Musical Fountain - Performance & Playlist Schedule
Grand Haven Musical Fountain 2012 Season Schedule
2012 Schedule of Start Times
The fountain will start at:
(These are anticipated start times and dates as of January 2012. We will update once we recieve confirmation from the City of Grand Haven in Spring 2012.)
10:00 PM on May 4 & 5, 11 & 12, 18 & 19 and May 25 through June 9
10:10 PM from June 10 through July 14
10:00 PM from July 15 through August 5.
9:50 PM from August 6 through August 16
9:30 PM from August 17 through September 2
9:00 PM on September 1 through September 3 and September 7 & 8
8:30 PM on September 14 & 15 and 21 & 22
All starting times have been determined by selecting the very best time for viewing based upon darkness behind Dewey Hill.
For a listing of the musical selections and more information, click here.
Musical Fountain Designer Leaves His Legacy
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.
January 09, 2008 - Muskegon Chronicle
http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/01/musical_fountain_designer_dead.html
