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Bridge festival this weekend in Tama
By ANDREW POTTER, TIMES-REPUBLICAN
POSTED: May 15, 2008
Fact Box
SCHEDULELincoln Bridge Festival
Downtown Tama
Friday
all day - carnival
6 p.m. to 1 a.m. - Live music (street dance 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.)
Saturday
all day - carnival
8 a.m. - 5K run
10 a.m. - parade
11:15 a.m. to 2 pm. - Live music and entertainment
2 p.m. - Children’s tractor pull
2:30 p.m. - Fancy dancer
2:30 p.m. - Bill Riley State Fair talent competition
“It brings a lot of people to the community,” said Carolyn Dolezal, coordinator of the Tama-Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce “Everybody is pretty excited.”
Most events — including the music —will be held outside of the Tama Civic Center.
Live musical entertainment highlights Friday night starting at 6 p.m. and will be capped off with the performance by the local Ska band Stanwood Charlie about 9 p.m.
“They are pretty popular around here,” said Sue Carnahan, entertainment coordinator for the festival.
A parade through downtown Tama will be Saturday at 10 a.m. Lee Havlik from Marshalltown who is dubbed a “riverboat entertainer” will play the banjo and tell riverboat stories at 12:15 p.m. Music will pick back up after the parade during the day then will give way to Larry Yazzie, a world champion Meskwaki Fancy Dancer at about 2:30 p.m.
The weekend will have plenty of children’s events including a pedal tractor pull at 2 p.m. Saturday. A carnival will run throughout the day both Friday and Saturday.
Most events — including the music and children’s activities — are free and open to the public.
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Contact Andrew Potter at 641-753-6611 or apotter@timesrepublican.com
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