Summer
2009: A play about the Boal Family by Charles DumasBoalsburg Bicentenary Celebration: Schedule of Events
http://boalmuseum.com/200th.schedule.htm
“Celebrating Two Hundred Years of Community”
Boalsburg commemorates its founding 200 years ago by pulling together as a community for a fine celebration of our community -- past, present and future -- with many sub-themes:
· Saturday, October 11, 2008: Two events to kick off the celebration. Contact Boalsburg Village Conservancy President Chris Lee at chris@boalmuseum.com or (814) 466-9266:
o Noon to 4 pm. Boalsburg 200th Birthday Bicentenary Street Party – “200 years of Village Life”. Music, food, games, free wagon rides with historical tour of the village and a community birthday cake in the square and on the porches of the 200-year-old village. Pumpkin and crafts booths along with booths for community groups. With speaking appearances by historic persons from Boalsburg’s past, including the pioneer David Boal and the three ladies of the first Memorial Day.
o 7:30 PM. Boalsburg 200th Birthday Ball. “200 Years of Family, Friends and Neighbors Shaping the Future.” Food, dancing and appearances by historic persons from Boalsburg’s past.
· December 2008. Hometown Christmas: Including paper-cutting classes December 6 and horse-drawn wagon rides December 7. Contact Dottie Yukish at dyukish@verizon.net.
· December 6, 2008, at 3 pm. Annual meeting of the Boalsburg Village Conservancy at Duffy’s Tavern on the square in Boalsburg, tentatively with a special 200th birthday program, “This Land is Your Land” by Connie Randolph based on research into primary source land documents from the earliest records of Boalsburg land transactions.
· January 28, 2009: Slide lecture: “The Boal Troop Post WWI and the Founding of the 28th Division Shrine.” Philip Sauerlender, at the Pennsylvania Military Museum.
· April 18, 2009, 10 am: For the kids! Boalsburg Bicentenary Regatta and Hot Wheel Race: Contact Admiral Gert Aron at gertaron@aol.com or 466-6067.
· Early May 2009: “Music at the Boal Mansion” celebrating 200 years of music.
· May 2009: 200 Years in Nature’s Beauty. Historic outdoor games, environmental clean-up. At Blue Spring Park. Contact Amy Farkas at akfarkas@comcast.net or 466-6228
· May 2009: A Play about Boalsburg by Jerry Sawyer. At the Boal Barn Playhouse.
· Memorial Day Weekend: May 23-25, 2009.
o Saturday, May 23, 5 pm: Boalsburg Fire Co. Parade. Harris Township neighborhoods enter floats on the theme of “200 Years of Neighborhoods.”
o Sunday, May 24: 1–4 pm. Boalsburg Historic Houses Tour: “200 Years of Family Home Life”. 4-6 pm celebration with music in the square. Contact Katie Ellis at Katie@uoc.com or (814) 466-1110.
o Monday, May 25: “200 Years of History”. Historic Structures Walking Tour brochure and web site (Bob Cameron, rdc170@psu.edu, 876-0129). Bicentenary Pictorial Project (Bill Wallace at wrw5@psu.edu.) Also, Monday, May 25: “200 years of Transportation” at the Military Museum grounds (Stan Smith, 466-6087).
Summer
2009: A play about the Boal Family by Charles Dumas
To join in the celebration, contact Boalsburg Village Conservancy President Chris Lee at 814-466-9266 or chris@boalmuseum.com. More details at http://boalmuseum.com/200th.htm.
To make a donation to support the Boalsburg 200th, contact Bob Potter at bob@robertwpotter.com or (814) 466-7777 or send a check to "Boalsburg Village Conservancy -- 200th" to PO Box 451, Boalsburg PA 16827.
(photo below left: the school in Boalsburg, now Boal Hall of the Boalsburg Fire Company building
photo below right: the square in Boalsburg c. 1920)
