FTF SCHEDULE
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
á
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Registration:
Pick up event information
Sign up for activities
Drop off your extra clown
accessories for participation tickets
Submit pieces for the auction
See what you can win with
participation/raffle tickets and buy more tickets
Order master lists
Signup for Swap & Sell
Purchase WFFCC items
See a demonstration of the
Nu Insight Website
á 1:00-2:00
PM Socializing (Beverages)
á 2:00-3:00
PM Socializing (Fruit Trays and Veggie
Trays added)
á
4:00-5:00 PM Italian Buffet in DE
FRIDAY EVENING
á
5:30 PM-9:00 PM in ABC
Clowning
Demonstration/Instruction/Practice (5 tickets)
If you brought along clown clothes
or accessories, please bring them to this workshop. You need not wear your costume but weÕll be talking about
how to ÒbeÓ a clown, which obviously involves how you dress. If you did not bring clown items, that
is OK. We will have some
accessories there for you to use.
6:00-7:00 PM
Presentation and Activities by Jewls the Clown
7:00-7:15 PM Break
and Snacks
Popcorn,
circus peanuts, clown cheese balls and crackers, beverages
7:15-8:00 PM Presentation and Activities by Jewls
the Clown
8:00-8:15 PM Break
8:15-9:00 PM Being
a Clown—Putting It All Together
SATURDAY MORNING
á 7:30-9:00
AM in DE Set up Swap ÔnÕ Sell and
Participation Displays
This will be the time and location
for display of the various creative items you have created as part of your
participation efforts at this yearÕs FTF:
circus displays, sculptures, paintings, electronic creations, etc. Karen and Elizabeth Rutledge will
coordinate both the participation displays and the Swap ÔnÕ Sell. Be sure and see Karen to pick up your
participation tickets! This is not
a competitive event.
¤ Each
participation ÒthingÓ displayed of a very significant nature (displays,
sculptures, table decorations, etc.):
50 tickets
¤ Each
participation ÒthingÓ displayed of a less time-intensive nature: 15-25 tickets
á 7:30-9:00
AM Coffee and Tea Service
á 8:00-9:00
AM Saturday Registration in back Hallway, just inside door to DE
á 9:00-10:00
AM in DE Continental Breakfast
á 9:00-10:30
AM Swap ÔnÕ Sell and Participant
Displays
á 10:30
AM Take down Swap ÔnÕ Sell
á 11:15
AM in DE Opening Remarks and
Icebreakers
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
á
12:30
Circus-Themed Buffet Lunch
á
1:30-5:00 PM Various Circus Demonstrations/Activities (see below for
specifics)
á 1:30
PM -2:30 PM in ABC Magic with Magic
Joe—all of us at once! (We
will learn a trick to take home.)
Participation tickets to be handed out (5 tickets)
á 2:30
PM -3:30 PM Afternoon Snack—TAMMYÕS
CUPCAKES! & snow cones
á 2:45
PM – 3:30 PM in MacGillicuddyÕs (SESSION 1) Juggling with Matt and crew – 35 people
Participation tickets to be handed out (5 tickets)
á 3:45
PM – 4:15 PM in ABC Balloon Twisting with Magic
Joe—everyone
Participation
tickets to be handed out (5 tickets)
á 4:15
PM – 5:00 PM in MacGillicuddyÕs (SESSION
2) Juggling with Matt and crew
– 35 people
Participation tickets to be handed out (5 tickets)
á 2:45
– 5:00 PM in Back Foyer/Hallway Tricks
with hoops with Kiki. This
training workshop will occur sporadically throughout this time period as
interested persons join her. We
anticipate that she will teach hooping to about 35 people at 2:45 PM and again
at 4:15 PM.
Participation
tickets to be handed out (5 tickets)
SATURDAY EVENING
á 6:00-7:00
PM in ABC Grande Circus Buffet Dinner
á 7:30
PM in ABC Circus Parade (Pam Gray)
If you brought a costume (clown or
other circus animal or performer, this will be your opportunity to show us your
handiwork and earn participation points for your efforts. Pam Gray will serve as emcee for this
parade.
Participation tickets to be handed
out (50 tickets)
á 8:00
PM in ABC Wee Ring Circus Performances (Donn Fink, Ringmaster)
Magic
Joe Magic Show (Magic Joe Fusco from
Saline, Michigan)
Juggler/Poi Demonstration/Breakdance
Performance (Matt Peplinski and Crew from
Central Michigan UniversityÕs Circus Arts Organization)
Hula
Hoop Performance (KiKi from Central
Michigan UniversityÕs Circus
Arts Organization)
WFF
Guest Acts follow (Pam Gray will
coordinate entertainment)
SUNDAY MORNING
á 8:00
AM-9:00 AM in ABC Coffee and
Socializing
á 9:00
AM-10:15 AM in ABC Live Auction (Steve
Cristanus, Auctioneer; Mary Mirabelli, Auction Supervisor)
á 10:30
AM in ABC Hotel Doherty Signature Brunch
á 11:00
AM-Noon (or a little later) Raffle
Winners, Prize Drawings, Final Remarks
o BE
SURE TO BRING YOUR BALLOONS AND ALL PARTICIPATION TICKETS TO THIS MEETING!
NOTE: All
attendees will be able to sign up for a trial membership using Nu Insight. Here is the note Geoff posted on the
WFFCC Bulletin Board:
Access to the Nu Insight pricing service will be free of charge to
Folktoberfest attendees, starting Friday, Oct. 18th, through Sunday, Oct. 20th.
Just login at
If you've registered with Nu Insight before but your subscription has
lapsed, just login with your email and old password, and your access will be
refreshed for the duration of FTF. If you've forgotten your old password,
there's a link to reset your password on the same page.
If you've never registered with Nu Insight, you can do so from a link
on that page. You'll be sent a confirming email; once you respond to it, you'll
be in!
The link won't be active until that Friday, so don't try it until
then.
If you have any questions, you can ask me in person: I'll be at
Folktoberfest! See you there!
Geoff