Entertainment Schedule

Thursday, October 11
Welcome Party  5 – 9 pm  --  Thunder Bay Rec Center

1)         Carl Behrend (60 min)                               5:15 – 6:15 pm

2)         Russ Franzen (30 min)                              6:30 – 7:15 pm

3)         Carl Behrend (60 min)                               7:30 – 8:30 pm 

Friday, October 12
Daytime Entertainment
Entertainment Room   --   Thunder Bay Rec Center

 1)         Dan Hall (45 min)               12:00 – 1:00 pm

2)         Carl Behrend (45 min)       1:00 – 2:00 pm

3)         Dan Hall (45 min)               2:00 – 3:00 pm

4)         Lee Murdock (45 min)        3:00 – 4:00 pm 

Evening Entertainment

Lighthouse Dinner and Concert 5 – 9 pm - Holiday Inn

Dinner @ 6:30 pm

 1)         Dan Hall (60 min)      5:15 pm – 6:15 pm

2)         Lee Murdock (45 min)    8:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Saturday, October 13
Daytime Entertainment
Entertainment Room   --  Thunder Bay Rec Center

 1)         Lee Murdock (30 min)           11:45 am – 12:15 pm

2)         Carl Behrend (30 min)         12:15 pm – 1:00 pm

3)         Dan Hall (30 min)                 1:00 pm – 1:45 pm

4)         “Shipmate Mat” (30 min)   1:45 pm – 2:30 pm

5)         Russ Franzen (30 min)        2:30 pm – 3:15 pm

6)         Lee Murdock (30 min)          3:15 pm – 4:00 pm

7)         “The Silly Sailor” (60 min)   4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

 Evening Entertainment

The Keeper’s Dinner and Poolside Party Holiday Inn

Dinner Served at 7pm

 1)         Lee Murdock (60 min)        5:45 pm – 6:45 pm

2)         Lee Murdock (45 min)        9:00 pm – 9:45 pm

3)         Carl Behrend (45 min)      10:00 pm – 10:45 pm

 Sunday, October 14

Daytime Entertainment
Entertainment Room  --   Thunder Bay Rec Center

 1)         Lee Murdock (45 min)          12:00 – 1:00 pm

2)         “Shipmate Matt” (45 min)   1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

3)         Dan Hall (45 min)                  2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

4)         “The Silly Sailor” (45 min)   3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival

Schedule of Guest Speakers   2007

Friday, October 12  Thunder Bay Recreational Center

 2:00 p.m.          Robert Fournier, Festival Public Relations      11 years – “Commitment to Excellence” GLLF. Sharing Program

 3:00 p.m.          Larry Wright, author, Severn Bridge, Ontario, Canada  “Lightships on the Great Lakes”

 4:00 p.m.          Saginaw River Rear Range Light                                             “2007 Featured Lighthouse”                         Don Comtois, President, Saginaw River Marine Historical Society The history of Saginaw River Rear Range Light

Saturday, October 13  Thunder Bay Recreational Center

 10:00 a.m.         Lee Scherwitz, GLLF Director
Sponsor Program of the GLLF / GLLF Sharing Program

 11:00 a.m.         John L. Wagner, Photographer/Pilot and Author, East Lansing, MI. “Michigan Lighthouse, An Aerial Photographic Perspective”              www.michiganlighthouse.com

 12:00 noon        Ellen Sprouls, Executive Director                  Michigan Maritime Museum, South Haven, MI. A presentation of the Living Museum where you can sail a replica of a Great Lakes tall ship, watch skilled craftsmen constructing a boat, discover the relationship between land and sea in lighthouse design, and much more! www.MichiganMaritimeMuseum.org

 1:00 p.m.          “Harbour Lights” Exclusive Auction
Artist proofs, retired and/or very rare pieces to be auctioned off.  An Exclusive auction that you won’t want to miss! www.HarbourLights.com

 3:00 p.m.        “Michigan’s Ghostly Lights” Dianna Stampfler, President, www.PromoteMichigan.com “Considered a lighthouse expert by many in Michigan”, Dianna will share tidbits, local lore and ghost stories about the nearly two dozen lights in Michigan that are rumored to be haunted!

 4:00 p.m.          Saginaw River Rear Range Light                                                 “2007 Featured Lighthouse”
Don Comtois, President, Saginaw River Marine Historical Society The history of Saginaw River Rear Range Light Holiday Inn of Alpena

Holiday Inn of Alpena

8:00 p.m.          Keeper’s Dinner
“Ladies of the Lights”, Dianna Stampfler, President, Promote Michigan Meet the ladies who kept the lights burning at beacons throughout Michigan! Sponsored by Assisted Living, Lake Orion, MI.  www.oaklandcommunityalternatives.com