 We now know when Hockey Day Minnesota will officially announce the date and teams that will be part of Bemidji's hockey day. Josh Peterson shares with us why the annual water carnival in Hockey Day Minnesota have formed a partnership for the big announcement. It's time to mark your calendars on Sunday July 1st at 11 o'clock a.m. The Minnesota Wild in Hockey Day Minnesota will officially make their Paul Bunyan sized announcement of the date and teams that will be part of the 2019 event. The announcement will be part of a long-standing Bemidji tradition during the 74th annual Bemidji JC's water carnival. Hockey Day Minnesota Bemidji is I think only fitting that we would make the announcement of all the details during that signature summer event for what will be a very memorable once in a lifetime winter event. Piggybacking on the six-day celebration put on by the JC's the organization was thrilled to have the announcement be part of their carnival and help support another big event. We love working with other groups in the community businesses groups of all kinds it it makes it makes the whole chapter feel great when we get approached and asked hey can you help us because hey that's what we like doing. With the water carnival split between two locations Hockey Day Minnesota should be all right at home. With the announcement and special events located at Paul Bunyan park and the carnival laid out where the future hockey village and rink will be located just months later. The clock will just be ticking even more. Tickets and merchandise of course will be rolled out after that event not necessarily right away. Through the partnership form between the Bemidji JC's and Hockey Day Minnesota the big announcement party won't end right here in Paul Bunyan park but it will continue in style with the water carnival grand parade. As soon as we heard the announcement that they were going to do their announcement during the water carnival the morning of our grand parade it was a natural segue we thought no one better suited than Nordy and the Wild to be the grand marshal of our grand parade. As the two groups continue to work together on finalizing the announcement celebration details one thing is certain excitement surrounding these two Bemidji events just got bigger. In Bemidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. And again the announcement celebration will be held at Paul Bunyan park Sunday July 1st at 11 in the morning followed by the water carnival grand parade with the Minnesota Wild and Hockey Day teams and grand marshals at one o'clock should be a lot of fun. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.