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Pierce, Idaho Gold Celebration

July 21st, 2012 by katie

1860 Days Celebration

This family-friendly festival celebrates the founding of the first gold rush town in Idaho. Taking place August 3-5, look forward to live music, street dancing a parade, costume contest, old-fashioned cooking, craft & food vendors and a softball tournament.

Lodging in and Around Pierce, Idaho

Take a look at our fine Idaho bed and breakfasts to find a great lodging option near all the fun!

Have you visited Pierce or Weippe?

What did you enjoy about these historic Idaho towns? Did you visit the logging museum or attend the 1860 Days Celebration? We would like to hear about it!

Sponsored in part by the Pierce-Weippe Chamber of Commerce, check out the schedule of events for the weekend below:

Events taking Place Both Days of the 1860 Days Celebration:

Horseshoe Tournament at the Timber Inn
Main Street Food, Craft & Gift Vendors

Friday:

12:-4pm: J. Howard Bradbury Memorial Logging Museum & Courthouse Open
3:30-4:30pm: Drop-off Berry/Cherry Bake-Off Entries for Judging – Community Center – Open to Adults and Youth
4:30-7:30pm: Pierce 1860 Days Kick-Off Barbeque at Pierce Community Center
- Includes: Pie & Ice Cream Social & Berry/Cherry Bake-Off
- 5pm: 2nd Annual J.H. Bradbury Memorial Logging Museum Mini Log Drive – Orofino Creek
- 5-5:30pm: Berry/Cherry Bake-Off entries open for public viewing.
- 5:30-6pm: Berry/Cherry Bake-Off judging
- 6pm: Berry Bake-Off winners announced
- 6pm: Welcoming Speaker – Carmen Syed, Mayor of Pierce
- 6:30-7:30pm: Country Concert by Shiloh Sharrad & Beargrass
9pm-1am: Live Entertainment – Timber Inn

Saturday:

7:30-11am: Breakfast – Pierce Community Center
8-11am: Pierce/Weippe ATV Trail Riders Fun Run Registration – former Lions Club building (behind City Hall)
9am: Softball Tournament Sign-Up – Ball Field
9:30am: Street Musicians – Beargrass – Main Street
10am-4pm: J. Howard Bradbury Memorial Logging Museum & Courthouse Open
10am: Registration for Best of the West Contests: Best Groomed Beard, Longest Beard, Best Handlebar Mustache, Best 1800s Costume, Best Lookin’ Legs In 1800s Costume (Male & Female) – T-shirt Booth. NOTE: Participants Must Register to Qualify for Judging
10am: Parade Participants Check-In – Mangum Trucking lot
11am-Noon: Country Concert by Shiloh Sharrad & Beargrass – Main Street Stage
12 Noon: PARADE – Main Street (1860 Days Parade Registration Form)
1:00pm: 1860 Days Auction – Main Street Stage
2pm: Ducky Derby – Orofino Creek (Sponsored by THS Girl’s Basketball)
2:30-3:30pm: Studio 205 Stick Horse Round-Up; Water Balloon Toss – Main Street
3pm: Dutch-Oven Cook-Off Begins – Kids & Adults – The Outback
3:15pm: Ping-Pong Ball Drop – Pierce Hardware
4:00pm: Pierce/Weippe ATV Trail Riders Fun Run Awards and Drawing – Former Lions Club Building
5pm: Dutch Oven Cook-Off Judging And Tasting (Public Participation)- The Outback
5:15pm: All Saturday Contest Winners announced
8pm-1am: Street Dance – Featuring The Fabulous Kingpins – Main Street Stage

Sunday

8am: Softball Tournament – Ball Field
10am: Country Church – Faith Lutheran Church back lawn
At the Play Park on Sunday
- 1-2:30pm: Kids’ Pie-Eating Contest; Kids’ Sack Race; Kids’ Three-Legged Race; Water Balloon Toss – Kids & Adults – Co-sponsored by Mountain View Church
- 3pm: Play Park Stage Announcements:
  - Softball Tournament Awards
  - Drawing for Picnic Raffle – Historic Pierce Cemetery Friends
  - Drawing for 1/2 oz. Gold Miner Charm & Backyard Barbeque Package – 1860 Days
  - All Sunday Contest Winners’ announced
- 4pm: Pierce 1860 Days End of Celebration

Tags: arts and crafts, ATV, auction, cooking, culture, educational, family friendly, festival, heritage, historical, live music, Pierce, sports, Weippe
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International Folk Dance and Music Festival, Idaho

July 18th, 2012 by katie

A week from today, one of the United State’s premiere international dance festivals will begin. The Idaho International Dance and Music festival, held in Rexburg, Burley, Rupert and Blackfoot, Idaho is host to dozens of dancers from all over the world. The Festival exemplifies one of the main goals of dance: to share one’s culture. The unique scenario in Idaho also provides the dancers a chance to absorb and understand the many freedoms found in America. Teams in the past have come from Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, North America, and island nations.

Over the next eight days the dancers play with, eat with, and in general get to know each other. Host families are given free tickets to the performances so they support their dancers.

They also receive discounts on food and services throughout the community during their participation. They are given many other perks along with an official t-shirt of the Festival.

Host Families for the International Folk Festival

To facilitate these dance group’s visit to the United States, many of them visiting for the first time, the dancers are assigned to host families that give them room and board for the duration of the festival. It is truly an amazing coming together of the community. Over the eight days that the festival takes places, the dancers play, eat, and socialize with their host families. What an amazing way to learn about people from another part of the world! Host families are given free tickets to the performances so they support their dancers.

Host families also receive discounts on food and services throughout the community during their participation. They are given many other perks along with an official t-shirt of the Festival. The greatest benefits of course come from the personal interactions between host families and performers. Read about some of the heartwarming exchanges between such diverse people on the dance festival’s “Festival Stories” page.

Have you ever hosted an international visitor?

Whether it was an exchange student or your husband’s mother from the ‘Old country,” what did this experience teach you about yourself or the world we live in?

Tags: Blackfoot, Burley, educational, family friendly, folk music, heritage, live music, parade, Rexburg, Rupert
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Rexburg Dance Festival

July 14th, 2012 by katie

The Idaho international dance and music festival only one week away!

Information about the Dancing:

This year there are over 300 dancers and musicians that will come to us from around the globe for this gala event to share the excitement of their native dances and music. These performances are alive with colorful costuming, exotic instruments and stirring rhythms. The Idaho International Dance and Music Festival is only one of four held annually festivals of this nature in the United States. Sanctioned by one of the largest folk arts organizations in the world, the CIOFF (whose headquarters in Confolons, France), the event is one-of-a-kind and extremely unique.

Schedule of Events at the International Dance and Music Festival in Burley, Idaho:

Wednesday, July 25, 2012
6:30 pm Parade Around the Rupert Square
7:00 pm Dancing in the Rupert Park

Thursday, July 26, 2012
10:00 am-2:00 pm Burley Youth Culture held at the Burley High School (free event)
7:00 pm Pre-Show
7:30 pm Gala Performance at the King Fine Arts Center (ticketed event)

Friday, July 27, 2012
7:00 pm Pre-Show
7:30 pm Gala Performance at the King Fine Arts Center (ticketed event)

Schedule of Events at the International Dance and Music Festival in Rexburg and Blackfoot, Idaho:

Saturday, July 28, 2012
8:00 pm Opening Ceremonies at the BYU-I Viking Stadium (free event)

Monday, July 30, 2012
5:00 pm-9:00 pm International Street Festival
6:30 pm International Parade
9:00 pm-11:00pm International Street Dance along Main Street in Rexburg (free event)

Tuesday, July 31, 2012
9:00 am-12:00pm Rigby Youth Culture at the Rigby Junior High, ages 6-16 (free event)
7:00 pm Blackfoot Performance at the Blackfoot Performing Arts Center, 870 South Fisher Street

Lada, the dance team from Serbia attending this year.

Thursday, August 2, 2012
9:00 am-12:00pm Rexburg Youth Culture at New Madison High, ages 6-16 (free event)
2:00 pm-3:30 pm Matinee at New Madison High (ticketed event)

Friday, August 3, 2012
7:00 pm Pre-Show
7:30 pm Gala Performance at the BYU-Idaho Hart Auditorium (ticketed event)

Saturday, August 4, 2012
11:00 am-2:00 pm Closing Ceremonies in Smith Park (free event)
7:00 pm Pre-Show
7:30 pm Gala Performance at the BYU-Idaho Hart Auditorium (ticketed event)

Planning on Attending the International Folk Festival?

Look for great Idaho bed and breakfast lodging on this website. If you have attended or participated in the festival in the past, share your experiences and photos on the Folk dance festival’s Facebook page. You can also post here about what you are most excited to see at the festival.

Tags: Blackfoot, Burley, culture, dance, educational, family friendly, folk music, heritage, live music, parade, Rexburg
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Malad Valley Welsh Festival

June 14th, 2012 by katie

Welsh Culture and History Celebrated in Southeastern Idaho

The 8th annual Malad Valley Welsh Festival commemorates the heritage of the Welsh in southeastern Idaho with a four-day Festival that has something for everyone, Welsh or not! Located in Oneida County, the Malad Valley was originally settled by Welsh pioneers in the 1860s. One of their many Welsh traditions was an annual cultural arts event called an eisteddfod, celebrated for over 900 years. This event was held locally until it was discontinued before World War 1. The festival takes place from June 28th through July 1st.

Events at the Malad Valley Welsh Festival

Day 1: Experts in Welsh genealogy from the Salt Lake City Family History Library will present workshops on Welsh names and language, how to conduct Welsh family research, and how to preserve photographs. Malad Valley has the largest per capita concentration of people of Welsh ancestry outside the country of Wales itself. For that reason, many residents of the Valley wanted to reestablish their Welsh roots.

Day 2: Entertainment of all types dominate the second day, including:

Choral and piano concerts. The music of Evan Stephens, composer and conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, will be featured at the choral concert.
Welsh musicians and dancers
Youth presentations about local historic sites
Professional presentations about Welsh culture, language, and history. Dr. Ronald Dennis will present about the Welsh Mormon emigration to the western United States.
Displays about Welsh pioneer families and pioneer games
Wagon rides to historic sites in Malad
Quilt show
Biathlon
Film festival
Community lunch and breakfast
Food and home craft vendors

Day 3: An evening program in the historic 130-year-old Presbyterian Church will feature male vocal soloists.

Directions and Location of the Malad Valley Welsh Festival

Most events are held at the Malad City Park and the town church. Take main exit to Malad. Follow Welsh and United States flags to City Park on 100 West, one block south of downtown Malad. There are many fine Idaho Bed and Breakfast options in the vicinity of Malad. Take a look at one now!

Are you Welsh?

Do you know about your Welsh heritage, or have you attended the festival in the past? Please share you experiences with us!

Tags: arts and crafts, athletics, culture, educational, genealogy, heritage, live music, Malad Valley
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