Site updated February 5, 2012
Thanks to The Starlight Six, who presented a great concert on January 27, in Marquette, and thanks to everyone who came! Starlight Six features Hiawatha favorites Seth Bernard, May Erlewine, Rachael Davis, Josh Davis, Dominic Davis and Michael Shimmin. For more about this group of outstanding musicians, please visit their website.
Logo Contest Deadline
6 p.m., February 1, 2012, was the deadline to enter the 34th Annual Hiawatha Traditional Music Festival Logo Contest. We received 32 entries and will announce the winner soon. Please check back after mid-February to see the 2012 winning design. To learn more about entering next year, please click here or select Logo Contest from the main menu.
We hope you'll join us for the
34th Annual Hiawatha Festival
July 20-22, 2012
At the Marquette, Michigan, Tourist Park
We expect to begin negotiations soon with the City of Marquette for another three-year use contract for Tourist Park. If you would like to submit a letter of support for this effort, please email us your comments at info@hiawathamusic.org.
Our Music Committee expects to name our mainstage acts by mid-February.
Please check back often for updates on this year's Festival.
Board officers elected
The Hiawatha Board of Directors elected the following 2012 officers at their January 2012 meeting: Sue Bertram of Marquette, president; Chuck Howe of Gwinn, vice president; Phil Watts of Marquette, treasurer; and Jesse Luttenton of Marquette, secretary.
Other board members are Mike Fitzpatrick, Steve Nelson, J. Pearl Taylor, Julie Foster-Lindquist, Gene Bertram and Doug Kitchel.
A link to our 2011 Annual Meeting minutes and recent Board minutes appears on our Board Minutes page.
Econo "We Share" program
Please bring Hiawatha your receipts from Econo Foods. We now participate in the store's We Share program and can receive 1% of the total of receipts we turn in. You may leave your receipts at our office (129 W. Baraga, Suite C, in the Children's Museum block, across from Garden Bouquet and Design). If the office is closed, just slide receipts under the door. You may also bring receipts to any Hiawatha event or mail them to PO Box 414, Marquette, MI 49855. Thanks for your help!
Spirit of Hiawatha wins broadcasters award
The Spirit of Hiawatha documentary produced by by Brian Cabell and Jason Swanson of WLUC-TV has earned a Michigan Association of Broadcasters Award for Best News Special. Congratulations, Brian and Jason!
DVDs now on sale! You can now purchase the great Spirit of Hiawatha documentary. TV6 News Director Brian Cabell, who produced and narrated the program, is selling the DVDs on his personal website, and Hiawatha will receive 20% of the revenue from the DVD sales. Please click here and scroll down the left column to order your copy of the program.
Office hours
Regular office hours are noon to 6 p.m. Eastern, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, at 129 W. Baraga, Suite C, in Marquette. We check our messages throughout the week.
