The Derby Festival Committee Had You in Mind When It Cooked up the Schedule of Events
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
n n. " . mmm m Start taking your vitamin pills tomorrow and don't stop until May 4. The Derby Festival Committee had you In mind when it cooked up the schedule of events. There are over 60 events this year, and two-thir- ds of them are free. Put on your truckin' shoes and get into the fun and flair of Derby Week. Friday, April 25 The They're Off Luncheon will kick off the 20th annual Kentucky Derby Festival, but if you don't already have tickets, it's too late. A.B. Chandler, John Sherman Cooper, Adolph Rupp and Colonel Harlan Sanders will be honored. ; Take in the displays of 100 of the best photographs in the country beginning daily at 10 am to 4 pm through May 9. Also featured will by the Henry Koehler collection of racing oils and sketches. All will shown at the First National Bank Tower at Fifth and Main streets. nib" , Don't forget the chuckwagon and beer garden at Fifth and Main any day from 11:30 am to 2 pm and 6:30 pm to 9 pm through May 2. Joe and Dolores Nevitt of Plymouth Road in St. Matthews will provide the recipes. The Bluegrass music is free, but you'll have to pay for the chow. ru x '..,iiim Susan Dishman, Patty Kalember, Laura Donley, Nancy A Derby montage by Steve Sebree Gibbons and Annette Grundy will take their chances at the spin of the wheel for the crowning of the Derby Festival Queen at. the Derby Festival Coronation. The gala social event will begin at 9:30 pm at Convention Center. Invitations are available through the festival committee at 621 W. Main for $30 per couple. Saturday, April 26 Mike Ehrler will lead off the third annual balloon race in the JU hare balloon at 8 am at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. Twenty "hounds," including Mike's son Chuck Ehrler will pursue, trying to land nearest to the hare. The event is free.' Serving Jeffersontown since 1907 Go downtown at 1 pm to see some of the nation's top-notc- h Volume 67, Number 42, 12 Pages Thursday, April 24, 1975 Twenty Cents amateur cyclists compete in a 35-mi- le cycling street race, lapping around Chestnut, Liberty, Sixth and Seventh Streets. Cornea little early to f ihd accessible parking. That will be your only cost. Spend a dollar to see local pedalers from Waggener, Ballard, Trinity, Sacred Heart, St. X., and others in the eighth annual pedalathon bicycle and tricycle fun at the Fairgrounds Planning is the key to Derby fun Speedway. The event gets underway at 1 :30 pm. By Sandy Hinton making the trip to see it in person. it's a great place to take the early earlier than that to pay the $10 Wear your new hat or tie and bring your binoculars out to Staff Writer Broadway will be closed to traffic about arrivals from out of town. entrance fee. No camping or spending 1 the opening day of Churchill Downs. The races begin at :45. 4:30 pm, so arrive from the side of The paddlewheelers will churn out at the night is allowed on Churchill Get into the act with your two-doll- ar bets. Watching Derby Week activities can Broadway you plan to park on. It's first 5 pm, Wednesday, April 30, from the Downs property, though. an come, first served on parking lots close If you've never spent Derby day in Take in the Schlitz 40-hor- se hitch while doing your Derby be fun. Living right here where Clark Memorial Bridge, upriver to Six to Broadway, some do shopping at 3ashford Manor Mall anytime through May 4, array of colorful events is built around and businesses Mile Island, and back. The Belle of the infield, warnings may be in order. you take open their lots for parade-goer- s. Again, You can probably count on never except for a break during the Pegasus Parade. the Run for the Roses, should Louisville will pit its horsepower advantage of them. make sure you park on the side of against the Delta Queen from Cincin- seeing a horse, you'll walk amid Round off the day with the Kentucky-Indian- a All-Sta- rs vs. If you plan .to attend the Great Broadway you plan to go home from, so nati and the Julia Belle Swain from massive throngs, wait in line for the the U.S. All-Sta- rs in the Derby Festival Basketball Classic. Steamboat Race, the Pegasus Parade you won't be blocked in by the parade. Peoria. toilet facilities, and make long treks to Reserved seats are available from $3 to $6.50. The contest will or the Derby itself, a little If you know someone who has an The Derby Festival Committee says long lines at the betting windows. office, in one of the higher buildings you can see the race from either side of Mostly, you will be surrounded by start at 8 pm at the Fair and Exposition Center. TOWN TAt.K answers are on aloifg" ttie parade route, make friends the river. To make a picnic out of it, teen-ager- s and young adults drinking Page 8 l tek. The Town Talk with him. His window will be a great take a sack dinner and settle early in and emitting a musty, smoky odor. Sunday, April 27 questioi l Derby twist with vantage point from above. Or, grand- comfortable surroundings such as Be prepared. Take a blanket to sit on $5 to tht iner. See Page 4. stand seats may be purchased for $3 Cox's Park. and wear cut-o- ff jeans, if that's your Helpcheeronnearly200cyclingaddicts,beginningat1 pm each. Chairs along the sido of Broad- Police will direct traffic along River thing. Take food, or you'll spend a in Cherokee Park. The racers will brave the Kentucky Derby way sell for $2 each. For reserved Road on the Kentucky side, and will fortune and walk a mile for a 62-mi- le If of Cycling Road Race over a le course. can be the key to enjoyment. Here's a seats, send your check to the Derby direct you to parking. The Belvedere sandwich. you're brave enough to how-t- o in art of being Festival Committee, 621 W. Main, and wharf will most likely be crowded, take beer, don't forget those long lines The Derby Festival spring horse show is billed for short the those prepared h?fore you strike out for the 40202, or pick them up at Founder's and you may not get the picturesque at the rest rooms. from $1 is who don't know a gait a gate. The admission worth events. Square. Some are still available, but view of the race you would from farther Getting through the gate with beer the look at world champion horses and the blacksmithing The oy Festival Committee hurry. east on River Road. Besides, parking or other alcoholic beverages Is a exhibitions. promise, the Pegasus Parade will be a Or, you can take your chances and downtown will be expensive, and could problem, but it can be overcome. Come take a free look at boats on parade beginning at 2 pm. spectacular array of floats, bands, stand along the side of the street for be hard to find. Be ingenious. Camouflage your more. event. Hawkers stroll If you decide on Cox's Park and flask. Veterans of the infield can tell Entries will be limited to 101 , and many of them will be decked antique bicycles and much "The the you many ways to" overcome out and owned by your friends and neighbors. They will cast Land of Make Believe" is the theme of along the sidewalks selling the usual come armed with blanket, sandwiches this 20th of fare of toys and cotton candy for and booze or whatnot, don't let the momentary obstacle, since Churchill off at Six Mile Island, sail down to the Clark Memorial Bridge the rendition the event. circus If you prefer the cozlness of your younger set. friendly police see your bottle, cans or Downs management prefers you buy to compete for the honor of best floating float. Go to the and back living room to braving the crowds and Last, if you missed the live telecast whatnot. It's against the law in the their but expensive Belvedere, Cox Park, or right down to the riverfront for the first-han- the witnessing the parade d, it will and the live parade, you can catch public parks. versions. Take a large cola bottle, fill best viewing. be televised live on Thursday, May 1, highlights on Friday, May 2, at 11:30 If you're determined to see the 101st one-fourt- h full with bourbon, three-fourt- After looking at the boats, stay a little longer for the Square on WHAS-T- V Channel 11. It begins at pm, on ABC's Wide World of Enter- running, and you don't already have a with cola. Looks like a soft half-ho- 2-- in reserved seat or box at Churchill drink, you'll know the difference Dancing Exhibition from 5 pm at the Belvedere. The 6 pm, a later than the past, tainment. but Race, with a Downs, your only few races. Kentuckiana Square Dance Association will entertain you and will start on Broadway at Floyd The Great Steamboat hope is the infield. after the first competitor added this year, is Gates open on Derby day at 8 am.