{"id":643,"date":"2011-05-25T23:03:37","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T03:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/?p=643"},"modified":"2012-06-04T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2012-06-04T16:55:22","slug":"first-annual-great-wakes-festival-june-1-and-2-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tcblogger.com\/?p=643","title":{"rendered":"First Annual Great Wakes Festival &#8211; June 1 and 2, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.porterhouseproductions.com\/2012\/04\/11\/great-wakes-festival-2012\/\"><img style=\"float:right; margin-left: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.porterhouseproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12x18-header.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" \/><\/a>Porterhouse Productions and Bay Area Recycling for Charities are partnering up to launch the first annual Great Wakes Festival June 1 and 2 in downtown Traverse City. The festival will focus on raising funds and awareness for water-focused non-profits, supporting efforts to protect and keep clean the region\u2019s rivers, streams and lakes and offering a wide variety of water-themed activities and entertainment throughout the weekend. Festival proceeds, which will be distributed by Bay Area Recycling for Charities, will help benefit local non-profit organizations focused on water-related causes.<\/p>\n<p>Highlights of this huge bayfront festival will include the country\u2019s largest self-contained wakeboarding pool system in downtown\u2019s Open Space, featuring professional wakeboarding demonstrations and a Wakes War Tournament Cup with local and professional riders; paddle, kayak, and kiteboarding demonstrations and displays; boating displays and events; delicious water themed food court and soda jerk ice cream stations; water education activities; family-friendly games and events; a teen zone featuring a silent disco tent and activities produced by local student-run Youth Union; a community aerial art display project in partnership with GoodWill Industries of Northern Michigan (creating a large-scale image, when photographed from above, of the Great Lakes using volunteers, two tons of blue jeans and recycled materials); Coast Guard helicopter tours and search-and-rescue demonstrations; a competitive stand-up paddleboarding race down the Boardman River; a Great Wakes beach volleyball tournament (which will help raise funds for new beach sand for the West End volleyball courts); the first annual Traverse City Beach Race (organized in partnership with the Traverse City March of Dimes); local beach and water clean-up; and regional partner events, including the Grand Traverse Area Sport Fishing Association 2012 Trout Derby.<\/p>\n<p>Festival tents on-site during the weekend will highlight award-winning Michigan microbrews and wines, as well as local food and local and national music on multiple stages.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.porterhouseproductions.com\/2012\/04\/11\/great-wakes-festival-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Visit Great Wakes Festival Website &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.porterhouseproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12x18-LO-682x1024.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.porterhouseproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/12x18-LO-682x1024.jpg\" class=\"alignnone\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.porterhouseproductions.com\/2012\/04\/11\/great-wakes-festival-2012\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Visit Great Wakes Festival Website &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Porterhouse Productions and Bay Area Recycling for Charities are partnering up to launch the first annual Great Wakes Festival June 1 and 2 in downtown Traverse City. 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