Creston Valley Festivals and Events

Selected Event:

Yahk Summerfest

Date: August 11, 2012

Yahk Summerfest
Saturday
August 11th

12 noon start - Yahk Hall (poster attached)

Still FREE ADMISSION ! Family Fun, Food, Games & Prizes!

Entertainment, New this year! There will be High Point Performances:Stilt Walking, Juggling, and Giant Puppets! Great fun for the kids and adults alike. Mix this in with the games and prizes you're going to bizzy, bizzy, bizzy... then settle back and enjoy the Musicians on centre stage:



Tom Bungay: The Salt Water Cowboy

The Holly Hocks

Rippin Rattlers



...plus we have other notables for your listening pleasure...



We also will have a Raffle drawing that evening for YKRS, and 50/50. Food! Concession - BBQ Beef Dinner: $12 each or 2 for $20



Games start at noon with races, including egg on a spoon, golfball tic tac toe, Bean Bag Toss, water Ballon Toss, Baby Bocce, Adult games too...Bocce and Horseshoes and Cherry Spitting contest. You can even bring your Ball Glove to play a pickup game of scrub or slow pitch...back again this year is the Money Pit (kids only).



One additional bit of info is that we are known for not to many mosquito's! Even with Zak the Yak wondering around... see you soon! Camping available in Yahk www.yahkkingsgate.com

" We would like to acknowledge the financial assistance of The Provincial Government, Columbia Basin Trust, Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance and John Kettle Area B Director as well as the many other special donors and volunteers. "




SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

FOR

YAHK SUMMERFEST 2012

12 noon Concession opens
12 noon High Point Performances entertainment arrives plus Face painting, Kids Games
12 noon Adult Bocce
1:00 PM Adult Horseshoes
1:45 PM Kids Money pit
2:00 PM Opening remarks & Adult Beverage Garden opens Entertainment starts
2:15 PM Crafts for Kids and more fun did I hear something about puppets and a show? (only if we can get the kiddies out of the sand).
4:00 PM Tom Bungay
4:30 PM Concession grill closes
5:00 PM BBQ Dinner
6:00 PM The Holly Hocks
6:30 PM Concession: Grill is back on
7:00 PM Cherry Spitting contest
8:00 PM Rippin Rattlers till closing... a set sometime during the afternoon too! Yessss!

Other Entertainers: Bob Gollan, Dave St Germain, Shelley Morris with Eric Johnson, plus other performers

Thank you

Penny A.P. Anderson
Yahk Kingsgate Recreation Society
Events Committee Chair
250-254-9393


Contact: Penny A.P. Anderson
Phone: 250-254-9393
Email: pennyapanderson@gmail.com
Website: www.yahkkingsgate.com

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