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Petting Zoo
3:00 pm -
8:00 pm
Popular with children and adults alike, the Katy Days
petting zoo is a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal
with a wide variety of animals. There is no admission charge and no
limit on how long you can stay. Just be gentle, be safe and be sure
to wash your hands at the hand-washing station when you’re done!
Open 9am to 5pm.
Cherry Valley Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Join the Cherry Valley Model Railroad
Club in the Arvon Phillips Recreation Center for a model train
extravaganza. You'll also
see Katy railroad memorabilia and can make purchases from a variety
of vendors. There will be four modular layouts of different scales
at this show. Dealers from a wide area will have merchandise
for sale too. Always a popular stop for both children and adults!
Website link:
http://www.cvmrc.com/
Sponsors: Cherry Valley Model Railroad Club
Children's
Entertainment Tent
4:00 pm & 6:00 pm
Travis Jarrett, Parsons,
KS magician will be presenting magic shows.
Pancake Special
3:00 -
9:00 pm
Come take a ride on the Pancake Special. Travel through the
park on our small scale train. Bring back the memories of
yesteryear! Whether you're 1 or 100 you'll enjoy this nostalgic
ride. Admission: FREE!
Sponsored by the Union
Pacific Railroad
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History Zone
4:00 - 8:00 m. - Arvon
Phillips Recreation Center: History Zone
“Mapping
Memories: Where It Was In Parsons” will help visitors
locate where now-demolished buildings once stood. Also a long-lost
home movie that features students from Garfield School in 1953 will
be running and for the second year, the History Zone will be the
check point for this year’s visual scavenger hunt contest:
“Parsons, Even More Details!”
Inflatables
5:00 - 9:00 pm
We will have inflatables
and rides for both young and young at heart. Add some
excitement to your weekend while flipping on a trampoline or winning
a race through an obstacle course. Purchase an unlimited ride
wrist band for $10.00 for Friday night or $20.00 for both Friday
night and all day Saturday. You can also purchase individual tickets
for $1.00 each at our ticket table.
Katy Days Melodrama
Tied to the Tracks or A
Good Deed, Indeed!
7:00 pm
A melodrama in for acts
written specifically for Katy Days by former Parsonian, Jerry James.
Thiebaud Theatre,
Labette Community College.
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12th Annual Iron Horse Duathlon & 5K
Run
7:30 am
The 12th Annual Iron Horse Duathlon & 5K Run will begin at 7:30am in the Commercial Bank parking lot. Brochures
& forms are available at Bleacher Gear, or by contacting Dr. Wayne
Gilmore at 620-421-2330.
Sponsors: Bleacher Gear and Labette Health
Horseshoe Tournament
8:30 am to
10:00pm
Come and show off your throwing skills at this year's horseshoe
throwing contest on the east side of Forest Park.
Sponsors: Parsons Lions Club
Cherry Valley Model Railroad Show and Swap Meet
9:00 am-5:00 pm
Join the Cherry Valley Model Railroad
Club in the Arvon Phillips Recreation Center for a model train
extravaganza. You'll also
see Katy railroad memorabilia and can make purchases from a variety
of vendors. There will be four modular layouts of different scales
at this show. Dealers from a wide area will have merchandise
for sale too. Always a popular stop for both children and adults!
Website link:
http://www.cvmrc.com/
Sponsors: Cherry Valley Model Railroad Club
Tours of Union Pacific Engine
9:00 am to 5:00pm
The
Union Pacific railroad will have the Union Pacific Katy and
the CNW Heritage Locomotives on display and open
for touring on Saturday, May 25th from 9am to 5pm at the Crawford
Crossing. Visitors should turn north on 20th Street and follow signs
for parking. (Free)
Sponsors: Union Pacific Railroad
Heritage Crafters -
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
The
focus under the crafters tent is "edutainment" - a mixture of
education and entertainment, and many of our crafters will have
items for sale as well.. Take your time as you make your way
around, ask questions, pull up a hay bale, sit, visit and learn how
things were done "in the old days". Some of the skills you'll be
able to see this year include: Flint Knapping, Knife Sheath Making,
Tongue & Groove Woodworking, Spinning, Dyeing, Weaving, Soap Making,
Painting, Broom Making, Quilting, Wheat Weaving, Chair Caning,
Pottery Making, and more!
Petting Zoo
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Popular with children and adults alike, the Katy Days petting zoo is
a fantastic opportunity to get up close and personal with a wide
variety of animals. There is no admission charge and no limit on how
long you can stay. Just be gentle, be safe and be sure to wash your
hands at the hand-washing station when you’re done! Open 9am to 5pm.
Union Pacific
Passenger Train Rides
10:00 am, 1:00 pm, and
4:00 pm
Take a ride on the Union
Pacific!!! Boarding location is next to the UP Engine Tours
(20th and Crawford). Tickets available May 24th ONLY in
the Northeast corner of Forest Park, by the Cardinal at 6:30 pm.
Inflatables
10:00 am - 10:00 pm
We will have inflatables
and rides for both young and young at heart. Add some
excitement to your weekend while flipping on a trampoline or winning
a race through an obstacle course. Purchase an unlimited ride
wrist band for
$15.00 for all day Saturday. You can also purchase individual
tickets for $1.00 each at our ticket table.
High Striker
All Day
To
drive spikes into railroad ties, you had to be strong and able to
swing the mallet up over your head. Get a sense of this by watching
the Gandy Dancer track laying demonstration - then give the High
Striker a try. $1 for three tries. Can you ring the bell?
History Zone
9:00 am -
5:00 pm
“Mapping
Memories: Where It Was In Parsons” will help visitors
locate where now-demolished buildings once stood. Also a long-lost
home movie that features students from Garfield School in 1953 will
be running and for the second year, the History Zone will be the
check point for this year’s visual scavenger hunt contest:
“Parsons, Even More Details!”
Parsons Quilt Guild -
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Members of the Parsons
Quilters Guild will be demonstrating hand tying and hand quilting
under the Crafters tent. They will also have a display of wall
quilts with a common railroad theme.
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Homemade Pies
10:00 am -
5:00 pm
Hundreds
of delicious homemade pies, made by many of Parsons’ best pie makers
are available at the Arvon Phillips Recreation Center from 10am to
5pm, Saturday Only. $2.00 a slice, $12.00 for a small pie and
$14.00 for a large pie. Rain or shine!
Katy Days Parade
10:00 am
Once called the
“All Horse Parade” we have added to the horses and plan a parade led
by the PHS drumline and includes area bands, classic vehicles, and a
variety of other entries. We have a new route will take the parade
from the west entrance of Marvel Park down Main to 13th
street to Broadway and east on Broadway to Heacock then south to
the entrance of the swimming pool where it will return to Marvel
Park. Participating horse riders will have the opportunity for a
trail ride out to the Great Plains Industrial Park following the
parade.
Track
Laying Demonstration by the Gandy Dancers
11:00 am & 2:00 pm
A gandy dancer is a member of a railroad work crew responsible for
building and keeping the tracks straight. The term is reputed to be
derived from the Gandy Tool Company that made the tools and also
from the rhythmic and highly coordinated movements the workers made
as they rocked their tools to and fro to pound spikes and straighten
the track. And you can watch them “dance” as they swing their
ten-pound hammers and build a section of track in the park.
Sponsor: Union Pacific Railroad
Miss Katy Queen
Coronation
11.00 am
The 2012 Miss Katy Queen will be crowned
at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, May 26 at the Main Stage. Miss
Katy will be awarded a $1000 scholarship and additional scholarships
will be awarded for first and second runner-up.
Miss Katy Info
Katy Days Melodrama
Tied to the Tracks or A
Good Deed, Indeed!
2:00 pm
A melodrama in for acts
written specifically for Katy Days by former Parsonian, Jerry James.
Thiebaud Theatre,
Labette Community College.
Katy Days Volleyball
Tournament -
2:00 pm
This year’s tournament will
begin Saturday at 2:00pm, at the volleyball court north of the tennis
courts.
Sponsors: Parsons Recreation Commission
Spike It Rich
Medallion Hunt -
3:00
pm
Beginning Monday May 20, 2013, be sure and visit
www.katydays.com,
our Facebook Page,
and listening
each day to KLKC radio, 1540 AM, for the clues that lead to the
location of the medallion. Then put on your thinking cap and see if
you can be the winner of the $500 prize! The winner will be revealed
on Saturday at the Katy Days Main Stage at 3:00 pm.
Beer
Garden
5:00 pm - 10:30pm
Great fun and good music. Meet up with friends, relax and
enjoy a beverage under the
stars. Lots of informal reunions take place at the Saturday evening
Beer Garden and it’s a great way to wind up a fun day at Forest
Park.
The
Bluebonnet Banquet
5:00pm social hour, 5:30pm dinner
The
Bluebonnet Banquet will be held on Saturday night, May 25, at
the
Parsons Senior Center, 1800 Belmont. Space is
limited so get your reservations for the dinner in by May 17th by
sending your checks and names of those reserving space to Sue
O'Brien, Box 81, Parsons, KS 67357. .
Please include an e-mail address and/or a phone number so you can be
notified if space is filled. For questions, call Mary Hughes at
620-421-3453. Tickets are $15.00 per person, or $25.00 per
couple.
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