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.

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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