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WINONA LAKE - The Billy Sunday festival kicks off June 13 with the opening of an American flag exhibit "Old Glory," featuring a private collection of flags on loan through the July 4 weekend.
Friday afternoon there will be free open house tours with Kathy Allison portraying Mrs. Sunday in the home from 2 to 5 p.m.; "Billy at the Stump," an open invitation to anyone wishing to impersonate Billy Sunday's preaching; and "The Other Side of the Coin," a public forum discussion about critical views of Billy Sunday, including a free showing of the movie "Elmer Gantry" at 4 p.m. (limited seating).
Friday events will culminate at 7 p.m. with the first of three festival performances of the nationally touring, one-man musical "Sunday in Manhattan." Admission is $1 per person at the door.
June 14 is Flag Day and will feature a Flag Day Ceremonial Parade at 1 p.m., a round-robin style vintage baseball tournament with the local Village at Winona Blue Laws making their home field debut, base-running and longest-throw competitions, strolling musicians in 19th century costume and a Billy Sunday authors' book signing event, from 4 to 6 p.m. Also Saturday, there will be free open house tours of the Sunday home in the morning with Kathy Allison as Ma Sunday, an early matinee at 11 a.m. and evening performance at 7 p.m. of "Sunday in Manhattan," bluegrass music by the band Deadwood from 1 to 4 p.m., food vendors, and a Village at Winona treasure hunt raffle.
Detailed Schedule of Events
June 13
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Opening of special exhibit "Old Glory" at Visitors Center.
2-5 p.m. - "Ma is in Da House!" Open House staffed with volunteers and Kathy Allison as "Ma" Sunday, at Billy Sunday Home.
2-3 p.m. - "Billy at the Stump," a chance to preach from Billy's pulpit. Professional Sunday re-enactors and general public welcome to participate as well as listen, at Tree Pulpit outside Visitors Center.
4-6 p.m. - "The Other Side of the Coin: Critical Views of Billy Sunday"; a reading of Carl Sandburg's poem "Billy Sunday"; and showing of Elmer Gantry at Orientation Theatre, limit 20, at Visitors Center.
7-9 p.m. - "Sunday in Manhattan" one-man musical, $1 per person at the door, at Rodeheaver Auditorium.
June 14
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. - Special exhibit "Old Glory" at Visitors Center.
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. - "Ma is in Da House!" Open House staffed with volunteers and Kathy Allison as "Ma" Sunday, at Billy Sunday Home.
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - "Sunday in Manhattan" one-man musical, $1 at the door, at Rodeheaver Auditorium.
1 p.m. - Flag Day Ceremonial Parade, starting at Rodeheaver Auditorium through Assembly grounds to Tabernacle Field and ending at hillside.
1-4 p.m. - Liza and Mark strolling musicians playing patriotic, baseball and 19th century sing-alongs during Flag Day Ceremonial Parade and Vintage Baseball Tourney and competitive games, at Tabernacle Field, or Rodeheaver Auditorium if it rains.
1-4 p.m. - Live bluegrass music from band Deadwood, at Artisan Court pavilion.
4-6 p.m. - Billy Sunday authors' book signing event, at Visitors Center.
6 p.m. - Drawing of prizes for the Village At Winona treasure hunt raffle, at Visitors Center.
7-9 p.m. - "Sunday in Manhattan" one-man musical, $1 at the door, at Rodeheaver Auditorium.
