2010 Return of the Rocky Mountain Chautauqua
CHAUTAUQUA 2010 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
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Friday, August 6, 2010 (Pinecrest Event Center)
6:00 PM Doors Open
6:15 PM - 6:45 PM Viewing of movie "Summer Sojourn"
6:45 PM - 7:00 PM Black Forest Chorus
7:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Opening Ceremonies - Boy Scout Color Guard
Reading of Chautauqua Proclamation (Don Moon as President Teddy Roosevelt - Master of Ceremonies)
7:15 PM - 8:30 PM
Songs by Black Forest Chorus
Historic Portrayals:
Isabella Bird (Linda Batlin) (First 19th century woman
globe-trotting news correspondent who made a solo
horseback ride throughout Colorado, including Palmer Lake)
Nikola Tesla (Richard Marold) (19th century scientist who
discovered AC current and conducted high- voltage experiments between Colorado Springs and Palmer Lake)
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM
Old Fashioned Square Dance by professional caller Gregg
Anderson. (No experience needed) (Free)
Saturday, August 7, 2010 (Town Hall and Village Green)
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM Pancake Breakfast - Provided by Palmer Lake VFD (Fee Charged)
8:30 AM - 10:00 AM History Tramp in The Glen. Guided tramp by local historian Jim Sawatzki through The Glen and Chautauqua sites (Limited to 30)
10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon Lucretia Vaile portrayal - guided hike to the reservoir
Fly fishing demonstration at reservoir
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Demonstrations:
o Bee Keeping
Educational how-to's (such as):
o How to quilt
o How to weave
o How to make pickles and churn butter
o How to spin yarn
o How to make flower arrangements
o How to use sign language
o How to "tat" and crochet
o How to press and mount plants
o How to tie knots and lash ropes
o How to make vintage jewelry
Exhibits:
o Boy Scouts - Then & Now
o 4-H Club - Then & Now
Children's Games
o Youth Games from 100 Years Ago (Boy Scouts)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Potato Bake - Provided by Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
(Town Hall) (Fee Charged)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Ice Cream Social and the America the Beautiful Chorus -
(Supported by the Tri-Lakes Friends of the Library and the
Palmer Lake Historical Society) (Town Hall) Free
Saturday (Lakeside across from Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts)
11:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Second Colorado Infantry (Civil War Re-enactors) Encampment
Native American Teaching Lodge
3:00 PM - 4:45 PM
Vintage Baseball Game - Tri-Lakes Swans vs. Colorado
Territorial All-Stars (1864 Rules) (Lakeside Gazebo)
Music by the Colorado City Town Band
3:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Hot Dogs & Cokes - Provided by Palmer Lake VFD (Fee Charged)
Ice Cream - Provided by Pikes Peak Gelato (Fee Charged)
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Chuck Pyle In Concert - (Lakeside Gazebo) Free
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Dinner Theatre: Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts and Red Herring
Productions present "Murder at Palmer Lake Station."
Tickets at www.trilakesarts.org/events.
Sunday, August 8, 2010 – Pinecrest Event Center
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Nature Walk in The Glen
(Limited to 20 - call 488-2462 to sign up)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Old-Time Church Service at Pinecrest Chapel (Rev. John
Snyder and the High Prairie Band)
Sunday (Lakeside across from Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts)
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Second Colorado Infantry (Civil War Re-enactors) Encampment
Native American Teaching Lodge
Demonstrations:
o Vintage Bicycles
o Knot Tying & Rope Lashing
o Sign Language
o Bee Keeping
o Devon Cow milking
Exhibits:
o Alpacas
o Miniature Donkeys
o Oxen and Chuck Wagon
o Division of Wildlife (Wild Animal Safety)
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Barbeque - Provided by Slick Pig Barbecue (Fee Charged)
Ice Cream - Provided by Pikes Peak Gelato (Fee Charged)
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Music by the Colorado City Town Band
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Fort Carson Mounted Honor Guard - Cavalry Demonstration
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Closing Ceremonies (Lakeside Gazebo)
