2009 Summer Celebrations & fun things to do! (Aberdeen, Brookings: sale, camping)

[debey]

Hog roasts, dances, parades and reunions will abound this summer as several prairie towns celebrate an anniversary. We recommend joining in the fun!

East River
Beresford, July 2-5, 763-2008
Blunt, June 26-27-28, 338-9431
Brandt, July 10-12, 876-3521
Britton, July 3-5, 448-5721
Canistota, July 9-11, 296-3551
Clear Lake, June 5-7, 874-2192
Elk Point, June 26-28, 356-2141
Emery, July 3-5, 449-4455
Jefferson, July 5-12, 966-5588
Lebanon, June 19-21, 768-9101
Leola, July 3-5, 439-3299
Mound City, June 12-13, 955-3351
Revillo, June 20-21, 623-4333
Seneca, June 26-28, 436-6231
Stockholm, June 13-14, 676-2307
Toronto, July 2-5, 794-8411
Vermillion, Aug. 6-9, 624-5571
White, July 17-19, 629-3771

West River
Buffalo, Sept. 4-7, 375-3130
Carter, June 6-7, 879-2223
Clearfield, July 25-26, 557-3238
Ideal, Aug. 8-9, 842-1533
McLaughlin, June 18-21, 823-4428
Millboro, June 21, 557-3264
Wewela, July 18-19, 842-2777
Winner, Sept. 3-7, 842-1533
Witten, July 3, 879-2544

Call the phone numbers listed for additional information. The area code for all numbers is 605.
List obtained from South Dakota Magazine.......


please add to this!

[debey]

Wheel Jam @ the SD State Fairground, in Huron is scheduled for this weekend, June 5-7......

http://www.sdstatefair.com/wheeljam/


enjoy.........

YouTube - Wheel Jam 2008

[Jammie]

Debey, how cool!!! I wasn't gonna post and was just gonna rep you, but AGAIN, I've used up my allowed reps.

[leroyleroux]

Wheel Jam is a pretty good time. My first one was last year. I helped out with the brake competition and the biker games. I'm not a big auto guy, but it still was interesting.

Here are some others I'd recommend.

The Great Aberdeen Pig Out This is also fun in Aberdeen. Looks like they are charging now though, when it used to be free.

Schmeckfest (http://www.eurekasd.com/Schmeckfest.htm - broken link)
City of Mobridge (http://www.mobridge.org/city/details.asp?ID=2601 - broken link)
Events (http://www.downtownspearfish.com/events.html - broken link) Harvest Days.
Highmore Upcoming Events | highmore.org (http://www.highmore.org/calendar/ - broken link) Old Settler's Days.

[debey]

Leroy: Wheel Jam: I am hoping to take my 4 yr old grandson. Do you remember what the parking setup was like? On fairgrounds or off? I know he will walk in, it's the "I'm to tired, carry me" @ the end of the "fun", that I'm worried about! (bring wagon?)

ps..thanks, for adding more events!

[SD4020]

I think Oahe days are forth coming too in Pierre. Dates and times escape me.

[leroyleroux]

Originally Posted by debey

Leroy: Wheel Jam: I am hoping to take my 4 yr old grandson. Do you remember what the parking setup was like? On fairgrounds or off? I know he will walk in, it's the "I'm to tired, carry me" @ the end of the "fun", that I'm worried about! (bring wagon?)

ps..thanks, for adding more events!

Parking is pretty informal, not like the fair. But by Saturday evening, the place was packed. We had just bought an old camper, so we took a camping space behind the administration building. I did some set up where the trucker's were having their evening dinner, and it took me ten minutes to drive from the building (across from Dairy Queen) to my camping spot. So yeah, if you are early you can get a pretty good spot, but I'd bring the wagon too.

I guess it also depends on what you want to see. The jake brake competition is that back street on the east end of the grounds. If you are going to that, just park in the east lots (you don't have to pay). The lot was never full, more people come later in the day. You can park on the grounds though, it is just a matter of whether or not there is a space near what you want to see.

If you have any other questions, let me know.

Edit - A couple of others:
http://www.yankton.net/articles/2009...a512625378.txt Yankton Riverboat Days.
http://www.bsaf.com/ Brookings Art Festival.
http://www.lasr.net/travel/city.php?...=SD0401023e001 Mitchell Summer Solstice Arts Festival. I was at this last year. It's a pretty new thing, but they are trying to grow it. The weather last year was awful.
http://www.cornpalacefestival.com/ Corn Palace Festival.

[Jammie]

Yea, they used to have our Summer Solstice Festival in Hitchcock park. I don't know what happened, but it got moved and it sounds like it hasn't been much of a hit now. We always went when it was in the park. Oh my!!! They're having it the same date as the County surplus sale and the PetRescue rummage sale.

[leroyleroux]

Our group was performing there last year. I worked in the morning, and when I got to the place, there was a couple on stage and one girl watching. And a sound guy. But like I said, the weather was bad. Cold, windy, rainy. We (and a couple other groups) played in a little building, kind of in a back porch type of deal. Hopefully it can catch on.

[cotheran]

Are any of those towns near Custer? We are going out for vacation the end of JUne.