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Johnny's SummaryWellesley's Wonderful Weekend
Parade, Fireworks, & Events
Turn On the Lights Celebration
May 18th through 20th, 2012
2012 Schedule
Saturday - May 5th
11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.
Wellesley Kitchen Tour 2012* — Wellesley Hills Junior Woman's Club
Tickets sold @ Wellesley Roche Bros or online at www.whjwc.org
Friday - May 18th
3:00p.m. - 6:00p.m.
Annual Hunnewell Fun Fair* — Hunnewell School PTO
Hunnewell Elementary School, 28 Cameron Street, Rides, games, crafts
7:00p.m.
Masterworks Concert featuring WHS Performing Arts Department at Wellesley High School Katherine L Babson, Jr. Auditorium
— 50 Rice Street
Saturday - May 19th
All day Wellesley Square Scavenger Hunt — Wellesley Square Merchants
7:00a.m.—2:30p.m. Pancake Festival* at the Wellesley Middle School — Rotary Club of Wellesley
7:00a.m.—2:30p.m. Free Eye Exams at the Needham Lions Club Eye Mobile at the Wellesley Middle School — Needham Lions Club
Saturday—Sunday
(decamp after parade)
18th Century Military Encampment at Town Hall Grounds
The Royal Irish Artillery, Tours all day, Cannon Firing on the hour on Saturday
9:00a.m.—Noon
Tours of Wellesley High School — 50 Rice Street
Including green tours showing off the new green features of the building
9:00a.m.—10:00a.m.
Guided Walk of Morses Pond — Wellesley Trails Committee
Meet at gate to Town Beach at end of Turner Road
10:00a.m.—11:30a.m.
Dog Contest*
Natural Resources Comm. , Board of Health, & Wellesley Animal Control
Warren School Field, 90 Washington Street (Route 16)
Prizes awarded in various categories including ""shaggiest"", ""best grooomed"", ""best tricks"", ""wiggliest"", and many more!
11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m.
Open House at Wellesley Police Station — 485 Washington Street
11:00a.m.— 3:00p.m.
Open House at Wellesley Main Fire Station #2 — 457 Worcester Street (Route 9)
1:00p.m. — 3:00p.m.
Build Your Own Woodland Troll & Fairy House — Wellesley Conservation Council
Cochituate Aqueduct, Russell Road / Kendall Road (for elementary school kids)
2:00p.m. — 3:00p.m. Ricardo Frota's Ecology of Sound — World of Wellesley & the Friends of the Wellesley Free Libraries
Wakelin Room, Main Library, 530 Washington Street
4:00p.m. Wellesley High School Dedication at Wellesley High School Katherine L Babson, Jr. Auditorium — 50 Rice Street
Refreshments will be served in the Commons immediately following the Dedication. There will also be additional public tours of the building
4:00p.m.
Veterans’ Ecumenical Memorial Mass at Saint Paul Church
Wellesley Veterans’ Council
6:30p.m. Kids' Movie Night at Wellesley High School Gym — 50 Rice Street
Featuring a screening of The Goonies in the new WHS Gym
Sunday - May 20th
9:00a.m.—3:30p.m. Gardeners' Fair at Elm Bank — Mass Horticultural Society
Elm Bank Horticulture Center, 900 Washington Street
1:00p.m.—3:00p.m.
44th Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade
Wellesley Celebrations’ Committee
4:00p.m.—5:30p.m. Grace Knight Babson Fund for Religious Education — 53rd Annual Program
Knight Auditorium, Babson College Campus, Wellesley Avenue
5:00p.m. — DUSK
Picnic in the Park at Hunnewell Field
Food*, drinks*,kid’s rides*, crafts, games & other fun
Food by Charles River Rotary and others
6:30p.m. Main Attraction
Concert for Wellesley at Hunnewell Field
Featuring the Reminisants
DUSK
Fireworks —the Biggest Ever! at Hunnewell Field
Sponsors: Roche Brothers/Sudbury Farms and The Family of G. Drew Conway
*Please note, asterisk indicates a small fee may be charged.
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