Gala Week Events for Romney 250 Celebration

 Gala Week June 17- June 24th

June 17, 2012 Kick-off luncheon 1:00 pm at WV School for D&B 
                               $15 Adult Advanced Ticket Cost.  Details at WVSDB Website

                      3:00 pm Dedication of Celebration Park next to City Hall.

June 18 & 21, 2012
                       5-8 pm. Tour of Historic Homes, Bldgs, Trenches & Indian Mound Cemetery

                      Start of Geocache event (no GPS needed) at 250 headquarters for school age 
                              children.

June 19, 2012 Road Trip History World Premier 
                      12:00-3:00-5:00 - Old Courthouse $5.00 door charge.

June 20, 2012 WV History Day at the Old Courthouse.

                             Presentations:

                             11:00 am & 6:00 pm proclamation of oldest WV town, 

                             12:00 noon & 3:00 pm Joe Geiger on statehood of WV

                             1:30 pm & 4:30 pm Jane Ailes early history of Romney.

                      7:00 pm  Community gospel & patriotic sing Taggart Hall gazebo

June 21, 2012 History Alive Presentation by Stonewall Jackson Episcopal Church 7:00 p.m.

                       5-8 pm Historic House Tours continue

June 21-22-23, 2012 Conversations with Stonewall Jackson on the front porch of Liberty Hall.
                       Conversations with Eleanor Roosevelt, Belle Boyd & Abraham Lincoln
                                various times & locations.

June 22, 2012 

                       1-4 pm Book signing Mary Kuykendall Weber “River Roots” Anderson’s Corner.  

                       4:00 pm  Cruise-in Rt 50 “First Roll” motorcycles, vintage & classic cars thru

                                Romney to School St, followed by yard-carnival, pep rally & bon fire.  

                       6-9 pm   Sock Hop “Rock” format from the 50-60’s. Music by Solid Gold at

                                the former Romney High School gym $5.00 charge.

June 23, 2012 10:00 am Children's Crafts at HCP Library.

                        1:00 pm town parade
                                Meet Ronald McDonald at Taggart Hall gazebo after the parade

                        10-12 noon & 2-4 pm Book Signing with Harold "Butch" Carl & his new book
                                "They’re With You Win or Tie" at Anderson’s Corner.

June 24, 2012  10:00 am. 1700 church service at Romney Episcopal Church

250 headquarters at old Rexall building starting June 4.

During gala week 10-6

Free parking in town for gala week

Enjoy This Historic Train Ride during Romney's 250th Birthday Celebration

Romney 250 Celebration Committee invites you to join us for this Travel Back in Time on the Potomac Eagle on May 19th, Saturday, at 10am. Leaving from Wapacoma Station, Romney, WV, and traveling with the legendary McNeill's Rangers north to Green Spring and return with a stop over at Ridgedale, originally built by George W. Washington in the early 1800's. Tour Ridgedale, enjoy the history of the home and McNeill's Rangers, music and a box lunch.  Go to www.AndersonsCorner.com to purchase tickets or buy them locally at the Visitor's Bureau or Anderson's Corner.

Period Clothing Fashion Show

The Romney 250 Period Clothing Fashion Show and Workshop were a great success.  Thanks to all who helped especially Charles and Sherryrobin Boland pictured here.  Charles was our MC and did a fabulous job!  Go to www.AndersonsCorner.com and click on blog to see videos of the 50+ models in period clothing from colonial to rocking 50s. 

Romney Celebrates It's 250th Birthday During 2012

Settled in the early 1700's Romney was the first chartered town in West Virginia. Romney is an original Lord Fairfax Land Grant and the survey team for Lord Fairfax starting in 1848 included the 16 year old George Washington.

Romney was chartered on Dec. 23rd, 1762 by the Virginia House of Burgesses and was declared the oldest city in what is now West Virginia by the WV Legislature.

2012, the 250th birthday of Romney holds many exciting and historical events. Visit www.Romney250Celebration.com for upcoming events.

The Period Clothing Fashion Show and Workshop held February 25th was a great success. Over 50 models participated in an effort to instill interest in the community in living history and "Finding Your Character," getting dressed up and having some fun at our Romney 250 events.

Calendar of Upcoming 2011 Events in Romney, WV

Sat, Oct 15^th – Paws-N-Effect Dog Show, Gazebo at noon

Sat, Oct 29^th – Fall Gourmet Tour of Romney, all day, free. Sugar Magnolias, Greenwood Florist, Dillon’s Country Treasures, BBelle’s Boutique & Anderson’s Corner

Fri, Sat, Sun, Nov 4,5,6 – Woman’s Club Christmas House at Romney Elementary and Autumn in Romney – Customer Appreciation Days at local participating businesses

Tuesday, Nov 22^nd 5pm Tree Lighting Ceremonies followed by the Romney Cookie Tour

Fri & Sat, Nov 25 & 26^th Black Friday Weekend Sales in Romney

Fri, Sat, Sun, Dec. 2,3,4 – Highland Arts Studio Tour (18 artists)

Sat Dec. 3^rd 1pm Musical Tribute to Christmas

Saturday, Dec. 10^th – Breakfast with Santa at the Fire Hall, Christmas Parade at 1pm, Shops offering Christmas in Romney Specials and Treats

Fri, Sat Dec. 16^th & 17^th – Santa Christmas Train sponsored by the Hamp. Co. Chamber of Commerce

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Romney Sunflower Fest 2011 Schedule

Romney Sunflower Fest 2011 Schedule

Sunflower Fest 2011 Schedule:

Garden Walk

Friday, July 22^nd 6-8pm

Saturday, July 23^rd 1-4pm

Garden Walk is free with an optional Wine Tasting at Valley View, the home of Bob & Kim Mayhew. Wine Tasting is $5 with all proceeds going to charity

Activities in the Downtown Area

Saturday, July 23^rd – 9am til 5pm

Activities at the Bottling Works

Saturday, July 23^rd – 4pm until ?

4pm Live Music, Auction Registration & BBQ

5pm Little Miss Sunshine Contest

6pm Sunflower Art Auction

7pm Best Sunflower Outfit Contest (ages 0-7)

8pm Sunflower Hat Contest (all ages)

Live Music & Dancing After Events are Completed

Sunflower Art Show will be on display during the entire month of July at The Bottling Works thanks to the efforts of the Hampshire County Arts Council. Contact Robin Pancake for inclusion in this Art Show.

The Sunflower Fest was organized by Romney ON TRAC to encourage and recognize the efforts of our community in enhancing the local landscape and providing a quality environment for our city. Romney ON TRAC has made a commitment to sustainable development and improving the visual environment.

Goals of Sunflower Fest 2011 include a Garden Walk, including Residential and Commercial Gardens as well as 3 new categories, Community/Neighborhood Gardens, Young Gardener and Best Kept Vegetable Garden. This is a great beautification project that gets the community working together to make this happen.

Another Goal of Sunflower Fest 2011 is to raise awareness for our local charities by raising funds for designated charities through our Sunflower Art Auction and giving these charities a chance to share information and recruit volunteers at our event. Sunflower Fest encourages a sense of community spirit by bringing such an interesting and varied group together in this worthwhile endeavor. Lastly, we want to provide an entertaining weekend of activities for the community as we meet these goals.

Sunflower Art Auction

Romney Sunflower Fest 2011

Sunflower Art Auction

to Benefit Local Charity of Your Choice

Romney ON TRAC Sunflower Fest, scheduled for July 22nd and 23rd, 2011, announces Annual Sunflower Art Auction. Individuals, businesses & organizations are asked to purchase a plywood sunflower. This sunflower will be decorated by the sponsoring entity and/or their artist of choice. It can be painted, use mosaics, etc. Be Creative! Then it will be hung outside and auctioned off to benefit your favorite charity during the Sunflower Festival. You, as a business owner or organization, should involve your charity in promoting "your sunflower." Your charity might even like to help decorate the sunflower.

The Plywood Sunflowers are exterior grade and come in 2 sizes. They are already cut out in the shape of sunflowers. The cost per sunflower is:
2 feet diameter sunflower, cost $ 35 & 1 foot diameter sunflower, cost $ 25

The business or organization who purchases this sunflower will:

• Choose a benefit charity for the proceeds from their auctioned sunflower.
• Paint or decorate their sunflower.
• Hang it in outside or display it and pass out literature to promote the Event.
• Get the benefit charity involved and excited about the Sunflower Art Auction.

The Auction will be held on Saturday evening at The Bottlings Works on July 23rd. At the evening event we will also announce the results of the Garden Walk, eat BBQ, enjoy contests and good music. For further information, please contact:

ON TRAC Sunflower Fest Committee

Patty Anderson, Chairman, 304.822.4285 Anderson's Corner

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I would like to purchase a Sunflower. ____ 2' x 2' at a cost of $35 each

____ 1' x 1' at a cost of $25 each

Business Name ______________________________________

Contact Person _____________________________________

Phone _____________________________________________

Email ______________________________________________

Benefit Charity ______________________________________