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Chautauqua Schedule of Events

All evening events under the Chautauqua tent at 7:00pm
 DSU campus   820 N. Washington Ave Madison, SD

Evening sessions under the big tent moderated by Dolley Madison (Tonia Compton)
 

Thursday, July 13
6:30 PM
Tent raising. Everyone welcome and needed.  
Smith-Zimmerman Museum
DSU campus

 Friday, July 14
10:15 AM
Youth workshop: “African and African-American Folktales,” Charles Everertt Pace. Madison Middle School

 12:15 PM
Adult Workshop:  “Public Diplomacy, Civic Engagement and the Corps of Discovery.”  Charles Everett Pace
Mundt Library (brown bag lunch)

 5-7:00 PM
Barbeque picnic fundraiser, Kiwanis Club of Madison
Tent, DSU campus

 6:15 PM
Entertainment
Kiwanis Barbershop Quartet

 7:00 PM    An evening with William Clark (Patrick McGinnis)

 

Saturday, July 15
8:00 AM
Breakfast hosted by Madison Arts Council

 9:15 AM
Adult Workshop:  “Dolley Madison was no Cupcake.”
Tonia Compton
Madison Public Library

 10:15 AM
Youth Workshop: “Lewis and Clark Go Grocery Shopping.” 
Patrick E. McGinnis
Madison Public Library

 11:15 AM
Youth Workshop:  “Dolley Madison’s Childhood Toy Box.”
Tonia Compton
Madison Public Library

 12:15 PM
Adult Workshop:  “Harvesting Food & Medicine in the Siouan Homelands.”
Jerome Kills Small
Madison Public Library 

5-7:00 PM
Walking tacos picnic fundraiser, Madison Christian School
Tent, DSU campus

 6:15 PM
Entertainment, Madison Municipal Band

 7:00 PM  An Evening with York (Charles Everett Pace)


 

Sunday, July 16
9-10:00 AM
Non-denominational church service
Tent, DSU campus

 10:00 AM- 12:00 PM
Pancake breakfast fundraiser, Madison Chamber Retail Committee
Tent, DSU campus 

1:15 PM
Youth Workshop:  “Stories for Children of all Ages”
Jerome Kills Small
Madison Public Library

 2:15 PM
Adult Workshop:  “Lewis and Clark—Mapmaker”
Patrick E. McGinnis
Madison Public Library 

3-5:00 PM
Ice cream social sponsored by Kiwanis Club of Madison
Tent, DSU campus
 

5-7:00 PM
Sandwich dinner fundraiser, DSU Women’s basketball team
Tent, DSU campus 

6:15 PM
Entertainment, Native American Music and Dance 

7:00 PM    An Evening with Tecumseh (Jerome Kills Small)


 

Monday, July 17
10:15 AM
Youth Workshop:  “Washington Irving and Rip Van Winkle”
D. Jerome Tweton
Madison Middle School

 12:00 PM
Chautauquans meet with Rotarians for lunch 

1:15 PM
Adult Workshop:  “Can You Believe What You Read? The Case of John Jacob Astor”
D. Jerome Tweton
Madison Middle School

5-7:00 PM
Whopper Feed fundraiser, Madison United Way 

 6:15 PM
Entertainment, Richard Wolf’s ‘Old Time’ Songs 

7:00 PM     An Evening with John Jacob Astor (D. Jerome Tweton)

Tuesday, July 18
8:30 AM
Breakfast hosted by Lake County Historical Society 

10:15 AM
Youth Workshop:  “Walking Many Paths:  Moccasins of North American Indians”
Cody Harjo
Madison Middle School 

12:15 PM
Adult Workshop:  “From Buckskin to Trade Cloth:  The Impact of European Trade Goods”
Cody Harjo
Smith-Zimmerman Museum, DSU campus 

5-7:00 PM
Burger and Brat feed fundraiser, DSU Women’s basketball team 

6:15 PM
Entertainment, The Great Bottleneck Diamond OR the Villainous Shah of Shush (a mellerdrammer) 

7:00 PM    An Evening with Sacagawea (Cody Harjo)
 

Following the Tuesday evening performance the community helps pack tent and chairs.