150 Years
of a Grand Community

Cayuga at its Sesquicentennial
1859 . 2009
 
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Saturday, July 11
Opening Ceremonies

1859 Dinner
Ruthven Park Period Dress
Ruthven Park - Coach House
$75.00 per person



Sunday, July 12
Village Green

Homecoming Tent
July 12 - 18th
10:00 - closing
Lunch available each day for a reasonable price.

Sunday
12:30 Welcome and parade of pies and winners
1:00 Announcement of Beautification Winners
1:15 Beard Growing Judging
2:00 Cottonwood Brass Quintet Concert
3:15 Greetings from local clergy
3:30 Cottonwood Brass Quintet Concert continues

July, 13-14-15 & 16
(Monday to Thursday)

Monday
12:00 Antiques Appraisals by Jim Anderson (Anderson Auctions)
2 items per person, $2 per item
7:00 p.m. Brett Baker
Country Music Concert

Tuesday
Children's Day Festivities
12:30 Games by YWCA Leaders' Group
1:30 Stars on Stage
2:15 Magic Show by "MagicIan"
3:00 Cayuga Gym Club Demonstration

7:00 p.m. Caribbean Steel Band Concert

Wednesday
12:30 Garden Party hosted by Cayuga churches

7:00 p.m. Men of Mars Blues Concert

Thursday, 16
Midway - Starts (late afternoon)
At the river front

1:00 Cayuga Trivia Contest
Individuals and or groups
Pre-registration required call Helen Spears, 905-772-3583

7:00 p.m. Brett Baker, Country Music Concert


Friday, July 17
Midway
At the river front

Vendors/Crafts/Food
At the river front

10:00 a.m. Memorabilia Gathering

Skateboard Competition 2:00 p.m.
Cale Jacob's S8 Competition
At the Skateboard Park

Beer Garden
At the Lower Park

Afternoon Entertainment
Dance at the River
 4:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Summer Field

8:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Johny and The Cruzers
www.johnnyandthecruizers.com

Beer Garden
Lower Park

Saturday, July 18

Firemens Breakfast
8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Firehall

Homecoming Tent
Downtown Village Green
10:00 Official Homecoming Assembly
Seniors interviewed by Haldimand Press
Hosted by Cayuga residents
Refreshments to be served

Parade
11:00 a.m.
Details here

Greetings of all Seniors by Municipal, Provincial, Federal Officials

Heritage Activities
Reenactors, Heritage Games etc.
Cayuga Museum
10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.

Antique Car Show
Ball Park
10:00 to 3:30
Judging at 1:30

Lumberjack Show
Ball Park
1:00 to 2:30 and again at 4:00

Kids ID
Kinsmen Pavillion

"Carnival Bingo"
Seniors Center
1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
14 McKay St E

Vendors/Crafts/Food
At the river front

Cayuga Lions Fish Dinner
4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

PRAISE TO RAISE SINGING COMPETITION
St. John the Divine ~ Celebrating Cayuga’s 150th Year! Saturday, July 18, 2009
Contest Rules and Regulations


Merchants Sidewalk Sale

Entertainment
Beer Garden
River front lower park

Wray Oakes & Niteflite


Practically Hip
www.practicallyhip.com

Gruve
www.myspace.com/gruvemusic


Bad to the Bone
www.badtothebone.ca


12:20 Blast


July 19
Regular Church Services

Vendors/Crafts and Food
12:00 - 6:00

Karaoke
1:00 - 5:00

Heritage Activities
Reenactors, Heritage Games etc.

Cayuga Museum
10:00 a.m to 4:00 p.m.

Soap Box Derby
Ottawa Street Hill
Registration at 12:30 p.m.
Racing starts at 1:30 p.m.

Midway
At the river front

Community & Family BBQ
5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Boat Parade
At Dusk

Time Capsule

Closing Remarks

Fireworks
At Dusk
Bob Baigent Park
 
Beautification Judging
Application Form
 
Pictured below are Clayt and Helen Spears at their townhouse on Munsee Street, Cayuga, early summer of 2008. Clayt is chair of the Beautification Committee for Cayuga's 150th anniversary celebrations, July 11th-19th. The Spears are pictured with a red, white, and blue hanging basket of the kind which graced the village last summer. These are the colours chosen for the Sesquicentennial Floral Competition. By the end of the summer the flowers from this basket reached the Spears' front steps. This is a sample of the kind of floral decoration which might be used during the 150th anniversary summer.

Sample of the kind of floral decoration.