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Western Day returns to Old Town Lewisville on Sept. 2, 2006
(City Press Release)
The Old Town Business Association, in conjunction with the City of
Lewisville and more than a dozen other community groups, will present the
popular Western Day festival on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2006 in Old Town Lewisville.
Maverick Bancshares is the title sponsor.
Planned activities at the family event, designed to showcase Lewisville’s
rich history, include a Main Street parade, two festival stages of live
music, arts and crafts vendors, gunfight re-enactments, trick ropers,
dachshund races, Rotary Club car show, Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce
business expo, Longhorn cattle drive, three nights of the annual Labor Day
Rodeo and the second World Tamale Eating Championship.
Western Day outdoor activities (including a children’s area, craft vendors,
live music, and Western-style re-enactments and demonstrations) will start
with a Main Street parade at 10 a.m. led by Texas Longhorns. The one-mile
parade route runs from Cowen Street east on Main Street to Mill Street,
then south to DeLay Middle School.
Live performances scheduled for the Western Day main stage are Ed Burleson
at 11:30 a.m., Jarrod Birmingham at 1:30 p.m., Billy Joe Shaver at 3:30
p.m., and Eli Young Band at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment sponsor 99.5 The Wolf
will hold an official CD release party for Eli Young Band during the event.
The World Tamale Eating Championship, an official International Federation
of Competitive Eating event, will grant a $1,000 grand prize to the
competitor who consumes the most
Dallas Tortilla & Tamale Factory tamales
in 10 minutes.
The Lewisville Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a business expo from 10
a.m. to 6 p.m. inside the Old Town Activity Center (former Temple Baptist
Church), 201 W. Main Street.
The Lewisville Saddle Club will present its annual Labor Day Rodeo on
Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights starting at 8 p.m. at the Rodeo Grounds,
between Kealy and Mill streets a few blocks north of Main Street. Admission
is charged at the gate.
For additional information and the latest on Western Day 2006, visit
http://www.cityoflewisville.com .
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