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May 28-31, 20
10 - more info will be listed as it becomes available!
 
Date Start Time End Time Event Locations
Friday, 5/28/2010 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Kickoff COCKTAIL RECEPTION, Musical entertainment by B Natural. Hynson Pavillion (Wilmer Park)
  6:00 PM   SNEAKER CREEPER Footrace for children ages 2-11 (for information or to register: 410-778-3373)  We will be holding the 20th annual Sneaker Creeper at the Washington College's Roy Kirby Stadium - organized by the H.H. Garnett  PTA,family & friends Washington College - Roy Kirby Stadium
Saturday, 5/29/2010 8:00 AM   ANNUAL TEA PARTY CLASSIC DISTANCE RUN Wilmer Park
  9:00 AM 3:30 PM BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Play chess with the master White Swan Tavern Portico
  9:30 AM   COLONEL LEONARD'S IRREGULARS Irish, Celtic, & Folk Music Courthouse Green
  9:30 AM   David & Ginger Hildebrand Colonial Music Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  10:00 AM 2:00 PM SCALES & TALES - Tuckahoe State Park Animal Exhibit Courthouse Green
  10:00 AM 5:00 PM AJ KOLODZIEJSKI - LUTHIER handmade stringed instruments Foot of High Street
  10:00 AM   Children's Colonial Floor Cloth Demonstration Foot of High Street
10:00 AM   FACE PAINTING  
  10:00 AM 12:00 PM SCHOONER SULTANA PUBLIC SAIL - on the Chester River, Reservations Required! Call 410-778-5954 Cannon at Town Dock
  10:00 AM   COLONIAL PARADE High Street (In historic district)
  10:00 AM   DR. BILL - Colonial Medical and Surgical demonstrations Foot of High Street
  10:30 AM   STORYTELLING & CHILDREN'S FOLK MUSIC, Miss Jackie Courthouse Green
  10:45 AM   100 VOICE CHOIR Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  11:00 AM 2:00 PM WASHINGTON COLLEGE ARCHAEOLOGY LAB Open for Tours- the Revolution continues! Custom House
  11:00 AM 3:00 PM CHILDREN'S COLONIAL GAMES 11am-3pm White Swan Tavern Portico
  11:00 AM 4:00 PM SWORDMASTERS History & skills of the colonial swordsman - lessons and demonstrations throughout the day Foot of High Street
11:00 AM   KILTIE BAND OF YORK Custom House
  11:15 AM   AWARDING OF PRIZES FOR TEA PARTY CLASSIC RUN Wilmer Park
  11:15 AM   CHESAPEAKE CALEDONIA PIPE BAND Courthouse Green
  11:15 AM   FLAG RAISING CEREMONIES Kent County Community Marching Band Cross and High Streets
  11:30 AM   DOVER ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCERS 18th c. Dancing Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  11:30 AM   FIFES & DRUMS OF THE DELAWARE MILITIA Custom House
  11:30 AM   STACY ROTH - Revolutionary Tea -- the story of the tea protest in song, poetry, and prose Prince Theatre
  11:30 AM   TUCKER'S TALES - PUNCH & JUDY PUPPET SHOW Tuckers Tales Courthouse Green
  11:30 AM   WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, & 3:00 from Information Booth
  12:00 PM   Beaten Biscuit Contest Foot of High Street
  12:00 PM   DAVID EMERSON - SEA STORIES David Emerson Custom House
  12:00 PM   DR. BILL - Colonial Medical and Surgical demonstrations Foot of High Street
  12:00 PM   SLIM HARRISON - strolling musician GOOD TIME MOUNTAIN MUSIC Slim Harrison  
  12:00 PM   STORYTELLING & CHILDREN'S FOLK MUSIC, Miss Jackie Courthouse Green
  12:00 PM   WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, & 3:00 from Information Booth
  12:15 PM   COLONEL LEONARD'S IRREGULARS Irish, Celtic, & Folk Music Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  12:30 PM   CHESAPEAKE CALEDONIA PIPE BAND Foot of High Street
12:30 PM   Revolutionary Theatre - introducing original 10 minute plays by local playwrights.  Mary Wood's "Chestertown Romance" and Keith Thompson's "Raiding the Gladys"  Prince Theatre
  12:30 PM   STEPHEN CHRISTOFF - strolling set of Colonial Music: Octave Mandolin, Bowed Musical Saw, Hand Flute  
  12:30 PM   TUCKER'S TALES - PUNCH & JUDY PUPPET SHOW Tuckers Tales Courthouse Green
  12:30 PM   WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, & 3:00 from Information Booth
  12:45 PM   FIFES & DRUMS OF THE DELAWARE MILITIA Courthouse Green
  1:00 PM   DOVER ENGLISH COUNTRY DANCERS 18th c. Dancing Custom House
  1:00 PM   SLIM HARRISON - GOOD TIME MOUNTAIN MUSIC Slim Harrison Courthouse Green
  1:00 PM   STEP JAM Clogging, flatfooting & country music Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  1:00 PM   WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, & 3:00 from Information Booth
  1:30 PM   DRILL DEMONSTRATION 1st Battalion of Maryland Loyalists Custom House
  1:30 PM   KILTIE BAND OF YORK Courthouse Green
  1:30 PM   NANTICOKE INDIANS, Dances and Stories Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  1:45 PM   David & Ginger Hildebrand Colonial Music Prince Theatre
  2:00 PM   TEA PARTY REENACTMENT Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  2:30 PM   SPICED PUNCH Colonial Music Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  2:30 PM   STEPHEN CHRISTOFF Colonial Music: Octave Mandolin, Bowed Musical Saw, Hand Flute Prince Theatre
  2:45 PM   DR. BILL - Colonial Medical and Surgical demonstrations Foot of High Street
  2:45 PM   DRILL DEMONSTRATION lst MD Regiment, 6th MD Regiment Courthouse Green
  3:00 PM   SQUARE DANCING PepperSteppers Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  3:00 PM   WALKING TOURS OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:00, & 3:00 from Information Booth
  3:15 PM   STACY ROTH "The Distaff Muse - songs by and about 18th Century women Prince Theatre
  3:45 PM   STEPHEN CHRISTOFF Colonial Music: Octave Mandolin, Bowed Musical Saw, Hand Flute Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  4:00 PM   AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION SQUARE DANCING PepperSteppers Foot of High Street
  4:00 PM   SPICED PUNCH Colonial Music Prince Theatre
  4:15 PM   CHESTER RIVER RUNOFF Main Stage (near Stams clock tower)
  4:30 PM 6:30 PM SCHOONER SULTANA PUBLIC SAIL - on the Chester River, Reservations Required! Call 410-778-5954 Cannon at Town Dock
  4:45 PM   DAVID EMERSON - SEA STORIES David Emerson Custom House
5:00 PM   Revolutionary Theatre - introducing original 10 minute plays by local playwrights.  Mary Wood's "Chestertown Romance" and Keith Thompson's "Raiding the Gladys"  Prince Theatre
Sunday, 5/30/2010 11:00 AM 1:00 PM SCHOONER SULTANA PUBLIC SAIL - on the Chester River, Reservations Required! Call 410-778-5954 Cannon at Town Dock
  12:00 PM 4:00 PM The Chestertown Tea Party will host a wine tasting.  The event will be held at Wilmer Park from noon to 4 p.m.  The event will feature ten local Maryland wineries.  The cost is $10, which includes ten wine samples along with a commemorative wine glass.  Wilmer Park
  12:30 PM   INTER-FAITH SERVICE & FLAG RAISING  The service will feature singers including soloist Betsy Beals and a local gospel choir, religious leaders from the community and speakers sharing inspirations from their own faith traditions. Cross and High Streets
  12:30 PM   TUCKER'S TALES -  It's the Wolf! puppet show Wilmer Park
  12:30 PM   WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - Also tour at 1:30pm from Information Booth
  1:00 PM 4:00 PM BAY COUNTRY GENTLEMEN, Bluegrass Music Wilmer Park
  1:00 PM   SLIM HARRISON Mountain music & children's instrument making Wilmer Park
  1:30 PM   TOSS THE TORY! - the guilty shall be tossed!
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  1:30 PM   WALKING TOUR OF HISTORIC CHESTERTOWN - Also tour at 12:30pm from Information Booth
  2:00 PM 4:00 PM SCHOONER SULTANA PUBLIC SAIL - on the Chester River, Reservations Required! Call 410-778-5954 Cannon at Town Dock
  2:00 PM   BAY COUNTRY GENTLEMEN Wilmer Park
2:30 PM   RAFT RACE Wilmer Park
  3:30 PM   BAY COUNTRY GENTLEMEN - HOEDOWN & SQUARE DANCING (participation) Bay Country Gentlemen Wilmer Park
  5:00 PM 7:00 PM SCHOONER SULTANA PUBLIC SAIL - on the Chester River, Reservations Required! Call 410-778-5954 Cannon at Town Dock

 

 

 

Town ordinance prohibits dogs at the festival.



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