You’re
invited to the 17th Annual Raspberry Festival! This annual
fund-raising event for the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude
includes an arts and crafts fair, hand crafting demos (flint
knapping, spinning and more), a fun run, quilt show, car show,
kids carnival, chapel tours, live entertainment and huge slices
of homemade raspberry shortcake. Set against the beautiful
background of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, the festival
attracts more than 2,500 visitors who come to eat, play and shop
for unique, handmade crafts and gifts.
TAKE A LOOK
at photos and more from the 2008 Festival.
Be
a part of Raspberry Festival! Enter the Car Show or Quilt Show,
join the Fun Run/Walk and/or become a vendor at the Arts &
Crafts Fair! Use the links below to access information and sign
up sheets for these very special events!*
*Information and
sign up sheets are in PDF format.
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17th Annual
Raspberry Festival Schedule of Events August 2nd from
8:00 am to 4:00 pm
7:00 am
-10K Fun Run / 5K Walk
race registration
8:00 am
-Chapel Bells ring to
honor the stories of the past that are told at the museum
8-10:00
-10K Fun Run/ 5K Walk
-Breakfast at the museum
10:00
-Classical Guitar on
the gym stage
-Raspberry Shortcake
in the gym
-BBQ beef sandwiches, hot dogs and nachos in the gym
11:00
-Molly Malones at the
gazebo
-Muzzleloader Demonstration on the high school field
-Hamburgers, hot dogs at the museum
12:00 pm
-Chapel Bells ring to
honor the present and the stories currently being written
-Molly Malones on the
gym stage
-Classical Guitar at the gazebo
1:00
-Mary Kay Jungert's
Swinging Keyboard on the gym stage
-Muzzleloader Demonstration on the high school field
2:00
-Old Time Fiddlers on
the gym stage
-Mary Kay Jungert's Swinging Keyboard at the gazebo
3:00
-Muzzleloader
Demonstration on the high school field
3:30
The following events
announced in the gym:
-Car & Motorcycle Show winners
-Silent Auction "winners"
-Grand Prize Raffle winners (need not be present to win)
-Guess How Many carnival game jars awarded (must be present)
4:00 pm
-Chapel Bells ring to
honor the future and the new stories it will bring
ALL DAY
-Arts & Crafts Fair
-Kids Carnival in the park
-Car & Motorcycle Show
-Quilt Show at Spirit Center
-Museum Visits
-Silent Auction
-Cultural Demonstrations in the park, on the lawn and at the gym:
Flint Knapping
Long Boat
Alpacas
Spinning
Weaving
Felting
Lace Making
Various
-Historic Chapel Tours
at 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00
-Spirit Center Tours at 1:00, 11:00, 12:00, 1:00, 2:00
You’re
invited to the 17th Annual Raspberry Festival! This annual
fund-raising event for the Historical Museum at St. Gertrude
includes an arts and crafts fair, hand crafting demos (flint
knapping, spinning and more), a fun run, quilt show, car show,
kids carnival, chapel tours, live entertainment and huge slices
of homemade raspberry shortcake. Set against the beautiful
background of the Monastery of St. Gertrude, the festival
attracts more than 2,500 visitors who come to eat, play and shop
for unique, handmade crafts and gifts.
Be
a part of Raspberry Festival! Enter the Car Show or Quilt Show,
join the Fun Run/Walk and/or become a vendor at the Arts &
Crafts Fair! Use the links below to access information and sign
up sheets for these very special events!*