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August 12 & 13, 2017
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Intimate performances in a beautiful setting on the Crow Wing River

Entertainment Schedule
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 12
10:30 a.m - 11:15
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Noon - 1:00 p.m.
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Interactive Storytelling 11 am Puppet Make It & Take It 2 pm

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Artisans: blacksmith, potter, wood
carver, lace maker, tea leaf reader, rope
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yarn maker, bee keepers.
Pierre and Blue Frog Traders. 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.
Dick Oehlenschlager: naturalist
interpretations of Old Wadena.
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Traditional Rendezvous Camp.
Food Vendors on grounds 12:45 p.m - 2:15 .HY`HUK+H^U;PTIZ
including Babys Fry Bread.
Birch Bark Canoe making demo ,YPR2VZRPULU)HUK
SATURDAY Only: Learn about this
ancient art central to the history of 2:30 p.m - 4:00 ... John Gorka
Old Wadena and the Crow Wing River. Puppet Make It & Take It 1 pm Interactive Storytelling 2 pm
by Grant Goltz
Bees: Saturday and Sunday
Ride free to the Rendezvous aboard a Admission:
Friendly Rider bus from Staples and Wadena. $10 per person per day.
Learn about bees and bee keeping Pick-up and drop-off at your home
Observe the bees in a clear glass Call 218-631-5730 to schedule
Kids 10 & under free.
observation hive, talk with the your ride to Old Wadena Maximum of $30 per family.
beekeepers, Dan Kern and Saturday and Sunday service begins Grounds open 10 a.m - close 5 p.m.
Brad Wegscheid at 9:00 a.m. and runs until 4:00 p.m. Bring your lawn chairs.
OLD WADENA PARK IS LOCATED ON THE BANKS OF THE CROW WING RIVER. www.oldwadenarendezvous.org
From Staples, Minn., take either the new Overpass Road north to the vocational school corner or Fourth Street (main street) north to Airport Road, left on County 2 at the
Central Lakes College Staples campus, west on County 2 to County 29, north on 29 for 2.5 miles, east onto gravel road, 1/2 mile to entrance to park - Old Wadena Park
sign. From Wadena, Minn., take Highway 10 east to Aldrich. Go 1.5 miles past Aldrich on 10, turn north on Cty. Rd. 26, County 2, turn east and proceed to 29, turn north
on 29 to gravel road leading to the east to the Old Wadena Park sign at the park entrance.
Sponsors: Five Wings Arts Council, Wadena County, Operation Round-Up/Todd Wadena Electric, Star Bank-Verndale, First International
Bank & Trust, Mid-Central Federal Savings Bank, Unity Bank, Mid-Minnesota Federal Credit Union, Wadena State Bank