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34th Annual Abraham Lincoln
National |
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Contest & Crafts Festival |
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"A Whole New Look
At Our Past" |
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September 18th
9:00am – 10:00pm |
September 19th
9:00am – 5:00pm |
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Logan County Fairgrounds
Lincoln, IL |
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Admission:
$2/ages 13 and up
Free/ages 12 and under
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FEATURE EVENTS |
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Saturday, September 18th
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FREE
RODEO - Sponsored by: Lincoln IGA; State Farm - Rick
Hamm; State Farm - Chris Coyne
Grandstand
Track 7:00 pm |
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BUS TOURS "Enhancing the A.
Lincoln Experience"
Bus Tour
Ticket Sales - 9am to 4pm - $2/person/tour - Information Booth
BUS TOUR #1: Lincoln Area Sites [Postville
Courthouse, Lincoln College Museum, Scully Estate]
BUS TOUR #2: Logan County Sites [Middletown,
Elkhart, Mt. Pulaski]
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Sunday, September 19th
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Railsplitting Parade - Main Street - 2:30 pm |
Christening reenactment - Grandstand - 3:00 pm |
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Championship Split - Grandstand - 3:15 pm |
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(refer to Fairgrounds map) |
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Saturday, September 18th
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| TENT 1 |
NE Side of Oval |
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| 11:00 am |
"High Cotton" |
| 11:45 am |
"The Bottom Line" |
| 12:30 |
"McGee Creek" |
| 1:15 |
"Harman Family" |
| 2:00 |
"D.J. & Pat" |
| 2:45 |
"Lost Mill" |
| 3:30 |
"The Bankesters" |
| 4:15 |
"Cambric Gardens" |
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| TENT 2 |
W Side of Oval |
| 11:00 am |
"D.J. & Pat" |
| 11:45 am |
"Lost Mill" |
| 12:30 |
"The Bankesters" |
| 1:15 |
"Cambric Gardens" |
| 2:00 |
"High Cotton" |
| 2:45 |
"The Bottom Line" |
| 3:30 |
"McGee Creek" |
| 4:15 |
"Harman Family" |
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| TENT 3 |
SW Side of Oval |
| 2:00 |
"Prairie Aires" |
| 4:00 |
"Prairie Aires" |
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| RAIL |
Information/Tickets |
| 4:30 |
Attendance Prize Drawing |
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| GRAND |
Grandstand/Track |
| 9:00 am |
Opening Ceremony |
| 9:30 am |
Women's Firewood Split |
| 10:00 am |
Fire Fighters' Water fight |
| 10:30 am |
Log Rolling Contest |
| 11:00 am |
Cross Cut Saw Contest |
| 12:00 am |
Hero Tug-Of-War |
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Rail Toss |
| 2:00 |
Team Splitting Contest |
| 3:00 |
Junior Railsplitting Contest |
| 4:00 |
Amateur Railsplitting |
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| MAIN |
Grandstand Street |
| 10:00 am |
"The Flying Feet Cloggers" |
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FAIRGROUNDS MAP |
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ALL DAY EVENTS |
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Saturday, September 18th
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| 4 |
9 am - 4 pm |
Attendance/Voting Cards Pick-Up;
Bus tours tickets; Rodeo Registration; Children's Games |
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| 7 |
9 am - 5 pm |
Frontier Land: Chuck Wagon; Flea Market;
Food Concessions |
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| 8 |
9 am - 6 pm |
Handmade Crafts; Historical Display; Quilt
Display. |
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| 6 |
9 am - 10 pm |
Food Concessions |
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Sunday, September 19th |
| 4 |
9 am - 4 pm |
Attendance/Voting Cards Pick-Up |
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| 7 |
9 am - 5 pm |
Frontier Land: Chuck Wagon; Flea Market;
Food Concessions |
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| 8 |
9 am - 5 pm |
Handmade Crafts; Historical Display; Quilt Display |
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| 6 |
9 am - 5 pm |
Food Concessions |
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Sunday, September 19th |
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| TENT 1 |
NE Side of Oval |
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| 1:00 |
"Bement Country Opry" |
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| TENT 2 |
W Side of Oval |
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| 12:00 pm |
"Prairie Aires" |
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| 2:00 |
"Prairie Aires" |
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| TENT 3 |
SW Side of Oval |
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Community Church Service |
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| 12:00 |
"Heartbreak Mountain" |
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| 2:00 |
Barbershop Quartet |
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| RAIL |
Information/Tickets |
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| 4:30 |
Attendance Prize Drawing |
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| GRAND |
Grandstand/Track |
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| 10:00 am |
Dean Tibbs Tomahawk Throw |
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| 11:30 am |
Pioneer Games |
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| 12:00 |
Raymond Begolka Corn Shelling |
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| 12:30 |
Water Boil Contest |
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33rd IL Volunteer Regiment Band |
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