Nautical Festival Kick-Off Day is Tuesday at Lakeside
After months of planning by a revitalized committee, the 2009 Nautical City Festival will start Tuesday. Enclosed in this edition is a special tabloid publication with a schedule of events and stories highlighting the festival. The festivities kick off with a dinner at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 4 in the big tent at Lakeside Park.
The dinner, sponsored by the Rogers City Kiwanis Club, will consist of a choice of whitefish or chicken, French fries, coleslaw, dinner roll and dessert. The dinner is $10 and open to the public.
Following the dinner will be the Sailors? Memorial at 6 p.m. at the band shell. Some highlights of the memorial will be a low altitude fly-over o
The Nautical City Festival Committee will present gifts to the families of sailors who sailed aboard the Carl D. Bradley, an ore carrier that sank in 1958. A Coast Guard Chaplin will be a guest speaker, along with a Commander of the Coast Guard, Veterans of Foreign War honor guard and many other dignitaries. Following the memorial will be a reception in the tent for speakers, dignitaries and the families.
At 7 p.m. the Rogers City Band will perform at the band shell. Later at the big tent ?Fabulous Oldies but Goodies? Band will perform from 8:30 to 12:30 p.m. as the festival ends its first day.