Rootsinpyhtaa Old Time & Bluegrass Festival

ROOTSINPYHTÄÄ OLD TIME & BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL PROGRAM 3.-12. June, 2005
Friday, 3rd	Saturday, 4th	Sunday, 5th	Monday, 6th	Tuesday, 7th	Wednesday, 8th	Thursday, 9th	Friday, 10th	Saturday, 11th	Sunday, 12th
See below for detailed camp activities. Activities shown on the (top) right are open to the public. ↓ ↓ ↓	Cowboy Action Shooting Competition Day I Ruotsinpyhtää Shooting Range	Cowboy Action Shooting Competition Day II Ruotsinpyhtää Shooting Range Ole Frontier Camp Little Saloon on the Prairie Evening celebration in the camp. Bring your instruments and dancing boots. All musicians interested in old time & western music are welcome.		Ole Frontier Camp Arts and Crafts Day Old Frontier Camp is open all day for visitors interested in traditional arts and crafts and the old west. Handicrafts exhibition Photography contest Old West Antiquary Workshops, Indian canoeing, horseing, gaming, knife and tomahawk throwing and other old west activities.	Ole Frontier Camp Pow Wow Day Old Frontier Camp is open all day for visitors interested in participating in the camp activities. Visitors are obligated to wear period costumes. Ole Frontier Dance Night Indian and Mountain Man night. with old time music and dancing. Ole Forge - Arts & Crafts Gallery Pajakahvila Handicrafts, photographs exhibited all day.	Ole Forge - Arts & Crafts Gallery Pajakahvila Handicrafts, photographs exhibited all day.	Bluegrass Concert Restaurant Ruukinmylly 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tickets 10 e Ole Forge – Saloon & Old Time Revue Pajakahvila, 8 to 10 p.m. Old time music show and Revue in the spirit of the early 19th century. Ole Forge - Old West Movie Theater Pajakahvila Old West movie footage all day on a big screen. Ole Forge – Arts & Crafts Gallery Pajakahvila Handicrafts, photographs exhibited all day.	Bluegrass Main Concert Tallinmäki, 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Free admission. Bluegrass Concert sekä Ole Frontier saluuna ja revyy Restaurant Ruukinmylly, 8 p.m. to 2 a.m, Tickets 10 e Ole Forge – Saloon & Old Time Revue Pajakahvila, 8 to 10 p.m. Old time music show and Revue in the spirit of the early 19th century. Ole Frontier Camp Show Day The Ole Frontier Camp is open to visitors all day. Ole Forge - Old West Movie Theater Pajakahvila Old West movie footage all day on a big screen. Ole Forge - Arts & Crafts Gallery Pajakahvila Handicrafts, photographs exhibited all day. Trading Post Market Old west handicrafts, food & refreshments etc. Horses & Old Atomobiles... Horses, carriages, rides, etc. Cowboy Action Shooting Fast Draw Competition Ole Frontier Camp, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Western Riding Competition Millcreek Ranch, Pyhtää Heinlahti 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Info: www.westernriders.fi	Bluegrass Gospel Concert Ruotsinpyhtää Church, 12 a.m. Free admission Deep River – Grand Canoe Competition Ruotsinpyhtää Ruukki, 12 p.m. to 16 p.m. A playful canoe competition held on the Kymi river reminiscent of the movie Deliverance with prizes for the winners and various competition classes open to the public. Deep River – Bluegrass Concert Ruotsinpyhtää Ruukki, 12 p.m. to 16 p.m. The canoe competition is accompanied to authentic old time & bluegrass music. It doesn't get more authentic than this. Ole Frontier Grand Ending Show *Ruotsinpyhtää Ruukki, 12 p.m. to 16 p.m.* The enemyattempts to cross the frontier border and take over Rootsinpyhtaa. Ole Frontier Buckskinners, Trappers, Longhunters and Indians re-enact a grand battle on and around the Kymi river banks. Black powder guns, cannon smoke, hand to hand fighting in 18th century style. Ole Frontier Camp Going Away Day Get yourself geared up in period authentic clothing and equipment at the traditional Going Away Day Blanket Trade. Ole Forge - Arts & Crafts Gallery Pajakahvila Handicrafts, photographs exhibited all day. Trading Post Market Old west handicrafts, food & refreshments etc. Ole Forge - Old West Movie Theater Pajakahvila Old West movie footage all day on a big screen.
Ole Frontier Camp Homecoming Day Setting up the perimpeter, tents, equipment and settling in. Ole Frontier Camp introductions and program for the coming week before the night is out.	Ole Frontier Camp Shooters Day I Early in the morning the CAS shooting range will be set up at the Ruotsinpyhtää Shooting Range following with an all day Cowboy Action Shooting competition. The day ens with a communal long Cowboy supper around the camp fire.	Ole Frontier Camp Shooters Day II Day 2 of the Cowboy Action Shooting competition. Day ends with a rowdy Little Saloon on the Prairie evening. Bring your instruments and dancing boots. Some campers take time out for the week to return to work and return for the following weekends grand show day.	Ole Frontier Camp Loggers Day This is the day when dress suits are left in the wood trunks and working clothes are donned. Look forward to a full day of planning, building and construction of various camp structures, fill up on stocks, clening up etc.	Ole Frontier Camp Arts and Crafts Day Tuesday is workshops! Handicrafts and other demonstrations open to the public. The Arts & Crafts Exhibition will be planned, completed and set up to be displayed in the Gallery. An Old West Antiquary will be open all day for those used books, videos and magazines to be recycled. All day demonstrations of old west traditions, knife and tomahawk throwing, bows & arrows, guns, letherwork and various handicrafts.	Ole Frontier Camp Pow Wow Day Wednesday is dedicated to Indians and buckskinners, trappers and mountain men. Workshops for old west activities, learn to throw knives & tomahawks, shoot arrows, throw lasso, indian canoeing, etc. . The day will end with a traditional old time dance with live music.	Ole Frontier Camp Challenge Day Buckskinners Championship Contest Ruotsinpyhtaa Shooting Range Contest starts with a long trek by canoe along the Kymi River, across the Kukuljarvi Ridge (8 km) to the shooting range, where your buckskinner and trapper skills will be measured, including black powder shooting, canoe handling etc. along the Woodswalk buckskinner skills path.	Ole Frontier Camp Culture Day The weekend activities will be planned ending in a old timey celebration at the saloon.	Ole Frontier Camp Show Day Camp is open to visitors all day. Various activities, demonstrations, games, etc.	Ole Frontier Camp Going Away Day Sunday begins with a blanket trade. Get yourself geared up in period authentic clothing and equipment. The camp is open to visitors all day. Campers prepare for the grand ending show after which tents and tiipiis will be pulled down and the whole camp packed up and ready for the next event.