St. Ansgar’s Heritage Day 2020 is set for Saturday, Feb. 8, at South Square.

Heritage foods will be served at the noon luncheon and the Heritage fashion show will be at 1 p.m. Fashions, throughout the ages, from as far back as the Renaissance and the 1800s through the 1960s, will be modeled by all ages. The fashions are provided by St. Ansgar graduate, Cheryl Rosenberg Gruis and Rockford resident, Darla Pyle, who sewed most of the items. The themed table decorations, also provided by Gruis, will feature items from each decade.

Musical entertainment will be the Forte Milers Barbershop Chorus and Sam Crosser,The Piano Man, playing a variety of musical selections.

The Master of Ceremonies for the program will be KIMT news anchor Raquel Hellman.

Heritage Day is an annual fund raising event for the St. Ansgar Heritage Association’s Museum and The History Center, which is located in South Square. The History Center will be open for visitors to see the current display, honoring area veterans and the military.

Advanced tickets can be purchased around town, at Salon 318, DeMaris Hardware, Home Sweet Home, St. Ansgar State Bank, Paradise Pizza and South Square Coffee, for $20. There are a limited number of tickets. If there are any tickets left, they can be purchased, for $25 at the door the day of the event.

This is going to be the fun event of the year, so don’t miss it. There will be gangsters and doormen and an English policeman wandering through the crowd, as well as a Renaissance king and queen, poodle skirts and the Roaring 20s. Models are all ages, from kids to adults.