Friday - 6:00-9:30pm in the Auditorium, Open mic, reviewing with performers and audience songs to be sung Saturday. Saturday will go from morning to night and include: 9:00am A catered breakfast, Highlight WV veterans who make a difference in West Virginia, How real leaders deal with stigma of West Virginia, Contests such as school children naming the 55 counties of WV, all in the audience answering historic questions for prizes, musicians competing for the best rendition of the theme song, West Virginia’s Future. 1:00 Concert in the auditorium with varied musicians, readers. 3:30-4:30 Memorial. Woody Williams will release a balloon for each West Virginian who has died in military service in the last five years. 6:00-6:45 Film on WV Bridges. 7:00-9:00 A second concert will feature some of contestants but be mostly musicians, historians and reenactments.
Show West Virginians as the People We Are. We expect the media state-wide and nationally.