MARQUETTE, MI-- The Marquette Ahmed Temple is hosting the Midwest Shrine Association Summer Convention in Marquette this week.
More than 700 people from as far away as South Dakota are expected to take part in activities ranging from parades and chanters to a downtown block party.
On Thursday at 6 p.m. the Shrine parade starts at McClellan Avenue and proceeds down Washington Street to Third Street to the Marquette Commons.
On Friday at 3 p.m. the Yeldiz Chanters will perform for the public at the Presque Isle band shell, and a block party on Washington kicks off at 6 p.m. in downtown Marquette.
Saturday features a Shriner parade through downtown Ishpeming at 10 a.m.
The Ahmed Shrine provides about $50,000 a year to support transportation and hotel accommodations for more than 300 U.P. children who receive orthopedic, cleft palate, and burn treatments.
