Aluminum Nationals:  
Race weekend July 16/17,
Spring Green (21 miles), or Lone Rock (15 miles), or Gotham (8 miles),  to Muscoda, WI

Bring a spouse/sweetheart/kids for the weekend, on Saturday take them to a sumptuous outdoor picnic in Spring Green, Wisconsin, then to a world class outdoor theater performance (just up the hill from where the picnic is).  And the next day paddle in the USCA Aluminum Nationals or one of the many other classes at the host event, the 40th Wisconsin River Race – 21, 15, and 8 mile events, canoes and kayaks, rec and racing classes.

Picnic:  Saturday July 16, 1:00 pm.  See mouthwatering details below and order – or bring pot luck to share.

Play: (the Renaissance comedy Tartuffe by Molière – details below).  Saturday July 16, 3:00 pm.
American Players’ Theater ( www.playinthewoods.org ) are offering race-goers and their friends/families half price tickets ($16 a piece) if they use the form in the race packet (or, I expect, just mention the arrangement on the phone).

Races:  Sunday.  Full details in the race packet.  If you didn’t get one already, quick email Gareth your address at nawal@ticon.net for a print version,

DownLoad Race packet in PDF (follow link)
or go to
 www.wicanoeracing.com/Muscoda

Gourmet Picnic Dinners (These will be prepared and ready at the picnic site, if you order – call 608-588-2361 – at least two days before – but why wait . . . Or bring a pot luck to share)

Feast on delectable entrees from Hubbard Avenue Diner prepared fresh daily, chilled and awaiting your arrival at the Theatre.

SMOKED TURKEY ON FOCACCIA Thinly sliced smoked turkey, Baby Swiss cheese, fresh spring greens and basil-pesto mayo succulently presented between two thick slices of freshly baked focaccia. Price: $12.00

VEGGIE WRAP Hummus and goat cheese accompanied by a medley of artichokes, onions, tomatoes, capers, olives and fresh spring greens served up in a soft, savory tortilla wrap. Price: $12.00

CHICKEN CAESAR SALAD Grilled chicken breast tossed in a flurry of crisp romaine lettuce, topped with croutons, Parmesan and Caesar dressing. Price: $12.00

ITALIAN MARINATED SALMON Oven-roasted fresh salmon filet, chilled and served on a bed of spring greens, topped with cucumber yogurt dressing. Price: $13.50

All entrees above include Gazpacho soup, Mediterranean pasta salad and a homemade chocolate brownie for dessert.

FOR THE KIDS Sliced turkey sandwich, matchstick carrots and a cookie. Price: $8.50

OH MOST BOUNTIFUL PICNIC BASKET This whole lot of tasty feasting includes a main dish of Italian marinated salmon filets and chicken salad with grapes and walnuts. Add to that salads of Mediterranean pasta, fruit and confetti bean deliciously complemented by a wheel of Brie, freshly baked baguettes and pesto aioli. Finish with a flourish of chocolate brownies. Plates, utensils and tablecloth packed in an APT tote bag. Serves 6. Price: $75.00

The Play:

Tartuffe by Molière, translated by Richard Wilbur Directed by David Frank

A classic comedy with a French twist, from the drawing rooms of Gay Paree in the mid 1600s.  Welcome to the domicile of Orgon, a rich bourgeois who’s become a bigot and prude in middle age.  His household is up in arms over Tartuffe, a flimflam man of criminal bent whose current façade of religious fervor has their master totally bamboozled.  Despite their best efforts to warn him, the arrogant Orgon gets taken for all he’s worth by the shifty villain Tartuffe, who’s finally undone by his own irrepressible lust for Elmire, Orgon’s own wife.

SEE YOU THERE ! !

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