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Ohio Chautauqua in Worthington

Complete Daily Schedule
June 18 - 22, 2003

Programs for youth and adults take place daily. Community picnics and musical entertainment begin at 6:00 p.m. and living history presentations begin at 8:00 p.m.

All Ohio Chautauqua events are FREE!

All evening character presentations will be signed by
American Sign Language interpreters.

Wednesday, June 18, 2003
12:30 p.m. Griswold Center


2:00 p.m. Northwest Library


6:00 p.m. TWHS lawn

7:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS


8:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS 

 


Adult program by Gene Worthington
"The Life and Times of a Colonial Peddler"

Youth program by Debra Conner
"In the Spirit of Lewis and Clark"

Community Picnic

Folk Singers and Dancers from
Colonial Hills Elementary School

Hank Fincken as Johnny Appleseed 

Thursday, June 19, 2003 
12:30 p.m. Griswold Center


2:00 p.m. Old Worthington Library


6:00 TWHS lawn

7:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

8:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

 


Adult program by Debra Conner
"The Poetry of Place"

Youth program by Gene Worthington
"Colonial Games"

Community Picnic

The Orange Johnson Singers

Karen Vuranch as Mary Draper Ingles

Friday, June 20, 2003
12:30 p.m. Griswold Center


2:00 p.m. Old Worthington Library


6:00 TWHS lawn

7:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

8:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

 


Adult program by Hank Fincken
"Johnny Appleseed, the Man and the Myth"

Youth program by Karen Vuranch
"Storytelling Techniques"

Community Picnic

The 1 More Time String Band

Dan Cutler as Chief John Logan 

Saturday, June 21, 2003
10:30 a.m. Old Worthington Library


12:30 p.m. Griswold Center


2:00 p.m. Northwest Library


6:00 TWHS lawn

7:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

7:30 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS




8:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS 

 


Youth program by Hank Fincken
"Presenting Living History"

Adult program by Karen Vuranch
"The American Frontier, Myth vs. Reality"

Youth program by Dan Cutler
"What Would You be in the 18th Century?"

Community Picnic

Worthington Bicentennial Singers

The Bells of Worthington/On the
Village Green
: Eric Gnezda, accompanied
by Arkadiy Gips, the Bicentennial Singers
and the children of Worthington.

Gene Worthington as Simon Kenton
 

Sunday, June 22, 2003
12:30 p.m. Griswold Center


6:00 TWHS lawn


7:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

8:00 p.m. Chautauqua Tent @ TWHS

 


Adult program by Dan Cutler
"Family Re-enacting on a Shoestring"

Community Picnic
Worthington Hills Elementary Choir

It's a Grand Old Vaudeville Show

Debra Conner as Margaret
Blennerhassett
 

Click here for details on Daytime Youth and Adult Programs

Click here for Character Profiles

Click here for Scholar Biographies

Venues:
Griswold Center - 777 High Street, Worthington
Old Worthington Library - 820 High Street, Worthington
Northwest Library - 2280 Hard Road, Columbus

Thomas Worthington
High School (TWHS)

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300 West Dublin-Granville Road, Worthington

Evening activities and programs of Ohio Chautauqua in Worthington take place under the big red and white tent on the lawn of Thomas Worthington High School, 300 W. Dublin-Granville Road. TWHS is located just east of State Route 315 on Dublin-Granville Road (St. Rt. 161.) Ample parking is available in the lot located east of the stadium, between the stadium and high school.

In addition, plenty of parking is available at each daytime program venue.

For more information, please call 614-543-0299.


SPONSORS:
Founding Sponsor:
Worthington Industries Worthington
Industries
Chautauqua Sponsor:
Ohio Humanities Council Ohio
Humanities Council
Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service Schoedinger Funeral
and Cremation Service