SARANAC LAKE — It's parade day here, along with many other Saranac Lake Winter Carnival events.
Here's the schedule:
TODAY
8:30 to 11 a.m.: Mason's Pancake Breakfast, Saranac Lake Adult Center, 136 Broadway. Sponsored by Whiteface Mountain Lodge 789 Masonic Temple.
8:30 to 9:30 a.m.: Breakfast at McDonald's restaurant with Grimace and carnival characters.
10 to 11 a.m., Meet the Carnival Characters, Ice Palace.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: 23rd-annual Winter Book Sale, Saranac Lake Free Library, Cantwell Community Room, 109 Main St.
10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Lions Club Chili Sale, Harrietstown Town Hall.
11 a.m.: Paul Smith's College Woodsmen's Exhibition. Riverside Park.
Noon to 4 p.m.: Paul Smith's College Alumni Reunion. Under the heated tent next to Sears and Nori's.
Noon: Parade Lineup at Lake Colby Drive.
1 p.m.: Gala parade. Along Broadway and Main Street from Ampersand Avenue to Lapan Highway. Band concert follows in Harrietstown Town Hall.
After the Parade: Music by Crow Party, The Waterhole.
7 p.m.: Music by Black Fly Affair. Captain Cook's.
7 to 9 p.m.: Michael Cooney on Irish Pipes with Curt and Kary Stager.
7:30 p.m.: "To Kill A Mockingbird," Pendragon Theatre. Call 891-9052 for reservations.
8 p.m.: Music by Backspin. Romano's Saranac Lanes.
8:30 p.m.: Music by Big Boss Sausage, Captain Cook's.
10 p.m. to 2 a.m.: Music by Damaged Goods, Romano's Saranac Lanes.
10 p.m.: Music by Lucid, The Waterhole.
SUNDAY
10 a.m.: Adult X-C Skiing, Dewey Mountain. 891-2697.
11 a.m.: Bionique Snowflake Volleyball Tournament, Saranac Lake Civic Center Rotary Field; and Showshoe Softball, Elks Field, John Munn Road.
11 a.m.: Casey McHugh Pond Hockey Tournament, Bloomingdale Fields. 637-4669.
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.: Joey Izzo on Piano, Left Bank Cafe.
Noon: Saranac Lake Teachers Association Kids X-C Ski Races, Dewey Mountain. 891-2697.
12:30 to 3 p.m.: Snowy Owl Face Painting for Children, Harrietstown Town Hall.
2 p.m.: Kiddie Parade from Saranac Lake Free Library to the Town Hall.
3 p.m.: 17th-annual Winter Carnival Baroque Concert, Methodist Church, donation, sponsored by the Saranac Lake Young Arts Association.
7:30 p.m.: Cape Air Carnival Slide Show at the Ice Palace.
8 p.m.: Gala Fireworks Display at the Ice Palace.
10 p.m.: Music by Tim Herron & Eric McElveen, The Waterhole.
THURSDAY, FEB. 16
2 and 7:30 p.m.: Post-Carnival Cape Air Slide Show, Saranac Village at Will Rogers.
Learn more at: saranaclakewintercarnival.com
