BREWSTER -- The town of Brewster will be full of activity this weekend for its annual Fun Days celebration.
The event kicks off on Friday night with several activities all taking place at the Brewster City Park. The fun is scheduled to start at 5 p.m. with pizza in the park shelter and registration for the Kiddie Pedal Pull.
Following the pedal pull, which begins at 5:30 p.m., is the Little Mr. & Miss Brewster drawing at 7. The first day will close with DJ Barry Roberts spinning tunes at the Legion hall until midnight.
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Saturday starts off with a french toast and sausage breakfast from 7 to 10 a.m. at the legion hall. The Indian Lake Progressive Wild 5K Run/Walk begins at 8 a.m., and will be followed by sand volleyball and a bean bag toss tournament.
In addition to the physical activities of the morning is the Car & Tractor Show in front of the school at 10 a.m. After that, there will be kids’ games and food booths in the city park starting at 11.
The main features of the afternoon are the Fun Days Parade at 1 p.m., followed by the Brewster Fire Department’s kids’ water fight and games.
The evening continues with a street dance and more music from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. There will be two bands performing, and they each include a Brewster native.
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Vangaard, a rock and blues group from St. Cloud, will play first with Kurt Schmitz from Brewster on vocals and rhythm guitar.
80hD will wrap up the night with music featuring Brewster’s Matt Tennessen on lead vocals.
“It’s more hard rock, but we play kind of everything from Johnny Cash to classic rock,” Tennessen said of 80hD’s style. “We even throw in some modern pop songs with our own take on them.”
Tennessen said he’s excited to perform in his hometown of Brewster, and while it might not seem significant to some, it’s important to him.
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“It’s going to be special,” he said. “It’s one of those things that’s always been in the back of my head, and I’m really looking forward to it. Every time we play down in that area, everyone is so receptive, and the guys in the band love it.”
The festivities will conclude Sunday with a medallion hunt in the city park sunrise and the Brewster Fire Department Relief Association Annual Pancake Breakfast in the Legion hall from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
The full schedule of events is as follows:
Friday 5 p.m., pizza, Brewster park shelter; Kiddie Pedal Pull sign-up
5:30 p.m., Kiddie Pedal Pull (ages 4-11), Fourth Avenue
7 p.m., Little Mr. & Miss Brewster drawing (ages 4-10), park band shell
Following drawing, family fun games, city park
8 p.m. to midnight, DJ Barry Roberts, Brewster Legion Hall
Saturday 7 to 10 a.m., French toast and sausage breakfast, Brewster Legion Hall
7 a.m., Indian Lake Progressive Wild 5K run/walk registration, corner of 10th Street and Third Avenue
8 a.m., Indian Lake Progressive Wild 5K run/walk begins; sand volleyball registration
9 a.m., sand volleyball begins; bean bag toss tournament registration
9:30 a.m., bean bag toss tournament begins
10 a.m., car and tractor show, Fourth Avenue
11 a.m., kids’ games, city park; food booths, park and shelter; horseshoe tournament registration
Noon, horseshoe tournament begins; parade line-up
1 p.m., parade begins, Main Street
3 p.m., kids’ water fight & games
8 to 9:30 p.m., Vangaard, park shelter
9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., 80hD, park shelter
Sunday Sunrise, medallion hunt, city park;
8:30 to 11:30 a.m., pancake breakfast, Brewster Legion Hall
