June 2005
| 5 | Croation Festival - St. John the Baptist Croatian Catholic Chruch 708 North 4th Street, Kansas City, KS. Phone: 913-788-9758. Enjoy Croatian food, entertainment & prizes. Fun for all ages |
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Junefest - Saint Mary - Saint Anthony Church, 615 North 7th Street, Kansas City, KS. Phone: 913-371-1408. Annual Summer social after the 4pm mass with brats, hot dogs, drinks, desserts, games, raffles and entertainment. |
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Kansas City Scottish Highland Games - Wyandotte County Fairgrounds, 1405 N. 98th Street, 9am-5pm. 27th Annual Kansas City Scottish Highland Games will offer Bagpiping competition, Highland Dance, Scottish Athletics including the ever popular Caber toss, additional features include kids games, Celtic vendors & more! www.kcscottishgames.org |
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20th Annual Kids Fishing Derby - Wyandotte County Lake Kids Pond, 91st & Leavenworth Road, Kansas City, KS. Phone: 913-788-3988. http://www.leavenworthroadassociation.org. Admission: Free. Open to Wyandotte County youth ages 15 & under. In addition to the fishing derby grand prizes, all participants will receive free hot dogs and goody bags. Bring your own pole, registration starts at 7am. |
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Juneteenth Celebration - Quindaro Park, 34th & Sewell , Kansas City, KS. Phone: 913-334-2502. Juneteenth is an African-American event celebrating the freeing of the slaves, it is an opportunity for all people to get together and form bonds of understanding and friendship. The event is free and open to the public. There will be free hot dogs and pop, live music entertainment, vendors, raffle prizes and games. Fun family oriented event. |
| 24-26 | KCK Street Blues Festival - 3rd Street between Garfield and Parallel
in
front of Club Paradox. June
24th Friday, 12:30 P.M. – 8:00 P.M., June
25th, Saturday, 10:00 A.M. – 8:00 P.M., June
26th, Sunday, 2:00 P.M. – 8:00 P.M. ADMISSION FREE – DONATIONS APPRECIATED. For more information: http://www.kckstreetbluesfest.com. |
| 24-26 | Vietnam Wall Experience - Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens 701 North 94th Street Kansas City, KS 66112 Phone: 816-778-0025 Admission: FREE. The Vietnam Wall Experience is a traveling, three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. Dignity Memorial funeral, cremation and cemetery providers created this powerful memorial as a service to those who might never travel to the nation's capital. The exhibit crisscrosses the country every year, allowing millions to see and touch the black, mirror-like surface inscribed with the names of the 58,175 Americans who died or are missing in Vietnam. Honoring all U.S. veterans and dedicated to Vietnam veterans, the faux-granite replica is 240 feet long and eight feet high. |