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Program, Waupun Summer Arts Festival of 1966Description
Pamphlet from the Waupun Summer Arts Festival of 1966.
Waupun Summer Arts Festival of 1966.
Waupun Summer Arts Festival 1966 Presented by WAUPUN AREA ARTS COUNCIL - in cooperation with - COLLEGE CLUB, WAUPUN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, WAUPUN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WAUPUN PLAYERS, WAUPUN CITY COUNCIL, WAUPUN JAYCEE'S, FOND DU LAC COUNTY PARKS AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE.
Festival Events - FOND DU LAC COUNTY PARK, WAUPUN.
Friday, June 17, 1966.
11:00 A. M. - 5:30 P. M. - "Heritage Preserve".
8:15 P. M. - Two one-act plays presented by the Waupun Players.
Saturday, June 18, 1966.
11:00 A. M. - 5:30 P. M. - "Heritage Preserve".
11:00 A. M. - 5:30 P. M. - Countryside Art Fair:
Artists' work to be judged Saturday afternoon by Santos Zingale of the University of Wisconsin Art Department. Adults - $.50, Children under 12 - Free.
12:00 P. M. - "Old Timers - New Comers" Picnic.
1:30 P. M. - "Klompen Dancers".
3:00 P. M. - "Klompen Dancers".
4:30 P. M. - "Klompen Dancers".
8:15 P. M. - Two one-act plays presented by the Waupun Players
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Sunday, June 19, 1966.
11:00 A. M. - 5:30 P. M - "Heritage Preserve".
11:00 A. M. - 5:30 P. M - Countryside Art Fair.
3:00 P. M. - Organ Concert, LaVahn Maesch, organist. First Reformed Church Waupun.
Refreshment stand provided.
About the Festival.
"Heritage Preserve"
"Heritage Preserve" is sponsored by the Waupun Historical Society. It is the largest public showing of Waupun's Heritage Museum which features: carriages, sleighs, tools, implements, manufactured articles, hand wrought furniture and local artistic creations.
Waupun Players.
The Waupun Players will present two one-act plays. "Wurtzell-Flummery" written by A. A. Milne is a comedy. The play is directed by D. J. Hutchinson.
The second play, "Goodbye, Miss Lizzy Borden," is a sinister one act play with an all woman cast. This play is written by Vivian DeLatorre and directed by Betty Butner.
The Cedar Grove Village "Klompen Dancers".
The "Klompen Dancers" is a group which preserves the Dutch folk traditions. A group of twenty-eight dancers perform two dances and four dancers perform a dance quartet.
The "Parade of Provinces" is a costume modeling display which will add color and variety to their performance.
Countryside Art Fair.
The Art Fair is sponsored by the College Club. About sixty artists from Wisconsin will show their work. Almost every medium in art work will be shown: oil, creative stitchery, woodcuts, pottery, ceramics, weaving, watercolor, linoleum block prints, etc. Portrait sketchers will be there also.
A children's art section will be featured where children can explore artistic realms on their own.
Organ Concert.
LaVahn Maesch, Dean of the Music Conservatory at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wisconsin, will present an all sacred music organ concert.
It will be held in the First Reformed Church of Waupun, 422 West Franklin Street.
Fond du Lac County Park.
The site of the Waupun Summer Arts Festival is the Fond du Lac County Park, located one mile northwest of the city limits of Waupun.
The park is a beautiful wooded area covering ninety-seven acres of virgin timber.
Its many facilities include a supervised swimming pool, a base ball diamond, band shell, camping sites, and picnic grounds.Acquisition
Accession
2013.0012Source or Donor
Waupun Historical SocietyAcquisition Method
Found in Collection
