Chautauqua 2022 Line-Up
Join us Friday, Sept. 2, 2022 - Saturday, Sept. 3, 2022 at Nichols Park Pavilion
Friday September 2, 2022
5:00PM: Community Summer Band
Featuring the musical and vocal talents from the area.
6:00PM: Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra
A classical mandolin ensemble.
7:00PM: “Legacy of Learning: A Women’s Literary Society” by Cathy Green, Linda Ryan, and Suzanne Verticcho.
The authors will discuss the history of the Class and how they came to publish a book about it.
8:00PM: Bucky Halker, Musician
This Land Is Your Land: Folksongs of Woody Guthrie
Saturday September 3, 2022
10:00AM: Flag Raising Ceremony, Boy Scout Troop 103
10:30AM: Hansel and Gretel, a Marionette Show
11:30AM: Mike Anderson, musician
1:00PM: Annie Oakley presented by Heather Harlan
Learn about the first female American professional athlete as she is about to perform her last show in Marion, Illinois in 1913.
2:00PM: The Jacksonville Chautauqua, 1912 to 1930, by Chad Boehlke
3:00PM: Grace Dewey presented by Dr. Jenny Barker-Devine
Meet the first female trustee of Illinois College, member of Sorosis and all-around fascinating woman.
4:00PM: Oh Freedom! Presented by Chris Vallilo
Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
5:00PM: Casting a Historic Vote: Suffrage for Women in Illinois presented by Jeanne Schultz-Angel
6:00PM: Dennis Stroughmatt Trio
Enjoy Western Swing and Old-Time Country music
7:00PM: Herbert Hoover: Our Fishing President presented by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Join our fishing president as he recalls some of his favorite fish tales: stories of fishing with world leaders, how he used fishing as a diplomatic tool, stories of his tie as President of the Izaak Walton League, a few favorite fishing jokes, and tales of the one that didn’t get away. From his boyhood fishing in West Branch to his retirement, Marlin fishing in Florida, President Hoover will always be known as our fishing president.
8:00PM: Ben Bedford, Musician
Enjoy the tunes of this popular folk musician
5:00PM: Community Summer Band
Featuring the musical and vocal talents from the area.
6:00PM: Orpheus Mandolin Orchestra
A classical mandolin ensemble.
7:00PM: “Legacy of Learning: A Women’s Literary Society” by Cathy Green, Linda Ryan, and Suzanne Verticcho.
The authors will discuss the history of the Class and how they came to publish a book about it.
8:00PM: Bucky Halker, Musician
This Land Is Your Land: Folksongs of Woody Guthrie
Saturday September 3, 2022
10:00AM: Flag Raising Ceremony, Boy Scout Troop 103
10:30AM: Hansel and Gretel, a Marionette Show
11:30AM: Mike Anderson, musician
1:00PM: Annie Oakley presented by Heather Harlan
Learn about the first female American professional athlete as she is about to perform her last show in Marion, Illinois in 1913.
2:00PM: The Jacksonville Chautauqua, 1912 to 1930, by Chad Boehlke
3:00PM: Grace Dewey presented by Dr. Jenny Barker-Devine
Meet the first female trustee of Illinois College, member of Sorosis and all-around fascinating woman.
4:00PM: Oh Freedom! Presented by Chris Vallilo
Songs of the Civil Rights Movement
5:00PM: Casting a Historic Vote: Suffrage for Women in Illinois presented by Jeanne Schultz-Angel
6:00PM: Dennis Stroughmatt Trio
Enjoy Western Swing and Old-Time Country music
7:00PM: Herbert Hoover: Our Fishing President presented by Brian “Fox” Ellis
Join our fishing president as he recalls some of his favorite fish tales: stories of fishing with world leaders, how he used fishing as a diplomatic tool, stories of his tie as President of the Izaak Walton League, a few favorite fishing jokes, and tales of the one that didn’t get away. From his boyhood fishing in West Branch to his retirement, Marlin fishing in Florida, President Hoover will always be known as our fishing president.
8:00PM: Ben Bedford, Musician
Enjoy the tunes of this popular folk musician