Schedule of Events
ST. LOUIS DAY CELEBRATION 2010
(Schedule of Events)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20
4 a.m. to 7 a.m. --- Seasoning, stuffing, storing 4,000 lbs of Alsation style sausage in cooler at Koenig Park.
7 a.m. to ??? --- Final preparations at Park for picnic day.
5:30 p.m. --- Mass at park pavilion for volunteer workers.
6:15 pm to 9:30 pm --- Biergarten opens to public: music and refreshments featuring Davy Suehs and St. Louis Day Accordion Band
7 p.m. --- Mass in 141 yr-old St. Louis Catholic Church.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 21 -- PICNIC DAY!! Big Festival celebrates 129th birthday!
EARLY in a.m. --- Barbecue operation begins. Over 50 volunteers season and BBQ mountains of beef brisket.
Early to l0:45 a.m. --- BBQing, saucing, slicing beef; cooking, cutting sausage; preparing cabbage slaw, potato salad; in general, massive kitchen operation using hundreds of volunteers readying the big meal.
9:00 a.m. --- PICNIC DAY MASS--in St. Louis Church, celebrated by Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller. The famed Liederkranz Men'sChoir from San Antonio will once again provide the singing.
11 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. --- Feeding over 2,000 diners per hour, using 2 efficient meal serving areas to avoid long lines
12:00 Noon till 7 p.m. -- LIVE ENTERTAINMENT ON TWO STAGE AREAS
River-Side Stage:
The Flemish FolkDancers,
The Fire on the Mountain Cloggers,
The ever-popular San Antonio Community Band is making its 28th straight St.Louis Day appearance. The group, composed of some of the finest musicians in the area, will entertain with a wide variety of selections. Music and singing, including local mariachis will echo from every corner of the park throughout the day as fun and merrymaking is the order of the day.
Locally popular Nathan Mathis Band
Regional favorite, Buster Jiggs
St. Louis Day Biergarten Tent:
Davy Suehs and the St. Louis Day Accordion Band
The Lonestar Statesmen
San Antonio Community "Oompah" Band
Local Area Fiddlers
Lonny and Cody Ahr with Keith Lutz
Sid Fly
--ALSO ON THE GROUNDS—
l p.m. to ??? --- THE BIG AFTERNOON SILENT AUCTION, when numerous antiques, as well as specialty items, are displayed in the confines of air-conditioned Koenig Park Hall.
All day long --- All sorts of games and rides in Kiddie Korner; all types of food and drink stands—sausage and barbecue buns, nachos, homemade cake, beer, soft drinks, iced tea, candy, ice cream, sno-cones, and wine coolers; and amusements for all ages--doll booth, bingo, arts & crafts, plants, trash 'n treasures, 36th annual horseshoe and washer-pitch tourneys and all kinds of souvenirs. 13th annual St. Louis Downs Horseracing.
About 7:00 p.m. --- Annual picnic drawings pull down curtain at end of perfect day of merrymaking. Beautiful quilts, and numerous merchandise prizes and gift certificates will be awarded.
WORTH FILMING IN TOWN--Majestic St. Louis Church; original St. Louis Church (167 years old); first parish school and Moye buildings (all over l00 years old on Moye grounds); church cemeteries in western sector of the old town, with century-old markers; and many old pioneer homes and structures, namely, Landmark Inn State Park and the homestead of city founder, Henri de Castro; and numerous antique shops.
Visit www.saintlouisday.com for more information.