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Schedule of Events

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Stages Theatre Company

10am-2pm "Wizard of Oz" Family Puppet Theatre
Wave Glinda’s magic wand and bring this classic story to life! Each family will create miniature puppets for their cast of characters from the 1939 classic movie musical, The Wizard of Oz. Step behind our tabletop stage and sing along with timeless tunes as your puppets dance down the yellow brick road. Click your heels, take your puppets home so that on those stormy days you can fly back over the rainbow.

West Stage on Mainstreet

Downtown Park

12–2pm Sing After 5
After 5, an 11-voice vocal ensemble backed by a swingin’ 4-piece rhythm section of piano, standup bass, guitar and drums, is a favorite of the jazz and swing enthusiasts in the area!
2-3pm Dixie Kats
ZUHRAH DIXIE KATS, five to eight of the finest band musicians in the area are dedicated to the principle that it has to be fun for both the musicians and for the audience
3-4:30pm Big Sunflower
Progressive jazz group Big Sunflower is a high-rising aggregate of harmonic-rhythms hidden within bright outwardly recognizable musical structure. From familiar and safe to abstract popular music – verily, to make art.

Stages Theatre Company

10am-2pm "Wizard of Oz" Family Puppet Theatre
Wave Glinda’s magic wand and bring this classic story to life! Each family will create miniature puppets for their cast of characters from the 1939 classic movie musical, The Wizard of Oz. Step behind our tabletop stage and sing along with timeless tunes as your puppets dance down the yellow brick road. Click your heels, take your puppets home so that on those stormy days you can fly back over the rainbow.

West Stage on Mainstreet

Downtown Park

12-1:30pm Star of the North Community Band
The "Star of the North" Concert Band is a non-profit, charitable organization of over fifty musicians from the Minneapolis and St. Paul communities in Minnesota. The group was organized in 1994 to contribute to Minnesota's musical tradition by providing an opportunity for local accomplished musicians to share their talents, develop their abilities, and make contacts with other performing musicians locally, nationally, and internationally. They have just returned from a concert tour of Ireland.
1:30-3:30pm School of Rock
The Road Crew is a band put together with some of the best players from the Minnesota School of Rock. The kids audition every 6 months to be in this elite group of musicians. The Road Crew does a variety of covers ranging from Classic to Current Rock. They have shared the stage with Eddie Money and have been on various TV. shows. Don't let the fact they are ages 12-18 fool you. They hold their own with any of the current older cover bands!
3:30-5pm The Neighbors
The Neighbors, a 5-piece band of guitars, harmonica, bass, drums and vocals, is a group of very experienced musicians that have played professionally for many years in a number of different local bands, and all happen to live literally across the street and next door to each other! They perform a variety of music from popular rock, rhythm and blues, older popular county, bluegrass and jazz.