MCDADE HERITAGE DAY 

 

SATURDAY OCTOBER 11th , 2008 - 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Join us in Celebrating McDade's 135th Anniversary.

 

FREE ADMISSION. A DAY OF FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Events to include:

Food, Music, &  Bodacius Merriment In The Style of the OLD WEST

Trail Riders Arrive In Town - 10:30a.m.

Re-enactment of the Famous McDade 1883 Christmas Day Shoot Out- 11:00a.m. & 2:00p.m.

Pistol Packin' Paula-- World Champion Six-Gun Spinner, Bullwhip Expert, & Trick Shot -
11:30a.m. & 3:00p.m.

Dedication of TOWN MARKER  &  McDADE SCHOOL ART CONTEST Winners Presentation - HIGH NOON

Book Signing: "McDade: Where Santa Scheduled A Visit But The Devil Came Instead." - by Audrey Rother   

Buffalo Soldiers display, Longhorns, Crafts, Blacksmithing, & horse-shoeing Demonstrations

OLD TIME MUSIC-- Fiddlers: Minnie & Ella Jordan - North Harris County Dulcimer Society - Jim Betz, Steve Johnson, Patti Finney - McDade Jamboree Band - Ron & Debbie Lundrigan

KIDS CORRAL-- Starz The Counting Horse, making Corn Husk Dolls, Old Time Games & Contests

- Trail Riders -

Lee County Texas Stars 4-HMounted Drill Team

Texas Lost Pines Riding Club

Buffalo Soldiers 9th Calvary

- Chuckwagon & Camp Cooks -

Robert Mauck, Jr. & Sr., Don Hudson, Donnie Cannon, Calvin Pennington of "Cowboy Calvin Fixins," Marlira Creations, WC Stephens, & Mike Mogonye

- Participants -

Earthen Metals - Tiger & Erin Flores        Corn Husk Dolls - Linda Weber

Pheonix Handcrafted Knives - Cowboy Szymanski        Knitting - Mary Kelly

The Cole Brothers        Starz The Counting Horse

Half Circle A Saddlery - Andrew Lewis        Crafts By Dawn

Circle B Farrier Services        Pistol Packin Paula        

McDade Schools Art Contest            Elgin Boyscout Troop 182        

C.R. Smith Horseshoeing            Bastrop Boyscout Troop 553         

      Soap Maker - Barbara Fowler        Artist - Mary Glover        

Andy Amescua        Randy Billingsley

Jeweler - Linda McMurry        Texas Buffalo Soldiers - Eddie E. Harrison

Medicine Man Show - Jan Harrison

Austin Steam Train Association - Chuck Hamsa

For more information, please contact:

Terry and Merna Cole     512 304-0049

- or -

Kathy Grissom                 512 461-1426

 

McDade Historical Museum

Loop 223

McDade, Texas 78650

 

- McDade Heritage Day Sponsors -

Frontier Bank        M-N-J Grocery        Bena's Pottery & Imports

Duke & Judy Mueller             Realty World - Debra Cole

Rancho del Lago         CAM Disposal          First National Bank Elgin

Elgin General Store         Franklin Bank        Don & Kathy Grissom

Mike & Jane Davis            Tri County Feed & Supply

Bastrop Community Access TV - Davis McCauly         KTAE Radio - Joey Miller

Yarnarama of Paige