Let’s Play!
Posted May 23, 2011 07:07:00 AM.
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Anywhere from 10, 000 to 15, 000 people are expected at the annual Victoria Day Celebration in New Dundee. This year it’s aptly themed “Let’s Play!” as it features a ribbon cutting ceremony showcasing park improvements and the launch of the new baseball diamonds.
Chaos is bound to ensue as everybody is trying to get the deal of the century at the garage sales. All across the community, residents will be setting up shop on their lawns and driveways.
The celebration is sponsored by the Optimist Club of New Dundee, the New Dundee Board of Trade as well as the New Dundee Women’s Institute. Funds raised at the many events going on in the park will support many community initiatives.
Including Minor Sports, Guides and community beautification.
There are food booths open all day in the park with everything from burgers, hot-dogs and fries to coffee, ice cream and pie. A market place, where vendors are offering their arts and crafts, retail goods like sun glasses or jeans. Volunteer with the Board of Trade, Mark Harrison tells 570 News it’s “kind of a big vending machine all within the park area”.
Then at 2:00, it’s all about the parade. It’s open to everybody and there are prizes for the best floats. There are also prizes for musical entries to the parade. There are four categories you can enter under; Pets, Nursery Rhymes, Bicycles & Floats and under the theme of the day “Let’s Play!” the Parade Marshals are the New Dundee Dodgers themselves. They are past OASA Junior Fastball Champions. If you’d like to register, be at the former RONA building by 1:15.
Because of the unusually wet weather we’ve had, park renovations are a couple weeks behind. The few unfinished areas that are left are fenced off and the majority of the park will be open to you.
Harrison tells 570 News that the new baseball diamonds were the dream of his friend, Doug Fisher. “Doug Fisher was a gentleman that I went to high-school with. He was instrumental in this. He always dreamt of having a regulation quality diamond. So now these new ones are”.
The events are going on rain or shine, so like Harrison says “Come on out and have a great time, if it rains wear your willies and bring an umbrella and there’s amazing garage sale finds, and you’d be helping support New Dundee and the surrounding area”.
For more information visit newdundee.ca
