Street party set in Olde Burien
Mon, 07/12/2010
Olde Burien will swing into summertime street party mode on Saturday, July 17 from noon to midnight.
Event-goers can get their Olde Burien Block Party on with ice-cream-eating and sausage-eating contests, live music, a fashion show and a drawing for a $500 shopping spree-all for free.
The party's multiplicity of diversions will include a fashion show at 2 p.m. Attendees will be able to test their eating skills against other competitors in ice cream-eating and sausage-eating contests at 4 p.m.
From noon to 10 p.m., live tunes will range from Motown to hard rock. Olde Burien eateries will offer extended outdoor seating.
Event-goers who make purchases at participating businesses on July 17th will be entered into a drawing for a $500 Olde Burien shopping spree.
The street party's entertainment schedule is:
- 12-1 p.m. - Greg Parke (easy listening acoustic & electric guitar)
- 1:30-2 p.m. - Guest Band
- 2-2:30 p.m. - Fashion Show
- 3-4 p.m. - The Blame (rock & roll)
- 4-4:30 p.m. - Ice Cream and Sausage Eating Contest
- 4:30-5:30 p.m. - Seatown R & B Players (R & B, Motown)
- 6-7 p.m. - The Evin Rudes ('70s & '80s top forty)
- 7:30-8:30 p.m.- Uncle Ernie (rock & roll)
- 8:30 p.m. - Grand Prize Drawing for $500 Olde Burien Shopping Spree
- 9-10 p.m. - The Burien City Ballbangers (hard rock)
Sponsoring the event are Burien Auto Row and the Mark Restaurant & Bar.
Find the party in Olde Burien on Southwest 152nd Street between Ambaum Boulevard Southwest and Tenth Avenue Southwest, which will close to vehicular traffic at 9 a.m. For more information, call 206- 941-7199 or go online to www.shopoldeburien.com.