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The Luis Palau Festival Tour - 13 June

10th June 2009

Photograph of The Luis Palau Festival Tour - 13 June

St Georges Park,Thurso - 13th June 4.00 - 9.00pm - FREE

The Luis Palau Festivals that are held around the world are usually only held in big cities with tens or even hundreds of thousands attending, but with the support from over 100 congregations and organisations from around the Highlands, the Festival is coming here. The main event will be in Inverness from the 17th to 20th of June. This includes FREE concerts with many top bands, displays of extreme sports and lots of FREE activities for families. Luis Palau himself will be sharing a message of 'Hope for today' during the event. Check out www.highlandfestival.org for further details of the Highland Festival.

The Festival on tour comes to Thurso on Saturday the 13th of June at Sir George's Park (The Dammies). There will be lots of activities for families including a 5-a-side football competition for under7s, Archery, Bouncy castle, races, etc - ALL FREE. There will also be a FREE display from a professional extreme sports team using skateboards and BMX bikes. They will be performing a variety of stunts and jumps using various ramps.

There will also be a FREE concert with a band called 'thebandwithnoname'. Their music style consists of a variety of 'nu metal, hip hop, rap, grime and crunk rock'. Also at the event will be Jose Zayas from the USA who is an international speaker. Jose will be bringing a good news message later in the evening. Jose is an excellent communicator and has spoken to over 1 million people on 5 continents from presidents and parliaments to the poorest of the poor in war-torn Sudan.

Times for events on the day are as follows:-
1:00 to 4:00pm under 7's 5-a-side football tournament
4:00 Pro skateboarder and BMX stunt display
4:30 to 5:30 pm Archery
4:30 to 7:00 pm Family fun zone (bouncy castle, races, etc)
6:00 pm Pro skateboarder and BMX stunt display
7:00 to 9:00 pm Live concert

There will be various charity stalls and an opportunity to help less fortunate people around the Highlands by contributing to the Highland Food Bank, via Blythswood, by donating non perishable food items, Items required are as follows:-
Breakfast Cereal, Rice/Pasta 1kg, Potatoes (Tinned or Instant),
Oatcakes/Crackers/Biscuits Tinned Vegetables Tinned Tomatoes Tinned Fruit,
Fruit Juice (Carton), Soup (Tinned or Dried), Tinned Ham/Corned Beef,
Tinned Fish, Tinned Mince/Stew, Baked Beans, Pasta Sauces, Milk (UHT or Powdered), Tinned Custard/Rice, Tea Bags/Coffee, Sugar