PROFIENCY ENGLISH PROJECT PART IV

MARSHALL - THE FAMOUS THING HAPPEN..

Festivals

• The weekend after Labor Day Festival ,Historic Marshall's Home Tour, is the oldest historic home tour in the Great Lakes area, with eight private homes, a church, a business, and four to six museums open for the two days of the tour. There are also roving musicians, demonstrating craftspeople, a juried craft show, ethnic foods, antiques for sale, and a Civil War Ball with elaborate costumes on Saturday night.
• The last two weekends of October feature the Marshall Scarecrow Days, with special events and scarecrow displays on the front lawns of the homes and businesses.
• Cruise to the Fountain features about 1,000 classic cars from the 1950s and 1960s the weekend before the Fourth of July at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds. On Friday and Saturday nights the cars cruise from the Fairgrounds through the downtown, around the Brooks Memorial Fountain and back.
• Bluesfest is the third Saturday in July, with blues musicians from all over the Midwest performing throughout the downtown all day. The headliner in 2005 and 2006 was James Armstrong.
• The Monday after Thanksgiving is the date of the Marshall Christmas Parade with about 60 floats, ten full-sized marching bands, a total of over 100 units, and Santa Claus.
• Marshall's Christmas Walk features five private homes on tour in a small group setting. Limited tickets sold for Saturday early, Saturday late, Sunday early and Sunday late.
• Marshall is home to an authentic, Louisiana-style Annual Crawfish Boil on the first or second Saturday in June and Chicken Wing Thing has 13 different styles of wings and bands on the weekend before Labor Day Weekend at the Dark Horse Brewery. 
• Marshall also has a Kustom Auto and Motorcycle Show put on by the Speed ShifterS wheelclub on the east side of BFI landfill and just north of Convis twp. hall (west of exit 42 I-69) in Turkeyville on the weekend after Labor Day.
• On the second weekend in June and first weekend in October, the Fiber Arts & Animals Festival is held. This festival has been held since 2005. 

THE FAMOUS PLACE

American Museum of Magic

The American Museum of Magic in Marshall Michigan, houses a large collection of magical paraphernalia and illusions, including an extensive collection of devices that once belonged to famed magician Harry Blackstone, Sr. (1885–1965).

http://www.americanmuseumofmagic.org/ (check the website)

AMERICAN MUSEUM OF MAGIC

INSIDE THE MUSEUM

Calhoun County Fair
The Calhoun County Fair in Marshall Michigan is Michigan's oldest continuous running fair.It will be celebrating it's 162nd annual run as of August 14, 2010

There are a variety of things to do and see at the Calhoun County Fair :-

• Carnival Rides - There are rides to go on for both children and adults.
• Carnival Games - A variety of carnival games where players can win prizes are available to play at that fair.
• Animal Barns - There are barns where fair attendants can go in and view a variety of farm animals.
• Animal Auctions - Large and small farm animals are auctioned off to bid placing fair attendants.
• Arts and Crafts Barns - A variety of arts and crafts are available for the attendants to view throughout the fair.
• Merchant Stands - A variety of things can be bought by merchants at the fair.
• Food Stalls - There are many stalls to buy traditional fair foods found throughout the fair.
• Firework Shows - At night, and usually on the final day of the fair, a display of fireworks will be shown to the attendants.

CALHOUN COUNTRY FAIRGROUND