Plan now to attend this year’s Fall Festival activities, Oct. 5-8. Following is a sampling of entertainment and features that are new this year or in recent years. They include special events celebrating the inauguration of Barry Bartel ’84 as Bethel’s 13th president. A complete program is at www.bethelks.edu/alumni/fallfest/
Thursday, October 5
--9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Kauffman Museum: “K is for Kansas” and “Mennonite Immigrant Furniture” (also 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Sunday)
--7:30-9 p.m., Comedy: Mark Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam and Eve”
Friday, October 6
--11 a.m., Convocation: Student Talent Show
--7:30-9 p.m., Comedy: Mark Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam and Eve”
--8:30-10:30 p.m., Mabee Observatory Open
Saturday, October 7
--10 a.m., Kiln Opening and Art Reception
--10-11 a.m., Goessel High School Brass Choir
--10-11 a.m., Sciences Lecture by Deborah Wiebe ’81, Dallas, Texas
--10 a.m.-3 p.m., Fun Cycles
--11 a.m.-Noon, Children’s Choir Festival
--11 a.m.-Noon, The Free Staters
--11 a.m.-Noon, Tropical Shores Steel Drum Band
--11 a.m.-Noon, Mathematical Sciences Lecture by Elias Toubassi ’66, Tucson, Ariz.
--Noon-1 p.m., Lindsborg Swedish Folk Dancers
--1-2 p.m., Bethel College Academy of Performing Arts Suzuki Strings and Dance Program
--1-2 p.m., Volleyball Reunion
--1-2 p.m., Social Justice and Peace Gathering
--1-2 p.m., Mennonite Central Committee Gathering
--1:30-3 p.m., “Meet the President” Reception
--2-3 p.m., Shoe Scuffers Square Dance Club
--2-3 p.m., Full Circle
--2-3:30 p.m., Class Reunions: 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996
--3-4 p.m., Midian Shrine Band
--4 p.m., African-American Alumni Association “Meet and Greet”
--4-5:30 p.m., Comedy: Mark Twain’s “The Diaries of Adam and Eve”
--5-6:30 p.m., Thresher Tailgate Barbecue on Campus
--6:30 p.m., Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
--7 p.m., Homecoming Football Game and Halftime World Record Event
Sunday, October 7
--10 a.m., Presidential Inauguration Worship Service
--2:30 p.m., Inauguration of Barry Bartel ’84 as President