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Calendar of Events 2008



JANUARY

30-31: Quarterly Training and Day on the Hill - Topeka

FEBRUARY

4-23: Butler County Student Art Exhibit (K-8th). Reception, Feb. 9, Noon -4PM - Coutts Memorial Museum of Art
19: Brown Bag Luncheon - John Jenkinson, Poetry & Songwriting
, noon at the Coutts
23: "Parade of Businesses" - Civic Center, 9am - 4pm

23: Iron Horse Concert Hall - Rowan
28-April 4: Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College
Installations by Phyllis Pease

MARCH

1: Iron Horse Concert Hall -Cosy Sheridan with TR Ritchie
5-26:
Butler County Student Art Exhibit (High Schools and BCC). Reception, Mar. 8 , Noon - 2PM - Coutts Memorial Museum of Art
8:
Iron Horse Concert Hall - Lem Sheppard
15:
Iron Horse Concert Hall - Acoustic Eidolon
18:
Brown Bag Luncheon - Kristi Wilson, Springtime at Hudson Gardens, noon at the Coutts
28: 5th Annual BCC All-You-Can-Eat Mountain Oysters, El Dorado Community Center
30-April 2: National Main Street Conference, Philadelphia

APRIL

4-25: The Simple Life, the Art of Maleta Forsberg, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art
5:
Iron Horse Concert Hall - Jubilant Bridge
9-May 5: Annual Student Art Exhibit, Erman B. White Gallery, Butler Community College
10-12: Annual Governors One Shot Turkey Hunt
10-12: Theatre Production, Butler Community College
12:
Iron Horse Concert Hall - Boulder Acoustic Society
17:
Brown Bag Luncheon - Connie Walton, Beyond Conventional Framing, noon at the Coutts
18-19: Dance Concert, Butler Community College
19: Iron Horse Concert Hall - Carolyn Cruso
25-26: Instrumental Concert, Butler Community College
26: Iron Horse Concert Hall - Switchback

MAY

2-3: Vocal Concert, Butler Community College
3:
Iron Horse Concert Hall - Marianne Koke Memorial Concert & Barbecue
20:
Brown Bag Luncheon -Tom Kinder, Taxidermy, noon at the Coutts

JUNE

7: Nifty 50's and Psychedelic 60's Car Show Butler County History Center
13,14,15:
Frontier Western Celebration
19: Brown Bag Luncheon - Robin Forpahl, "Summer Fashions", noon at the Coutts
21: CAST for Kids Event - El Dorado Lake & State Park

JULY

2-25: Golf History Exhibit, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art
4:
Parade at Bluestem Point Area, El Dorado Lake & State Park
4: Fireworks at Shady Creek Area, El Dorado Lake & State Park
18-20: Kansas Veterans & Family Reunion, Veterans Point Campground,
El Dorado Lake & State Park
18-20: Summer Splash - for persons with disabilities, El Dorado Lake & State Park
24-27: Prairie Port Festival
26-27: Great Plains Racing Midwest Watercross Tour, Shady Creek Area 2, El Dorado Lake & State Park

AUGUST

TBA: "Taste of Butler" - Big Meal, Big Deal! All food grown, prepared and served from Butler County. Hudson Gardens
1-27: "Life's Colors", Wildlife Art by Gayle Clayborn/Photography by Dr. Richard Kuhns,
Coutts Memorial Museum of Art

SEPTEMBER

3-26: "Between the Lines", Pen and Ink drawings by Gary Gackstatter, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art
13: Sunflower Rally, El Dorado Airport
13: Outdoor Kansas for Kids Day, El Dorado Lake & State Park
13-14: Free Day at the Lake,
El Dorado Lake & State Park
20:
Open Car Show - Downtown El Dorado, 3:00 pm - 9:00 pm
20: Dodge Chargers Car Show, Kansas Oil Museum
20: Walters' Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze opens
20: Annual Mum Fest, Hudson Gardens
27: Walnut River Festival Downtown El Dorado, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm

OCTOBER

1-December 31: Political Exhibit, Butler County History Center
3-29: Designs & Illustrations by Carlene Williams, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art
3-31: Haunted Cannery,
Walters' Pumpkin Patch
4:
Kafir Corn Festival & Tractor Show, Butler County History Center
3-31:Pumpkin Patch Pictures, Walters' Pumpkin Patch
11: en plein air Art Fair
12: Airport Open House, El Dorado Airport
17, 18, 24, 25, 30: Creepy, Crawley Trolley Tours,
Butler County History Center

NOVEMBER

4-11: Celebration of Freedom, Various locations throughout El Dorado
7-December 19: "Altered Views", Kansas Art Quilters, Coutts Memorial Museum of Art

DECEMBER

TBA: El Dorado Main Street/Chamber of Commerce event
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