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Fall Back Festival slated for Saturday
Preparations are being made for the third Annual Fall Back Festival, which is a celebration of the rich history of La Porte and Sylvan Beach during the Roaring ’20s on Saturday, Oct. 25.
The Street Fair takes place on historic Main Street on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The non stop live entertainment features numerous genres of music influenced by the jazz, blues and mountain strings.
Headliners include Ezra Charles and the Works, Norma Zentano Band, Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws, Umbrella Man, Abel Salazar Band and more.
The street festival also showcases a 1920s costume contest, great food, beverages, juried fine arts, arts and crafts, ballroom dance performances, carriage rides, a street dance, a vaudeville show, giant inflatable attractions, hot dog eating contest, strolling entertainers, silent movies and “speakeasies” offering adult beverages.
Admission to the family-friendly street fair is free.
“In the hey days of the 1920s and 1930’s, Sylvan Beach was known as the ‘Coney Island of the South.’ Currently, La Porte boasts the revitalization of Main Street which attracts antique hunters, loyal restaurant patrons, and tourists. Soon sandy beaches will be returned to Sylvan Beach due to a renourishment project,” said Debra Dye, Main Street coordinator.
The Fall Back Festival is sponsored by city of La Porte’s Main Street Program.
For information and updates go to www.fallbackfestival.com. Vendor applications (including greatly discounted rates to fine arts and handmade crafters) are available at that site.
Contact Annabelle Ruch at 832-771-7661 or AKRuch@aol.com for more information.
FALL BACK FESTIVAL - LINE UP
October 25, 2008 – www.fallbackfest.com
RITZ STAGE
(Located at 5 Points)
Noon – Rich Del Grosso www.mandolinblues.com
With Special Guest Sonny Boy Terry
2 pm – Abel Salazar
3:30 pm – Ballroom Dance Performance
4 pm – Step Rideau www.steprideau.com
5:30 pm – Ballroom Dance Performance
6 pm – Norma Zenteno Band www.zenteno.com
7:30 pm – Ballroom Dance Performance
8 pm – Ezra Charles and The Works www.ezracharles.com
MOONSHINE STAGE
(Located at 2nd and Main Street)
11 am – Magic Show – The Amazing AJ www.houstonhypnotist.com
12:30 pm – Aaron Loesch www.modernguitars.com /archives/003504.html
2:30 pm – Umbrella Man www.myspace.com/ theumbrellaman4
3:30 – Comedy Yo Yo Antics of Jimmy Fingers www.jimmyfingers.com
4 pm – Vaudeville Show featuring Emcee Roly www.roly.biz
6 pm - Hot Dog Eating Contest
6:30 pm - 1920’s Costume Contest
7:30 to close – Silent Movies on Big Screen
BROADWAY CASINO
(Located at 5 Points on Broadway)
Open from 6 to 9 p.m.
Black Jack, Roulette, Texas Hold Em & Wheel of Fortune
GROUNDS ENTERTAINMENT
Banjo Player Norm Swihart
Juggler Darryl Cleveland
Mick Corley as The Little Tramp
The Street Fair takes place on historic Main Street on Saturday, Oct. 25, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. The non stop live entertainment features numerous genres of music influenced by the jazz, blues and mountain strings.
Headliners include Ezra Charles and the Works, Norma Zentano Band, Step Rideau and the Zydeco Outlaws, Umbrella Man, Abel Salazar Band and more.
The street festival also showcases a 1920s costume contest, great food, beverages, juried fine arts, arts and crafts, ballroom dance performances, carriage rides, a street dance, a vaudeville show, giant inflatable attractions, hot dog eating contest, strolling entertainers, silent movies and “speakeasies” offering adult beverages.
Admission to the family-friendly street fair is free.
“In the hey days of the 1920s and 1930’s, Sylvan Beach was known as the ‘Coney Island of the South.’ Currently, La Porte boasts the revitalization of Main Street which attracts antique hunters, loyal restaurant patrons, and tourists. Soon sandy beaches will be returned to Sylvan Beach due to a renourishment project,” said Debra Dye, Main Street coordinator.
The Fall Back Festival is sponsored by city of La Porte’s Main Street Program.
For information and updates go to www.fallbackfestival.com. Vendor applications (including greatly discounted rates to fine arts and handmade crafters) are available at that site.
Contact Annabelle Ruch at 832-771-7661 or AKRuch@aol.com for more information.
FALL BACK FESTIVAL - LINE UP
October 25, 2008 – www.fallbackfest.com
RITZ STAGE
(Located at 5 Points)
Noon – Rich Del Grosso www.mandolinblues.com
With Special Guest Sonny Boy Terry
2 pm – Abel Salazar
3:30 pm – Ballroom Dance Performance
4 pm – Step Rideau www.steprideau.com
5:30 pm – Ballroom Dance Performance
6 pm – Norma Zenteno Band www.zenteno.com
7:30 pm – Ballroom Dance Performance
8 pm – Ezra Charles and The Works www.ezracharles.com
MOONSHINE STAGE
(Located at 2nd and Main Street)
11 am – Magic Show – The Amazing AJ www.houstonhypnotist.com
12:30 pm – Aaron Loesch www.modernguitars.com /archives/003504.html
2:30 pm – Umbrella Man www.myspace.com/ theumbrellaman4
3:30 – Comedy Yo Yo Antics of Jimmy Fingers www.jimmyfingers.com
4 pm – Vaudeville Show featuring Emcee Roly www.roly.biz
6 pm - Hot Dog Eating Contest
6:30 pm - 1920’s Costume Contest
7:30 to close – Silent Movies on Big Screen
BROADWAY CASINO
(Located at 5 Points on Broadway)
Open from 6 to 9 p.m.
Black Jack, Roulette, Texas Hold Em & Wheel of Fortune
GROUNDS ENTERTAINMENT
Banjo Player Norm Swihart
Juggler Darryl Cleveland
Mick Corley as The Little Tramp
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