Program
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
David and Ginger Hildebrand – Lecture and
concert on pre-revolutionary war music
5:30 PM
The Lounge at JR's Past-Time
Pub, 337 1/2 High Street
Friday, May 23, 2014
5:30 PM
Sneaker Creeper – Footrace for children ages 2-11
6:00 – 10:00 PM
Kick-off Celebration – Street Dance/Block Party:
Food by the Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Department,
music by DJ Jason Price and Vice Squad, magic
show by Ian Flinn
Roy Kirby Stadium – Washington
College
The Main Stage at High St. and
Lawyers Row
Saturday, May 24, 2014
6:30 AM
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:00 AM
9:30 AM
10:00 AM
10:15 AM
10:45 AM
11:00 AM
Shuttle service for Distance Run Begins – Radcliffe Creek
See program or website for
School to Wilmer Park
map
Annual Tea Party Classic Run – Vehicular traffic on Quaker
Wilmer Park
Neck Rd. will be stopped during the start of the race.
Shuttle Service Starts for Festival attendees – Serves park and See program or website for
ride and other locations
map
Streets Close to All Traffic
Benjamin Franklin: Play chess with the master
White Swan Tavern Portico
British Flag Raising at the Colonial Village
Courthouse Lawn
Colonial Village Opens
Garfield Center for the Arts
African-American Exhibit opens
Colonel Leonard’s Irregulars – Irish, Celtic & Folk Music
Main Stage
Miss Jackie – Children’s stories
Courthouse Lawn
Stacy Roth – Revolutionary Tea: Living history presentation
Garfield Center for the Arts
of the story of the tea protest in story, poetry and song
David Emerson – Sea Stories
Foot of High St./Custom House
High Street/Main Stage
COLONIAL PARADE
Schooner Sultana Public Sail – Reservations Required!
Town Dock, Foot of Cannon St.
$30/person (410) 778-5954
Tuckers’ Tales Puppet Theatre – Punch and Judy Puppet
Courthouse Lawn
Show
Children’s Scavenger Hunt Begins – Information and
scavenger list available at the information booth. Entries
Information Booth
must be returned to the Geddes-Piper House at 3:00 PM.
Foot of High St./Custom House
Wine Village Opens
Slim Harrison – Wandering musician
Foot of High St./Custom House
The New Gospelites – A cappella gospel music
Garfield Center for the Arts
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Information Booth
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Main Stage
Prizes and Awards – Colonial Parade, Edna Ross Award
Flag Raising Ceremony – Kent County Community Band at
Saturday, May 24, 2014
11:15 AM
11:30 AM
12:00 PM
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:15 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30PM
3:00 PM
Cross and High Sts.
Toss The Tory – The guilty shall be tossed in the drink –
procession to the waterfront with the Maryland Militia
Maggie Sansone – Hammered dulcimer
Various locations
Miss Jackie – Storytelling & Children’s Folk Music
Courthouse Lawn
Garfield Center for the Arts
CAWS Animal Puppet Show – “Saving Peter,” by Alice
Lindsay
Lobby
Foot of High St./Custom House
Chesapeake Caledonian Pipes and Drums
Colonel Leonard’s Irregulars – Irish, Celtic & Folk Music
Courthouse Lawn
Revolutionary Theatre – “The Klutzy Pretender,” by
Garfield Center for the Arts
Howard Messick
Courthouse Lawn
Slim Harrison – Children’s participatory Jug Band
100 Voice Choir – Local singers raise their voices singing
Main Stage
gospel and other music.
Dover English Country Dancers – 18th century dancing
Foot of High St./Custom House
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Information Booth
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Maggie Sansone – Hammered dulcimer
Garfield Center for the Arts
Tucker’s Tales Puppet Theatre – Punch and Judy Puppet
Courthouse Lawn
Show
David Emerson – Sea Stories
Foot of High St./Custom House
Historical Scavenger Hunt Entries due at the Geddes-Piper House
Face Painting by Steven Mumford, the Town Crier until
Courthouse Lawn
3:00 PM
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Information Booth
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Step Jam – Clogging, flatfooting, and country music with
Main Stage
Jonathan Simmons, Stephen Christoff, and Slim Harrison
Dovetail – Acoustic trio playing a variety of musical styles
Foot of High St./Custom House
and sounds
CAWS Animal Puppet Show – “Saving Peter,” by Alice
Garfield Center for the Arts
Lindsay
Lobby
Maggie Sansone – Hammered dulcimer
Courthouse Lawn
Colonial Protest Songs – Stephen Christoff, Slim Harrison,
Main Stage
and Jonathan Simmons
The Olde Storyteller – Bill Grimmette tells first person
stories from WEB DuBois, Stephen Douglass, and Martin
Garfield Center for the Arts
Luther King, Jr.
Drill Demonstration – 1st Battalion of Maryland Loyalists
Foot of High St./Custom House
TEA PARTY RE-ENACTMENT
High Street
Stacy Roth – Revolutionary Tea: Living history presentation
Courthouse Lawn
of the story of the tea protest in story, poetry and song
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Information Booth
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Soldiers, Weapons, and Tactics of the Revolutionary War
– British Marines, 1st Battalion Maryland Loyalists, 6th
Foot of High St./Custom House
Maryland Regiment, 1st Maryland Regiment
Spiced Punch – Humorous Colonial music accompanied by
Courthouse Lawn
Saturday, May 24, 2014
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
5:00 PM
strings, recorders, tin whistle, and concertina
Dover English Country Dancers – 18th Century dancing
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Stephen Christoff – Colonial Music: Octave Mandolin,
Bowed Musical Saw, Hand Flute
Dovetail – Acoustic trio playing a variety of musical styles
and sounds.
Spiced Punch – Humorous Colonial music accompanied by
strings, recorders, tin whistle, and concertina
Driven Women – Old Time Mountain Music
Spiced Punch – Humorous Colonial music accompanied by
strings, recorders, tin whistle, and concertina
Revolutionary Theatre – “The Klutzy Pretender,” by
Howard Messick
Schooner Sultana Public Sails – Reservations Required!
$30/person (410) 778-5954
Take Two - Acoustic duo that plays music from the 60's to
present and in all styles from blues, jazz, country, pop
and rock
Wine Village Closes
Main Stage
Information Booth
Garfield Center for the Arts
Main Stage
Garfield Center for the Arts
Main Stage
Foot of High St./Custom House
Garfield Center for the Arts
Town Dock, Foot of Cannon St.
Main Stage
Foot of High St./Custom House
Sunday, May 25, 2014
10:00 AM
10:30 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
12:15 PM
12:45 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Schooner Sultana Public Sails – Reservations Required!
$30/person (410) 778-5954
Walking Tour of Historic Chestertown - $8.00 per person;
Tickets and Tours start at the Information Booth
Craft Beer and Wine Tasting Begins – Wine from local
vineyards $10 (includes souvenir wine glass)
Inter-Faith Service & Flag Raising – Non-denominational,
Ecumenical service conducted by Reverend Asher Tunik of
Christ Methodist Church. Betsy Beals will sing the national
anthem. Rev. Asher will be at the flagpole about 11:40 to meet
and greet attendees.
Lions of Bluegrass – Bluegrass music
Tuckers’ Tales Puppet Theatre – Cirkus
Stephen Christoff – Eclectic musical selections
Slim Harrison – Mountain music & children’s instrument
making
Jonathan Simmons and Friends – Traditional bluegrass and
folk music
Raft Race Coverage Begins
Information Booth
Information Booth
Town Dock, Foot of Cannon
St.
Information Booth
Wilmer Park
Cross and High Sts.
Bandstand at Wilmer Park
Near the L. Hynson Pavillion
Bandstand at Wilmer Park
Near the L. Hynson Pavillion
Bandstand at Wilmer Park
Wilmer Park Waterfront
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
Schooner Sultana Public Sails – Reservations Required!
$30/person (410) 778-5954
Slim Harrison and friends – Children’s Jug Band & Hootenany
Craft Beer and Wine Tasting Ends
Schooner Sultana Public Sails – Reservations Required!
$30/person (410) 778-5954
Town Dock, Foot of Cannon
St.
Bandstand at Wilmer Park
Wilmer Park
Town Dock, Foot of Cannon
St.
Monday, May 26, 2014 – Memorial Day
8:30 AM
10:00 AM
American Legion Honors
Memorial Day Parade
Chester Cemetery
War Memorial Park