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2019 Hesper-Mabel Steam Engine Days Schedule
Thursday, September 5
6:00 pm – Parade of Tractors, Hesper to Mabel
7:00-10:00 pm – Dance at American Legion Hall “Buck Hollow Band”
7:00-10:00 pm – Dance at American Legion Hall “Buck Hollow Band”
Friday, September 6
7:00 pm – Closing – “DJ Stash” at Mabel Lions Beverage Tent
8:00 pm-12:00 am – Dance at American Legion Hall “Triple Threat”
8:00 pm-12:00 am – Dance at American Legion Hall “Triple Threat”
Saturday, September 7
All Day – Steam Engine Activities
8:30-11:30 am – Simple Living Farmers Market, 1/4 Mile West of Mabel on Hwy 44
9:00 am-10:00 am – Pumpkin Contest Weigh-In, Steam Engine Grounds – Main Gate, 10:15 am Winners Announced & Prizes Awarded.
9:00 am-5:00 pm – Quilt Show – Veterans Quilt Display- Vendors Added. Mabel Community Center
9:00 am-6:00 pm – Craft Show – New Vendors Added. Steam Engine Museum Building
10:00 am-5:00 pm – Model Railroad Show – Jag Amdahl Building. Button Admission
12 Noon – MAIN STREET PARADE OF STEAM ENGINES & TRACTORS
Immediately Following – FESTIVAL PARADE
Following Parade
8:30-11:30 am – Simple Living Farmers Market, 1/4 Mile West of Mabel on Hwy 44
9:00 am-10:00 am – Pumpkin Contest Weigh-In, Steam Engine Grounds – Main Gate, 10:15 am Winners Announced & Prizes Awarded.
9:00 am-5:00 pm – Quilt Show – Veterans Quilt Display- Vendors Added. Mabel Community Center
9:00 am-6:00 pm – Craft Show – New Vendors Added. Steam Engine Museum Building
10:00 am-5:00 pm – Model Railroad Show – Jag Amdahl Building. Button Admission
12 Noon – MAIN STREET PARADE OF STEAM ENGINES & TRACTORS
Immediately Following – FESTIVAL PARADE
Following Parade
- Stage Activities. Stage on the Grounds
- Little Miss Mabel Pageant, Presentation of Queen Candidates & Coronation of 2019 Steam Engine Days Queen
- Kid Power Pedal/Tractor Pull LLC, Stage on Grounds after Queen Coronation
2:00-5:00 pm – Bingo at the Dairy Barn
2:30-3:15 pm – Bean Bag Tourney Registration, $20 per team, Throw bags at 3:30 pm, Main Street/Mabel Liquor Store
2:00-7:00 pm – Inflatables and Bounce Houses, and Little Blue Choo, Steam Engine Grounds
3:30 pm-6:30 pm – Balloons by Kevin Steam Engine Grounds Stage
6:00 pm – Tri-State Pullers Tractor/Truck Pull, Historical Society Grounds – East of Barn. Button plus $10 Admission.
8:00 pm-12:00 am – Dance at American Legion Hall “Shay Cody”
8:30 pm-12:30 am – Dance at Mabel Lion’s Beverage Tent “Trouble Shooter”
Sunday, September 8
All Day – Steam Engine Activities
9:30 am – Ecumenical Church Service “Ryan Howe”. Stage on Grounds
9:30 am-4:00 pm – Craft Show – New Vendors Added. Steam Engine Museum Building
9:30 am-4:00 pm – Quilt Show – Veterans Quilt Display- Vendors Added. Mabel Community Center
10:00 am – Antique Tractor & Street Stock Pickup Pull, Historical Society Grounds – East of Barn.
10:00 am – Kickball Tournament – Loren Hawks Field
11:00 am-4:00 pm – Model Railroad Show – Jag Amdahl Building. Button Admission
12 Noon – MAIN STREET PARADE OF STEAM ENGINES & TRACTORS
Immediately Following – FESTIVAL PARADE
Noon-Closing – Mabel Lion’s Beverage Tent
2:00 pm – Kids in the Straw Coin Find, Pre-school thru 5th Grade, next to Loren Hawks Field
2:00 pm – Iowa Thunder Youth Drill Team. Historical Society Grounds – East of Barn
2:00-4:00 pm – “Rutabaga Brothers” Stage on Grounds
2:00-5:00 pm – Bingo at the Dairy Barn
2:00-6:00 pm – Inflatables and Bounce Houses, and Little Blue Choo, Steam Engine Grounds
2:00-6:00 pm – Dance at American Legion Hall “The Toe Tappers”
3:00-5:00 – Mabel Lion’s Mutton Busting, Steam Engine Grounds
5:30 pm – Drawings for Organization Prizes, Steam Engine Grounds
5:30 pm – Drawing for 2019 Jeep Compass Sport 4×4 and 1974 IH 1066 Tractor.
9:30 am – Ecumenical Church Service “Ryan Howe”. Stage on Grounds
9:30 am-4:00 pm – Craft Show – New Vendors Added. Steam Engine Museum Building
9:30 am-4:00 pm – Quilt Show – Veterans Quilt Display- Vendors Added. Mabel Community Center
10:00 am – Antique Tractor & Street Stock Pickup Pull, Historical Society Grounds – East of Barn.
10:00 am – Kickball Tournament – Loren Hawks Field
11:00 am-4:00 pm – Model Railroad Show – Jag Amdahl Building. Button Admission
12 Noon – MAIN STREET PARADE OF STEAM ENGINES & TRACTORS
Immediately Following – FESTIVAL PARADE
Noon-Closing – Mabel Lion’s Beverage Tent
2:00 pm – Kids in the Straw Coin Find, Pre-school thru 5th Grade, next to Loren Hawks Field
2:00 pm – Iowa Thunder Youth Drill Team. Historical Society Grounds – East of Barn
2:00-4:00 pm – “Rutabaga Brothers” Stage on Grounds
2:00-5:00 pm – Bingo at the Dairy Barn
2:00-6:00 pm – Inflatables and Bounce Houses, and Little Blue Choo, Steam Engine Grounds
2:00-6:00 pm – Dance at American Legion Hall “The Toe Tappers”
3:00-5:00 – Mabel Lion’s Mutton Busting, Steam Engine Grounds
5:30 pm – Drawings for Organization Prizes, Steam Engine Grounds
5:30 pm – Drawing for 2019 Jeep Compass Sport 4×4 and 1974 IH 1066 Tractor.
Lunch Stands Saturday & Sunday
7:00-10:00 am – Pancake Breakfast, Hesper Lutheran Church Stand, Steam Engine Grounds
10:00 am to ? – Lunches, Hesper Lutheran Church Stand, Steam Engine Grounds
10:00 am-Closing – Legion Auxiliary serving lunch, Legion Hall
10:30 am-Closing – Food Stand, Mabel First Lutheran Church, Steam Engine Grounds
10:30 am to ? – Chicken BBQ by Mike Reicks/Beverage Tent, Mabel Lions Club, One block East of Main Street
Noon-Closing – Beer Garden at the Dairy Barn
10:00 am to ? – Lunches, Hesper Lutheran Church Stand, Steam Engine Grounds
10:00 am-Closing – Legion Auxiliary serving lunch, Legion Hall
10:30 am-Closing – Food Stand, Mabel First Lutheran Church, Steam Engine Grounds
10:30 am to ? – Chicken BBQ by Mike Reicks/Beverage Tent, Mabel Lions Club, One block East of Main Street
Noon-Closing – Beer Garden at the Dairy Barn