Rockingham Old Home Days
August 5-7, 2011
Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce will have booths (activities & food) in the Square (parking spaces near the Hotel Windham) & on Bridge Street on Saturday August 6 - plus rides in the Elks Lot! Street Dance with Peter Golec DJ in the Square on Friday August 5.
Bellows Falls Downtown Development Alliance will spearhead a Food Court at the Waypoint Center on Sat Aug 6 2-11pm for the Cider Music Concert.
Sidewalks Sales in the Square!
WOW Express both days: Vermont Fish & Wildlife Museum Trailer on Bridge Street
Friday only:
Free refreshments at Merchant's Bank, People's United Bank & TD Bank. Sovernet Communications Holton Farms Roast Corn on Bridge Street.
4-7pm - Farmer’s Market
6-10pm: Street Dance in the Square - Peter Goliec DJ
(4:30-6:30pm: Pork Dinner With A Twist: at United Church on School Street in Bellows Falls, VT- Tickets are $10 adults, $5 children 5-12- tickets available in advance at Village Square Booksellers or at the door)
Saturday only
7:30-10:30am: Old Homes Day 5K Run Fundraiser for Bellows Falls Class of 2018 Registration @ Rockingham Rec Center from 7:30-8:15
9-3:45pm: National Guard Climbing Wall
8-4pm: Antique Truck Show at Bellows Falls Union High School, Rt5
9-1pm: Boot Drop in front of Bellows Falls Fire Department
(Annual Chicken Roast at American Legion on Rockingham Street in Bellows Falls, VT $5 9am until they run out.)
11am - Dunkin Donuts Contest
Noon - Athens Pizza Contest
1pm - Dari Joy Ice Cream Contest
Cooperman Fife & Drum Games
5-10pm: BBQ at Lisais Market to benefit Fireworks Fund
Cider Magazine Presents Music at the Waypoint Center 5 pm until the
fireworks! - TWIDDLE ! with Flabberghaster and the Weisstronauts! Downtown Alliance Food Court: BF Downtown Alliance (Serving Loaded Potatoes & Bellows Falls Burritos), Downstreet Cafe, and Jewelz Jamaican Style. PK's Pub 21+
4 pm Vic & Sticks – family comedy musical – children participate in the show
5:30 pm Flabberghaster and the Weisstronauts! - until the fireworks!
9:30 pm TWIDDLE ! – immediately following the fireworks to 1:00 am –
$5 entrance fee to music event
9pm ish (dark) - FIREWORKS!!!! From Barges on the Connecticut River in front of the Fire Station
Sunday Aug 7
3pm - Annual Pilgrimage to Rockingham Meeting House on Rt103: Vermont musicians Robin MacArthur and Tyler Gibbons, who perform as Red Heart the Ticker, will be playing a mix of their original songs and material from their forthcoming record of traditional New England songs, learned from Robin's grandmother, ballad singer and folklorist Margaret MacArthur
For more info:
Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce needs volunteers to help with the event. Call 802-463-4280. Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce
SIDEWALK SALE: Friday 9-6pm Saturday 9-?pm
One of the Rockingham Old Home Days traditions is a Sidewalk Sale on the Square in Bellows Falls. The Rock and Hammer jewelry store is having it's annual 20% sale. J&H Hardware has a huge sidewalk sale each year. Halladay's on Bridge Street will be having a Balloon Game - break the balloon to get your discount- 5-10-15 and one for 50% off! Village Square Booksellers has a Sidewalk Sale Friday-Sunday and a ducky pluck dicount sale inside. Canal Street Beads has a sale going on Fri & Sat. Check out Coyote's Moon's Special tent outside the store. 30-50% off at True Necessities. Sale Tent at Coyote Moon. These are just a few of the Sidewak & Inside the Store Sales going on Friday, Saturday & Sunday. (See Individual Stores for details)
Friday only: Free refreshments at Merchant's Bank, People's United Bank & TD Bank. Other stores also have sales going on, so come on down to BF's Square on Friday & Saturday.
Aug 6 & 7: Vermont Country Store, Rte 103: Free Wagon rides,Tent Sale, outdoor games, Food & Product demo’s, Food booth onsite.
RELATED EVENTS:
Saturday July 30: 4th Annual Motorcycle Poker Run - "Rose's Rumble" 9:00 am registration, 10:00 am start. A scenic ride through Southern Vermont, ending in Rockingham with a Fireworks Fund BBQ. There will be a raffle and prizes.
Cost: TBD entry fee
Sponsor: Great Falls Regional Chamber of Commerce
Location: Starts & Ends at The Vermont Country Store, Rt 103, Rockingham
For More Information, Contact: leave message Mike Smith 802-463-4280 - Chamber of Commerce gras@sover.net
Sunday Aug 14 9am-2pm: Cruisin Car Show at Durand Toyota - Ford, Rt5, Westminster, VT Always a great show.
Check out the map and handout on the event in the files listed below
