CHURUBUSCO, Ind. – The Churubusco Turtle Days Festival Committee has grown so large that they had to find new meeting quarters! A great problem to have, according to President Kirk Gray.
Churubusco Turtle Days Festival will be held June 16-19 and will go out with a bang – a big bang!
The festival committee is busy raising money to produce the greatest fireworks ever on Saturday night at the close of the festival. Last year’s fireworks were great, but this year’s will be even better, Gray said.
“We plan to do a bigger and better show, although last year’s was fantastic by all accounts,” Gray said. “This year, we will have speakers in the park so that the people watching the fireworks will be able to listen to the music (to which the fireworks are choreographed). It’s really a fireworks show set to music.”
The theme for this year’s Turtle Days Festival is “Oscar celebrates the Wild Wild West,” so grab your guns and horses and Old West saloon attire and get ready for some fun.
In addition to the annual parade at 6 p.m. on Saturday night – the route is still up for debate – the last night of the festival – watch for these exciting events as well:
- Beer Tent (new location)
- Car, Truck & Bike Show
- Garden Tractor Pull
- Skeet Shoot
- BBQ Cookoff
- Live Entertainment Nightly
- Fireworks
- Carnival & Midway Every Night 5-10 in the Park
- Skateboard Competition
- Horseshoe and Cornhole Tournaments
- Turtle Races
- Kid’s Day in the Park
- Food and Craft Vendors
- Chamber of Commerce Merchant’s Tent & More!
There will be a Tom Fletcher Turtle Days Memorial Golf Tourney and Texas hold ‘Em Tourney May 8 at Eel River Golf Course beginning at 2 p.m. The poker tournament will be held at the Eel River Clubhouse after the outing at 6 p.m.
Watch this Web site for more details.
For more information or to register for any event go to the Turtle Days Web site or contact one of the committee chairs listed below:
- Kirk Gray, president – 260-452-8903
Sponsorship, Vendors
- Robin Ramsey, vice president – 260-433-6250
Parade, Poker Run, Vendors
- Tracey Bultemeier, secretary – 260-705-8950
Fireworks, Royalty Competition, Scholarships. Entertainment, Tournaments
- Vince McEntee, treasurer – 260-438-2034
Vendors, Facilities, Entertainment
- Greg Barkley – 260-229-0006
Entertainment, Parade
- Mark Bianski – 260-610-0928
Tournaments, Horseshoe/Cornhole
- Brian Graham – 260-693-2473
Marching Bands
- Holly Guiff – 260-446-1247
Tournaments
- Don Hiatt – 260-415-1886
Special Events
- Rick Krider – 260-433-6213
Facilities
- Elisha Norris 260-615-4499
Gaming
- Viv Sade 260-241-7737
Publicity, Skateboard Contest
- Mike Smith – 260-750-0102
Facilities
- Christi Wood – 260-402-6794
Sponsorship, Skateboard Contest
- Diane Blessing – 260-704-1408
Car, Truck, Bike Show
- Jeff Bonar and
- Shelly Hansen – 260-348-0308
Poker Run
- Julie McCartney – 260-693-8189
Crafts
Someone should set up a hot wing tent. Thats the only thing that is missing at Turtle Days. Bring the heat!
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