11 a.m. Fun Festival begins on Corbett schools’ grounds. Admission is $5 for everyone. ( Children ages 2 and under are free ). The festival will feature a Fun Zone for children including a water slide; volleyball for everyone; a root beer garden and a pie-eating contest. Vendors will be serving hot dogs, burgers, corn dogs, snow cones, cotton candy, ice cream, elephant ears and more. Vendors will take cash only.
A ceremonial groundbreaking for the Jeff Lucas Memorial Stadium, to be built on the Corbett schools’ ground, will take place at 5:45 p.m. and will feature a release of doves.
Live music
1 to 2 p.m.: Timeless Trilogy is a vocal trio that performs music made popular by such artists as the Andrews Sisters, the Lennon Sisters, the Carpenters, Kenny Rogers and Willie Nelson, according to Carnetta Boyd, singer/manager.
2:45 to 5:45 p.m.: The Kooltones have a repertoire of more than 400 songs by such artists as Bill Haley and the Comets and Pink Floyd. The band has played alongside The Kingsmen, Johnny Rivers and Tommy James and the Shondells.
7 to 9:45 p.m.: Johnny Limbo & The Lugnuts perform classic hits from such artists as Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys and the Supremes, according to Jerry Hoffmann, better known as Johnny Limbo. The Lugnuts have shared the stage with many national acts including Chuck Berry, Chubby Checker, the Righteous Brothers, the Mamas and the Papas, Three Dog Night, Jan and Dean, Johnny Rivers, Rick Nelson, The Ventures and Paul Revere and the Raiders. The band offers a real show, Hoffman adds, changing clothes, doing skits and combining lights with their music.
Fireworks at Dusk
About 9:45 p.m.
IMPORTANT:
Eastbound traffic will be closed on Historic Columbia River Highway from the Stark Street Bridge at 9:30 a.m. until the parade is over.
The I-84 Corbett Exit/Corbett Hill Road will be closed at 10:30 a.m. and reopen after the parade. People are encouraged to get to parade early.
No pets, except for seeing-eye dogs. No alcohol or cigarettes allowed on school grounds.
For more information, visit corbettfunfest.com. |