GRAND ENCAMPMENT CELEBRATION
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA
(Information current to June 5, 1996. Changes may occur.)
Friday Ju1y 12, pm
2:00- 2:30 Welcome Ceremony, Mayor Thomas P.
Hanafan
2:30- 3:00 Children of Promise
3:00- 3:30 Native American Dancing
3:30- 4:00 Pitt's Brass
Band- - Wagon Train arrives about 4:00 pm.
4:00- 4:30 Selections from
musical "Come Home to Kanesville," courtesy Kanesville, Inc.
3:00- 5:00
"Celebration of Life" Choir
5:00- 7:00 Barbecue Dinner (cost about $5 )
5:00- 5:30 Selections from cantata"Refuge and Rest"
5:30-
5:45 Primary Children's Choir
5:45- 6:30 Dropalotus Family Jugglers
6:30- 7:30 Line Dancing Instruction- - Ray Anderson
7:30-
8:00 Wagon Train Presentations
8:00-10:00 Michael Martin Murphy Concert;
Colen Sweeten, cowboy poet, opening act
10:00- 12:00 Laredo--country-western
music, dancing
Saturday. July 13 am
7:30-- 9:00
Prayer service and pancake breakfast ($3ea) LDS, BSA
8:00-10:00 Nature Walk
by Glenn Pollock
8:00-- 8:30 Native American Dancers
8:30-
10:00 Mormon Battalion mustering training and practice
8:30-- 9:00
Kanesville Pioneer Dancers
9:00-- 9:30 Colen Sweeten
9:40-10:15
Children of Promise
10:15-10:30 Pitt's Brass Band
10:30-12:15 Mormon
Battalion Mustering Program and Reenactment
pm
12:15-1:15
Iowa Western Comunity Band
1:15- 1:45 Heartland Hoedowners
1:45-
2:45 "Heart of America" Mormon Choir
2:45- 3:30 Silver Creek Cloggers
3:30- 4:00 Selections from musical "Come Home to Kanesville," courtesy
Kanesville, Inc.
4:00- 5:00 Kanesville Tabernacle Dedication (will be
telecast to Grand Encampment site)
5:00- 7:00 Barbecue Dinner (cost about $5)
5:00- 5:30 "Celebration of Life" Choir
5:50- 6:30 Kanesville
Tabernacle Choir Primary Children's Choir- - prelude to devotional
6:30- 8:00
Devotional with President Gordon B. Hinckley
8:00- 9:30 Mormon Battalion
Cotillion Ball
Second Stage- - Saturday. July 13 pm
1:00- 1:30
Children of Promise
1:30- 2:00 Native American Dancers
2:00- 2:30
Council Bluffs Primary Children's Choir
2:30- 3:00 Selections from
musical "Come Home to Kanesville," courtesy Kanesville, Inc.
3:00- 3:30 Pie
eating contest
5:00- 6:00 Stuart Jewitt, pianist
6.00- 6:30
Silver Creek Cloggers
Children's Corner and Games
8:00- 10:00am, 1:00- 4:00pm
on Saturday
12:30pm Saturday, Children's Parade
Refuge and Rest
Lewis
Central High School Auditorium- - directly across highway 275 from Grand
Encampment
Cantata
"Refuge and Rest",
with music by Dan Carter, will be presented free of charge. Because of
limited seating, 1:00 and 7:00pm Friday tickets are required. Pick them up
at the information booth on the grounds between 1:00 and 8:00pm
Saturday noon and 6:00pm on Friday, after 8:30am on Saturday. Limit 6
tickets/person.
Mormon Battalion
Battalion Mustering Registration: Participants may
register Friday afternoon and evening, or Saturday morning before 9:00
Contact Deniece
Beck (712- 323- 1952) or Joseph Carlson (308- 237- 4447)to receive
instructions about
dress and other information.
Continuous:
Food and craft vendors, train rides, dunking booth, rolling history wagons.
All events will be held on the grounds of lowa School for the Deaf, south of
Council Bluffs at the intersection of highways 92 and 275. Pioneer dress is
welcome. Lawn chairs, blankets, hats, sunscreen and insect spray are
recommended. Parking will be offsite, but shuttles will be provided.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase, as well as souvenirs of
the occasion. Those desiring overnight accommodations may call the Council
Bluffs Convention & Visitors Bureau (800-228-6878) for assistance.
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