Entertainment Schedule & Activities

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Suburban News Publications Stage
(located at Short St. on High St.)

11:30 The Columbus Caribbean Steeldrum Orchestra
West Indian music

12:30 Just Standard Time
American jazz standards & Blues

1:30 GA-LI
Native and Latin American music, poetry, stories

2:30 Sultana Nahar
Southeast Asian Storytelling and Dance

3:15 Becky Lydon
Indonesian dance

3:45 Bicentennial Singers

4:30 Mary Daniels and Moxie
Jazz standards and original music

5:00 Happy Birthday Worthington!
Cake cutting and song

5:30 Grand Finale
Including the final live performance of the Bicentennial theme songs, "The Bells of Worthington" and "On the Village Green" with Eric Gnezda, accompanied by Arkadiy Gips, the Bicentennial Singers, Worthington school children and members of the community. (5:45)

StreetFest Stage
(located at New England Ave. and High St.)

11:00 Eric Paton
Japanese taiko drumming

12:15 New Europa Troubadours
Eastern and Western European music

1:30 Quema Fuego
Spanish flamenco dance

2:15 Misha Feigin
Russian music and storytelling

3:00 El Calido Viento
Hispanic flute and guitar

Time Warner Cable Superscreen
(located at Village Green Dr. S)

11:30 Bicentennial Video
Video highlights of the Bicentennial year

12:10 O.S.U. vs. Indiana

3:30 Bicentennial Video
Video highlights of the Bicentennial year

Additional Entertainment

All day:
Aerial Acrobats
(located on High St. near the Worthington United Methodist Church)
Highflying acrobatics and fire-eating antics

All day:
Mimi Chenfield
Jewish movement and parades

11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Marian Funk, accordionist
Russian and Irish ballads

Carnival Costume Parades
(step-off takes place from U.S. Bank parking lot)
Every hour on the hour, from 12 to 5 p.m. - Participants are asked to wear costume items created in the arts-making Fun Shops.

Fun Shop Arts-making Activities
(located throughout the festival on High St.)
Terry Fortkamp, Worthington 2053 Mural
Kaye Boiarski, South American, carnival masks
Duarte Brown, African, puppets
Domenico Cavallero, Italian, mosaics
Liz Eberle, Western European, costumes
Jesse Hemminger, Mexican, piñatas
Ingrid Lazerwitz, French, body painting
Yasue Sakaoka, Japanese, origami beaks and wings
Emma Bailey, Native American bracelets


Kids are Invited to Travel the World:
Pick up your Passport at the Official Bicentennial Headquarters, located near the corner of High Street and New England Avenue, to collect memories of this once-in-a-lifetime celebration and to enter a drawing to be an official Bicentennial birthday cake-cutter.

Worthington Memory Bus:
Hop on board the Worthington Memory Bus and explore Worthington's 200 year history.

Worthington Libraries presents… a Movie on the Green
The Antwone Fisher Story, 6:15 p.m., Southeast Quadrant, Village Green