Ellinwood Celebration
Ellinwood’s 150th Kansas Anniversary Celebration will be held the following weekend on September 17-18.
The Cattle Drive will trail down Main Street in the morning of the 17th and that evening's featured performer -extraordinare Judy Coder will perform her classic cowboy music at the High School auditorium at 7:00pm, along with Cowboy Poet/MC Geff Dawson.
Activities will be centered around Wolf Park on Ellinwood's brick lined Main Street- unless noted otherwise
Saturday, September 17th, 2011
10am- Nolan Sump- Storytelling of a German Immigrant Farmer-
Band Shell at Wolf Park
10am-3pm Frontier Photos- dress in old fashion clothing that are provided
10am-3pm Frontier Photos- dress in old fashion clothing that are provided
& get your photo taken.
10:30am- 1pm Free Petting Zoo and Pony Rides for Children
10:30am- 1pm Free Petting Zoo and Pony Rides for Children
10:45am-Registration for Old Fashion Style Review & Beard/Mustache Contest. Band Shell at Wolf Park
11am- Fashion Review begins at Band Shell at Wolf Park. Sponsored by
Ellinwood Underground, Sunflower Bank, Ellinwood Emporium, Draney Antiques, & Starr Antiques.
11am-1pm Kids games & Crafts with a Western Old Fashion Theme
11am-1pm Kids games & Crafts with a Western Old Fashion Theme
Located at Wolf Park
11am-3pm Fast Draw Exhibition by Jim Tinsley from Ark City.
Located at Wolf Park
11:30am- Judging of the Beard/Mustache Contest.
Sponsored by Home Lumber and Gunn Antiques.
11:45am- Gunfight by The Cowtown Cowboys Professional Gunfighters
at the Lot North of Kimples
12pm-Contessa show- a lively view of a woman from the late 1800's
Inside the Heritage Center on Main Street.
Inside the Heritage Center on Main Street.
12:15pm- Tunnel Tours of Historic Underground World- meet at
Ellinwood Emporium to start tour.
1:00pm- Gunfight by The Cowtown Cowboys Professional Gunfighters
at the Lot North of Kimples
1pm- Nolan Sump- Storytelling of a German Immigrant Farmer-
Band Shell at Wolf Park
1:30pm- 2:45pm Cattle Drive through Ellinwood's Brick Lined Main Street
1:30pm- 2:45pm Cattle Drive through Ellinwood's Brick Lined Main Street
Sponsored by 150th Anniversary Kansas Cattle Drive.
3pm- 5:30pm Ranch Rodeo sponsored by the Sons of the American Legion.
Will be held on the northwest corner of Ellinwood- 7th & Park Street.
Will be held on the northwest corner of Ellinwood- 7th & Park Street.
3:30pm- Tunnel Tours of Historic Underground World- meet at
Ellinwood Emporium to start tour.
7pm- Concert by Judy Coder, along with cowboy Poet/MC Geff Dawson at High School Auditorium. Sponsored by Barton Co. Feeders, Farmers Mutual
Insurance, Pop n Shop, Moeder Oil, Silica Grain, Jensen Associates, Lloyd & Jo Kurtz, H&B Petroleum Corp.
Food Vendors, merchandise vendors, and local restaurants will be open all day.
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