The Bistodeau Family from Princeton, Minnesota performed Sunday evening at Wild West Days to a delighted crowd.

Deena, age 21 and Sedra, age 15 play Bluegrass and Texas Swing music along with their parents, Bob and Deb. The girls are both champion violinists and Deena teaches classes to up-and-coming stars. (She says that she is looking for new students!)

The family performed many familiar and original pieces for almost two hours of foot-stompin’ fun and had their CD’s available for purchase. The family obviously loves and respects one another and they have terrific senses of humor as well, especially dad.

I enjoyed their music very much, but my favorite song of the night was probably when Sedra played the classical Novacek piece entitiled “Perpetuo Mobile” with such depth of emotion – absolutely beautiful!

To view more of their songs, see my YouTube channel at http://www.youtube.com/digitalteardrops.

Come join the fun at the annual Wild West Days event in Zimmerman throughout Memorial Day weekend!

Here is a list of the scheduled activities:

(All these events held at Zimmerman Lions Park unless otherwise noted.)

Thursday May 27th

Carnival (Starting at 6pm Arm band discount day)
Food Vendors
Medallion Hunt (clues posted at City Hall)

Friday – May 28th

Carnival (Starting at 6 pm)
Food Vendors
Softball Tournament
Pony Ring / Camel Rides / Petting Zoo
Street Dance at Participating Business’s
Paintball Course
Lions Beer Garden / Music
Medallion Hunt (clues posted at City Hall)

Saturday – May 29th

Pancake Brothers Breakfast 8:30 – 11:30 am at City Parking Lot Across From Legion
Parade 12:00 noon at Usual Route
Art in the Park 9:00 am – 9:00 pm at The Fremont House / Music In The Evening
Carnival (After Parade)
Paintball Course
Food Vendors
Softball Tournament
Pony Ring / Camel Rides / Petting Zoo
Lions Beer Gardens / Music
Street Dance at Participating Business’s
Medallion Hunt
Vendor Displays
Karaoke Finals at McGuiggan’s
Agate Hunt (located at Reliance Electric, Main Street)

Sunday – May 30th

Carnival (Noon)
Food Vendors
Paintball Course
Pony Ring / Camel Rides / Petting Zoo
Soap Box Derby 11:00 am, At The Corner Of Main Street And Freemont
Softball Tournament
Agate Hunt
Street Dance at Participating Business’s
Bistadeau Family Band & Awards Ceremony 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Fireworks 10:00 pm

Monday – Memorial Day May 31st

Carnival (Arm Band Discount Day, Starting at 1 pm)

Jacobs 5K Run at 8 am Contestants will start and end at Gold’s Gym around Lake Fremont

See the official Wild West Days website for more information.

Do you know who this person is? If so, please tell him to visit here to see the pictures!

On the way home from the Carp Contest, we saw a man kiteboarding or kitesurfing on the lake. We stopped and took some pictures. The wind whipped him around pretty well – I can’t imagine how much strength it takes to maintain control of the sail like that!

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The first annual Carp Contest was held on Saturday by the Lake Fremont Improvement Association.

Sign up began at 6 am at the boat landing. Coffee and doughnuts were provided.

The blistery wind and foggy weather at daybreak did not bode well for contestants but by day’s end 82 contestants participated in the event.

Here are a few pictures. Notice the beautiful pileated woodpecker who provided a brilliant display for us!

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Zimmerman’s fishing pros at Marv’s are getting ready for the opener in two weeks.

Stop in for bait, tackle, supplies, and some great advice to prepare for the most important day in many Minnesotan’s year.

Heading “up north” for opener is as much a tradition as lutefisk and lefse in Minnesota, and offers so many of us a richly-deserved getaway after a long winter’s cold.

Livonia Township had a groundbreaking ceremony for their new Maintenance Facility and Fire Station. Dave and I were on hand to get some great pictures, and visit with the Livonia Township staff and officials.

It was great to feel the excitement coming from the participants, as we could tell they were rightfully proud of the project they are undertaking.

Check out the picture for some details of the project.

Bring your family to the Livonia Lions Club in Zimmerman, MN for a pork feed on Friday, April 30.

The event runs from 4-7 pm, and for $5.00 you can enjoy some great BBQ pork and family fun.