EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

10:00 AM     Opening Ceremony & Posting of Colours

                    W. Malcolm Duncan, Drum Major

10:30 AM     The String Connection, Prairie du Rocher's own Traditional Music Group (stage # 2)

11:00 AM      Traveler's Dream - French Colonial Music.  (stage # 1)

                      French Marines of Fort de Chartres Drill

                      (on the parade ground)

11:30 AM      Great River Fife and Drum Corps

                      Godfrey, Illinois  

                      (On the parade ground)

12:00 NOON  Dr. Theophratus von Gerlach -The Future of 18th Century Medicine (stage # 1)

                         The Booneslick Strings - Traditional Music   (stage # 2)

1:00 PM       18th Century Fashion Show - Hosted by Ted Mueller  (stage # 1)

1:30 PM       Prairie du Rocher La Guiannee Society with the String Connection.  Traditional Music

                      (stage # 1)

1:45PM       Tippecanoe Ancient Fife and Drum Corps - Lafayette, IN  (on the parade ground)

2:15PM       18th Century Tactical Demonstration with a Native Parley  (on the rifle range)

3:00PM        42nd Royal Highlanders Band of Pipes, Fifes, and Drums.  West Lafayette, IN

                      (on the parade ground)

3:30PM        Dennis Stroughmatt - Traditional Louisiana French Music  (stage # 1)

4:00PM         The Booneslick Strings - Traditional Music (stage # 2)

4:30PM         Retreat Ceremony

BOTH DAYS

    The Peacocks Band,(located behind the museum) and  the Booneslick Strings  will perform periodically at various locations throughout both days. The Primitive Lifeways Area will feature bow building demonstrations, native food ways, and daily life skills. Cannon firing demonstrations occur on the hour. There will be working oxen demonstrations periodically both days located east of the Fort.  New this year, the good crew of the Pirate brig-sloop Mercury will demonstrate the day to day lifestyles of sailors and landsmen living in the Golden Age of Piracy.

Competitions Both Days

10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

Rifle Aggregate & Smoothbore Competition (rifle range)

10:00 AM to 12:00 NOON

Primitive Archery Competition

12:00 NOON to 2:30 PM

Knife & Hawk Throw Competition

3:00 PM 

Skillet Toss Competition presented by the Ladies of the Fort de Chartres Marines. This competition is open to all female participants and visitors. (kife and hawk throw area)

3:45PM 

In honor of the 40th Rendezvous, the good crew of the Pirate brig-sloop Mercury is bringing back the traditional TUG-O-WAR.  (staging area in front of the fort)

 SATURDAY, JUNE 6

9:00 AM Officer's Call- All Military Units

(Commandants Quarters int the Guard's House)

8:00PM to 10:00 PM A dance for event participants and visitors will be held inside the Fort. Music provided by Booneslick Strings.

SUNDAY, JUNE 7

8:00 AM

Mass at Stage#1

Protestant Service at Stage #2

11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

La Grande Cannon Fusillade (The Big Cannon Shootout)

The rendezvous is co-sponsored by the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Les Coureur de Bois de Fort de Chartres, and Save Illinois History.