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Musical Fountain - Performance/Playlist Schedule

Nightly performances start Memorial Day weekend and run until Labor Day. Performances are held on Fridays and Saturdays only from Labor Day through September.

Grand Haven Musical Fountain 2008 Season Schedule

Musical Fountain-Photo by Ed Post

The Fountain will Start at:

10:10pm from June 11 ~ July 15th

10:00pm from July 16 ~ August 5th

9:50pm from August 6th ~ August 19th

9:30pm from August 20 ~ September 1st

9:00pm on September 5, 6 & 12, 13th

8:30pm on September 19, 20 & 26, 27th

All Start times have been determined by selecting the very best time for viewing based upon darkness behind Dewey Hill. www.grandhaven.org

Performance Dates:

Weekends-Friday and Saturday May 9, 10

Weekends-Friday and Saturday May 16, 17

Nightly Performances Starting-Friday prior to Memorial Day, including Sundays, through Labor Day

Weekends-Friday and Saturday September 12, 13

Weekends-Friday and Saturday September 19, 20

Weekends-Friday and Saturday September 26, 27

Program a Performance or Request a Song

Musical Fountain-Photo by Ed Post

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Musical Fountain Designer Leaves His Legacy

William Booth II

January 09, 2008-Muskegon Chronicle

William Booth II, the engineer credited with making Grand Haven's Musical Fountain a true musical fountain, died Sunday at his home. He was 87.

Booth, a 59-year resident of Grand Haven, was a member of the original 18-member Musical Fountain Committee charged with making the concept of a musical fountain a reality. The fountain debuted May 30, 1963, and quickly became a major downtown tourist attraction.

Booth recalled when he, then Mayor William Creason and their wives were in a boat in the middle of the Grand River when the fountain gave its first performance on May 30, 1963. They all embraced and cried when the fountain worked as planned.

"We figured if it didn't work, or if people did not like it, we were going to have to hop a freight train and hightail it out of town," Booth said in a 1988 interview.

The Musical Fountain is credited with being the springboard for the redevelopment of Grand Haven's waterfront that now includes Bicentennial Park, Waterfront Stadium and the popular boardwalk linking the downtown with the south pier. .......click the link below for the rest of the story.

http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/musical_fountain_designer_dead.html