EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

10:00 AM     Opening Ceremony & Posting of Colours

                    W. Malcolm Duncan, Drum Major

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       Vignet of a Slander Trial at Fort de Chartres presented by the Ladies and Soldiers of the Fort  de Chartres French Marines.  (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    18th Century Fashion Show - Hosted by Ted Mueller (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.  There will be working oxen demonstrations periodically both days located east of the Fort.  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.

    At 1pm on both days the Ladies and Soldiers of the Fort de Chartres French Marines will present a Vignet of a slander trial that took place at Fort de Chartres on June 4th, 1725.  The original characters involved were a Marie Medand and Blanche (no last name given) wife of a drummer in the French Marines.  Check out "Law and Order" in the 18th century.

    The French Colonial Artillery will fire the fort's 6 pound cannon every hour, on the hour, from 10am to 5pm.  At 15 minutes before the hour a detachment of gunners will march to the Powder Magazine (the oldest building in the State of Illinois) to retrieve the black powder charge.

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 and Demonstration.  Visitors can try their hand at throwing a hawk.  No Charge.

3:45PM 

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 4  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 5

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.