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Scarecrow Fest St. Charles

October 5-7, 2012

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Welcome to the St. Charles Scarecrow Fest!

Join generations of visitors who flock to the annual St. Charles Scarecrow Fest every year! For over 25 years, this award-winning festival has brought heartwarming memories to both children and adults, and is a tradition for thousands of families across the Midwest.

The heart and soul of the festival is the Scarecrow Contest, which boasts 150+ hand-crafted scarecrows. Visitors view and vote for their favorite in each of six categories. Both children and adults will find plenty to do all weekend long – which is why so many choose to “make it a weekend” in our charming community. Enjoy live entertainment, a huge arts and crafts show, carnival, and petting zoo – those are just a few highlights! You can even make your own scarecrow to take home. Plus, enjoy plenty of delicious food.

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The possibilities are endless. Best of all….admission, parking, trolleys and parking shuttles are all FREE! Come on out and experience why Scarecrow Fest is a four time winner of the “Top 100 Events in North America.”

Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 9 pm Sunday: 9am - 6 pm

For more information visit www.scarecrowfest.com

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10:00am - 6:00pm Moon Jump Inflatables

10:00am - 10:00pm Entertainment - Continuous entertainment on both stages!

12:30pm - 4:00pm Stilt-Walking and Strolling Entertainment

9:00am - 9:00pm Scarecrow Contest Display - View and vote for your favorite scarecrow in each of six categories!

9:00am - 6:00pm Canine Corner Check out the link to the left for activities!

9:00am - 5:00pm Arts and Crafts Show -Produced by Art of the Heartland and located in Pottawatomie Park 9:00am - 6:00pm Fun on First 9:00am - 5:00pm Century Corners Outdoor Market, Shops and Cafe - Great shopping and dining!

11:00am - 4:00pm Fall Photo Booth - Sponsored by BMO Harris and run by Field of Dreams Horse Rescue. Get your photo taken (by yourself or with your family/friends) in a fall theme setup at the BMO Harris booth in Lincoln Park!

10:00am - 6:00pm Pony Rides For just $5 11:00am - 10:00pm Windy City Carnvial 11:00am - 8:00pm Great Tastes of St. Charles 10:00am - 6:00pm Petting Zoo - $2 per child, 2 years & up

SATURDAY

9:00am - 10:00pm Entertainment - Continuous entertainment on both stages!

9:00am - 9:00pm Scarecrow Contest Display -View and vote for your favorite scarecrow in each of six categories!

9:00am - 6:00pm Canine Corner 9:00am - 5:00pm Arts and Crafts Show -Produced by Art of the Heartland and located in Pottawatomie Park 9:00am - 6:00pm Fun on First!

10:00am - 4:00pm Make Your Own Scarecrow - Sponsored by 5/3 Bank and staffed by Boy Scout Troop #60.

10:00am - 6:00pm Pony Rides For just $5 11:00am - 4:00pm Fall Photo Booth - Sponsored by BMO Harris and run by Field of Dreams Horse Rescue. Get your photo taken (by yourself or with your family/friends) in a fall theme setup at the BMO Harris booth in Lincoln Park!

11:00am - 10:00pm Windy City Carnvial

9:00am - 6:00pm Fun on First!

SUNDAY

10:00am - 4:00pm Make Your Own Scarecrow - Sponsored by 5/3 Bank and staffed by Boy Scout Troop #60.

10:00am - 5:30pm Entertainment - Continuous entertainment on both stages!

9:00am - 6:00pm Scarecrow Contest Display -View and vote for your favorite scarecrow in each of six categories!

Scarecrow Contest Winners announced at 5:30pm on the Lincoln Park Stage!

9:00am - 6:00pm Canine Corner 9:00am - 4:00pm Arts and Crafts Show -Produced by Art of the Heartland and located in Pottawatomie Park

10:00am - 6:00pm Petting Zoo - $2 per child, 2 years& up 10:00am - 6:00pm Moon Jump Inflatables 11:00am - 4:00pm Fall Photo Booth - Sponsored by BMO Harris and run by Field of Dreams Horse Rescue. Get your photo taken (by yourself or with your family/friends) in a fall theme setup at the BMO Harris booth in Lincoln Park!

11:00am - 6:00pm Windy City Carnvial

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11:00am - 4:00pm Make Your Own Scarecrow - Sponsored by 5/3 Bank and staffed by Boy Scout Troop #60. Bring your own clothing (long sleeved shirts and pants) or use ours! $2 donation to boy scouts. One per family, please!

10:00am - 6:00pm Moon Jump Inflatables

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Lincoln Park Stage

Located in Lincoln Park - at Main St. and 4th St.

Friday

10:00 am Yoga demo - Start your morning off right, by participating in a 20-30 minute class with Going to My Happy Place Yoga. www.goingtomyhappyplace.com 11:00 am The Giving Moon - Don’t miss this performance by the newest stars in St. Charles’ ever expanding universe of exceptional talent. These musicians, 13 & 14 years old, won first place in August at the IAM FEST - and - recently performed at House of Blues. www.givingmoon.com 12:00 pm Variety Show - A favorite at the festival for years, Jason Kollum entertains kids with his juggling and more! www.jasonvarietyshow.com 1:00 pm “The Scarecrow Story” - St. Charles author R.T. Moser reads his Scarecrow Story, along with local children reading the parts of Scarecrow, Bluebird and Snake! PLUS - learn a simple “Scarecrow Dance” routine cohoreographed by Dreams Dance Academy and performed by its students to Jim Green’s “The Scarecrow Man.” www.chocolatestory.net

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2:00pm “Haunted Nights at Drumheller Castle” - Enjoy a live reading with Chicagoland author, Faly Colaizzi, as she reads an excerpt from this St. Charles tall tale. www.drumhellercastle.com 3:00pm “The Sheryl and Tom Duet and Friends” - The best original songwriters that Chicagoland has to offer! The Sheryl and Tom Duet set a fresh contemporary standard for close two-part harmonies infused and influenced by early rock & roll. www.sherylandtom.com 5:30pm LiveWire - These band members are just 8-10 years old! LiveWire wants to encourage kids to sing, pick up an instrument, paint brush, racket or anything that interests them. They hope people will watch & say -”If they can do it, we can too!” www.wearelivewire.com 7:15pm Wedding Banned - Wedding Banned is a musical experience you’ll never forget! Wedding Banned picks two members from the audience to become the “bride” and “groom” and turns every show into the ultimate wedding reception. Whether it’s the bride and groom on stage during the garter toss, or beautiful ladies from the audience rocking with the band, you can throw the rules of a traditional rock show out the window. www.weddingbanned.com

Saturday

9:00 am Thompson Jr. High Fiddlers - The Thompson Fiddlers and Hoedown Singers are 6th Graders from Thompson Middle School here in St. Charles. They have performed at Scarecrow Fest for 9 consecutive years!

10:00 am Yoga demo - Start your morning off right, by participating in a 20-30 minute class with Going to My Happy Place Yoga. www.goingtomyhappyplace.com 11:00 am Flannery School of Irish Dance - Enjoy an exciting Irish dance performance! World champion and Riverdance professionals perform along with their students from the new St. Charles Irish dance school. www.flanneryirishdance.com 12:00 pm Thunder Road - Armed with a deep song list and an authentic stage show, Thunder Road brings an explosive, arena-rock experience to the club level. The band has filled a

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Entertainment 2:00pm Kyuki-Do Martial Arts - Enjoy a demo with Kyuki-Do, whose classes help students with their own personal growth, both physically and mentally. www.genevamartialarts.com 4:30pm The Captains of Industry - A classic rock band that covers your favorite songs from the 1970’s to present, including classics from Led Zeppelin, U2, The Beatles, Toto, Steely Dan, Boston and many more. Most members are local music teachers! www.captainsofindustryband.com 7:00 pm 16 Candles - 16 Candles makes it their personal duty to bring you all the great 80’s songs that you love! Their commitment to entertainment captivates audiences and inspires new ways of dancing and thinking. The members are five, fun-loving guys with a simple love for the music of years gone by, and a mission to fuse nostalgia and style to create a sight/sound spectacular unlike any other. www.sixteencandlesband.com

Sunday

the biggest hits by the biggest bands of all times with precision & excellence is the secret to their success. Journey, Boston, Kansas, Rush, Bon Jovi, Styx, Van Halen, Toto, Aerosmith, Triumph and Foreigner are just some of the classic rock bands that you will hear Arra cover. www.arraweb.com

Riverwalk Stage

Located at Main St. and Riverside Ave. on the north side of Municipal Building.

Friday

11:00am Beth Fowler School of Dance 1:00 pm Colonial Ice Cream Eating Contest - Presented by Colonial Cafe. Join us for some good, clean Scoopin’ Fun! FREE and for all ages. Four age categories. This is a timed even to see who can eat the most ice cream within 1 minute. Spoons required! Registration begins at 12:30pm at Riverwalk Stage. www.colonialcafe.com 3:00 pm The Giving Moon - Don’t miss this performance by the newest stars in St. Charles’ ever expanding universe of exceptional talent. These musicians, 13 & 14 years old, won first place in August at the IAM FEST. www.givingmoon.com

11:30 am Generation - “The Sixties Experience” takes the audience on a magical sight and sound flashback to the 60’s, performing classic rock hits from the 1964 British Invasion to the “Blue Eyed Soul” groups, and on through birth of early 70’s Arena Rock. www.generationschicago.com

4:00 pm M & M Dance - Located in Elburn, M&M Dance offers classes to age 2 1/2 and older in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Modern, Lyrical and Musical Theater. We nurture dancers from beginning levels through preprofessional. You will be thoroughly entertained by the M&M Dance Performing Groups and the Empower Dance Company! www.mmdance5678.com

2:00 pm Leadfoot Linda - A young, alternative rock band from the Tri-Cities with a tendency to melt faces.We’ve played venues such as Chord on Blues in St. Charles and Batavia’s Windmill City Fest.We play lots of great stuff, from CCR and The Beatles...to The Black Keys and Foo Fighters.

5:15 pm Almost Famous - Almost Famous is a high energy cover band from Chicago playing all your favorite sing-a-longs & one hit wonders from the 80’s - today. www.afband.com

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10:00 am Elite Academy of Dance - performance by its 2012-13 Elite Performing Company, the Elite Academy of Dance instructors are committed to raising the standard of dance education with classes for students age 2 and up. www.elitedancese.com

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Saturday

Sunday

9:30 am Hoopnotica - join in on this hula hooping class demo, lead by certified instructor Stephanie Ascencio. Learn how to hoop with the Chicago Far West Hoopers meetup group and see why this memory from your childhood can get you into shape. www. hoopnotica.com.

10:00 am Zumba and Zumbatomics demo - Participate in an interactive Zumba demo with Kimberly Stover. Plus, Zumbatomics for the kids! www.zumbawithkimsouthelgin.com

11:00 am Fox Valley Rep Theater Academy - Students of the FVR Performing Arts Academy will showcase their musical theater and singing talents. www.foxvalleyrep.org 12:00 pm Dance Dynamics Located in Aurora, we set our standards high and provide nothing but the best quality training. We pride ourselves in teaching proper technique in ballet, tap, jazz, modern/contemporary, musical theater, hip hop, and lyrical. We also offer all boys classes and break dancing! See ourcompany members perform some of their new routines today! www.dancedynamicsil.com 12:30 pm 3rd Street Dance - Our performance company performs throughout the community at local festivals, the Hotel Baker’s Breakfast with Santa, the St. Patrick’s Day Dance Fest, Great America and other community events.www.3streetdance.com 1:00 pm Radio Disney - The Radio Disney AM 1300 Road Crew will host family-friendly entertainment including music, games, prizes & more powered by AAA. www.radio.disney.go.com 2:00 pm Train Company - Train Company has a sound of musical antiquity & slow, rustic beats that preserve the sound of its earlier roots. Tain Company also makes an amazing use of multiinstrumental talent, creating a more diverse sound in their songs. www.traincompany.net 4:30 pm Wild Child - All of your favorite guitar-rock anthems by bands such as Kiss, Bon Jovi and Guns N’ Roses…but it’s their hard-rocking, high-energy renditions of songs by artists as diverse as Kings of Leon, The Beastie Boys, The Killers, Usher and more that make them a true stand-out. www.wildchildchicago.com 7:00pm Completely Dead - Groove to all your favorite Grateful Dead tunes, with just enough space in between - and a few surprises.Whether you like the well crafted stories or the famous melodies or the tight knit rhythms or the mind bending improvisation, Completely Dead lives up to its name.

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11:00 am Flannery School of Irish Dance - Enjoy an exciting Irish dance performance! World champion and Riverdance professionals perform along with their students from the new St. Charles Irish dance school. www.flanneryirishdance.com 12:00 pm Tricky Mission - A band who’s sole purpose is to play songs people know, can dance to, and can sing along with! Covering The Black Keys to The Rolling Stones...The Foo Fighters to The Doobie Brothers...Tricky Mission’s mission is “party rock” with a purpose. www. trickymission.com 2:00 pm Supernaut - A rock cover band who specializes in bringing that extra something on all fronts to give their audience a show that won’t be forgotten. www.supernautband.com 4:00 pm 24Seven - A family-friendly band, covering just about anything - with two and three part harmonies. www.24sevenbandlive.com

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