PRESS RELEASE
May13, 2013

Voyageur Park Closed to Public – Thursday May 23rd, Friday May 24th & Tuesday – May 28th, 2013.

The Celebrate Committee, Inc., organizers of Celebrate De Pere along with the City of De Pere would like to make the public aware that Voyageur Park will be closed all day Thursday – May 23rd, Friday – May 24th to allow The Celebrate Committee, Inc. to set-up for Celebrate De Pere. Gates will open at 12:30 on Saturday May 25th for our 2013 Memorial weekend festival & be closed again on Tuesday – May 28th, opening after 3:00 p.m. that evening after the park has been cleaned up.

The Celebrate Committee, Inc. along with the City of De Pere, do not want anyone getting hurt during our set-up or take down times and are asking for your cooperation. This closing includes the park, the playground and the use of the fishing piers along with the Riverwalk. For those fishing people whom frequent this area the alternative fishing sites are Fox Point Boat Launch and Bomier Boat Launch. We’d like to thank you in advance for your cooperation during this time so that “Celebrate De Pere” can be a fun filled family event.

For further information contact
Brenda Gauger
President
The Celebrate Committee Inc., Organizers of Celebrate De Pere
(920) 366-3869

23^rd Annual “Celebrate De Pere” Festival Announces 2^nd stage bands, Title Sponsor & New Prices

Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 – 27) at Voyageur Park – De Pere, WI

DE PERE, W.I. (March 27, 2013, 2013) – The 23^rd annual three-day Celebrate De Pere festival kicks off on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Voyageur Park on the Fox River in De Pere. One of the premier outdoor festivals held in Wisconsin, Celebrate De Pere will feature live music, family activities and a spectacular fireworks display. Crowd favorites like the Bay Area Granite & Marble Redneck Regatta, De Pere Auto Car Show and Larry’s Piggly Wiggly Fishing Tournament.  There will also be a 2nd Waterfront Riverview Stage again this year with even more great music from local artists. This volunteer-run event is hosted by The Celebrate Committee Inc., whose mission is to help raise money for a number of local non-profit groups.

The Celebrate Committee, Inc. is proud to announce Community First Credit Union as the Title Sponsor for Celebrate De Pere.  Community First Credit Unions community involvement begins with the fundamental belief that as a member-owned financial cooperative they want to go beyond providing financial services. As a Credit Union in Northeast Wisconsin Community First has a philosophy of “People Helping People” and has a solid history of providing their time and resources in ways that help promote financial literacy, social well-being and improve the quality of life where our members live and work.  “We are thrilled with Community Firsts commitment again this year.” said Mark Hubert, of The Celebrate Committee, Inc.  “They have supported Celebrate De Pere for many years and we couldn’t raise the money for the other local non-profit groups without their support.  They lead the group of our outstanding sponsors that are a big reason we can make the impact and raise the money that we do every year.”

Celebrate De Pere 2013 will be implementing a new ticket price structure.  The family friendly event will still cost only $5 for a day pass if you buy your tickets in advance or at the park before 7:00 PM.  After 7:00PM the gate admission goes up to $10 both Saturday, May 25^th and Sunday, May 26^th.  Monday, May 27^th will stay by monetary donation with 100% of donations brought in at the gates on Monday going to veteran groups.

“Many factors were involved with our choice to raise costs at the gate. Each year we face higher costs and that, along with our consistent drive to improve the festival we feel these increases are necessary.” Explained Mark.

Advance tickets available now at local Festival foods and Community First Credit Union locations.  Vendor and sponsorship opportunities are available now.  For more information, visit www.celebratedepere.com.

About the Celebrate Committee Inc.

The Celebrate Committee is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that manages and distributes the funds raised by Celebrate De Pere.  Since 1990, Celebrate De Pere has helped raise over $2 million for these organizations: Vietnam Veterans, De Pere VFW, De Pere Beautification Committee, Cerebral Palsy Center, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Riah’s Rainbow, CASA of Brown County, De Pere Youth Hockey, De Pere Fire Department, De Pere Christian Outreach , De Pere Optimists, Altrusa House, De Pere High School Redbirds Girls Softball, De Pere Wrestling, West De Pere Booster Club, De Pere Police Department, Boy Scouts, De Pere Rotary Club, 432nd Family Readiness Group, Oneida Relay for Life, De Pere Historical Society, the Kress Family Library, Syble Hopp School, NEW Service Dogs, Bay Area Humane Society, and more.

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Live Music Schedule – Riverview Stage

Saturday – May 25, 2013

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.              Eric Lives Here

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.              Auburn Lights

4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.              Doozie

6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.              Hyde

8:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.              Red Light Saints

Sunday – May 26, 2013

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.              Running with Scissors

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.              Consult the Briefcase

4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m.              The Lightening Brothers

6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.              Daphne

8:00 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.              The Bomb

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                        

 Contact:            Mark Hubert, GroundRoof, LLC

                                Mark@GroundRoof.com

                                (920) 309-6777

23^nd Annual “Celebrate De Pere” Festival to Feature
Music, Food and Fun for the Whole Family

Memorial Day Weekend (May 25 – 27) at Voyageur Park – De Pere, WI

DE PERE, W.I. (January 15, 2013) – The 23^rd annual three-day Celebrate De Pere festival kicks off on Saturday, May 25, 2013 at Voyageur Park on the Fox River in De Pere. One of the premier outdoor festivals held in Wisconsin, Celebrate De Pere will feature live music, family activities and a spectacular fireworks display. Crowd favorites like the Redneck Regatta, Car Show and Fishing Tournament.  There will also be a 2nd Waterfront Riverview Stage again this year with even more great music from local artists. This volunteer-run event is hosted by The Celebrate Committee Inc., whose mission is to help raise money for a number of local non-profit groups.

Sam Llanas, formally of the BoDeans, will headline the festival on Saturday at 9:00 pm. Llanas is a singer, acoustic guitarist, and songwriter in several rock and roots rock bands active from the 1980s to the 2000s, including the BoDeans and Absinthe. In 2011 Sam Llanas released 4 A.M. (The Way Home).

Sunday evening will culminate with a 9:45 p.m. performance by the Tony Award, American County Award and CMT Music Award Nominated singer Laura Bell Bundy after the fireworks display. Laura Bell is a Kentucky-born performer who has done it all.  From appearing on the Broadway stage as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde, a role that garnered her a Tony Award nomination, to performing on the nationally televised Academy of Country Music Awards as well as acting in various film and TV roles.  You might know her from a range of TV shows and movies including Jumanji, Guiding Light, How I Met Your Mother and Hart of Dixie.  Bundy released her debut country music album, “Achin’ and Shakin’,” in 2010, which featured the hit single “Giddy On Up.”  She is currently writing and recording songs for her next album due in 2013.

“It’s exciting to be celebrating twenty-three years of Celebrate De Pere and I am looking forward to another great event this spring,” said Mark Hubert, of The Celebrate Committee, Inc. “Each year we are fortunate to have our great group of volunteers, sponsors and fans come together to raise money for local non-profit groups.”

Advance tickets can be purchased beginning April 1st.  Vendor and sponsorship opportunities are available now.  For more information, visit www.celebratedepere.com.

About the Celebrate Committee Inc.

The Celebrate Committee is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that manages and distributes the funds raised by Celebrate De Pere.  Since 1990, Celebrate De Pere has helped raise over $2 million for these organizations: Vietnam Veterans, De Pere VFW, De Pere Beautification Committee, Cerebral Palsy Center, Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Riah’s Rainbow, CASA of Brown County, De Pere Youth Hockey, De Pere Fire Department, De Pere Christian Outreach , De Pere Optimists, Altrusa House, De Pere High School Redbirds Girls Softball, De Pere Wrestling, West De Pere Booster Club, De Pere and West De Pere High Grad Bash/Lock-in, De Pere Police Department, Boy Scouts, De Pere Rotary Club, 432nd Family Readiness Group, Oneida Relay for Life, De Pere Historical Society, the Kress Family Library, Syble Hopp School, NEW Service Dogs, Bay Area Humane Society, and more.

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Live Music Schedule – Main Stage

Saturday – May 25, 2013

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.            Unity

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.              Bad Habitz

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.              Annex

5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.              Rooftop Jumpers

7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.              Shaker & The Egg

National                                  Sammy Llanas (Formally of the BoDeans)

Sunday – May 26, 2013

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.              Cougars

2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.              Bourbon Cowboys

4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.              Star Six Nine

5:45 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.              Boogie and the Yo-Yoz

7:45 p.m. – 9:15 p.m.              Red Clover

National                                  Laura Bell Bundy

Monday – May 27, 2013

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.              Big Mouth

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 CELEBRATE DE PERE PRESENTS CHARITIES WITH $91,000 IN DONATIONS

 Annual Festival Has Raised & Given Away $2 Million Since 1990

De Pere, WI – August 28, 2012 – The organizers of Celebrate De Pere (http://celebratedepere.com), Wisconsin’s premiere outdoor festival, today presented $91,000 in money raised during its annual 3-day event in Voyageur Park (Memorial Day Weekend, May 26 – 28, 2012) to a slate of worthy local non-profit organizations. Founded in 1990 to commemorate the city of De Pere’s 100th Anniversary, Celebrate De Pere is run by an all-volunteer staff, with the annual mission to help local non-profit groups raise money for their many different causes.  Over its 22-year history, the festival has raised and given away over $2 million in contributions.

Operating under the banner of The Celebrate Committee, Inc., the festival’s board of directors selects worthy causes each year from the scores of non-profit 501(c)(3) applicants.  This year saw a total of 32 organizations each receiving a share of the total money raised.  A wide range of groups were selected this year, Desert Veterans of WI, Old Glory Honor Flights, Kress Library and the CP Center.  A complete list of recipients is available at below.

Mark Hubert, a Celebrate Committee Board Member said, “We are so thankful for to the Celebrate Committee, its board of directors and advisory committee, all the volunteers that come out and work the event, the nonprofit groups that run the tents, and the GREAT sponsors, without whose donations this event wouldn’t be possible.  And of course, each and every person that came out during the weekend to enjoy and Celebrate De Pere.  It is thanks to all of them that we are able to provide these donations.”

This year’s 3-day festival featured many local bands and was headlined by Dennis De Young (Styx) and country band Diamond Rio from Nashville.  Other events included a family fishing tournament, Redneck Regatta, Car Show, Rides and of course, a fireworks extravaganza.  It’s impossible to hold the event without local sponsorship which included the generous support of businesses like Community First Credit Union, Best Built, Festival Foods, Johnson Bank, Larry’s Piggly Wiggly, and radio stations WIXX and Y100.  A complete list of this year’s sponsors is available below.

2012 CELEBRATE DE PERE CHARITY RECIPIENT LIST

2012 CELEBRATE DE PERE SPONSOR LIST

Community First Credit Union

The City Of De Pere

Best Built

Festival Foods

Johnson Bank

101.1 WIXX

100.3 WNCY (Y100)

Larry’s Piggly Wiggly

Cellcom

Tender Harts Assisted Living

De Pere Auto Center

Alliance Construction And Design

Bay Area Granite & Marble

The Green Bay Packers

M&I Bank

Baycom

Pomp’s Tire

Thank you to everyone that came out to our check presentation!

WHERE:       Voyager Park in De Pere (100 William Street)

Rain or bad weather location:  The Vault (127 North Broadway, De Pere, WI 54115)

WHO:             The Celebrate Committee, Inc. (Board of Directors)

Representatives of Local Non-Profits to receive donations

WHAT:          Celebrate De Pere is the premiere outdoor festival in Wisconsin, held each Memorial Day since 1990.  Over its 22-year history, the festival has raised and given away nearly

$2 MILLION to local non-profit organizations such as the Old Glory Honor Flights, Freedom House, Cerebral Palsy Center, Local VFW’s, Rec Scholarships, Ribbons of Hope and dozens of other outstanding organizations.

This annual presentation ceremony culminates a year of planning for the Celebrate De Pere festival.  This media event will witness the presentation of $90,000 in funds raised for 20 charities.  Representatives of the Celebrate De Pere board of directors and representatives of the non-profits will participate in this media opportunity.

CONTACT:   Mark Hubert / GroundRoof, LLC  / 920-309-6777 / Mark@GroundRoof.com