Events Calendar

Musical Fountain 2009

Grand Haven Musical Fountain
2009 Season Schedule

Friday and Saturday May 8 & 9

Friday and Saturday May 15 & 16

Friday, May 22, nightly, including Sundays, through Labor Day, September 7th

Friday and Saturday September 11 & 12

Friday and Saturday September 18 & 19

Friday and Saturday September 25 & 26

Grand Haven Musical Fountain
2009 Schedule of Start Times

The fountain will start at:

10:00 p.m. on May 8 & 9 and 15 & 16 and May 22nd through June 10th .

10:10 p.m. from June 11 through July 15th.

10:00 p.m. from July 16 through August 5th.

9:50 p.m. from August 6th through August 19th.

9:30 p.m. from August 20 through September 3rd .

9:00 p.m. on September 4, 5, 6 & 7, and 11 & 12.

8:30 p.m. on September 18 & 19 and 25 & 26.

All starting times have been determined by selecting the very best time for viewing based upon darkness behind Dewey Hill.
Grand Haven Musical Fountain
2009 Schedule of Start Times

For a listing of the musical selections and more information click here.

Program a Performance or Request a Song

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Musical Fountain Designer Leaves His Legacy

William Booth II-Fountain Designer

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