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What's going on Sunday June 6th, 2010



Admission at the gate: $3 per person - Children under 12 FREE


7:30am to 11am Pancake Breakfast Abbey Grounds by the Cañon City Noon Lions Club
9am to 9:45am Old Fashioned Sunday Sermon with Pastor Grand Atkinson Chautauqua Tent
9am Cannon Fire #1 BOOM!! Artillery Camp
9:15am Clint Chartier Demonstrations Native American Village
10am Saunders Costume opens Wardrobe area
10am Vendor Booths open Vendor Corral
10am Gunfight #1 BOOM!! Abbey grounds
10am to 10:45am Helen Hunt Jackson by Doris McCrew Chautauqua Tent
10:45am to 11:30am President and Mrs. Lincoln by John and Pamela Voehl Chautauqua Tent
11am Cannon Fire #2 BOOM!! Artillery Camp
11:30am Sidekickers (tentative) Chautauqua Tent
11:30am Clint Chartier Demonstrations Native American Village
11am to 1pm Greenwood Cemetery Tours Greenwood Cemetery

Order tickets by contacting the Chamber Office or buying them the days of the event at The Bank located just outside the Saloon on the Abbey grounds.

12 noon Saloon opens Saloon tent
12 noon Gunfight #2 BOOM!! Abbey grounds
12:30pm to 1pm Governor Peabody by Ed Norden Chautauqua Tent
1pm Cannon Fire #3 BOOM!! Artillery Camp
1pm to 2:00pm President T. Roosevelt by Don Moon Chautauqua Tent
1:15pm Clint Chartier Demonstrations Native American Village
1:45pm Various Music Artists and Histroical Presentations Chautauqua Tent
2pm Gunfight #3 BOOM!! Abbey grounds
2:15pm Surgery Demonstration Medical tent in Artillery Camp
3pm Cannon Fire #4 BOOM!! Artillery Camp
3:15pm Clint Chartier Demonstrations Native American Village
4pm Gunfight #4 BOOM!! Abbey grounds
4pm Vendor Booths close Vendor Corral
4pm to 6pm Vendor tear down Vendor Corral
5pm Cannon Fire #5 BOOM!! Artillery Camp
5pm Saloon closes Saloon Tent

Of course, all schedules are subject to change without notice, pardner.


Plus look for these activities on the Abbey grounds:
  • Entertainment and Historical Presentations

  • Food Booths

  • Picnic Basket Auction to benefit the Shriner’s Children’s Hospital Transportation fund. All money raised support local children.

  • Civil War Reenactments with live canon fire

  • Vendor Booths (reservations for booth space is being accepted —
    • No Fee for Fremont County Vendors
    • Only $35 for the entire weekend for all others!
    • Booths can be 10 x 10 or larger (call for availability)
Call us: 719.275.2331
Call us toll-free: 800.876.7922
Send us a FAX: 719.275.2332
E-mail us: chamber@canoncity.com or use the form here.
Stop by and see us: 403 Royal Gorge Blvd., Cañon City, CO 81212