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Event:
2004 Friendship Festival
Date:June 23 - 27,
2004
Time: All Day Events
Location: Village
of Bourbonnais,IL
Route 102 and William R. Latham Drive
Phone: 815-933-4444
Contact: Toby Olszewski
Phone - 815-933-1131
Fax - 815-933-3785
Email - news@bbherald.com
The Grand Marshals
for the 2004 Bourbonnais Friendship Festival Sunday Grand
Parade on June 27, 2004 have been chosen. Going along wit the theme
of the
festival, "Bourbonnais Goes Hollywood!", the marshals are
four people who
have been connected with the arts for many years in this community.
Harriet and Harlow
Hopkins, Lana Weiss-Brown, and Wayne Segneri were the
choices of the committee.
Harriet Hopkins
taught music in the Bourbonnais Elementary School District
for many years before her retirement. Dr. Harlow Hopkins headed the
music
department at Olivet Nazarene University for many years.
Lana Weiss-Brown,
communications and public relations director for Bradley
Bourbonnais Community High School, taught speech, drama and mime teacher.
She, also, taught English and journalism.
Wayne Sefneri, owner
of the Children's Corner Pre-School, has been an actor
and director with the Kankakee Valley Theater for more than 25 years.
Anyone interested
in participating in the parade with float, walking,
marching or band unit can visit the website at
http://www.bourbonnaisfestival.com for an application and more information.
The 2004 Bourbonnais
Friendship Festival will be held from Wednesday, June
23 - Sunday, June 27, 2004. The Festival grounds are located in the
village
of Bourbonnais at Route 102 and William R. Latham Drive.
For more information
about the festival, visit the website at
http://www.bourbonnaisfestival.com or call 815-933-4444.
Miss Friendship
It's that time of year, again! The selection of the young woman who
will be
crowned Miss Friendship at the opening of the 2004 Bourbonnais Friendship
Festival is rapidly approaching. Miss Friendship will reign from June
2004
to June 2005.
To be eligible,
contestants must be residents of Bourbonnais Township and/or
Village of Bourbonnais, IL. they must be 16-21 years of age and of good
moral character.
The pageant will
be held on Saturday, June 19, 2004 at Northfield Square
Mall in Bradley,IL.
For more information
on qualifications or to get an application, visit the
website at http://www.bourbonnaisfestival.com,
email the pageant directors
at missfriendship@hotmail.com
or call 815-933-9041.
New Event at the
Friendship Festival - LITTLE MISS FRIENDSHIP!
New to the festival fun this year is the Little Miss Friendship competition.
Young ladies from 9 years through 15 who are residents of the village
and/or
Bourbonnais Township are eligible. The competition will be an election.
The winner will be the girl who tallies the most votes cast during the
Miss
Friendship competition on June 19th at Northfield Square Mall. For more
information, go to the website http://www.bourbonnaisfestival.com,
or email
the pageant directors at missfriendship@hotmail.com.
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