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Our 2014 Concert Schedule

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Everybody’s is gonna “Wayne Chung” this year at the Darien Cornfest.  Here’s our line-up of great bands.

Friday night 8 PM to midnight – Rainbow Bridge

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From their website:

We started our road adventure in January of 1984 with: Jeff, Cyndi, Kurt, Tim, Jim, and Steve Johnson (sound). I believe our first job was in South Bend, Indiana. There’s a (now funny) story about our Volkswagen mini-bus actually starting on fire on our maiden voyage. We managed to remove our personal belongings from the burning “hippie van” and were basically waiting for the thing to blow up. Kurt flagged a tow truck, who just happened to have a fire extinguisher, and we saved the bus. We drove to Indiana, in January, with no heat. Nobody ever rode with me again and the bus was sold shortly after.

The band played generally in the mid-western states, with one southern trip through Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. In Indiana, we toured the Indy track, Tennessee meant a trip to Graceland, and in Mississippi we toured the Peavey plant. It was almost like a paid vacation.

 

Saturday afternoon – noon to 4 PM Glenn Davis

From Glenn’s website:

Glenn Davis plays in a variety of different configurations. Most often you see him playing in the solo or duet format. This particular set is very conducive to small restaurants and intimate nightclub settings. Often he plays with a small amp ,PA and a kick drum which gives a Bluesy and gutsy sound that equally good for listening and dancing. His material is Blues based, original based, somewhat oldie based(especially the good ones.) Musicians that regularly appear with Glenn are Westside Andy(Madison) and “Birdog” Ken Oluf. These are top notch Blues harp players. Also Glenn occasionally works with Matt Goodwin or David Potter on guitar, Big Jim Johnson on vocals, harp as well as Rodney Brown on sax. The sky is the limit as far as the possibilities.

As far as a band situation Glenn Davis has been booking under the name Glenn Davis and the Blues Commission for many many years. Most often he works with Doug Rehard or Dave Wood on bass, one of the aforementioned harp players and one of the many fine local Blues drummers from the Chicago/Milwaukee/Madison/Rockford area. Once again anything is doable from solo to ten piece showcase band! Feel free to contact GD for any info you might require.

Saturday night – 8 PM to midnight – Prime Time Live Band

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From their website:

If you are planning an event and are considering live music, your search is over. Prime Time Live Band enjoys the opportunity to perform for fun loving people, clubs, groups or organizations. The mission of Prime Time Live Band is to provide an enjoyable live music experience for a variety of occasions. The band has a reputation in the stateline area as a most pleasing and amusing musical experience. Having an appeal to all ages, and with one of the most diverse and danceable set lists in the area, it’s sure to be a thouroghly entertaining and dynamic performance. Prime Time Live Band provides the highest quality live music with the right variety, to keep an audience on their feet all night long.

 

New Vendor Information

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We are proud to offer space for merchandise and craft vendors to sell their wares during the Darien Corn Festival.

In order to provide sufficient space and logistics we ask that potential vendors register EARLY. [Pretty please?]

As a general guideline we only allow one vendor per specific item, IE: one candle booth, one t-shirt booth etc. To cover the costs associated with the vending area, we require a registration fee of $80.00 per vendor.

Please feel free to call The Vendor Grand-Poobah, Roger Bird for any and all information.

[box type=”bio”] You may call Roger at 608-289-3921 or send him an email at kal57798 [at] yahoo.com[/box] [box type=”bio”] You may also contact Malinda by email at malinda [at] obershaw.net[/box]

The Famous Racing Sausages are Coming!

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That’s right people, Cornfest is pleased to announce a great addition to this year’s parade.  Give it up for the world famous Milwaukee Brewers Racing Sausages.

From the Brewers website:

Legend has it that the Famous Racing SausagesTM started to take shape in the early 90’s. In their formative years, they were little more than a cartoon running a virtual race every home game on the giant scoreboard in centerfield.

As the movement began to take shape and a buzz developed about our racing weenies, eventually Brat (#1), Polish Sausage (#2) and Italian Sausage (#3) made their debut out of the left field corner of County Stadium on selected Sundays throughout the season. Just when the suspense of the highly technical Famous Racing SausagesTM video was too much to handle, the actual Famous Racing SausagesTM emerged from the left field corner and sprinted toward home plate aided by the applause of an enthusiastic crowd.

What started as a fun way to entertain many of the children attending afternoon games became an instant hit. The three sausages added a fourth when Hot Dog (#4) came on board in the middle of the 1990s.

The race grew in popularity among young and old alike. During the 2000 season — the final year of County Stadium — the virtual race was thrown out and the actual sausages began to race every game.

This tradition continued as the Brewers moved across the parking lot to Miller Park in 2001. Running with the Famous Racing SausagesTM took on a life of its own as having an ‘in’ with the club might mean the chance to dive into the costume and scurry along the warning track prior to the seventh inning. Hideo Nomo, Pat Meares and Geoff Jenkins are just three of the lucky players to boast “Racing Sausage” among their personal accolades. In 2007, Chorizo (#5) rejoined the Famous Racing SausagesTM after a brief run of one game in 2006.

The success of the Famous Racing SausagesTM has blossomed beyond initial expectations. Famous Racing Sausage bobbleheads, t-shirts, dolls and pins immediately flooded the market and were immediately snatched up by the legions of the Famous Racing Sausage fans. For those wanting to be closer to the action, the 5K Famous Sausage Race was developed.

The Sausages will be walking the parade Sunday afternoon, so do not forget to bring your camera!

 

Another Year, Another Ear

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Seems hard to believe that another year has passed.  [Let alone 52 years].  In the immortal words of that great philosopher Indiana Jones, “It’s not the years, it’s the mileage”