Available Sunday, October 27 – Depart Monday, October 28, 2024
Description
Something different, something time-honored: You’re invited to join in the unique experience as we close Grand Hotel’s doors for the winter months.
This package includes a casual dinner buffet on Sunday evening and a continental breakfast Monday morning. Enjoy an informal atmosphere as we clean out our pantries and wine cellar. Bob Tagatz, Resident Historian, will host a presentation explaining the process we go through to close the hotel, as well as fun facts and interesting information from the 2023 season. Monday morning we continue the tradition of ringing the bell to signify the end of our season, bringing in the rockers, and honor exemplary service with our Grand Legend Celebration. Take home a piece of Grand Hotel with a geranium from the Front Porch.
We look forward to you joining our staff in this annual end-of-the-year event that has become a tradition for so many.
Package Includes:
Grand Hotel Accommodations
Sunday afternoon Close the Grand presentation
Ceremonial Bring in the Rockers from The World’s Longest Front Porch
Chef’s choice casual buffet dinner Sunday evening
Continental breakfast Monday morning
Closing Bell Ringing
Take home a geranium from the Front Porch
Grand Legend Celebration
10:00 AM check-out time
The Close the Grand offer is also available by calling Grand Hotel Reservations at 1-800-334-7263.
*Subject to Michigan 6% sales tax, 3% Mackinac Island assessment, and a $15.00 per person, per stay, baggage-handling charge. Regular children’s rates apply. Extra charges apply for additional adults over double occupancy rates. Dates are subject to availability. A 30-day cancellation policy applies.
For the fun and fancy of it, meet us on the dance floor for our annual Ballroom Dance Weekend. There’s no better place to enjoy the sophistication of ballroom dancing than Grand Hotel, where nightly dancing and dressing up for dinner has been a tradition for generations — and this is the perfect package to help refine your moves or learn some new steps!
Package Includes:
Grand Hotel accommodations
Breakfast and dinner daily
Dancing to The Grand Hotel Orchestra Friday and Saturday night
Dance lessons on Saturday morning and afternoon
Saturday evening reception
All entertainment and dance instruction
Special discount on ferry tickets
Dancers can experience a diverse range of ballroom dance styles, including the waltz, rumba, and swing. Professional dance instructors, Jose and Irma Cayao, teach the beginner courses and John and Judy Tomlian teach the intermediate/advanced courses. Dance the night away to The Grand Hotel Orchestra led by Dr. Alex Graham, along with special guests Paul Keller and vocalist Sarah D’Angelo.
The Ballroom Dance Weekend package can also be booked by calling Grand Hotel Reservations at 1-800-334-7263.
The annual 4th of July tournament on Mackinac Island is sure to be another crowd pleaser.
Everyone is eligible to compete in the tournament. The more the merrier.
The tournament is open to all ages and always occurs at Windermere Pointe Beach (Located next to Hotel Iroquois) every year at 10:00 am on the 4th of July. Professional skippers compete at high noon, often skipping 20+ skips.
9:00 am opening ceremony
last chance to find your stones,
pro tip is to wade out into the water and find some great stones from years past
The Honorable Judge Glen Allen Open Tournament
10:00 Open tournament Begins
Kerplunking for the toddlers and little ones,
12 and under Division (Winner receives bragging rights for a year and a trophy)
13 and up Amateur division (Winner receives a trophy and fudge)
11:45 Awards Ceremony for Open Tournament
Wilmer T. Rabe International Stone Skipping Tournament (July 4th)
High Noon – Professional Invitational Competition (Winner receives goblets of cash)
All are welcome to participate in some family fun. No one is too young or too old to compete.
The weather was perfect on Mackinac Island for the 5oth annual tournament open to all. Check out the final results on the 2018 Scorecard to see this years winners.
The Pro division was quite exciting with a tie for first place. Traditionally when there is a tie the win goes to the to skippers second best stone. This year Bugsy and Lefty tied for 19 as their best skip and tied again with 17 for their second best skip. After deliberating with the judges Acting High Commissioner Paul H. Toepp, III announced that the winner would be determined by a sudden death 1 stone skip off. The crowd audibly signed when Bugsy threw a 5 and wonder if Left would go for the easy win. Lefty wound up and through for a 20+ but ended up with a 10 to take this years pro title.
Photos and Video from the 2010 Stone Skipping Tournament
Former Guinness Book Record holder Russ “Rock Bottom” Byars won the 2010 Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament with a throw of 30 skips. Second place went to Todd “Mussels” Callewaert with 26 skips & rounding out 3rd was Glenn “Hard Luck” Loy with a 22 skips. (Note: Video is the third round throw and is not the tournament winning 30 skip throw.)
Photos from the Mackinac Island Stone Skipping Tournament – July 4, 2010
