YANKEE HOMECOMING 2005
NEWBURYPORT MASSACHUSETTS
Saturday. July 30, 2005
Yankee Homecoming Opening Day
8:00 am Reenactment of the First Settler’s Landing. 1635
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
8:00 am Photography and Printmaking (CITY HALL)
9:00 am Annual Bake and Book Sale, Andrews Branch Library
9:00 am St. Paul’s Summer Yard Sale
9:30 am Breakfast with First Settlers and Native Americans
10:00 am Art on Bartlet Mall
11:00 am Brown School 5th Annual Kitchen Tour
11:00 am Toe Jam Puppet Band Variety Show
12:00 pm Yankee Homecoming Downtown Entertainment
12:00 pm Opening Ceremonies
12:30 pm Country Kickers
1:30 pm Toe Jam Puppet Band Hoe-Down
3:00 pm Destination Bound
4:00 pm Country Bean Supper at First Parish Church
5:00 pm Open Mike
7:00 pm 7th Annual Blues Cruise
7:30 pm Almost Cowboyz
8:00 pm Mystic Seaport Chantyman
9:00 pm 2nd Annual Lighted Boat Parade
Sunday. July 31, 2005
Olde Fashion Sunday
7:30 am Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
8:00 am Photography & Printmaking (CITY HALL)
10:00 am Art on Bartlet Mall
10:00 am Cookies for the Courtyard
10:00 am Teddy Bear Clinic
10:00 am Lion’s Club Eyemobile
10:00 am Keystone Cops
11:00 am Sack Race
11:30 am Seacoast Civic Dance Co.
11:30 am Rotary Club Chicken & Rib BBQ
12:00 pm Downtown Entertainment
12:00 pm Horseshoe Tournament Registration
12:00 pm Three-Legged Race
12:30 pm Baby Races / Diaper Derby & Toddlers
12:30 pm Hula Hoop Contest
1:00 pm Ice Cream Eating Contest
1:00 pm Old School House
2:00 pm Mike the Music Man
3:30 pm Pizza Eating Contest
4:00 pm Scavenger Hunt
7:30 pm Waterfront Concert, Beatle Juice
Monday. August 1, 2005
Italian Night
8:00 am Yankee Homecoming Golf Tournament
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
9:00 am 42nd Annual Antique Show and Sale
10:00 am Large Scale Chess Tournament
11:00 am Artwork by Edith Heyck
12:00 pm Y. H. Downtown Entertainment
3:00 pm Blues Train
4:00 pm “All You Can Eat” Pasta Dinner
7:30 pm E.J. Ouellette & Crazy Maggie Concert
Tuesday. August 2, 2005
Irish Night
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
8:00 am Silhouettes, Cushing House
10:00 am Cushing House Tours
10:00 am Market Square Day
10:00 am Large Scale Chess Tournament
11:00 am Artwork By Edith Heyck
12:00 pm Downtown Entertainment
2:00 pm Baby Contest, Country Rehab
3:00 pm Taste of Ireland, Hibernians
6:30 pm Lions Club Road Race
7:30 pm Boogaloo Swamis Concert
Wednesday. August 3
A Night of Elegance
8:00 am Silhouettes at the Cushing House Museum
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
10:00 am Cushing House Museum Tours
10:00 am Annual Kid’s Day in the Park
10:00 am Large Scale Chess Tournament
10:30 am Nursing Home Concerts
11:00 am Artwork by Edith Heyck
12:00 pm Downtown Entertainment
3:00 pm Oddysey, Concert
4:00 pm Senior Celebration
6:00 pm Fashion Show
7:30 pm Superhoney Concert
Thursday. August 4, 2005
Hawaiian Day
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
10:00 am Olde Fashioned Sidewalk Sales
10:00 am Annual Tombstone Tour
10:00 am Large Scale Chess Tournament
10:00 am Open House at the Coast Guard Station
11:00 am Blood Drive
11:00 am Artwork by Edith Heyck
12:00 pm Downtown Entertainment
3:00 pm Blue Train, Concert
6:00 pm Lions Club Annual Bed Race
6:30 pm Ice Cream Smorgasbord
7:30 pm ENTRAIN Concert
8:30 pm Beast Blast at Michaels Harborside
Friday. August 5, 2005
Mexican Fiesta
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
10:00 am Olde Fashioned Sidewalk Sales
10:00 am Large Scale Chess Tournament
11:00 am Annual Plein Air Plus, Edith Heyck
12:00 pm Downtown Entertainment
3:00 pm Mexican Fiesta
4:00 pm Mexican Dinner
5:00 pm Teenage Block Dance
5:30 pm Children’s Classic Races
7:00 pm Children’s Clown Show
7:30 pm James Montgomery Band Concert
Saturday. August 6, 2005
All American Day
8:00 am Hot Air Balloon Rides
8:00 am Tai Chi with Paul Mahoney
10:00 am Plum Island Airfield Day
10:00 am Olde Fashion Sidewalk Sales
10:00 am Family Day at Maudslay
11:00 am Wayne From Maine
12:00 pm Teddy Bear Parade
12:00 pm Downtown Entertainment
1:00 pm Animal Adventures
2:00 pm Roger Tincknell
4:00 pm Honoring our Servicemen and Women
4:00 pm Exchange Club’s American Dinner
7:30 pm Air Force Liberty Band Concert
9:15 pm Fireworks
Sunday. August 7, 2005
Yankee Homecoming Parade Day
10:00 am 14th Annual High Street Mile Race
11:00 am Float Judging
12:30 pm FIRE TRUCKS
1:00 pm PARADE