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The Heritage Carousel of Des Moines hosts events throughout the season.
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Thank you to the Rollin' Relics Car Club for another successful show! The club is the largest annual contributor to the Heritage Carousel. A record number of entries came to participate on August 24, which was a beautiful day! Lots of people came to look at the cars and enjoy free Carousel rides. Hope you will join us next year!
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2008 Cruise to the Carousel Thank you to the Rollin' Relics Car Club for their contribution to the Heritage Carousel. The club hosted their 8th annual 'Cruise to the Carousel' Car Show in August. Each year the proceeds help the Carousel continue to go round'. The club puts in many months of planning and many hours of work organizing, requesting prizes, recruiting participants and sweating to make the show successful! This was the biggest year yet for participants. Thank You! |
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![]() Participants in the bubble gum blowing contest! |
Carousel Choice Award 2005
1932 Chevrolet Confederate Sedan
Owned by Larry Ballard of Des Moines.

For more photos of this year's winning car click here.
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Clowns at the Carousel, Tuesday, August 3,
2004
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM In celebration of International Clown Week and National Night Out! |
WOW - A big thank you to the individuals, businesses and community organizations that helped put together a TERRIFIC Clowns at the Carousel event on August 3rd! An especially big thank you to Des Moines Metro Credit Union for sponsoring the Carousel rides for the evening and delighting children by handing out LOTS of candy! We were so pleased to have 981 carousel riders that evening in just over 3 hours! Thanks to all who came out and enjoyed the evening, it is always nice to see that many smiles in one place!
For more photos of this event click here.
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Rollin' Relics Cruise to the Carousel Car Show July 11, 2004
Carousel Choice Award 2004
1926 Ford Model T Depot Hack
Owned by Terry Jannsen of Des Moines.

For more photos of this year's winning car click here.
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Friday June 11, July 9 and August 6, 2004 Night Lights & Sweet Dreams |
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Grandparents Weekend Saturday, September 6th, 2003
Thank you to our sponsor for KRNT's Grandparents Weekend event at
the Carousel, SENIORS ONLY FINANCIAL (Mark Gremler).
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Korn Patch Clowns at the Carousel July 29,2003
An estimated 2-3 thousand kids of all ages attended this event.
Thank you
to all who sponsored the event.

For more pictures of the day's events click
here.
Rollin' Relics Cruise to the Carousel Car Show July 13,2003
Carousel Choice Award 2003
1933 Buick Model 97
Owners are Dave and Roena Dean of Des Moines.
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A special thank you to the Rollin' Relics Car Club for allowing us to select and bestow this award! The selection process was very difficult but we were confident that this car could hold lots of kids for a trip to the Carousel!
A HUGE thank you to the car club for a successful and very well run show. The Rollin Relics Car Club has made a very generous donation to the Heritage Carousel each year that the show has taken place. We are grateful for their support!
For more photos on the day's events click here.
2003 Season Opening Day at the Carousel - March 24,2003
KRNT Radio and
Top Value Foods Store were present for the season opening.
They
sponsored
free rides, and gave free ice cream and tickets to an Iowa Cubs game.
Thank you
for
your
support
on our opening day event.
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