After nearly being canceled, Emerson Days is back for its 97th year thanks to a group of dedicated local citizens

After nearly being canceled, Emerson Days is back for its 97th year thanks to a group of dedicated local citizens.

 

 

EMERSON DAYS, September 12 – 13

Theme: “Stars and Stripes, a Small Town Pride, Keeping Traditions Alive”

 

Schedule of Events

 

Saturday, September 12

Vendors & Setup

• Food vendors, craft vendors, and hopefully farmer’s market vendors begin setting up around 12:30 p.m.

• Barricades will be in place around town. Volunteers will direct traffic and vendors.

Parade

• Lineup begins at 1:00 p.m.

• Enter via 410th Street (turns into King Street as you enter city limits), the road next to the Short Stop convenience store on Highway 59.

• Directors will be at the corner of Bradford and King to send vendors down Morton and parade entries down Bradford to Bartlett.

• Parade steps off at 2:00 p.m.

• No pre-registration required — just show up and join the fun. Organizers especially encourage community members to enter floats and entries.

• American Legion color guard will lead the parade.

• EMS, fire units, and tractors will line up on the east side of Morton.

• Kids’ goodie bags provided by Melody Stevens of the Emerson Library and Melissa Mount.

Park Activities (all at the Emerson Park)

• 3:00 p.m. – Three-on-three basketball tournament on the brand-new basketball court. Pony rides and other children’s rides also begin.

• 4:00 p.m. – Rubber duck race hosted by the Emerson Fire Association.

• 4:30 p.m. – Cornhole tournament.

• Throughout the afternoon: carnival games, face painting, henna artist, giant Jenga and Connect Four (donated by the YMCA), “smash a car,” dunk tank (donated by Tom and Peggy Hill), bake sale and cake walk (City Lights Church).

• Tractor show – Indian Creek Museum group will display tractors along the park after the parade.

• Live music by Dirty Jon (the Stevens’ band) in the park during the afternoon.

• 6:00–7:00 p.m. – Foam party (kids will love this one!).

Note: No pre-registration is required for any of the activities. Just show up and enjoy. Organizers will have people on site to direct vendors and answer questions.

 

 

Sunday, September 13

• 8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Traditional pancake feed at the Emerson Fire Station, hosted by the firefighters. Free-will donation (please be generous — this helps keep the tradition going).

• 10:30 a.m. – Church service in the park, sponsored by City Lights Church of Emerson