What's Three Dog Night got to do with Labor Day Weekend and Football Saturday you may ask? Well, they're the headliners at this year's FRYFest in Coralville, IA. 
Yep. As if the upcoming home game - Iowa Hawkeyes vs. Eastern Illinois Panthers wasn't big enough news, we have more. We're definitely going to kick off the season in style this year with FRY Fest in Coralville. This is the second annual FRY Fest. Coralville doesn't host as many events as Iowa City, but we certainly host the big ones. (If you weren't at the 4th of July celebrations in Coralville this year, then mark your calendar for next year, because it really epitomizes everything you would expect for a July fourth celebration).
FRYFest will be taking place all day Friday, September 3, on the Iowa River Landing at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center. The schedule is below. The event is named after Hayden Fry, the highly successful coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes from 1979 - 1998 . (A bit before my time of course). It goes without saying that FRY Fest will celebrate everything Hawkeye. A tribute to College Football in Iowa City and a wonderful kick-off to the new season.
FRY Fest will start at 9.00am with the opening ceremony at the Krause Family Plaza (Kinnick Stadium) when Stadium Drive will be renamed Evashevski Drive in honor of Iowa Hall of Fame coach Forest Evashevski who passed away in October 2009. Evashevski coached the Hawkeyes from 1952-1960 and led the squad to three Big Ten championships and Iowa's Rose Bowl wins in 1957 and 1959. Members of "Evy's" 1960 team will be at FRYFest on Friday and be signing autographs between 2.00pm - 3.00pm.
At 10.00am it all moves over to Iowa River Landing at the Marriott Hotel and Conference Center with fun and celebrations all day long. The autograph sessions aside, other highlights include the show and shine car show from 10 until 2.00pm. Then at 6.00pm there's going to be a huge turn-out putting their best foot forward to break the Guinness world record for doing the Hokey Pokey Dance. The whole shebang ends with the Three Dog Night performance at 9.00pm...
Mama Told You Not To Come... But This IS The Way to Have Fun! (Couldn't resist that - call it a throwback to my youth. I very much remember buying that single when it came out back in 1970... Aah, the memories).
Below is the schedule and if you want to learn more, then hop on over to the FRYFest website.
Schedule - FRYFest 2010 - FRYday, September 3, 2010
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM - Forest Evashevski Ceremony (@ Kinnick Stadium)
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM - FRYFest Show & Shine Car Show
10:00 AM - 8:00 PM - World's Largest Hawkeye Tradeshow & Tailgate Party
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM - 1985 Team Panel Discussion with Jeff Drost, Mike Haight, Bill Happel, Hap Peterson, Mark Sindlinger, Larry Station
1:00 AM - 2:00 PM - 1985 University of Iowa Football Team Autograph Session
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM - 1960 University of Iowa Football Team Autograph Session
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM - 2010 University of Iowa Athletics Hall of Fame Class Autograph Session
5:00 PM - Concert/Beer Garden Grounds Open
5:30 PM - Hawkeye Pep Rally Rally presented by Thomas L. Cardella & Associates
6:00 PM - Hokey Pokey World Record Dance presented by Signify U + The Eastern Iowa Airport
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM - The Nadas
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Three Dog Night
All events are free except for the concert in the evening. Click here to find out what your options are on where and when you can purchase tickets.
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