Schedule of Events – Red Flannel Festival 2008
(Still tentative, subject to change)
Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008
RED FLANNEL WINE TASTING
Join in the tasting! Sample the five exclusive new Red Flannel wines bottled by the Cascade Winery! Begins at 7 pm. & includes fabulous appetizers! $10 per person.
CEDAR PUB – MAIN STREET
Friday, Sept. 26, 2008
PRINCE and PRINCESS CONTEST
Sponsored by STEIN BROTHER’S PIZZA, TACO BELL &
WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE FOUNDATION
Join area kindergarten students as the smallest Red Flannel Royalty is crowned. Free admission, refreshments by Tom’s Bakery in Sparta, and entertainment. Begins at 7 pm.
HISTORIC KENT THEATRE – DOWNTOWN CEDAR SPRINGS
2nd ANNUAL RED FLANNEL PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Sponsored by COPIES PLUS
Submit any photo of a Red Flannel event taken during the Festival by Oct. 15. CASH PRIZES! $100, $75 & $25. FREE to ENTER!
EVERYWHERE – RED FLANNEL FESTIVAL WEEKENDS
Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008
RED FLANNEL 5K RUN AND WALK – NEW ROUTE & LOCATION!
Sponsored by BAYES WATER TREATMENT, CHASE BANK,
CHOICE ONE BANK, FISHBECK, THOMPSON, CARR & HUBER &
GUST CONSTRUCTION
5K Run starts at 9 am - 5K Walk starts at 9:15 am
This is a FUN EVENT for the ENTIRE FAMILY as runners and walkers weave their way through the downtown course. COMPUTERIZED TIMING!! $20 for 5K Run entrants and $15 for 5K Fun Walk in seven divisions.
RED FLANNEL OFFICE, 21 E. MAPLE STREET
WOMEN’S CLUB YARD SALE
Sponsored by THE CEDAR SPRINGS WOMEN’S CLUB
Gently used merchandise. All proceeds benefit the Community!
MAIN & ASH STREET
BED RACE OBSTACLE COURSE
Sponsored by CS MANUFACTURING & TACO BELL
In one of the zaniest events the Festival offers, five-person teams race beds around an obstacle course competing for the best time! Throw in Festival icon, Keystone Kops, and the result is a hilarious time for all! Bring your own bed, or rent one from the Festival! Check in begins at 12:30 pm; Race begins at 1:30 pm. $10 entry fee (per 5 person team)
MAIN STREET IN FRONT OF CITY HALL
HORSESHOE THROWING CONTEST
Sponsored by CS MANUFACTURING
An Original 1939 Red Flannel Festival Event! Shoes begin flying at NOON! Entry fee is $10 per 2 person team and top teams receive trophies and prizes! Limit 12 teams, must be preregistered! FREE ADMISSION!
BASSETT’S BODY SHOP, 11896 NORTHLAND DRIVE
CHILI COOK OFF – NEW DATE & FORMAT!
Sponsored by ARK’S ELECTRIC
Participants prepare and cook their own special chili recipe on site and a colorful team of judges taste each entry. Prizes awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. After the competition, stay and taste the chili and other food available. Cooking begins at noon, judging 2 pm. $20 entry fee.
NEW BEECH STREET TENT
FIRE BARN OPEN HOUSE
Join Fire Chief Jerry Gross and outstanding volunteer firefighters to tour the CS Fire Department. Free refreshments and admission! Immediately following the Bed Races.
MAIN & MAPLE STREETS
RED FLANNEL CHILDREN’S PARADE
SPONSORED BY ARBY’S RESTAURANT, CHASE BANK, CS ROTARY,
FAMILY FARE, THE PIONEER GROUP - RIVER VALLEY SHOPPER &
SPECTRUM HEALTH UNITED MEMORIAL
Boys and girls decorate their bikes and wear costumes in their own parade! After party at the NEW Red Flannel building featuring FREDDY THE CLOWN and ANIMAL CRACKERS PETTING ZOO! FREE refreshments! Please provide bicycle helmets! Parents are encouraged to walk too! Parade begins promptly at 3 pm!
AMERICAN LEGION PARKING LOT – MAIN & BEECH STREET
LUMBERJACK SUPPER
A Red Flannel tradition since 1941! The CS Lions Club hosts a delicious lumberjack supper of ham, fresh side pork, boiled potatoes and all the trimmings!
Dinner served 5-7 pm, immediately prior to Queen Scholarship Pageant.
$8 adult - $6 child - $24 family
HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA
RED FLANNEL QUEEN SCHOLARSHIP PAGEANT – NEW LOCATION!
Sponsored by AAA TRAVEL MICHIGAN & GUST CONSTRUCTION
Enjoy the elegance and tradition of a signature event. Tickets available at Library, $10. Available at Box Office for $12 at 6 pm. Doors open at 7 pm.
HISTORIC KENT THEATRE – DOWNTOWN CEDAR SPRINGS
RED FLANNEL TEEN DANCE – NEW EVENT!
Sponsored by WSCG 106.3 FM, GREENVILLE
A fun, chaperoned evening for the teens! 6th – 8th grade 6:30-8:30 pm. High School (9-12 grades) 9– 11:30 pm. $3 entry.
NEW BEECH STREET TENT, CORNER OF MAIN & BEECH
Friday, Oct. 3, 2008
CARNIVAL
Quality carnival rides, games with Elliott’s Amusements!
5 – 9 pm
ASH & BEECH STREETS
VARSITY FOOTBALL GAME
7 pm.
RED HAWK STADIUM at HIGH SCHOOL
RED FLANNEL KARAOKE CONTEST SEMI-FINALS
5 pm. to 7:30 pm. $3 Cover. Must be 21 or over. $1,000 CASH PRIZE for the WINNER! Experience the BEST singers in the area! Hosted by BOJANGLES ENTERTAINMENT! Qualifying rounds begin in August at BUD & STANLEY’S, Grand Rapids; CEDAR PUB, Cedar Springs; ELMO’S TAVERN, Trufant; LATITUDES, Howard City; PARTNER’S LOUNGE, Stanton; ROUND UP TAVERN, Cedar Springs;
SPARTA PUB, Sparta.
MCU BODY, 276 NORTH MAIN STREET AT GRAND LODGE TENT
RED FLANNEL GRAND LODGE
Sponsored by MCU BODY, ROSS’S AUTO SALES &
WEST SIDE BEER DISTRIBUTING
5 pm to 12:30 am $3 Cover. Must be 21 or over. The BEST LIVE MUSIC in Cedar Springs! Enjoy the Rockin’ County & Classic Rock with MANE STREET BAND from 8 pm until midnight. Featuring BUDWEISER products and Red Flannel wines!
MCU BODY, 276 NORTH MAIN AT RED FLANNEL TENT
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008
RED FLANNEL DAY
FLAG RAISING CEREMONY
8:45 am. American Legion Glen Hill Post #287
Cedar Springs Middle School Marching Band
RED HAWK STADIUM at HIGH SCHOOL
FLAPJACK BREAKFAST
Sponsored by CS MANUFACTURING &
SPECTRUM HEALTH UNITED MEMORIAL
All you can eat breakfast of pancakes, sausage, eggs, potatoes, coffee and juice.
7 am – 11:00 am. $4 – 12 and over; $3 – ages 5-12 and FREE for 5 years and under or Special family price $25
RED HAWK ELEMENTARY CAFETERIA
RED FLANNEL CAR SHOW – NEW DATE & LOCATION!
Sponsored by CEDAR SPRINGS AUTO REPAIR, HANSEN COLLISION,
PREMIER AUTO & TRUCK PARTS, TOWING & RECOVERY BY PREMIER, ROBINSON’S BODY SHOP, TACO BELL, U.S. WOOD PRODUCTS & VANDERHYDE FORD
Come to enter your pride and joy, or just to browse and admire! Admission is FREE. Cost is $15 per entry, registration at 9:30 am. Show is from 10 am.- 2 pm.
LOT ON CORNER OF NORTH MAIN AND MAPLE STREETS
RED FLANNEL ANTIQUE FARM TRACTORS
& ENGINES SHOW – AT CEDAR SPRINGS MUSEUM!
Sponsored by CS TOOL ENGINEERING
Antique tractors and running farm equipment fill Morley Park! Family activities of corn shelling, grist milling, rope tying and a hay maze! Museum tours from 10 am to 2 pm. FREE admission to tractor show and family events.
MORLEY PARK
CEDAR SPRINGS YOUTH FOOTBALL
7:30 am – 9 pm Games all day.
SKINNER FIELD near MORLEY PARK
RED FLANNEL MARKETPLACE – EXPANDED!
Vendors of many different item types displayed all day! Browse and shop in beautiful downtown Cedar Springs!
ELM STREET
CARNIVAL
Quality carnival rides, games with Elliott’s Amusements
All day!
ASH AND BEECH STREETS
MARCHING BAND COMPETITION
9 am.
RED HAWK STADIUM
GIANT ARTS AND CRAFT FAIR
Over 90 vendors of beautiful handmade items. 9 am. until 3 pm. $1 admission
RED HAWK & BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
AMERICAN LEGION BINGO-CARNIVAL STYLE
10 am. until 5 pm. – Everyone is welcome!
AMERICAN LEGION – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
POORMAN PULLERS MINI ROD TRACTOR PULL
11 am – 2 pm. FREE Admission
ELM STREET PULLING TRACK
JUDGEMENT DAY PULLERS
FREE admission to Stock Altered Garden Tractor Pulls! Pulling open to public,
if tractor meets Club rules. Weigh in 2 pm. Pull begins 3 pm. Call Tina or Chad Smith at 636- 4976.
ELM STREET PULLING TRACK
AMERICAN MARTIAL ARTS INSTITUTE
DEMONSTRATION
The skilled FIRESTORM team performs to light up downtown! Begins at noon.
FREE Admission.
BEECH & FIRST STREET
SCHEER’S LUMBERJACK SHOW
Sponsored by CS MANUFACTURING, DON & JUNE MABIE &
SPECTRUM HEALTH UNITED MEMORIAL
THREE SHOWS at 11:00 am, 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm. Admission is FREE!
See REAL lumberjacks chopping, sawing, speed climbing, log rolling & axe throwing.
BEECH & MAIN STREET
CEDAR SPRINGS ROTARY
FAMOUS CHICKEN BARBECUE!
Come and experience an EXCELLENT chicken dinner with all the trimmings
at the Rotary Chicken barbecue from 11 am – 5 pm!
CHERRY & MAIN STREET
RED FLANNEL GRAND PARADE – NEW ROUTE!
Sponsored by CS MANUFACTURING, SPECTRUM HEALTH UNITED MEMORIAL & VANDERHYDE FORD
The Festival’s signature event, the FAMOUS Grand Parade draws thousands of people! Be sure to wear RED or the Keystone Kops will arrest you! More than 120 entries of floats, bands and entertainment! Marching bands sponsored by BIG BOY RESTAURANT, BLISS WITTERS & PIKE FUNERAL HOME, METRON &
DEAN’S EXCAVATING & LANDSCAPING
Parade begins promptly at 3 pm!
MAIN & MUSKEGON STREETS
RED FLANNEL PARADE GRANDSTAND
Sponsored by @ HOME COMPUTER SERVICES, CS ROTARY,
JOHN DECKER CHEVROLET, GEBHARDT INSURANCE,
SPECTRUM HEALTH UNITED MEMORIAL & TACO BELL
Stop by and see Sue Harrison, who has been graciously donating her time to announce this parade for 18 years!
MAIN & ASH STREETS
RED FLANNEL KARAOKE CONTEST SEMI-FINALS
5 pm. to 7:30 pm. $3 Cover. Must be 21 or over. $1,000 CASH PRIZE for the WINNER! Experience the BEST singers in the area! Hosted by BOJANGLES ENTERTAINMENT! Qualifying rounds begin in August at BUD & STANLEY’S, Grand Rapids; CEDAR PUB, Cedar Springs; ELMO’S TAVERN, Trufant; LATITUDES, Howard City; PARTNER’S LOUNGE, Stanton; ROUND UP TAVERN, Cedar Springs;
SPARTA PUB, Sparta.
MCU BODY, 276 NORTH MAIN STREET AT GRAND LODGE TENT
RED FLANNEL GRAND LODGE
Sponsored by MCU BODY, ROSS’S AUTO SALES &
WEST SIDE BEER DISTRIBUTING
5 pm. to 12:30 am. $3 Cover. Must be 21 or over. The BEST MUSIC in Cedar Springs! Enjoy the Rockin’ County & Classic Rock of MANE STREET BAND from
8 pm -midnight. BUDWEISER products and Red Flannel wines!
MCU BODY, 276 NORTH MAIN STREET AT RED FLANNEL TENT
BLACKJACK
6 pm - midnight. Everyone welcome
AMERICAN LEGION HALL – MAIN STREET - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
POWDER PUFF FOOTBALL
6:30 pm.
RED HAWK STADIUM
KEYSTONE KOPS
Sponsored by CS MANUFACTURING & WEINGARTZ SUPPLY COMPANY
The MOST FAMOUS ICON of the Red Flannel Festival, the Keystone Kops drive an Antique Fire truck arresting everyone not wearing RED! Be on the look out and prepared with $1 in “bail money” to pay for the “get out of jail free” button!
KEYSTONE KOP JAIL at MAIN & ASH STREETS |
