Event Calendar
The Boyne Area Harvest Festival is returning to Boyne City’s downtown with music, crafts and fall produce again this year. The annual event is being held Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2 and 3, and is being jointly organized by Boyne City Main Street and the Boyne Area Chamber.
The 100 and 200 blocks of Water Street will again be closed to traffic during the festival to make room for more than 30 arts and craft vendors and produce vendors. A portion of Lake Street will also be closed for the festival. The Harvest Festival also includes music, children’s games and inflatable bounces, face painting and a scarecrow-making contest for residents and businesses.
Folk art demonstrations and displays include quilting, felting, spinning, crocheting, tatting and bobbin weaving. Hay rides will also be offered. A farm market will be selling a wide variety of apples and other fall harvest items including pumpkins, squash, apple butter, jam, honey and cider.
The festival runs from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Some of the musical entertainers include:
Kristin Glasgow (contemporary/soft rock & country)
TNT (classic rock & country)
Pinky Lee (rock duo)
Kelly Shively and Michael Lee Seiler (Celtic/folk/rock/blues)
The Kowalske Family Band (folk/country/gospel)
More to be announced…..
For more information, please visit www.boynechamber.com or call 231-582-6222.
BOYNE - Solace Spa Trapeze-Experience - September 4 to 7, 2009
Categories: Boyne Mountain, Entertainment, Events, Recreation
The Trapeze is back! By far one of the most exciting annual events sponsored by Solace Spa. Each year many sessions sell out! Please make your plans today.
Trapeze-Experience lessons turn the flying trapeze into an inspirational metaphor for life in a fun and supportive environment. Whether you are 6 or 96, this once-in-a-lifetime experience will transform you and your relationship with life. Sign up for your 2-hour workshop for only $75! Space is limited.
Or upgrade to the spa package for $267 per person* which includes one nights lodging at the Mountain Grand Lodge and Spa, breakfast the following morning, two-hour exhilarating Trapeze-Experience workshop, and your choice of one 50-minute spa treatment from our spectacular menu. (Booking Code: TRAP)
“You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face … you must do the thing you think you cannot do.” - Eleanor Roosevelt
For Reservations and Information please contact the Solace Spa at 231-549-7946. For overnight lodging package please contact 800-GO-BOYNE (462-6963).
Session Dates and Times:
Friday, 8/28: 3pm and 6pm
Saturday, 8/29: 10am (sold-out), 3pm, and 6pm
Sunday, 8/30: 10am (sold-out), 3pm, and 6pm
Monday, 8/31: 3pm and 6pm
Friday, 9/4: 3pm and 6pm
Saturday, 9/5: 10am, 3pm, and 6pm
Sunday, 9/6: 10am, 3pm, and 6pm
Monday, 9/7: 10am, 3pm, and 6pm
Trapeze Demonstration Show:
Come see our Trapeze professionals show you some of their skills on the flying trapeze. They will soar through the air with the greatest of ease without the use of safety lines. You can see them execute a variety of tricks while swinging 30ft in the air. As they catch each other and return back to the platform you will be amazed at the aerial acrobatics performed right in front of your eyes. This 10 minute demonstration show is complimentary for all ages.
Saturday, 8/29: 1pm
Saturday, 9/5: 1pm
Sunday, 9/6: 1pm
Event details subject to change. *Certain restrictions apply. Prices are per person based on double occupancy. Taxes and resort fees in addition to room rate. Upgrade fee for Deep Tissue. Earn BoyneReward Points today!
SEE-North Fall Fungi Program - September 2, 5, 9, 13, 16 & 19
Categories: Boyne Highlands, Events, Recreation
Back by popular demand, instructor Marilynn Smith, a master mycologist will teach this year’s Fall Fungi Course. Marilynn has traveled the world studying fungi and is an expert in Michigan mushrooms. She will share her knowledge with beginners and provide an interesting challenge for the experienced participant. The sessions will be held at Boyne Highlands Resort, the first three Wednesdays in September. Classroom sessions will begin on the first Wednesday in September and then follow for the next two Wednesdays, plus a foraging field trip each weekend.
Wednesdays:
September 2
September 9
September 16
Time: 7 p.m.
Cost: $60 for all six sessions
Location: Boyne Highlands Main Lodge - Conference Room C
Foraging Field Trips included in Fall Fungi Course
Saturday, September 5, 10 a.m. to Noon
Sunday, September 13, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Saturday, September 19, 10 a.m. to Noon
To register: 231-348-9700 or visit http://www.seenorth.org/Fungi-Courses.html
Boyne Highlands - Birds Eye View - September 25 - 27, 2009
Categories: Boyne Highlands, Events, Harbor Springs, Recreation
Birds Eye View, An Elevated Perspective on Art and Nature
Dinner & Keynote Speaker:
Bill Schwab: 30 Years Photographing the Landscape
September 25-27, 2009
Boyne Highlands Resort, Harbor Springs, MI
Join us for a gathering of photographers and artists who will teach a series of workshops on preparing your images, composition, equipment, marketing your images, techniques, sketching and painting.
Call 231.348.9700 or visit www.seenorth.org for workshop descriptions and speaker bios, additional sponsorship information and Sunday tour details.
Registration Deadline Extended Until September 18th
Sponsored by Boyne Highlands Resort • Three Pines Studio • Northern Michigan Artists Market • Latitude 45
Outfitter • Junior Birders of Northern Michigan • Petoskey Plastics • Laramie Crane
Quick ONLINE REGISTRATION at www.seenorth.org
3rd Annual Boyne 2 Boyne Marathon - September 27, 2009
Categories: Boyne Highlands, Boyne Mountain, Events, Recreation
Boyne Highlands Resort to Boyne Mountain Resort
Not yet as legendary as the Boston Marathon, the Boyne 2 Boyne marathon is a qualify event to take you there (certification number MI 07026 SH).
- Day before registration and packet-pickup will ALL occur at Boyne Mountain Resort, in the lower level of the Civic Center.
- ALL award ceremonies will commence following the completion of each participant event. The ceremonies will take place at Boyne Mountain near the finish chute. Plan on joining in on the outdoor BBQ this year!
- ALL course mile markers will be visible and will also include the split for half marathon participants to gauge their time.
- The course(s) will remain the same - challenging yet worth the spectacular views along Little Traverse Bay, Bear River and Walloon Lake!
Taking place in beautiful northern Michigan, the course travels from Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs to Boyne Mountain in Boyne Falls. Enjoy the area’s most coveted views as you race along the shores of Little Traverse Bay, Bear River and Walloon Lake, creating the most scenic marathon in the Midwest!
Boyne Highlands and Boyne Mountain always offer a huge variety of amenities for the entire family that range from hiking and biking trails, Solace Spa and golf to Avalanche Bay Indoor Waterpark.
A special lodging rate is available to participants for $89 per night at choice of Boyne Mountain or Boyne Highlands. Call 800.GO.BOYNE (462-6963) or visit www.BOYNE.com for reservations. Package code: MARA
For questions regarding race events, please contact www.boyne2boyne.com today!
Event details subject to change.
Leg’s Inn - “End of the Season” Halloween Bash - October 18, 2009
Categories: Dining, Entertainment, Events, Harbor Springs
Annual 2009 “End of the Season” Halloween Bash with The Jelly Roll Blues Band
It’s never too early to start thinking about your costume for Northern Michigan’s liveliest and most gruesome Halloween celebration. Sunday October 18, 2009 marks the official end of Legs Inn’s 2009 season. Plan to come out and celebrate one last time with friends, coworkers, ghouls and goblins as we close out the 2009 season with Northern Michigan’s favorite live music act The Jelly Roll Blues Band.
Check back for additional details, times, prices, etc. Awards will be given out for a variety of costume categories.
What: Legs Inn’s Famous 2009 Annual-End-of-the-Season Halloween Bash featuring The Jelly Roll Blues Band
When: Sunday October 18, 2009
Where: Legs Inn, Cross Village, phone 231.526.2281
Why: It’s the last day of our 2009 season
Many Trout Creek staff members have been out hunting for the elusive delicacy of Morel Mushrooms and have reported that it is a good year so far. We have found many of the white & black Morels! The season will continue for a bit so come on up to Trout Creek and give it a go.
A new Memorial Weekend Package has just been announced - The Patriot’s Package! It includes a lodging discount & a $25 Glens Gift Card so that you can pick up groceries for a fun picnic. Ask us about discounted golf at Chestnut Valley too! We’re hoping to see some veterans and their families who will participate in some of the area Memorial Day services and celebrations. The celebrations in our area are small town America at its best. Let us not forget the real reason for this special day.
For those of us who live in beautiful Northern Michigan we know all too well that Memorial Day Weekend is also the kick-off to our summer season and all that it has to offer. Come and join in the fun!
The Trout Creek Winter calendar is now open for Ski Season 2009/2010. You can now book your Holiday & New Years reservations as well as make your plans for the rest of the winter season.
We have picked a date for our next semi-annual Scrapbook Weekend Retreat. It is set for October 23-25. We hope to see many of our past scrappers and meet some new ones as well!
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