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2009 Tomato Festival entertainment line-up

Everything from polkas to pop

5 p.m. Festival opens

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Pittston based party/dance band Groove Train will perform at the 2009 Tomato Festival on Thursday, August 20 with a two-hour show from 9:00-11:00. Led by Pittston native David Chaump on keyboards and vocals, Groove Train plays an exciting mix of timeless dance hits including Classic Rock, Motown, Disco, Top40, and 50’s-60’s. For more information, visit their website at www.GrooveTrain.us

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6 p.m. Opening Ceremony

6:30-8:00 p.m. Windfall Enterprises

9 to 11 p.m. Groove Train

Friday, August 21:

5 p.m. Festival opens

6 to 8 p.m. Somethin’ Else

9 to 11 p.m. Bad Hair Day

Saturday, August 22

11 a.m. 5K Race

11:30 a.m. Parade

12:30 p.m. Race Awards Ceremony

1:00-2:00 p.m. Queen Scholarship Pageant

1:30 p.m. Tomato Fights at Cooper’s Waterfront parking lot on Kennedy Boulevard

2:15-2:45 p.m. Jimmy T. Elvis Tribute Artist

3:15-4:00 p.m. The Sperazza Band

4:30 -5:30 p.m. Danny Argo and Friends

6:30 to 8 p.m. The Mark Mack Orchestra

6:30 Tomato Contest: Largest, Smallest, Ugliest and Most Perfect Tomato

9 to 11 p.m. Flaxy Morgan

Sunday, August 23

11:00-12:15 Little Miss and Little Mr. Tomato Contest

12:30-1:00 David Blight School of Dance

1:30-2:30 Stanky and the Coal Miners

3:15 to 4:15 p.m. The Hi-Lites

5:15 to 7:15 p.m. The Poets

8 to 10 p.m. Hyde Park