TINMOUTH – The hills are alive with the sound of music, and games, a talent show and even a parade as townspeople come together throughout the weekend to celebrate the community’s 250th anniversary.
Festivities kick-off with a four-member folk group, Atlantic Crossing, taking the Old Firehouse Stage tonight at 7:30 p.m. and continue bright and early tomorrow morning with a bicycle tour starting at the town offices.
Other Saturday events include a horseshoe tournament, cider making and a parade with Truman Young serving as grand marshal.
“Truman is the oldest person who was born in town. He’s going to be leading the parade in a Model A and we’ll have fire trucks, old cars, tractors, a school float and some animals. It’s a good old small town parade with everybody in it,” committee member Stan Wilbur explained.
A picnic basket lunch will be held at noon on the town green followed by softball games and an apple pie contest.
Townspeople are invited to bring items for a time capsule reflecting life in Tinmouth in 2011 to be opened by future generations. “The idea is it will be opened 50 years from now at the town’s 300th anniversary,” Wilbur said. The capsule will be buried near the town offices next week.
A potluck supper will be held at the Community Center Saturday evening with a talent show hosted by Glenn Merrill later that night. “The talent show is a long tradition in Tinmouth and you never know who is going to show up. We may have some people who get up and tell stories or play their accordions. We know the Spoon Mountain Singers will be there, Tinmouth’s own bell ringers will perform and there’ll be a sing along with Nelson Jacquay,” Wilbur said. A Solarfest skit written by Melody Squier is another featured act.
A number of other day long events have been scheduled for Saturday at various locations, including history exhibits at the town offices, library and church community room, and a photography exhibit and a hooked rug demonstration at the community center. Farrier and blacksmith demonstrations will take place at the old tool sheds, and an historic timeline to be filled by residents will be at the Old Firehouse.
The celebration concludes on Sunday with a book discussion in the Bear Paw Room at the Tinmouth Snack Bar at 3:00 p.m.
Wilbur said about a dozen citizens formed a committee to organize the celebration, with Matthew Patry and Moe Burden serving as co-chairs.
“The committee has been working on it since last spring and there’s something for everybody,” Wilbur said. Programs detailing all the activities with times and locations will be available at the town offices. “They should be available at all venues, but the town office is kind of the command center for what’s going on,” he added.
“Truman is the oldest person who was born in town. He’s going to be leading the parade in a Model A and we’ll have fire trucks, old cars, tractors, a school float and some animals. It’s a good old small town parade with everybody in it,” committee member Stan Wilbur explained.
A picnic basket lunch will be held at noon on the town green followed by softball games and an apple pie contest.
Townspeople are invited to bring items for a time capsule reflecting life in Tinmouth in 2011 to be opened by future generations. “The idea is it will be opened 50 years from now at the town’s 300th anniversary,” Wilbur said. The capsule will be buried near the town offices next week.
A potluck supper will be held at the Community Center Saturday evening with a talent show hosted by Glenn Merrill later that night. “The talent show is a long tradition in Tinmouth and you never know who is going to show up. We may have some people who get up and tell stories or play their accordions. We know the Spoon Mountain Singers will be there, Tinmouth’s own bell ringers will perform and there’ll be a sing along with Nelson Jacquay,” Wilbur said. A Solarfest skit written by Melody Squier is another featured act.
A number of other day long events have been scheduled for Saturday at various locations, including history exhibits at the town offices, library and church community room, and a photography exhibit and a hooked rug demonstration at the community center. Farrier and blacksmith demonstrations will take place at the old tool sheds, and an historic timeline to be filled by residents will be at the Old Firehouse.
The celebration concludes on Sunday with a book discussion in the Bear Paw Room at the Tinmouth Snack Bar at 3:00 p.m.
Wilbur said about a dozen citizens formed a committee to organize the celebration, with Matthew Patry and Moe Burden serving as co-chairs.
“The committee has been working on it since last spring and there’s something for everybody,” Wilbur said. Programs detailing all the activities with times and locations will be available at the town offices. “They should be available at all venues, but the town office is kind of the command center for what’s going on,” he added.
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