July Jubilee starts on Friday
Published 10:00 am Thursday, July 8, 2010
The Lake Mills July Jubilee will be held July 9, 10 and 11. All weekend there will be a carnival, a quilt show at the Lake Mills Care Center and a rendezvous on South Mill Street featuring different demonstrations. On Saturday afternoon there will be a rope-making demonstration, as well as demonstrations on bead work and tomahawk and knife throwing.
Friday will have a street dance at night and a bake sale and white elephant sale throughout the day at the Civic Center. From 5 to 6 p.m. there’s a dedication of gardens at 1901 Victorian House and Gardens. From 6 to 8 p.m. there will be wine tasting and food at the 1901 Victorian House and Gardens.
Saturday will start with a 5K run/walk event and later a parade for children near the library. The FFA will hold an antique tractor event and will end with a street dance from 8 to midnight. The street dance is a fundraiser for the Lake Mills Vision Team.
Sunday will begin with a breakfast in the Community School as well as a radio controlled air show at the airport. On Mill Street there will be a classic car and motorcycle show.
Schedule of Events
Friday:
9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Sidewalk sales
9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Bake sale and white elephant sale at Civic Center
Noon-5 p.m.: 5K run/walk
5 to 6 p.m.: Dedication of gardens
5 to 11 p.m.: Merriam’s Carnival on First Avenue
5:30: Little Mr. and Miss Contest at Mills Theater
7 p.m.: Beer garden opens
8 p.m.-midnight: Street dance with “Milk and Honey”
9 p.m.: DJ and karoake at Cruiser’s Route 69
Saturday:
7:30 a.m.: 5K run/walk (7 a.m. registration time)
9-11 a.m.: Registration for mud bogging
9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Sidewalk sales
9 a.m.-5 p.m.: Flea and craft vendors at Oakwood Park
9:30 a.m.: Kiddie parade by library.
10:30 a.m.: Parade
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.: Merriam’s Carnival on First Avenue
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Community picnic at Oakwood Park
11:30 a.m.-5 p.m.: Concessions and inflatable games at Oakwood Park
11:30 a.m.-4 p.m.: Antique tractor event and silent auction
Noon-3 p.m.: Free entertainment at Oakwood Park (Kids’ games and Mill Street band)
12:30 p.m.: 3-on-3 basketball contest
1 to 3 p.m.: Open house at Lake Mills Community Preschool & Daycare and the Family Fitness Center
1 p.m.-4 p.m.: Tours of Victorian House Museum and Country School Museum
1 to 5 p.m.: Classic car show
1 to 5 p.m.: Fire Department waterball contest
2 p.m.: Pool tournament at Cruiser’s Route 69
3 p.m.: Sanctioned pedal tractor pull ages 4 to adult
5 p.m.: Classic car and bike cruise
8 p.m.-midnight: Street dance with “Sell Out Stereo”
9 p.m.: Karoake at Cruiser’s Route 69
Sunday:
8 a.m. – noon: Ambulance pancake and sausage breakfast at the Lake Mills Community School
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Radio controlled air show at the airport
1 p.m. – 4 p.m.: Tours of Victorian House Museum and Country School Museum
1 to 8 p.m.: Merriam’s Carnival on First Avenue
3 p.m.: Quilt show judging at the Lake Mills Care Center