Box Car Days

Box Car Grammies Qualifying Rounds (Must be at least 18 years old to enter) Saturday, July 31 at This Ol’ Place, Garvin Saturday, August 14 at Tracy Liquor Store*    *(For this round only, you must be at least 21) Friday, August 20 – Tracy Eagles Club Friday, August 27 – This Ol’ Place, Garvin Final Round Friday, September 3 at the Box Car Days beer tent starting at 8pm Guidelines: ¨       Must be at least 18 years old to enter.  ¨       Four qualifying rounds will be held: July 31 and August 27 at This Ol’ Place in Garvin MN, August 14 at Tracy Liquor Store (for this round only, contestants must be at least 21) and on August 20 at the Tracy Eagles Club. Three contestants will be chosen from each qualifying round to sing in the final round which will be Friday, September 3 during Box Car Days in the beer tent.  Two alternates will be chosen. ¨       Two winners from each round will be chosen by the judges for the qualifying rounds.  The third winner will be chosen by the people’s vote.  (If the people’s choice chooses the same winners as the judges, it will go to the third selection of the vote.)  ¨       Registration begins at 8:30pm. Those interested in competing in a qualifying round must register before the first round begins at 9:30pm. ¨       There is a limit of 15 contestants per qualifying round. ¨       Past first place winners of the Box Car Days karaoke contests are not eligible to compete.  ¨       Karaoke professionals are not eligible to compete. ¨       First, second and third place winners will be determined exclusively by the judges for the final round.  The people’s choice winner will be determined separately from the judges. ¨       People who choose to vote for People’s Choice can buy a ticket for $1 each. ¨       Cash prizes will be awarded to the winners at the final round: first place - $400; second place - $200, and third place - $150.  Each winner will also receive an award. People’s Choice winner will receive $25 and an award.

Schedule of Box Car Days Events

 

83^rd Box Car Days

September 3-6, 2010

 

Friday, September 3

Tracy Area Chamber Burger Night

5pm – Beer Garden opens in the Municipal Parking Lot in downtown Tracy.      

5-8pm - Build your own burger.  “Box Car Days Volunteer Night”

 

Box Car Grammies Final - 8pm - Beer Garden.

 

Saturday, September 4

Annual Labor Day “400 Open” Golf Tournament

9-hole, 4-person, best ball at Tracy Country Club. 
Call 507-629-4666 to sign up.

 

Annual Softball Tournament

9am - Located at the softball complex in Industrial Park
on East Highway 14. 

Contact Jason Deming at 507-626-0222 to sign up.

 

Kids Day in the Park

11:30am-1:30pm – Zoo Express; Vogel’s Exotic Animals, Petting Zoo and Pony Rides;  Kids can also view a fire truck, ambulance and police car.  Lunch will be available – served by the Tracy Women of Today.

 

Kiddie Parade

1pm – Registration, 1:30pm Line-up and Judging. 
Parade route is around Central Park.

     Categories: Cartoon Characters, Wheels, Favorite Singer and Miscellaneous.

 

Kids Karaoke Contest

            1pm – Registration; 2pm – Karaoke contest for kids ages 17 and under at Central Park (bring your own lawn chairs).  Age categories:  8 and under; 9-13; 14-17.

 

“Texas Hold ‘Em” Tournament

2pm – Tracy Eagles Club (154 Fourth Street).  First 40 people to register on this day will be seated.

 

Bean Bag Tournament

2pm – Registration; 3pm – Tournament.   Located next to the Beer Garden.

 

 

Sunday, September 5

Dad’s Belgian Waffles

            9am-1pm – St  Mary’s Church Hall (Morgan and Sixth Streets).

 

Annual Softball Tournament

            9am - Located at the softball complex in Industrial Park on
East Highway 14. 

 

Mud Volleyball Tournament

            10am – Located next to the softball complex in Tracy’s Industrial Park on East Highway 14. Contact Greg Devereaux at 626-0569 to sign up.

 

Horseshoe Tournament

9:30am – Registration; 10am – Tournament.  
Located at Nehl’s Park, East Highway 14.

 

Minnesota X-treme Bull Riding Tour

1pm – Gates open; 2pm – Bull riding.  Located at the MEC Lot on Highway 14.   Admission: 13+ - $12; 4-12 - $6; 3 and under – free.  Participants call
507-360-6178 to register by Monday, August 30.

 

“Texas Hold ‘Em” Tournament

2pm – Tracy Eagles Club (154 Fourth Street).  First 40 people to register on this day will be seated.

 

Miss Tracy Scholarship Program

            6:30pm – Tracy Area High School Auditorium.

 

Monday, September 6

Fly In / Drive In Breakfast

            7-11am – Pancake breakfast served at the Tracy Municipal Airport. 

10am – Salute to the Armed Forces.

Airplane rides available. Antique cars and motorcycles, Marshall Radio Control Club. Located ½ mile north on County Road 11.

 

Box Car Days Road Race

            Sponsored by Tracy Food Pride, Tracy Publishing Company, Knakmuhs Agency/Tracy Insurance Agency, Hy-Vee, Sanford Tracy Medical Center, John’s Rx Drug, Silver Shears Salon and Spa, Summit Place, State Farm Insurance – Mark Priegnitz, Balaton Dental Clinic, Perfect Reflections, and Viking Coke.

7:30am – Registration; 8:30am - Race starts – 5K Walk/Run, 10K Run, and Kids mile and ½ mile.  Race begins at Central Park. 
Contact Elaine Tholen at 507-629-3505.

 

St Mary’s Arts and Crafts Fair

            9am-5pm – St Mary’s School gym (Corner of Morgan and Sixth Streets).

 

St Mary’s Food Stand - 9am-5pm – St Mary’s School.

 

GRAND PARADE - 1pm

 

Pigeon Race - 3pm – Beer Garden.

 

 

ALL 3 DAYS

Saturday, Sunday and Monday

 

Bingo Stand

Saturday – 4-11pm

Sunday – 1-11pm

Monday – 3-6pm

 

Tracy Area Chamber Beer Garden

Located in the Municipal Parking Lot in downtown Tracy

Friday – 5pm – 1am

Burger Night from 5-8pm

Box Car Grammies Final starts at 8pm

Open Karaoke after the Box Car Grammies Final

Saturday – 3pm – 1am

Open Karaoke – 9pm-1am

Sunday – 12noon – 12midnight

   Open Karaoke – 8pm-12am

Monday – 12-6pm

 

Wheels Across the Prairie Museum

Located on West Highway 14 in Tracy

Saturday – Open 10am-6pm

Whopper Wagon – 11am-2pm

Sunday – Open 10am-6pm

Monday – 12-5pm

 

Antique Tractor Show

Located west of the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum

Friday – Tractor Drive

            Saturday and Sunday – Demonstrations and Threshing

 

Midwest Rides and Concessions

            Saturday –All rides, games and food stands open at 4pm.

     Bracelet Night – 7-11pm.  Arm bands are $20.

Sunday – Open 12 noon.  Bracelet Day – 1-5pm.

Monday – Open 12 noon.

 

 

Thank you to the Box Car Days Sponsors!

 

Bosacker Auctions

Brockway-Brown Vet Clinic

CHS – Tracy

Cooreman Contracting

Daniels-Peterson Construction Inc

Hagen Beverage Distributing Inc

Hebig’s Electric

Hemmingsen RV Center

John’s Rx Drug

KLGR Radio

Knakmuhs Agency / Tracy Insurance Agency

Knology

Marshall Radio

Midwest Supply

Minnesota Energy Resources

Minnwest Bank South

Minnwest Investment and Insurance Services

Nelson Traits and Seeds

Outland Renewable Energy

Peterson Farms

Ralco Nutrition Inc

Red Rooster Restaurant

Sanford Health

SEH - Short Elliott and Hendrickson

Southwest Sanitation

Tracity DJs

Tracy Bus Service

Tracy Equipment Inc

Tracy Food Pride

Tracy Publishing Company

Xcel Energy

 

 

 

 

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