2009 Calendar of Events

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April 18, 2009Themed Cruise (Prairie Folklore Theatre: Riverboat Radio Hour)7:00pm–9:30pm
May 10, 2009Mother’s Day Lunch Cruise (Peoria Pops Dixieland Band)12:00pm–2:30pm
May 10, 2009RiverLife’s Mother’s Day Gospel Dinner Cruise
(A Gospel themed cruise with: Scott Kramer & Heaven’s Sake)		7:00pm–9:30pm
May 15, 2009Themed Cruise (Prairie Folklore Theatre: Riverboat Tales Tall & True) 
May 22, 2009PianoStravaganza Cruise
$36/adult, $18/child
Boarding: 10:30 am
Cruise & Lunch: 11:00am–1:00pm Dockside: 1:00pm–2:00 pm
Part of the proceeds to benefit the World Championship Old–time Piano Playing Contest
This cruise will feature World Class Pianists from all over the country including the Spirit of Peoria’s own Pianist Bev Wolf.		10:30am–2:00pm
May 22, 2009Themed Cruise (Murder Mystery)7:00pm–9:30pm
May 30–June 1, 2009Overnight Trip to St. Louis, MO3–days/2–nights
June 2, 2009Special Day Trip from St. Louis to Grafton, ILOne Day
June 3, 2009Special Day Trip from Grafton, IL to Florence, ILOne Day
June 6, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 7, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 8–9, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
June 10, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 12, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 12, 2009Themed Cruise (Tropical Rock and Roll for Your Soul/Jimmy Buffet Music 21 and over only!)7:00pm–9:00pm
June 13, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 14, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 14, 2009RiverLife Gospel Concert Cruise (Two Cent Offering will perform)4:00pm–6:00pm
June 15–16, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
June 17, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 19, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 19, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00pm–10:00pm
June 20, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 21, 2009Father’s Day Lunch Cruise (Peoria Pops Dixieland Band)12:00pm–2:30pm
June 21, 2009No sightseeing due to Father’s Day Lunch Cruise! 
June 21, 2009RiverLife’s Father’s Day Gospel Dinner Cruise (Shawn Degenhart & GospelFest Singers)7:00pm–9:30pm
June 22–23, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
June 24, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 26, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 26, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00pm–10:00pm
June 27, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
June 28, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 1, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 2–3, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
July 3, 2009No Public Sightseeing Cruise due to overnight trip 
July 4, 2009No Public Sightseeing Cruise due to holiday 
July 5 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 6–7, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
July 8, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 10, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 11, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 11, 2009Themed Cruise–Murder Mystery7:00pm–9:30pm
July 12, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 12, 2009RiverLife Gospel Concert Cruise (Two Cent Offering will perform)4:00pm–6:00pm
July 15, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 17, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 17, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00pm–10:00pm
July 18, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 18, 2009Themed Cruise–Tropical Rock and Roll for Your Soul/Jimmy Buffet Music 21 and over only!7:00pm–11:00pm
July 19, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 20–21, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
July 22, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 23, 2009Public Lunch Cruise (Gospel Music 
July 24, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 24, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00pm–10:00pm
July 25, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 26, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 29, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 31, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
July 31, 2009RiverLife Gospel Dinner Cruise (Rachel West Kramer & Jairo Arvizu)7:00pm–9:30pm
August 1, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 2, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 3–4, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
August 5, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 7, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 7, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00 pm–10:00pm
August 8, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 9, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 9, 2009RiverLife Gospel Concert Cruise (Two Cent Offering will perform)7:00pm–9:30pm
August 12, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 14, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 15, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 15, 2009Themed Cruise–40th Anniversary of Woodstock7:00pm–11:00pm
August 16, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 17–18, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
August 19, 2009Final Wednesday 2009 Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 21, 2009Final Friday Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 22–24, 2009Overnight Trip to St. Louis, MO3–days/2–nights
August 25, 2009Special Day Trip from St. Louis to Grafton, ILOne Day
August 26, 2009Special Day Trip from Grafton, IL to Florence, ILOne Day
August 28, 2009RiverLife Gospel Dinner Cruise (Gospel Music of Elvis Presley: Scott Kramer & For Heaven’s Sake)7:00pm–9:30pm
August 29, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 30, 2009Final Sunday Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
August 31–Sept 1, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
September 4, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00 pm–10:00pm
September 5, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
September 7, 2009Labor DayClosed–no events or office hours
September 11, 2009Moonlight Cruise (Live Entertainment)8:00 pm–10:00pm
September 12, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
September 14–15, 2009Overnight Trip to Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
September 18, 2009Themed Cruise (Prairie Folklore Theatre: Riverboat Radio Hour)7:00pm–9:30pm
September 19, 2009Final Saturday Public Sightseeing Cruise1:00pm–2:30pm
September 21–22, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
September 25, 2009RiverLife Gospel Dinner Cruise (An Evening with Fanny Crosby: Shawn Degenhart & The GospelFest Singers)7:00pm–9:30pm
September 26–28, 2009Overnight Trip to St. Louis, MO2-days/1-night
September 29, 2009Special Day Trip from St. Louis to Grafton, ILOne Day
September 30, 2009Special Day Trip from Grafton, IL to Florence, ILOne Day
October 2, 2009Themed Cruise—Jazz7:30pm–10:00pm
October 5–6, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
October 8–9, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
October 12–13, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
October 15–16, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
October 17, 2009Fall Foliage Lunch Cruise12:30pm–2:30pm
October 17, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise3:15pm–4:45pm
October 18, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise3:00pm–4:30pm
October 19–20, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
October 22–23, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
October 24, 2009Fall Foliage Lunch Cruise12:30pm–2:30pm
October 24, 2009Public Sightseeing Cruise3:15pm–4:45pm
October 30, 2009Halloween Cruise—21 and over only!9:00 pm–12:00am
November 7, 2009Themed Cruise– Murder Mystery7:30 pm–10:00pm
November 16–17, 2009Overnight Trip to the Starved Rock State Park2-days/1-night
November 20, 2009Themed Cruise (Prairie Folklore Theatre–Walking with Lincoln)7:30 pm–10:00pm
November 21, 2009Themed Cruise (Prairie Folklore Theatre–Walking with Lincoln)7:30 pm–10:00pm
Rent the Spirit of Peoria for your group or company Holiday Party! Please call for special rates available December–February.
Prairie Folklore Theater’s; A Prairie Christmas
Celebrate love, family and friends with songs and stories from not so long ago, and not so far away. In this toe–tapping tour of an old–fashioned Christmas you can sing-a-long with your favorite carols and explore the stories behind the songs and traditions. Blending tales from pioneer days with local history and Old English carols, we rejoice in the true meaning of the holiest of seasons.
November 28, 2009Matinee Holiday Show12:30pm–2:30pm
December 4, 2009Dinner Holiday Show6:30pm–8:30pm
December 5, 2009Matinee Holiday Show12:30pm–2:30pm
December 5, 2009Dinner Holiday Show6:30pm–8:30pm
December 11, 2009Dinner Holiday Show6:30pm–8:30pm
December 12, 2009Matinee Holiday Show12:30pm–2:30pm
December 12, 2009Dinner Holiday Show6:30pm–8:30pm
December 31, 2009RiverLife’s New Year’s Eve Gospel Dinner Cruise7:00pm–9:30pm