Time Event Location
Saturday, July 12th
7:30-10am Trout Fishing Derby- Register at 7:30, Derby 8-10am Bill Loomis’ Pond
8:30-11:30am Special Old Home Day Cancellation Stamp available Rowe Post Office
for all letters mailed
9:00am-4:30pm Bear Swamp Visitors’ Center Open River Rd, Florida MA
9:00am-4:00pm Western MA Eyemobile…FREE Vision Testing Rowe School grounds
compliments of Charlemont Lions Club
11:00am-4:00pm “Flower Power” exhibit of work by Rowe artists/crafters Bench Tool Factory
11:00am-4:00pm Craft Booths – vendors selling locally made items Rowe School circle
11:30am-12pm * “Anything Goes” OHD Parade – family floats, fire trucks, Bench Tool Factory to
bikes, mens' & womens' tractors (decorations optional), Rowe School
horses, etc.
12:00-12:30pm Shelburne Falls Military Band Concert Entrance to Park
12:00-4:00pm Food vendors – hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries, Rowe School grounds
ice cream, homemade strawberry shortcake, cotton candy
12:00-4:00pm Bouncy House Pelham Lake Park
12:00-4:00pm Cliffhangers Climbing Wall Rowe School grounds
12:30-1:00pm Face Painting Beach Area
12:30-3:00pm Rowe Community Church Auction & Raffle Rowe School grounds
12:30-3:00pm Rowe Comm. Church Outreach Booth Rowe School grounds [free books, CDs, popcorn]
3:00pm Church Raffle Drawing…Gift Basket & Adirondack Chair Rowe School grounds
1:00-2:00pm Children’s Games Beach area
1:00-2:00pm The Colrain Cloggers Rowe School steps
2:00pm-‘til done Pick up Softball Game for all ages Rowe School Ball Field
2:00-4:00pm Rowe Historical Society –Museum Open Rowe Historical Society
2:00-3:00pm The Civil War Soldier…Historical Re-enactment Rowe Historical Society
Under tent across from Museum
4:00-4:45pm Magician Jay McMahon Pelham Lake Park
5:00-6:30pm Chicken Barbeque – by Readsboro Lions Club Pelham Lake Park
Advanced tickets only (residents/taxpayers $5 / others $10)
5:00-7:00pm Dinner Music by Contempaissance Pelham Lake Park
7:00-9:00pm Musical Entertainment by Small Change Pelham Lake Park
9:00pm-ish Fireworks!! Pelham Lake Park
Sunday, July 13th
9:00am Rowe Church Service (Weather permitting) Pelham Lake Park
9:00-4:30pm Bear Swamp Visitors’ Center Open River Rd, Florida MA
11:00am-4:00pm Self tour of Open Rowe Gardens Map will be available
Thom Chiofalo, Norma Donelson, Carol Lively, Dave &
Betty Lenth, Christine Levitre, Nan Williams, the Park’s
Native American Garden, Rowe School’s Habitat Garden
12:00-4:00pm Bouncy House Pelham Lake Park
2:00-5:00pm Rowe Historical Society Museum Open Rowe Historical Society
ALL EVENTS FREE OF CHARGE (except Chicken BBQ, vendor booths and AUCTION!!)
* Parade entries need to line by at Bench Tool Factory by 11:00am Events and timing subject to change.
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