Sending some advance info here!
THANK YOU for being a part of the Fall Festival Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10 and 11, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a campfire 7 p.m. Saturday night at the Shawnee Indian Mission, 3403 W. 53rd. St., Fairway, KS 66205. See event schedule at http://www.kshs.org/places/shawnee/pdfs/sim_fall_festival_2009_flier.pdf.
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FESTIVAL INFORMATION FOR ENTERTAINERS
PARKING. Free parking at Bishop Miege High School, just north of the Mission.
SET UP. Please move your vehicle to the parking area as soon as possible after unloading.
WHAT TO WEAR. Weather appropriate, comfortable clothes.
ALCOHOL. Alcoholic beverages are not permitted on the Shawnee Indian Mission site.
BATHROOMS. There will be rented facilities throughout the site exterior.
DOGS. Because of large crowds, we ask festival attendees and participants not to bring dogs.
SECURITY. You are responsible for your own equipment. The site staff will not be guarding items over night; however, the Missouri Free Trappers will be camping on the site Friday and Saturday and area police have been notified about the festival.
REGISTRATION. Please go to the Information Booth for hospitality room passes, lunch coupons, maps, last-minute information, etc.
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AGENDA
Friday: Set up for some. Note that Channel 9 news will be on site filming about the festival.
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Saturday
7:30am Staff will be on site.
9am: All cars must be parked away from booths, information tables, living history sites, etc.
10 am: Event starts.
5 pm: Festival ends.
7pm: Campfire
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Sunday
8:30 am: Staff will be on site.
10am: Event starts.
5 pm: Festival concludes.
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QUESTIONS Contact Anita Faddis or Cindy Higgins the Mission at 913-262-0867. shawneemission@kshs.org.
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*** We look forward to seeing you on Saturday and Sunday! ***
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Schedule specifics
Saturday
10am Welcome and opening ceremony
10am Starlight Quilt show starts at Bishop Miege Commons and ends at 4pm
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11am KS-MO Autoharp Club
11am Bertha Cameron book signing in East Building gift shop
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Noon Contests
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1pm Prairie Dulcimer Players
1pm Presentation: Bogus Legislature at the Mission, Charles Clark, author of KansasBogusLegislature.org
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2pm Presentation: Life in the 1850s, Leslie Terrill, former director of John Wornall House
2pm Beanbag toss game and pumpkin bowling
2pm Overland Park barbershop quartet
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3pm Presentation: General Order No. 11 Effect on Civil War Families in the Area,” Tom Rafiner
3pm Stranger Creek acoustic band
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4pm Eagle Talon American Indian dancers
4pm Presentation: From the Missouri to the Antietam: Fort Leavenworth Veterans at the Battle of Sharpsburg, Ethan Rafuse, Associate professor of Military History at the U.S. Army command and General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
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7pm Campfire ceremony. Storytelling and Native American flute playing with Dan Kilgore
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Sunday
10am Starlight Quilt show starts at Bishop Miege Commons and ends at 4pm
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11am KS-MO Autoharp Club
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1pm Prairie Dulcimer Players
1pm Presentation: Daniel Boone in Kansas and Missouri, Herb Ziegler
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2pm Presentation: Native American Genealogy, Barbara LaClair, President, Topeka Genealogical Society
2pm Missouri Town Dancers
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3pm Checkers tournament
3pm Presentation: River Commerce in the 1800s, Joe Brentano, Site administrator, Grinter Place
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4pm Eagle Talon American Indian dancers
4pm Presentation: The 1838 Pottawatomie Trail of Death, Mary Conrad, Kansas Anthropological Association and Kansas City Archaeological Society
Directions to Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Site
3403 West 53rd Street, Fairway, KS 66205
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From northeast or east: take I-35 South (I-70 to I-35) south from the east) to the Mission Road Exit. Go south on Mission Road to 53rd Street. (St. Agnes Church is at this corner). Turn right (west) onto 53rd Street. (Mission Road overlaps 53rd at this point). Shawnee Indian Mission is about two blocks. The East Building with parking lot is where the administration office is located.
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From the north or northwest: Take I-435 South or I-635 South to eastbound Shawnee Mission Parkway. Go east on Shawnee Mission Parkway to Mission Road (stop light intersection). Turn left (north) at Mission Road. Go one block to 53rd Street (four-way stop). Shawnee Indian Mission is to your right. The East Building with parking lot is where the administration office is located.
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From the south/southwest: Take I-35 North to I-435 North to eastbound Shawnee Mission Parkway. Go east on Shawnee Mission Parkway to Mission Road (stop light intersection). Turn left (north) at Mission Road. Go one block to 53rd Street (four-way stop). Shawnee Indian Mission is to your right. The East Building with parking lot is where the administration office is located.
<!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]-->From the south/southwest: Take I-435 west to northbound State Line Road (or west on 63rd Street to State Line). Go north on State Line Road to Shawnee Mission Parkway. Turn left (west) at Shawnee Mission Parkway. Go to Mission Road (stop light intersection). Turn right (north) at Mission Road. Go one block to 53rd Street (four-way stop). Shawnee Indian Mission is to your right. The East Building with parking lot is where the administration office is located.
