Have a great time dancing to country band Shilo or rock band Allister Scream at the Turtle Days Fall Fundraiser and help support a magnificent fireworks display next June to commemorate the 60th Annual Turtle Days Festival.
That’s the thought of the members of the Turtle Days Festival Board of Directors who are hosting a two-day event in downtown Churubusco Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27.
Board president Kirk Gray said the group’s fundraiser will be similar to the beer tent they hosted at the June festival.
“That was a good moneymaker for Turtle Days and we had no (negative) incidents reported as a result of the beer tent,” Gray said. “Everyone had a good time.”
The event will include a beer tent, live entertainment, a poker run, a chicken barbecue and televised football including the Notre Dame/Purdue game.
The TD Beer Tent will be located on parking lot west of Valerogas station and Pit Stop Pizza and will be open Friday from 8 p.m. until 2 a.m. with country band, Shiloh, playing from 9 p.m.-midnight.
Saturday, Sept. 27, the tent will open at 10 a.m. with a motorcycle poker run registration until 11 a.m. and Bianski’s Famous BBQ chicken served from 11 a.m. until sold out.
In the tent, catch televised football all day long on the big screen, including the Notre Dame/Purdue game at 3:30 p.m.
Later that night, rock with Allister Scream from 9 p.m.-midnight.
For cyclists interested in the Poker Run, cost is $15 to play and $5 per extra rider. Cost includes a wristband for admission to the beer tent.
There will be a cash prize for the top hand. The event route will include five stops and will take place, rain or shine. The first rider will go out at 11 a.m. and the last will be in at 5 p.m.
Gray said the Turtle Days Festival has a full slate of board members for the first time in many years and made enough profits this year to donate $2,000 to the Churubusco Community Park.
“We hope to keep making improvements and continue to increase the amount we are able to hand over to the park each summer,” Gray said.
Members of the Turtle Days Festival board include Gray, vice president Robin Ramsey, treasurer Vince McEntee, secretary Tracey Bultemeier, Lee Prescott, Toni Wilkins, Christi Wood, Don Hiatt, Kandi Bohde, Shannon Shroyer, Rick Krider, Tom Fletcher, Brian Graham, Viv Sade and Mark Bianski.
Get more info at www.turtledays.com.
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About Allister Scream:
Phil Wolfe on vocals is from Columbia City and has been an original member of Allister Scream since 1991. His influences include AC/DC, Motley Crue, Meatloaf, Molly Hatchet and Elvis.
Randy Tucker of Warsaw has been playing lead guitar and for 25 years, and started playing guitar for Allister Scream in 1996. His influences include Chris Degarmo and Michael Wilton (Queensryche), Neil Schon and Sammy Hagar. His favorite bands include Queensryche #1, Skid Row, Three Days Grace, 10 Years, Ra, Journey and all the metal hair bands from the 80’s.
Steve Freeman of Auburn plays drums, keyboards and vocals.
His favorite bands include Kiss, Rush, Journey, Steve Smiths Vital Information, Spyra Gyra, Dave Sanborn and Stevie Ray Vaughn.
For more on the band go to www.allisterscream.com.
About Shilo:
This five-member country band hails from Fort Wayne and has been performing since 1997.
The band is reviewed at www.gigmasters.com, which says: Do you think most country bands sound alike? If so, you haven’t heard Shilo. The band is hotter than coffee fresh out of the pot! They are natural entertainers and will keep you on the edge of your seat or on the dance floor until the last word of every song has been sung! Their energy level is second to none. They drive hard whether they are playing cover songs or originals. They know how to work a crowd like any hit artist or band and the people love them.
They have performed withToby Keith, Lee Ann Womack, Joe Nichols, Gary Allan and the list goes on and on. They recently played at the Cadillac Ranch in Music City. It was a virtual standing room only crowd and they brought down the house. To say the people loved them is a serious understatement.
Shilo is not a good band; they are a great band. All the guys have a good repoirewhich accounts for their longevity as professional musicians. They recently debuted with their first hit radio single, “Dodgin’ a Ford in my Chevrolet”. The song was recorded in Hendersonville in the famed Project Room Studio and sent out to country radio. It climbed to the number one spot on the Independent Charts and received critical acclaim from a number of sources. They received major airplay throughout the nation and internationally. Their second single, “A Pick Up In My Pickup,” is out to radio and is apparently climbing the charts faster than their first release.
Catch a video of shilo performing at www.youtube.com/match?V=KTZvLwdMT9Q. 
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