Hello Everyone!
Happy spring! We know everyone has been anxiously awaiting the release of our 2017 Festival, so here it is.
The webpage is being worked now, as our
the handouts. PLEASE BE AWARE: Price and
events may change WITHOUT NOTICE.
There will be a discount price for packages once we make a final confirmation on everything.
In addition, the following is needed for
events:
5K RUN – DONORS to help with costs – Businesses
will appear on the back of our T-Shirts; Volunteers for that day.
DOROTHY’S FARM ANIMALS – we need
animals, since our event always occurs on the weekend the 4-H Clubs have events.
We can use lambs, alpacas, a calf, small newborn piglets, rabbits, ducks,
turkeys or geese, a tortoise or any other idea you may have. Please call the
Judy Garland Museum and ask for Debbie Sias.
Remember: this is our first preliminary notice. More information will be coming
shortly. No April fooling!
As and added note: If you are in Grand Rapids on April 22nd and have children, be sure to visit the Judy Garland Children's Museum for the grand opening of our new Lake Life hands-on exhibit! More coming.
As and added note: If you are in Grand Rapids on April 22nd and have children, be sure to visit the Judy Garland Children's Museum for the grand opening of our new Lake Life hands-on exhibit! More coming.
The 2017 Wizard of Oz
Festival
Thursday Eve, June 8th
10:00
a.m. – Opening of Two New Exhibits “The Ruby Slipper Story” and “The
Munchkins in Grand Rapids”
4:00 - 5:30 - High Tea in
the Judy Garland House
Experience life in the very social Gumm home of 1924 as Judy and
her family experienced it. Event will include a live musical performance by
pianist Josh Gallagher.
Light sandwiches, pastries and tea.
Date: Thursday, June 8th, 2017
Time: 4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Place: Judy Garland Museum
Price:
$20.00
7:00
p.m. – Judy Garland Talent Contest at
the Reif Center
Young people from ages six – eighteen will compete singing,
dancing, playing instruments and more for First, Second and Third place prizes. You'll also get to see the newly renovated Reif Center! John Fricke MCs.
Date:
Thursday, June 8th, 2017
Time: 7:00
p.m.
Place: The Reif
Center
Price: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Friday, June 9th
Oz & Judy Jeopardy!
Don’t miss the annual
fun as fans compete for prizes while playing a very special edition of the
classic TV game show. Once again,
popular hosts Joe Malinovsky and Paul Herrick provide the answers - and, in
response, the contestants have to provide the correct questions about The
Wizard of Oz move and its star!
Date: Friday,
June 9th, 2017
Time: 10:00
a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Place: Judy
Garland Museum
Price: $5.00 - Contestants FREE.
Introduction to OZ!
Perfect for the whole
family! Historian/documentarian John Fricke entertains with
behind-the-scenes stories and video about the making of The Wizard of Oz. Learn
how some of the special effects were accomplished –decades before the existence
of computer imaging! Hear about the bloopers that crept into the finished film,
so that you can watch for them in Friday night’s free screening! (Also:
a brief reminder of the wonderful anti-bullying themes in The Wizard of Oz.)
Date: Friday,
June 9th, 2017
Time: 1:30
p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Place: Judy
Garland Museum
Price: $10.00 KIDS
ARE FREE!
Happy Anniversary,
Judy!
A video lecture traces
some of the highlights of Judy Garland’s adult career on their special
Date: Friday,
June 9th, 2017
Time: 3:00
p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Place: Judy
Garland Museum
Price: $20.00
5:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
– Pizza and Snack Food Truck
“The Wizard of Oz” –
1939 Original Film in Blu-Ray!
The 1939 film, starring
Judy Garland on a Jumbo Screen Outdoors. It’s so clear, it looks like you can
touch the characters! Sponsored by Woodland Bank.
Date: Friday,
June 9th, 2017
Time: 9:00
p.m. or dusk – 11:00 p.m.
Place:
Evergreen Terrace Lawn (next door to the Judy Garland Museum)
Price: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Saturday, June 10th
8:00 a.m. – The Ruby Slipper 5K Run!
A Festival First! 5K run
with Oz Costumed volunteers promises to be a lot of fun. Sign up now:
Date:
Saturday, June 10th, 2017
Time: 8:00
a.m.
Place: Starts
at the Judy Garland Museum
Price: EARLY BIRD - $20! AFTER May25th - $30.
THE EMERALD
CITY FEST
Games, Oz Projects, Carriage Rides, Scavenger Hunt and more.
Take your photo with Wizard of Oz characters,
Date:
Saturday, June 10th, 2017
Time: 11:00
a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Place: Outdoors
at the Judy Garland Museum
Price: FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
DOROTHY’s
FARM ANIMALS
Judy Garland Memorial
Garden – More information coming.
Date:
Saturday, June 10th, 2017
Time: 2:00
p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Place: Judy
Garland Memorial Garden
Price: FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
“We’re Off to See the Munchkins”
Brief
reminiscences from Festival attendees about their “in-person” encounters with
some of the “little people” who played Munchkins in “The Wizard of Oz
film—followed by a screening of the rare, feature-length 1993 documentary in
which eight of those Munchkins offer scores of anecdotes about their experiences with Judy, the cast, staff,
and crew at MGM.
Date:
Saturday, June 10th, 2017
Time: 3:00
p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Place: Judy
Garland Museum
Price: $20.00
SPECIAL
EVENT!!! A Video and Interview
Presentation
6:00 p.m. – 9:00
p.m. -
CHASING RAINBOWS: THE ROAD TO OZ
The Exciting New Stage Musical About the Young
Judy Garland
Come
and celebrate with our keynote speaker, Tina Marie Casamento Libby, the
conceiving producer and creator of Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz. This is
the brand-new stage musical about Judy Garland, her family, her co-workers, and
her life from 1926-1938. Tina Marie will discuss the development of the
production and share video clips of the show.
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| Creative consultant/historian John Fricke poses with four members of "The Gumm Family" in their touring car during a break in tech rehearsals for CHASING RAINBOWS: THE ROAD TO OZ at the Flat Rock Playhouse, State Theatre of North Carolina. In the back seat, from left, Andrea Laxton as Virginia/"Jimmie", Ruby Rakos as "Baby"/Frances/Judy, and Katie Drinkard as Mary Jane/"Susie" -- "The Gumm Sisters." From seat, leaning on the steering wheel: Ben Crawford as patriarch Frank Gumm. (Photo by Alyssa Bouma) |
Come and celebrate with our keynote speaker, Tina
Marie Casamento Libby, the conceiving producer and creator of Chasing
Rainbows: The Road to Oz. This is the brand-new stage musical
about Judy Garland, her family, her coworkers, and her life from 1926 to 1938,
and Tina Marie will discuss the development of the production and also share
video clips of the show.
Judy used to sing "the history of my
life is in my songs," and more than two dozen musical numbers in Chasing
Rainbows trace the life of "Baby Gumm" from her
show-stopping appearances in Grand
Rapids, MN, all the way to the MGM soundstages where she began
filming The Wizard of Oz.
In its two preliminary engagements on the East Coast, Chasing
Rainbows has won virtually universal acclaim from audiences and
critics. This Saturday night dinner and program at The Sawmill Inn provide
a unique opportunity to learn about plans for the future of the
production -- exclusively from the person who "got the show on the
road"!
ALSO:
A performance by the first-place winner
of Thursday’s
Judy Garland Talent Contest!
Date:
Saturday, June 10th, 2017
Time: 6:00
p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Place: SAWMILL
INN
Price: $35.00.
PLEASE NOTE: ALL EVENTS and INFORMATION MAYBE CHANGED WITHOUT
NOTICE.
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