September 12-13, 2009
Hamilton, Ohio

  
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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Saturday's Schedule

General Activities

Time Event
All Day Water Actvities- see below for full water schedule
10 am - Noon American Heart Assn. Annual 5K Heart Walk (Registration 9-10AM)
All day Special Hayride Transport from Miami University parking lot to River Days Event Site by the Izaak Walton League
12 noon -6 pm On Stage Entertainment including music and dancing see Music below or more details
10 am - 6 pm Children’s Entertainment Area (see below for full listing) including Carnival Rides and Story Tellers
9 am - 6 pm Miami Valley Reenactors Encampment with lots of activities and demonstrations
10 am - 6 pm Educational and Food Booths open sponsored by Downtown Hamilton SID
10 am -6 pm Sand Sculpture sponsored by City of Sculpture
All day Freshwater Aquarium
10am -6 pm Children's Rides
10 -12 Motorbike Action by Steel Horse Shunters & Wheelie Wizard presented by Lake Bailee Recreational Park
4 -6 Dynamic Wrestling Alliance LLC

Music & Dancing

Time Event
12:40-1:00 Partners in Prime - Hana Hou Hula Dancers
1 - 2 Loop Man Dan - Acoustic
2:30-3 Cincinnati Cloggers
3:15 - 4 Heavenly Grass - Southern Gospel Bluegrass Band
4:30 - 6 Doug Hollister- Country

Water Events

Time Event
10-12 Rowing
12:30 - 1 WFWA Jetski Show from Typhoon Tommy and Rambo Rosie
1 - 2 Badgerland Water Ski Show Team
2 - 4:30 APR Superleague Tunnel Boat Racing North American Championship
4:30 - 5:30

Badgerland Water Ski Show Team

Historical Area

10 - 6 Self guided tours of the Native Village trading tents
10:00 AM Festival opens with a cannon salute: (Battlefield)
10:00 Jack Blosser of the Ohio Mekoce Shawnee tribe shares a story of Native Heritage at the time of European contact. (Dance Circle)
10:05 History talks by Generals Robt. E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant (Battlefield)
11:00 Grand Entry (Dance Circle) 100+ Native American reenactors join in this reunion to celebrate “A Gathering By The River” with intertribal dance demonstrations, and friendship exchanges
12:30 Native Flute by Janice “Sunflower” Tryten
2:00 PM Demonstration of cannon, rifle, and mortar fire by Ohio 5th Light Artillery Unit. Civil war lifestyle demonstration by Rod Grubb
12:30

Encampment walkabout round robin style for discussion and demos of
Civil War life (Ft. Miami Encampment Area), living history demonstrations of weaving, pottery firing, forging, tomahawk throwing, flint knapping, blacksmithing, fire starting, camp cooking, cornbread making, bead work, bee keeping (Native Village). 

2:00

Mark Banks introduces the youth Fancy Dancers in a dance demonstration (Dance Circle).
3:00

Battle Reenactment.  Incited by cultural differences and hunger, Chief Jessie sends a war party to attack the nearby Civil War troops (Battlefield).
3:45 Fred Shaw describes Shawnee life. Unconfirmed.
4:00 Rod Grubb leads a tour of the Civil War Camp with Canon and rifle fire        demonstrations (Ft. Miami).
4:00  Intertribal dance demonstrations and drumming erupt as peace is restored (Dance Circle).
6:00

Historical Area closes with a blessing from Chief Jessie (Dance Circle).

 

Children's Entertainment Area

Time Event
All Day Scavenger Hunt, Wildlife animal displays, face painting, Balloon Art and clowns
10 - 11:30 Chris Rowlands - Natural Science Song and Dance Man
11:30 - 12 Puppet Show - Butler Co. DES
12 - 2 Crystal Clear Science hands-on activitiies
2 - 2:30 Puppet Show - Butler Co. DES
2:30 - 4 Chris Rowlands - Natural Science Song and Dance Man
4-6 Crystal Clear Science hands-on activitiies

 

Sunday's Schedule

General Activities

Time Event
Al day Water Actvities- see below for full water schedule
All day Special Hayride Transport from Miami University parking lot to River Days Event Site by the Izaak Walton League
12- 6 On Stage Entertainment including music and dancing see Music below or more details
10 am - 6 pm Children’s Entertainment Area (see below for full listing) including Carnival Rides and Story Tellers
9 am - 6 pm Miami Valley Reenactors Encampment with lots of activities and demonstrations
10 am - 6 pm Educational and Food Booths open sponsored by Downtown Hamilton SID
10 am - 6 pm Sand Sculpture sponsored by City of Sculpture
12 onwards Food and pop available at the K of C on the west side of the river. Pontoon boats available for taxiing back and forth across the river
All day Freshwater Aquarium Display Sponsored by Butler County Environmental Services
10am -6 pm Carnival Rides
10 -12 Motorbike Action byStreet Freaks & Wheelie Wizard presented by Lake Bailee Recreational Park
4 -6 Dynamic Wrestling Alliance LLC

Water Events

Time Event
10 - 12 Rowing Team
12:15 - 12:45 WFWA Jet Ski Show from Typhoon Tommy and Rambo Rosie
1- 2 Badgerland Water Ski Show Team
2 - 3:30 North American Champoinship - FINALS APR Formula 3 Tunnel Boat Racing
3:30 -6 TBA

Music & Dancing

Time Event
12 - 12:40 Wayne Davis Band - Classic Rock/ Blues
12:40 - 1 Partners n Prime- Murstein Prime Country Line Dancers
1 - 2 Wayne Davis Band
2:05 - 2:25 Next Generation Dance Competition Teams
2:30 - 3 Loop Man Dan - Acoustic
3 - 4:15 Stagger Lee - Country
4:15- 4:35 Partners n Prime - Golden Taps
4:45- 6 Stagger Lee

Historical Area

10 - 6 Self guided tours of the Native Village trading tents
10:00 AM Festival opens with a cannon salute: (Battlefield)
10:00 Jack Blosser of the Ohio Mekoce Shawnee tribe shares a story of Native Heritage at the time of European contact. (Dance Circle)
10:05 History talks by Generals Robt. E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant (Battlefield)
11:00 Grand Entry (Dance Circle) 100+ Native American reenactors join in this reunion to celebrate “A Gathering By The River” with intertribal dance demonstrations, and friendship exchanges
12:30 Native Flute by Janice “Sunflower” Tryten
2:00 PM Demonstration of cannon, rifle, and mortar fire by Ohio 5th Light Artillery Unit. Civil war lifestyle demonstration by Rod Grubb
12:30

Encampment walkabout round robin style for discussion and demos of
Civil War life (Ft. Miami Encampment Area), living history demonstrations of weaving, pottery firing, forging, tomahawk throwing, flint knapping, blacksmithing, fire starting, camp cooking, cornbread making, bead work, bee keeping (Native Village). 

2:00

Mark Banks introduces the youth Fancy Dancers in a dance demonstration (Dance Circle).
3:00

Battle Reenactment.  Incited by cultural differences and hunger, Chief Jessie sends a war party to attack the nearby Civil War troops (Battlefield).
3:45 Fred Shaw describes Shawnee life. Unconfirmed.
4:00 Rod Grubb leads a tour of the Civil War Camp with Canon and rifle fire        demonstrations (Ft. Miami).
4:00  Intertribal dance demonstrations and drumming erupt as peace is restored (Dance Circle).
6:00

Historical Area closes with a blessing from Chief Jessie (Dance Circle).

 

Children's Entertainment Area

Time Event
All Day Scavenger Hunt, Wildlife animal displays, face painting, Balloon Art and clowns
10-12 Chris Rowlands - Natural Science Song and Dance Man
12 - 2 Crystal Clear Science hands-on activities
2- 4 Chris Rowlands - Natural Science Song and Dance Man
4- 6 Crystal Clear Science hands-on activities



 
 
 

EVENTS

Powerboat racing

Loop Man Dan
Loop Man Dan


Water Ski Show


Miami Valley Reenactors


Educational booths and displays


Sand Sculpture


 
  
 
           

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