Erie's Heritage Festival
The Erie Historical Society's Signature Event :: Liberty Park, September 11, 2010

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Liberty Park, Main Stage
Noon - 2:30 p.m. The Erie Philharmonic's Open Rehearsal
Take a sneak peak at how Daniel Meyer and the Erie Philharmonic prepare for a concert.
3:00 p.m. Erie's Heritage Festival officially begins

One World Tribe

One World Tribe - the Human Family - click for larger viewFounded in 1994, One World Tribe covers music by Bob Marley, Santana, Ruben Blades, The Meters, Stevie Wonder and Johnny Klegg. Their eclectic styles incorporate everything from hip-hop to funk to Latin music.
 

4:00 p.m.

Erie Hall of Fame Concert with Tennessee Backporch!

Tennessee Backporch members include Julie and Chris Moore, Calvin Bowers, Tom O'Camb, and John Caruso. The group has put together a special song-set to celebrate the lives and world contributions of the 2009 Class of the Erie Hall of Fame. This year’s concert will take place at Erie’s Heritage Festival on September 12, 2009.


Five very special Erieites make up the new class - an artist, a giant slayer, a bricklayer, a martyr, and a pirate -- five men and a one woman. People who went out in the world, made their mark, and made Erie proud. WQLN TV has produced a film on each, which you can see on the Erie Hall of Fame website or on any Erie Hall of Fame kiosk beginning on September 14. Erie Hall of Fame Kiosks are located at the Erie International Airport or in the lobby of the Blasco Library.
The Erie Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is presented by Erie County, Arts Erie, Lord Corporation, and Eriez Magnetics and WQLN Public Media.

6:45 p.m. The Zem Zem Drum and Bugle Corp
An Erie’s Heritage Festival tradition is to open with the ‘Kilties’ - a Drum and Bugle Corp that entertains and raises awareness of Erie’s Shriners Hospital for Children.

The ‘Kilties’ will be joined by the Erie Philharmonic Chorus.

7:00 p.m. The Erie Philharmonic's 2009 Pops Concert on the Bay
Daniel Meyer "will strike up the band" as the new music director of the Erie Philharmonic.
9:00 p.m Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture
(and just in case you find yourself playing Jeopardy and Alex Trebek asks for the full title of the '1812' – it's "The Year 1812" in E flat major, Op. 49; French: Ouverture solennelle 1812)
The overture commemorates the unsuccessful French invasion into Russia, and the subsequent withdrawal that devastated Napoleon's Grande Armée, an event that marked 1812 as the major turning point of the Napoleonic Wars. Here in Erie we do it right with cannons, howitzers and fireworks. The '1812' is followed by Stars and Stripes Forever.

Liberty Park, Living Heritage
3:00-6:00 p.m.

Kids of all ages can create arts and crafts at the expERIEnce Children’s Museum tent. Other tents will include exhibits from the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, the Maritime Museum, where you can get a first-hand look at one of the training boats, and The Daughters of the American Revolution, who will be hosting a bake sale, online genealogy, and membership information. You can also experience life during the French and Indian war on behalf of local reenactment groups. Make sure to get on the trolley during the afternoon for a guided tour of the Anthony Wayne Block house!


Liberty Park, Ethnic Marketplace
3:00-6:00 p.m.

Experience the art, music, cuisine and living history of our city’s diverse cultural heritage

Ethnic Marketplace World Stage Schedule


Liberty Park, Eat, Drink & Be Maritime
Noon - 9:30 p.m. Local food vendors:

Erie's Heritage Festival