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City Administrator Redmond Jones II shares what in his words “Will be a ball from beginning to end” known as Hoover Hometown Days (A Celebration of the Life and Times of West Branch native Herbert Hoover)
Schedule of Events
Friday
Food and Drink
6:00 – 12 mid night Firefighters Serving hamburgers/hot dogs/brats/Beer Tent – Fire Station
Music and Activities
4:00 – 6:00 Youth Hoover Ball Tournament – Village Green
4:00 – 8:00 Iowa History Exhibit located on Main Street by Jack and Jill
5:00 – 8:00 Music DJ NYJ – Village Green
5:00 – 8:00 Vendor Fair at Little Lights
6:00 Lions’ Pedal Tractor Pull – 2nd Street in Front of the Fire Station
6:00 Doubles “Fire in the Hole” Bag Tournament – Fire Station
8:00 – 12 mid night Music from Swing Crew
Saturday
Food and Drink
11:00 – 2:00 Firefighters serving hamburgers/hot dogs /brats/beer
11:00 – 4:00 Food Vendors on Main
11:00 – 12 mid night Firefighters Beer Tent
4:30 – 7:00 Firefighters Pork Dinner – Fire Station
6:00 – 7:30 Pie & Ice Cream Social – Friends Church 116 North Downey Street
National Hoover-Ball Tournament
8:00 – 9:00 Hoover-Ball Registration – Hoover-Ball Courts
9:00 – 7:00 Hoover-Ball Championship Games
Parade
10:00 Mayor’s Parade
Activities
9:00 – 5:00 Herbert Hoover Presidential Library Free Admission – Hoover Presidential Library
10:00 – 5:00 Vendor Fair at Lights – 102 W. Main
10:00 – 8:00 Iowa History 101
11:00 – 12:00 Readings from the Writers’s Room – National Park Service Visitor Center – Next to the Post Office
11:00 – 3:00 RU Racing – Race Car Stimulator – Corner of Main and Downey Street
11:00 – 4:00 Chautauqua Tent – Lawn in front of the Herbert Hoover birthplace Cottage
11:00 – 4:00 Exhibitors in NPS Vendors Area and Main Street
11:00 – 8:00 Inflatable rides and games for kids of all ages – Village Green
12:00 – 4:00 Pony Go Round Pony Rides – Corner of Main & Downey Street
1:00 – 2:00 Hoover Life Celebration – Across from the Birthplace Cottage
1:00 – 3:00 Booster Bingo – Fire Station
2:00 Kids Water Ball Fights
2:00 – 5:00 I.C. Balloons – Balloon Animals – Village Green
4:00 – 8:00 Hawkeye Photo Booth – Village Green Gazebo
Music and Performances
11:00 – 12:00 Jessa and the Reps – Main Street Stage
11:30 – 12:30 Abraham Lincoln (Method Acting) Michael Krebbs – National Park Chautauqua Tent
12:30 – 1:15 Hanson Family Jugglers
1:30 – 2:30 Mark Twain, presented by Warren Brown – National Park Chautauqua Tent
2:00 – 3:00 Purdy River Band – Main Street Stage
3:00 – 4:00 Smith Studio Jazz with Suzanne Smith – National Park Chautauqua Tent
8:00 – 12 mid night Adam Keith Fire Station
8:30 – 9:30 Eastern Iowa Brass Band
Fireworks
9:30 pm Prime Viewing Sites National Park in the “Loop” and Lion’s Field Municipal Park – Pedersen Street
