Libby Logger Days
Men's Double Buck Competition
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Libby Logger Days 2008

The 2008 Libby Logger Days will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 26-29th in Libby.

See the schedule at right for the events for 2008. Most events will be held in downtown Libby around the Memorial Center.Favorite events include the traditional water fight, the Bull of the Woods and logging events. The Wild West Carnival will be from June 26-29.

There will be food booths, merchant displays, amusements and entertainment. The Logger Day parade will be held at 10 am on Saturday morning.

The traditional water fight takes place on Thursday evening on Mineral Avenue by the festival site. It pits teams against Libby firefighters for a fast and furious soaking (the spectators too).

The very popular Lip Sync Contest on Thursday makes the crowd go wild with the contestant's wild antics to win the competition.

Friday evening "Patricia Ryan and Yellowstone" will be performing a benefit concert for a local non-profit educational organization, Provider Pals. The concert will be held at 8:00 PM immediately following the Logger Days "Bull of the Woods" competition. All proceeds will go toward local student scholarships within the program. Each ticket enters into a raffle that will be drawn at the event. For tickets, please call Echo Jo Venn at 406-293-8822 or e-mail contact@providerpals.com.

On Saturday morning, the streets fill up with spectators for the fun Logger's Day Parade that goes down Mineral Avenue. The parade starts at 10 am and goes through downtown Libby. Floats represent local industry, businesses, clubs and organizations.

The rest of the weekend is filled with many different fun logging competitions. Logging show events include speed carving, ax throwing, log jousting over water, speed climbing, log rolling, and more.

Other logging competitions include the "Bull and Bullette of the Woods" competition in which competitors don boxing gloves and face each other on a giant log to see who can stay on. The children's version, the "Wimp of the Woods" contest, puts competitors under 12 years of age in a pillow slug-out fight. The "Ma and Pa Relay" is a co-ed team competition for the fastest team to put on and tie up their boots, put on hard hats, then travel in a wheelbarrow to a log which they must then cut through with a double buck saw.  The "Jack and Jill Race" is a double buck sawing competition for guys and gals. The "Lumberjack Relay" shows off the skills of logging crews in setting chokers, chain sawing, ax throwing, single and double buck sawing. The competitions end with the very popular Tug-O-War. 

Festivities include musical concerts, food booths, lyp sync contest, children's activities, and more. A fun weekend for the whole family!

Logger Day Buttons are required for entrance to Grounds. Buttons allow entrance to all festivities except for the melodrama. $5 in advance or $6 at the gate. Children under 6 free. Melodrama tickets are $9.00 adult and $5.00 student. All events held at Memorial Center Area. 

For more information:
Libby Kiwanis - Pam Peppenger
Contact e-mail: pmontana@frontiernet.net

Phone Contacts:
Pam: 406-283-1305
Don: 406-293-1175

Axe Throw

Water Fight

Men's Single Buck

Logging Demonstration

Gunny Sack Races

Crowd for the Lip Sync Contest

Dunk-a-Cheerleader

Royalty Float

Children's Pillow Fight

Donut Stacking Competition

Water Fight

Libby Cheerleader's Float

Children's Fishing Booth

Log Chopping Demonstration

PeeVee Log Roll Competition

Children's Sponge Throw