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July
4 July 4th Celebration, Eisenhower
Park
4 Old Abilene
Town, Independence
Day as it was celebrated in 1871
4-5 Steam Engine Run
4, 9, 16, Abilene City Band, 8 p.m., Eisenhower Park
10-19 "Rumors",
Great Plains Theatre
11 Memories on the Prairie, Heritage Center
18 Ike's Abilene, "The Sage of Emporia, William Allen White, Visits Abilene".
23 Midsummer Night's Dream Children's Festival
24-Aug 2 "you're a Good Man Charlie Brown", Great Plains Theatre
25 Memories on the Prairie, Heritage Center
25 National Day of the Cowboy, Old Abilene Town
29 PRCA Bull Riding
30 CKF Fair Parade, 5 p.m.
30-Aug 1 64th Annual Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo
30 - Aug 4 Central Kansas Free Fair
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Old Abilene Town Plans 4th of July Celebration
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Abilene as it was on July 4, 1871, will be the theme for Old Abilene Town this weekend.
The Steam Engine will run at 11 a.m., 2 and 5 p.m. on Saturday; 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Sunday.
A 10:00 a.m
temperance rally will be held in front of the Old Alamo Saloon, followed with a noon speech by Mayor T. C. Henry, 1870's Abilene Mayor.
Throughout the afternoon, there will be old fashioned games, can-can dancers, gunfights and ice cold sarsaparilla! |
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Director's Dialogue
We are delighted that Abilene has yet another business in the 8 Wonders of Kansas category. Brookville Hotel was named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Cuisine this past month. Determination was made through votes cast to the Kansas Sampler Foundation. 
Brookville is certainly a Kansas icon and we congratulate Mark & Connie Martin! The Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum was named one of the original 8 Wonders of Kansas in 2008. The Lebold Mansion and the Seelye Mansion were named 8 Wonders of Kansas Architecture this past year.
If you are looking for somewhere to spend July 4th weekend, come to Abilene. There are so many activities to enjoy that you will need to plan at least two nights. The Abilene Smoky Valley Steam Engine, Old Abilene Town, Heritage Center, and Abilene Parks and Rec have planned family-fun activities for you! All of our attractions and museums are open the entire weekend, too.
If you need assistance with lodging, just call us. |
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Eisenhower Park is the place to be on July 4 as the Abilene Parks and Rec stages a day of fun activities. |
An early Fun Run and Walk is followed by mud volleyball, pedal power tractor pull, cake walk, horseshoes, frog and turtle races, water balloon fights, and much more.
The day will end with an 8 p.m. performance by Abilene's Municipal Band and a 9:45 p.m. fireworks display.
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Children's Festival Set for July 23
The Abilene Downtown Association has set its annual Midsummer Night's Dream Children's Festival for Thursday, July 23, from 4-9 p.m., in downtown Abilene.  Fairy Princesses and Elves can don their apparrel for an evening of magic.
Activitiesinclude face painting, bubble machine, Fairy Factory, Tattoo Parlor, cake walks, Fairy & Elf parade, and dozens of children's games throughout the downtown area. Individual stores sponsor a princess, an elf, and an ogre for the contest.
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RUMORS AND CHARLIE BROWN AT
GREAT PLAINS THEATER
Great Plains Theatre July production of Neil Simon's comedy "Rumors," will run July 10 -19. The scene takes place at the townhouse of a deputy New York City mayor and his wife who are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary. The plot centers around a missing hostess and her servants and a deputy mayor who has shot himself in the head (it's only a flesh wound). Comic complications arise when, given everyone's upper class status, they decide they need to do everything possible to conceal the evening's events from the local police, media and each other!
(Some adult language - PG13) |
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A great family production, You're a Good Man Charlie Brown, is showing July 24 through August 2 at Great Plains Theatre. Based on Charles Schulz's Charlie Brown comic strips, this show is bright, fun, and adorable. The beloved Peanuts characters come to life in this feel good musical that rejoices in the ups and downs of childhood. Charlie Brown leads the audience through life's lessons with truth and humor.
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The 64th Annual Wild Bill Hickok Rodeo is July 29 through August 1 in Abilene. The PRCA Rodeo features saddle bronc riding, bareback bronc riding, steer wrestling, tie down roping, team roping, women's barrel racing, bull riding. Over 500 cowboys and cowgirls compete for over $37,500 in prize money.
In conjunction with the rodeo is the Central Kansas Free Fair, August 1-4. The Fair will feature demolition derby, combine derby, Country Showdown and much more.
For a full schedule, www.wildbillhickokrodeo.com |
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