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Martin Centennial Kickoff Dec 31

Posted Local at Dec 15, 2010

Centennial Committee

Martin Centennial 1911 - 2011

Friday, July 1, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Centennial Postmark Cancellation

SD Children’s Theatre
“On the Way to Breman Town”
Legion Auditorium

Saturday, July 2, 2011
9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Centennial Postmark Cancellation

9:00 a.m. - Heritage Center Open
Registration & Souvenirs

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Quilt Show at Activity Center

11:00 a.m. - Parade
7th Cavalry Drum and Bugle Corps
of the Black Hills will be performing
on the Courthouse Lawn after the parade

11:00 - 1:00
Complimentary Lunch, Main Street

Martin Volunteer Fire Department
Water Fight - Main Street

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
School Open Houses

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Senior Citizen Center Quilt Display,
Sandwiches & Desserts - Main Street

1:30 p.m. - “Bob Dennis,”
Cowboy Poet - Courthouse Lawn

2:00 p.m. Soap Box Derby
West end of Main Street

3:00 p.m. - Inland Theatre Open
Old Time Movie

4:00 p.m. - “Country Rush”
Courthouse Lawn

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Chamber of Commerce BBQ

7:00 p.m. Century of Style & Music
American Legion Auditorium

Street Dance - Main Street

Fireworks & Patriotic Music - At Dusk

Sunday, July 3, 2011
 

At the Heritage Center
• 9:00 a.m. - Heritage Center Open
Registration & Souvenirs
Jim Gardiner - Piano music for your
listening pleasure

• 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m - Breakfast

• 10:00 a.m. - Community Worship

• 11:00 a.m.
“Old Time Hymn Sing Along”

• 12 Noon - “Jam Session”

• 2:00 p.m. - “Country Bluegrass
Southern Gospel Music”

10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Quilt Show at Activity Center

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
School Open Houses

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Senior Citizen Center Quilt Display,
Sandwiches & Desserts - Main Street

3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Chuck Wagon Supper
at Heritage Center, Ticket Event

4:00 p.m. - “Kenny Putnam,”
Fiddler - at Heritage Center

7:30 p.m. - “The Potter Family”
American Legion Auditorium
Ticket Event

Followed By:
Centennial Spurs Raffle
1911 Winchester Gun Raffle
Centennial Sioux Pottery Vase Raffle
 

Monday, July 4, 2011
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - 4th of July
Breakfast by the 4-H Members
Activity Center

Class & Family Reunion Day

By Tim Huether
It’s going to take 100 big bright candles for the birthday cake for Martin as the town will turn 100 years old, marking it’s Centennial. A group of area residents has been working diligently to make sure the year is honored properly and will be one to remember.
The celebrating will begin Dec. 31 at the Martin Grade School Activity Center with the doors opening at 5:30, followed by a fabulous fireworks display.
After the fireworks, it will be a special treat called, A Taste of Martin, favorite foods provided by many local closet chefs from the area. Traditional dishes from the community will be served reflecting the heritage of Martin. The cost is just one dollar to sample the food available.
Many special Centennial souvenirs will be showcased and for sale, from t-shirts, mugs, postcards, calendars and a special “Memories of our Hometown” history book.
There will be a video commissioned by the Centennial commission and the Heritage Center, put together by Tom Goetzinger also on sale that night.
Tom Goetziner of TRG Productions will be playing music of the century that evening and the public is invited to take in and be a part of this special celebration.
The Kickoff is just the beginning of the year’s events with many more events planned throughout the year.
On July 1, the Martin Post Office will offer a Centennial Postmark cancellation from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
On July 2, there will be another special postmark cancellation, from 9-11 a.m. The Heritage Center will be open at 9 a.m. for registration and souvenirs. A quilt show will take place from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Activity Center. The 7th Cavalry Drum and Bugle Corps of the Black Hills will hold a concert after the 11 a.m. parade. Schools will be opened from 1-5 p.m. and the Senior Citizen Center will open from 1-5 p.m. with a quilt display and sandwiches and desserts.
On July 2, there will be a Knights of Columbus Soap Box Derby at 2 p.m. and the Inland Theatre will open for an old time movie at 3 p.m. There will be a Martin Volunteer Fire Dept. water fight, a trivia scavenger hunt and more. There will be a BBQ from 5-7 p.m., a street dance from 7-9 p.m. and fireworks at 9 p.m.
On Sunday, July 3, the Heritage Center will open at 9 a.m. with breakfast from 9-10:30 a.m. There will be a community worship at 10 a.m. Entertainment at the Heritage Center will take place from 10 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Schools will be opened from 1-5 p.m. and the Senior Citizen Center will open from 11-3 p.m. with a quilt display. More items will carry over from July 2 also.
Also on July 3, there will be a chuck wagon supper 3-7 p.m. with advance ticket sales on that event. Bob Dennis, cowboy poet, will perform at the Heritage Center at 5 p.m. There will be a Century of Style style show at the American Legion auditorium at 7:30 p.m. There will be a Centennial musical finale, a Centennial spurs raffle and a Centennial 1911 gun raffle.
On Monday, July 4, the day will be dedicated to class and family reunion day. There will be a fourth of July breakfast by 4-H clubs at the new American Legion.
Other key dates include:
Vintage Centennial Tea hosted by Beta Sigma Phi on Feb. 13.
Bennett County boys and girls basketball game against New Underwood, dedicated to the Centennial, Feb. 11.
Reminiscences by the Presbyterian Women on April 10.
Now and Then, at the Lacreek Electric Annual Meeting, April 28.
Memorial Day Memories at the American Legion May 30.
A Trip Down Memory Lane at the Heritage Center as it opens for the season on June 1.
Homecoming, A century old and the Purple and Gold Homecoming.
An Old Fashioned Chili Supper, November 25.

PHoto Cutline: Members of the Martin Centennial committee met last week to work on plans for the upcoming Centennial and the Kickoff event on Dec. 31. Pictured from left to right, seated, Ardith Kocourek, Garnet Audiss, Martha Riggs, Diana Nelsen, Paul Williams, Donna Bond, Wayne Bond and E.R. Hicks; back row: Anita Hicks, Todd Alexander, Janet Speidel, Carol Saxton, Dorothy Hicks, Sam Ireland, Norene Ireland, Sandy Huber, Scott Huber, Joyce Wilson and Roseanna Renaud.