boil. This
will be open to the public; tickets will be sold in advance with just 750 meals
available. Be sure to purchase your ticket early. Tickets will be available the
end of July.
Prices are $15.00 for adults, Children 12 & under and seniors $ 8 per plate.
Cajun spicy style shrimp boiled with sausage, potatoes and corn! Free kids games will be
available from
5-7 p.m.
and the Kiwanis Club will be
hosting their Duck Race.
The River
of
Fire
will take place at dark with boaters floating down the river
with glow sticks if you have a raft, canoe or boat join
in the fun. The route
will take place down the north channel. Lighted cauldrons will be placed just
along the river too. Entertainment for that evening will be the "Fireants"
from
Dubois
will take place at dark with boaters floating down the river
with glow sticks if you have a raft, canoe or boat join
in the fun. The route
will take place down the north channel. Lighted cauldrons will be placed just
along the river too. Entertainment for that evening will be the "Fireants"
from
Dubois,
Wyoming
Caribbean
Cajun music. The Fireants will
perform from
5:30
to 10:30 pm
outside on Expedition
Island.
Vendors will be on hand with some great items for sale. Mary Mint jewelry will
once again be back,www.marymint.com.
Mary has been at the Festival four years in a row with a fabulous selection of
fine jewelry!
The unveiling of the Sweetwater
County
Photo contest
entries and winner will also take place in the Pavilion. Be sure to get your
photos entered before August 18th.
Saturday the events will begin at 6:30 a.m.
at Evers Park. The
6th
Annual marathon race, the Run
With the Horses
Marathon
will begin at
6:30 a.m.
, with the race beginning and ending at the same point Saturday August 23rd.
The
Marathon
route is across the Wild Horse
Loop Tour on
White Mountain, hence the name. The runners
will travel across a self guided
Loop
Tour that 9 times out of 10 has wild horses frolicking along side
the road. The race starts out at 6,200 climbs to about 7,500 feet. The
majority of the road is a County maintained dirt road and the decline is not
bad. Aid Stations with snack, water and energy drinks will be placed every two miles.
Porta Potties will be placed throughout the course. Entry fee of $60 includes
a t-shirt and medallion for the finishing racers.
Photos of Route
Again this year is the
4th
Annual
Lucky 13 Poker Run. Both will
begin at the mouth of 1st Springs
Canyon, near
the new motel. White Mountain
provides great views and lots of
wildlife! Riders will travel 6.5 miles
up the Pilot Butte Wild Horse Loop Tour, receiving a total of 7cards at the stops. Riders will have the
opportunity to buy an extra card at the final stop for $5.00. Best 5 Card Stud
Poker hands will win – 1st, 2nd & 3rd.
Cash and prizes will be awarded.
Lucky 13, Poker Run begins at 9 am on Saturday August 22nd,
Entry fee for the
Poker Run is $10 .
Check out our 4th Annual
River
Festival Brew Fest from
11a.m.
to 5 p.m.
There will be several brewers
available for you to sample their beer, and for you to vote on your favorite.
Brewers TBA Participants will be charged a $20 entry fee. This fee would allow you to
sample an unlimited amount of beer. Judges will award 1st, 2nd,
3rd place winners along with the People’s Choice Award.
Local Band, 4th Rock
will entertain the crowds from 11 am to 3 pm.
Following the band we will have Story
Tales.Rock
will entertain the crowds from 11 am to
5
pm.
Following the band we will have Story
Tales.
A Dog Fetching
Contest is an event that we
know will involve the home crowd too. Dogs will be timed on fetching a stick out
of the river and back to their owners. We are also including a land event for
those water phobic dogs. Dog Fetching begins at 11 am.
Dog Show is
being put on by Judy Jarnigan and she will show you how to get your dog to
traverse an obstacle course. There will also be prized given for the Prettiest,
Homeliest, Biggest, Smallest and Best Behaved Dogs. Dog Show starts at
1:30 p.m.
Even if your dog doesn’t know how to run an obstacle course Judy will
show you how to get started!
Vendors
for the event TBA
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