W ine Tasting & Vendor Show th th Warm up December 4 & 11 at 5:00 p.m. Bring your with one $5.00 at the Door Friends of our Hot • Door Prizes given away every hour for a fun-filled Drinks • 30 Different Wines & Cordials to Taste evening! • Tons of Food and Great Gift Ideas Come Shop • Come early & reserve a table! Great Gift Sets & Drink including: with Us! • Free Hot Chocolate Every Night • Nightly Dinner Specials Buy 1 Bottle of Irish Cream Live Music starting at 6:00 p.m. $19.99 – get 1 FREE Vendors on Hand: Scentsy, The Rack Clothes Store, Initials, Tastefully Simple & Decorated Wine Bottles Find your Perfect Holiday Wines! 53 1st Street SE, Garrison, ND • 463-2540 GARRISON North Dakota Located on the North Shore of Beautiful Lake Sakakawea •Year-Round Events & Festivalsals •ExcellentE Shopping, Dining & LdiLodging Home of the ND Governor’s Walleye Cup; Dickens •9-Hole Golf Course & Simulator Village Festival; CANDISC; Sky Fest; Beach Party; Corn, Wheels ‘N Grill Fest and much more! •Parks, Museums & Historical Attractions •Year-Round Recreation Opportunities •Fort Stevenson State Park & Marina Garrison CVB | 800-799-4242 | www.garrisonnd.com | [email protected] 2 Dickens Gazette www.dickensfestival.com | 800.799.4242 Welcome to the 2015 Dickens Village Festival Where can you enjoy a nostalgic ride in a horse-drawn carriage or hop aboard an authentic English doubledecker bus? Where can you shop for unique gifts while watching a lighted parade or while eating a turkey drumstick? Where else but at the 2015 Dickens Village Festival in Garrison. We’re celebrating our 22nd year Nov. 27-28-29; Dec. 4-5 and Dec. 11-12. We’re planning for the best lineup of enter- tainment, events and hospitality yet! During the festival, you’ll experience a small town transformed into a treasure trove of entertainment, unique shopping and fun activities. Enjoy street food vendors, a craft show, a house tour, an English tea, a lighted parade and more. The fruitcake toss has become one of the festival high- lights. Individuals can compete in various categories to win a share of prize money that will be awarded. The fruitcake toss will be Saturday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m., just south of Fezzi- wig’s. Special entertainment will be offered each afternoon at the Kota Theater. This year’s line up includes everything from an American Idol star to some local favorites, who are making it big, to a cowboy poet and a steel drum band. Each Friday and Saturday of the festival, guests are invited to the premier attraction – a live stage production of “A Christmas Carol by Tim,” a local rendition of the favor- ite Dickens carol. Sakakawea Council of the Arts actors hit the stage each evening at 7:30 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.dick- ensfestival.com. or by calling 463-2345 or 1-800-799-4242. Those who prefer to purchase tickets in person can do so during regular business hours at the N.D. Firefi ghter’s Mu- seum on Garrison’s Main Street. The festival includes a variety of activities and attractions and special events. The Fort Stevenson State Park’s Guard- house Interpretive Center and Museum will also be open each day of the festival. Admission is free. You’re bound to have an interesting day as you experience the hometown hospitality of the Garrison community. You’ll likely marvel that, for 22 years, the Dickens Village Festival remains a powerful source of energy because of the dedica- tion of many, many volunteers. We hope you enjoy your Dickens experience! Keit h Wit t, chairman www.dickensfestival.com | 800.799.4242 Dickens Gazette 3 DickensFriday, Saturday, Festival Sunday, Nov. 27-29Events Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4-5 and Dec. 11-12, 2015 Beginning Nov. 10, the Information Center is open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for play ticket sales.s. Tickets also available online at www.dickensfestival.com. Tickets available for live stage performance of “Christmas Carol by Tim,” and for special entertainment each afternoon 800.799.4242, 701.463.2345 English Market, Twenty plus crafters selling gifts and holiday Special Weekend Events: treats. English High Tea (1 p.m.–4 p.m., Fri., Nov. 27 & Sat., Nov. 28.) Carriage Rides – Each weekend of the Festival, both Fri. and First Congregational Church, 1 block east of Four Seasons Sat. from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. (weather permitting) Near the City Restaurant. Tickets ($5 adults, $2.50 for youth 10 and under) at Auditorium. FREE, thanks to our sponsor Reservation Telephone the door. View the festival of trees. Craft sale, too. Cooperative. House Tours Two extraordinary homes, Katin’s Landing (12, 1, Don’t Be a Scrooge Contest – Greet your neighbors, make new 2, 3- November 27-29) and “Cricket on the Hearth” Bed & friends. Don’t be a scrooge and you could win $10 a day in Breakfast (11:30, 12:45, 3- Dec. 11-12). Tickets $5.00 at the Garrison Bucks. Information Center. Doubledecker Bus Rides - (12:30, 2, 3:30, 5 and 6:30 p.m.) The Top It Off With Style Children’s Top Hat Decorating Activity, Fri., 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. trips (each a hour) go to Fort Stevenson Nov. 27; Sat., Nov. 28; Sat., Dec. 5; Sat. Dec. 12, 2- 4 p.m., Guardhouse to view historical and heritage displays. The 2 upstairs ND Firefi ghter’s Museum. Free Will Offering for Peace p.m. ride is a 30-minute tour around town. The 5 p.m. ride Lutheran Faith Builders Group. includes being part of the lighted parade on Main Street. The Lantern Lift Off by the American Legion Post 49 nightly (except 6:30 p.m. is a 30-minute ride to view lighted homes; riders will for Nov. 29), weather permitting at the City Park. Contact be dropped at the theater for the singalong prior to the play. ($3 Karen Meier at 463-7344 to purchase your lantern or to learn for each passenger who requires a seat, purchase tickets at the more. The Legion building in the City Park is also available as a Information Center). warming house each afternoon/each evening, except Nov. 29. Sip ‘N Cider - (11 a.m.-2 p.m., Every Day) Senior Citizens Center, Christmas Quilt Show, 12- 4 Fri., Sat. & Sun. of the fi rst weekend 1/2 Block west of Auditorium. Enjoy apple cider & a homemade at The Meadows, an assisted living facility in northeast Garrison, treat, tickets sold at the door. 719 4th Ave NE. Bake Sale of delicious homemade goodies will Guess the Lights contest -- Guess the number of lights on the be set up during the quilt show as well. trees in the City Park. Enter your guess at Garrison businesses. Fruit Cake Toss, Second Sat., Dec. 5th, at 4 p.m. on the street Enter to win $50 in Garrison Bucks and a Dickens ornament. south of Fezziwig’s. Prizes for the best toss. FREE. Categories Historic/Heritage Side Trip - (12:30–5 p.m.) Fort Stevenson include: youth (6 and under, 7-9, 10-12, 13-18), men and Guardhouse, Fort Stevenson State Park, 3½ miles south of women. Toss the fruitcake the farthest and win up to $100 (1st), Garrison. View the displays, murals and learn about life during $75 (2nd) and $50 (3rd). Learn more here. the days of the original fort. ND Firefi ghter’s Museum Waffl e & Sausage Brunch, 9 a.m. American Legion Building - Hugh P. Minehan American Legion to 1 p.m. Sun., Nov. 29. at the Garrison Fire Hall. Good food Post 49 offers use of its building at the City Park as a warming with an interesting museum to see, too. Free will donation. house during the festival. Open each Friday & Saturday from Special Events Friday, Dec. 4 -- Touchstone Energy Day at 4-8 p.m., coffee & hot chocolate will be available. Fezziwig’s. Coffee and cookies, music. 2-4p.m. FREE Dress for Dickens Contest, Be part of the fun and you could win $50. FREE. One local winner & one out of town winner chosen, register at the Dickens Information Center (Garrison Auditorium) Every Day Events: each day you dress up. Information Center at the City Auditorium - (10 a.m.–7 p.m.) Street Food Vendors – Main Street. (4 p.m.–6 p.m., or until the Open for tickets to: house tours, doubledecker rides, afternoon last cup is sold) entertainment, and itinerary (Exception: Noon–6 p.m. Sun., Nov. Lighted Parade – Main Street. (5:30 p.m.) Dickens Festival 29). Write a London Telegraph postcard and we’ll mail it for you. Committee sponsoring hot cocoa during the parade. The parade Reservation Center at the CVB/ ND Firefi ghter’s Museum - goes past The Manor and BLC the fi rst weekend. Vote for your (10 a.m.-7 p.m.) Open for Play Tickets prior to the performance, favorite fl oat at area businesses. also serves as a warming house upstairs during the festival. Holiday Sing-along – Kota Theater (7 p.m.) An old fashioned (Exception: Noon–6 p.m. Sun., Nov. 29). sing-along before each play for ticket holders. It’s fun - thanks to Piccadilly Square - City Auditorium (10 a.m.–7 p.m.) – our sponsors from Reservation Telephone Cooperative and North (Exception: Noon-6 p.m. Sun., Nov. 29) A new look to the former Dakota Long Distance. 4 Dickens Gazette www.dickensfestival.com | 800.799.4242 Dickens ‘packages’ available With so many activities taking place during the Dickens 27, and $30 for the 2nd and 3rd Fridays, Dec.