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Annie Oakley
Festival ready for event in new location
GREENVILLE – The Annie Oakley Festival Committee is very excited to
again bring its historical tour back to the 2014 festival. Visitors
will have the opportunity to enjoy the 90-minute tour of historic
Greenville on an air conditioned charter bus. The tour is free with the
$3 weekend gate pass.
This year’s tour will leave from the festival grounds at York Woods, on
the corner of US Route 127 and Reed Road, and travel into Greenville.
The bus will pass through historic downtown, past St. Clair Memorial
Hall, Greenville Library, Darke County Courthouse, site of the Treaty
of Greenville, important locations in Annie Oakley’s life and many more
fascinating historical places within the City of Greenville. The bus
will then travel north on US Route 127 to a few miles north of the
festival grounds to Brock Cemetery where everyone will have an
opportunity to get off the bus for a few minutes to visit Annie
Oakley’s gravesite. The bus will then return to the festival grounds.
This year’s tours will be narrated by Karen Chronister, a fourth grade
teacher at Tri-Village Elementary with a passion for Ohio history.
There will be five tours departing throughout the weekend. Tours on
July 26 will leave at 1, 3 and 5 p.m. On July 27, tours will leave at 1
and 3 p.m.
Visitors to the festival are encouraged to visit the festival
headquarters before the tour bus is scheduled to leave so they can
reserve their seat for the desired time. The Annie Oakley Committee is
able to provide this tour free of charge thanks to the support of many
local Darke County businesses.
The committee will also once again be opening its annual festival with
a pilgrimage to Annie Oakley’s gravesite following the finals of the
Miss Annie Oakley shooting competition. This year the finals will take
place on July 24, 6 p.m., at York Woods.
Once the 2014 Miss Annie Oakley has been decided, a caravan will leave
from the festival grounds at York Woods and travel the four and a half
miles north to Brock Cemetery. Once there, the 2014 Miss Annie Oakley
will lay a floral wreath on Annie’s grave, donated by Plessinger
Brothers Florists and Laura Francis, Miss Annie Oakley 2011, will speak
briefly about Darke County’s most famous daughter. The three winners of
the annual essay contest will then read their winning essays.
The Annie Oakley Festival Committee invites and encourages everyone,
especially former Miss Annie Oakleys, to participate in the pilgrimage
kicking off the weekend with remembrance and honor.
In addition to the bus tours, shooting contest, and pilgrimage, the
Annie Oakley Days Festival Committee has a great line up of
entertainment planned in its new location at York Woods. Join them for
Family Fun Games on Friday, 1 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday, noon.
Visitors can also enjoy the Greenville Fast Draw competition on
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. or watch the 12th Annie Oakley Western
Arts Showcase at 1 and 7 p.m. on Saturday. The Annie Oakley Festival
Car Show will be held on Sunday, 1 p.m.
The festival will also feature great musical entertainment throughout
the weekend from local and regional artists. Join them on Sunday and
discover Darke County’s newest talent at the Talent Competition at 1
p.m.
The Darke County Civic Theatre is also returning to festival with five
performances of their newest melodrama.
The purchase of a $3 weekend pass entitles the visitor to all of this
great entertainment at no additional charge.
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