All right, say hello now to Kevin McDougal from 5K events. These are the people that run Memorial
Hall, Festival Hall and Festival Park. And they bring some great entertainment. I got
a list here. Yeah. And man, you know, just because festival seasons over doesn't mean we're
not busy. I got to talk about this. I know it's not in the order here, but the quilting
show coming up. Yeah, all because everybody's asking me about church. Oh, yeah, that quilting
show's come everybody this quote. Who know? Yeah, it is a big deal. It's actually it's this weekend.
So Saturday and Sunday. Yeah, it is the the lighthouse legacy's 15th annual quilting and sewing show.
So Festival Hall is filled with booths with, you know, all kinds of vendors and things that cater
to the hobby. But, you know, yesterday, a lot of the contestants, I guess you would say, we're
bringing in their quilts to be judged and quite a lot of activity at Festival Hall yesterday. We're
really kind of a surprise at the activity. And it's going to be continuing on today tomorrow,
Saturday, Sunday. So I would never have known it's that big. It is a big deal. It really is.
And my wife's friend who she grew up with as a child was talking to her. So I heard your husband
talking about a quilting show. I wanted, why do I get into that? Yeah. Oh, no. Yeah. And it's open
to the public. You know, if you want to, you know, come and see the the handy work of some of these
folks. And so it's a $7 admission at the door, or you can buy them online at festivalpark.com.
I'd buy them at the door and save the service fees. So save a few bucks on this inside information.
Yeah. Yeah. Don't tell anybody where you heard it. Okay. Secrets of the trade.
Now the big one coming up is St. Nick's Festival of Trees. And this is at Festival Hall. This
is huge. And I remember years ago, we were sponsored a trade and every, it was huge.
I mean, there was wall to wall people. Yeah. It's, uh, we're bringing it back after about
a 10 year hiatus. And it's, as you're saying, it's really a, a beloved recene tradition.
Everybody, if you're from the area and you've gone, you have memories of festival trees. I mean,
whether maybe you're in high school and you're choir perform there or something like that.
It really is an exciting thing that we're really thrilled to be bringing back. And, uh,
we have some great sponsors that we're getting the trees for milligers. We're being sponsored
also by Aurora Healthcare and the local culverts franchisees. So it's going to be a great thing.
Festival Hall, as you said, filled with trees. We've got a lot of different events happening
throughout the run. The festival itself is going to run November 21st through December 6th.
So in, in and amongst that time, a lot of different events that'll be happening for the public
to come and participate in. And then, you know, they'll come in, they'll see the trees,
buy some raffle tickets, put the ticket in the bucket of the tree. They might be interested in
winning. Uh, if they win the tree, they get to bring it home for the holidays. And so, and then
each, uh, uh, all the dollars that are donated to those raffles, the sponsors of the trees will
use that money as they see fit donated to their local, you know, their favorite charity,
that they have a connection with. So it's really a great thing. So we're very excited about it.
We tried to do it last year. Couldn't quite swing it in the, in the short time that we had,
but this year, uh, it's, it's going to be a big deal.
When they, one of the first times you were there, I'll, you, this will age you a little bit to
tell you when we're there. We were selling our Christmas cassettes. And then we branched out
the Christmas CDs. Yeah. But yeah, the Christmas cassettes and they were, we own some for like
three or four dollars. Sure. And we gave the money to charity. And they were selling it. We still
have boxes in the basement of our Christmas cassettes. I'd be interested to see that the sponsors
on that. I love that kind of stuff. Yeah. We know that businesses that sponsored Christmas cassettes.
And then we did CDs, the latest thing. Um, that you'll have a thousand dollar CD player to
play it in. Yeah. My first one was about that much. I worked at a radio station and we had,
we had, uh, WKLH was in our building. I mean, okay, sure. And they invited us upstairs.
This was in the early 80s. They said, you got to see what we just got. And then he's showing us
their CD player they bought. Yeah. And our stage deal. We got to get one too. Yeah. They brought us
upstairs to look at their new CD player. That was in our stations that we got to get it too.
And now CD players, I still use mine all the time. I use my DVD player every single day. Yeah.
You know, my, my card does not have one anymore. They don't come with them. My card does because
it's a 2012 wife. She bought a little, uh, portable CD player. It works half the time. Yeah.
It doesn't work that well. But I have it built in. Sure. Now you can have them. You can
do order them in there. And they'll put them in for you. Yeah. As long as you pay, they'll do
anything you want. Sure. And a lot of people still like the physical media. Still like to have it
molded and open it up and look at the liner notes and things. I don't want to depend on streaming
services that say, Oh, we got rid of that series. Yeah. And I want to see Klumbo. I've got every
Klumbo, every leave it to Bieber, every mash. Sure. I've got every Dick Van Dyke. I've got every
taxi. I've got every three in it. I do an F man. Every King of Queens. I just pull them out when
I want to watch that. I'm that dependent upon. Absolutely. I've got a couple myself. So I know
what you're saying. Every now and again, you like to pull it out and look at the, you know,
the interviews and things like that. So what's it? What's this with soundport beach house?
What's that? Southport Beach House. We're expanding our reach into Kenosha. Southport Beach House
is a new deal era. It's exactly what it sounds like. It was a beach house. It was built on the south
side of Kenosha, right on second avenue. And it was started during the Roosevelt New Deal era,
the open in 1941. And it was a house to where the water came right up to to the edge of the property
and there were showers and locker rooms and things and concession stands and people would go
in and swim and change and all that good stuff. But over the years, of course, you know,
the beach is kind of eroded back from the from the house, but and it had been really not used
very much like in the last 20 years or so. So the city of Kenosha redid the brick, the tuck
pointing, the roof, and we took over the management of it. And there's still a little bit of tender
loving care that has to get some paint here and there and some removal of graffiti and whatnot.
Soon we will be taking dates to for people to have weddings and corporate events and wine
tastings and things like that. So you can find out more about that at our at the Facebook page
Southport Beach House. It really is an amazing property. If you're from Kenosha, you might be
aware of it. If you're not, come on down and check it out. It's right at the trailhead of the
Kenosha dunes. So it's it really is an amazing building. Kevin McDougal from five K events is
here. We're talking about all the events going on in Bracine and now Kenosha will add that to our
list as well. The lighthouse legacies 15th annual quilting show is coming up on the fourth. We
talked about that about building hope. What's that? That is a gallant to benefit the Habitat for
humanity and that is October 16th at festival hall. So you know, it really is an event to help
finance, you know, all the great things that Habitat for humanity does here in Bracine,
you know, building affordable housing for folks that need it. And, you know, anybody that's
familiar with Habitat for humanity knows it's something that, you know, the late president Jimmy
Carter was really involved in and that was building houses in his 80s and just with a hammer and
you swing in the hammer then. And so, you know, he really brought a lot of great attention to the
Habitat for humanity. And so the the group here in Bracine does a lot of great work in that event
October 16th is their big fundraiser for the year. This is a big one coming up to 79th annual
Freedom Fund for the NCAA and double ACP banquet coming to festival hall. Yeah, that is,
you know, the thing that, you know, benefits the great work that the local NAACP chapter does and
that is October 17th at festival hall. So, you know, 79 years that that's that's quite the run
for the NAACP here. I know it's hard to believe, but it's older than me.
I know. I wasn't going to say, Don, that's a big event to be a festival hall. It is and we'll
fill it. There'll it'll be quite the thing. So, it really is an amazing thing to, you know,
everybody comes out to see and be seen. Make sure I get these levers, right? U-S-C-C-A concealed
carry legal defense seminar is coming to Memorial Hall, Memorial Hall. Yes. So, you know, the U-S-C-C-A
is an organization that it's essentially an insurance agency. So, if you are a, you know,
a concealed carry permit holder and you, you know, have to use your weapon in an unfortunate
situation, you can take advantage of their legal defense funds through the U-S-C-C-A. And
a lot of people might have the misconception that just because you have your concealed carry
license, you're okay to, you know, shoot anybody that may be threatening you and that's not the case.
So, there's a lot of, you know, legalities that have to be satisfied. So, these seminars
really help people be responsible when it comes to, when they're carrying and the situations that
are legal and maybe borderline legal to use your weapon. So, it's broken up into two sessions.
This is October 25th at Memorial Hall, which is a Saturday from 11 to 11 to two.
There'll be a separate seminar called Should I Shoot? So, run through a lot of different scenarios
so where it may or may not be prudent to use your weapon. And then from two to four, the really
exciting part of it is they're bringing in the nation's top legal defense attorney, Dave McDermott,
who really does really powerful speaking as to, you know, some of his defendants that he's worked
with, people that you might think have been justified to use their weapon and ultimately were
arrested and prosecuted. And he helped, you know, get some of these people off and really navigate
the, you know, the touchy legal situations that go along with using your weapon when the situation
may call for it. So, and this is a free event and you can register for tickets at usconcealedcarry.com.
Never touched the gun in my life. Never held one. Okay. A water pistol, maybe. Yeah. No, I'm a,
yeah, I mean, I'm a concealed carry holder and I, you know, have I be terrified to have one in my hand.
I just, it would scare me to death have one. Well, the secret is training. Training,
being properly trained and knowing you are, knowing your, your weapon, you know, staying within
what your abilities are so you're not. So trepidaceous about it, you know, getting familiar
with it, using it. My wife wanted to get a gun once and we, um, uh, police, she worked for the
police department and she, uh, we talked to one of her police friends and he said, I'll go down to
the store with you and we'll make sure you get the right gun for, yeah, go over to get right then
and the stores were closed. Okay. So she never went about getting it. But I want to say an expert
to go with her. Who knows? That's a good idea. My dad once I said, uh, you want to get a gun,
he said, I wouldn't touch a gun. Touch a gun. You were a tail gunner during World War Two for, for,
four years, you were shooting the machine gun for, he said, that's different. That was,
that was probably enough for him. He had enough of it. I said, four years, you were shooting the
machine gun every day of your life for four years. What do you mean you won't touch a gun? He said,
that was it. Yeah. No, I understand totally. My, my daughter is a, um, certified firearms instructor.
So, uh, you know, she is kind of my go to when it comes to some of these things and so we,
we go to the range quite often and, uh, so, uh, yeah, she, she works for the USCCA. So that's kind of
how we became connected to them and they're, and they're a parent company delta defense out of
West Bend. It's been a great sponsor of a festival park. Let's do a quick review of some of these
events on the list here. By the way, I see in December, you get to use, we're seeing Symphony come
again. We do. Now, I'll mention that because, uh, let's see what's that, uh, I made a
remember the number of years here, uh, 19 years ago. Okay. Uh, friend of mine Greg Berg was the
UMC for the symphony and he couldn't make it that day. And he said, can you please do it? Yeah.
Well, that was the day I was going to propose to my wife. Oh, so, or girlfriend. So I talked to
the symphony conductor and I said, listen, let me do it at the intermission. Yeah. This
make sure nobody leaves the stage yet. And he said, I'll make, I'll tell everybody in the orchestra
stay where you are. And I was in my talks. Luckily, she was really dressed to the nine side.
And she didn't know it was common. Yeah. And I brought her up on stage. She was shaking. I gave her
the ring. Thank goodness. She said, yes. Could you imagine? Yeah. And we had the French delegation
to our sister city. Could you imagine if she said, no, and I got to do the second half of this
concert. Yeah. If you're going to do that, you got to know the answer. Well, you always see
those videos of the kids cams at the ball fields. Yeah. That the girls say, can I talk to you in
private? So that's a no. Yeah. Would you marry me? Put it on the board and then she says, no. Oh,
no. And you just feel for the guy. Oh, no. No. I knew because she was there when I bought the ring.
Sure. But she knows she was getting it that night. Yeah. So she knows it's coming. Okay.
St. Nick's festival of trees at festival hall now. It's November 21 through December 6th.
Yes. And you could bid on that bid, but you put a wrap. I'll take it in for the tree. You might
win these trees from the best ones. Milligers. Yeah. Milligers, they, they come pre-lit. So if you're
a sponsor, you're thinking about sponsoring, you don't have to worry about, you know, stringing
the lights or anything like that. And we really do have a, you know, a lot of availability is left
to sponsor trees. So if you're a business organization that would like to be a part of festival
of trees, please feel free to reach out to me at festival hall via email. Kevin at festivalpark.com.
And I'd be happy to set you up and show your options. And it's really going to be an exciting
thing. We've got some great sponsors already. Tree sponsors. And then of course our major sponsors.
Milligers, Aurora Healthcare and Culver's. I never had a Christmas tree in my life when I got
married. My wife went to Milligers, got a pre-done one, brought it home. And I said, oh,
you don't have a Christmas tree? No, I did it for you because you never had one. Yeah.
Never had a Christmas tree. Now I'm the, I love it. Sure. I never have one growing up.
Yeah, they're tremendous. Okay. And another big one coming up October 4th and two days is the
big quilting show coming up. And you said the quilts are coming in. Yeah, the quilts are coming,
they're amazing. And you know, so many of them are, you know, just, it's interesting to see
the, the personality of the creator that goes into it. It's just like a painting or anything like
that. And, you know, they, they have different categories and different sizes and things like
that. So there's really a lot that goes into it and a little, a lot of pride that goes into the
these quilts. It's really a lot of, a lot of one-upsmanship too. It's very competitive.
Now the 5K events website is 5k.org. Yeah, 5Kevents.org. 5Kevents.org if you want to review this.
Well, actually, for these things to be festivalpark.com. Okay. Yeah, go to festivalpark.com to see
the events list. Then 5Kevents.org is our core part of our company that administers our runs and
things like that. The, you know, the, like the pound the pavement that was a couple weeks ago,
if you wanted to, you know, enter that, you'd go to 5Kevents.org and sign up. So that, that's how we
administer all of our different runs and endurance events at 5Kevents.org. But 5Kevents is the
parent company of what we do to administer a scenes of, etc. Okay. And if you want to hear it,
make it simple just look to the podcast of what we did. Yeah, it'll be on probably tonight or
tomorrow morning at wrjn.com search Don Rose and chill and you'll hear it. And or you can ask your
mom, patty. Yeah, she knows them all. I guess son was talking, patty. He was talking about these
events. He sent to ask you about these events, patty. So what about get me some tickets and patty,
can your son sneak me in? Yeah. Well, it's just like when I do the 4th of July parade, they have
a big party and that that's when she is really the bell of the ball. Patty, I need about 50 tickets.
Can your son get them for me free under the table? Okay, we find a way to work it out. Kevin
McDougal from 5Kevents, sounds good.
