Wellesley's Wonderful Weekend
Parade, Picnic, & Fireworks
May 17 & 18, 2008

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2008 Tentative Schedule
Saturday - May 17th
 
  7:30a.m. - 2:30p.m. Pancake Festival*
Rotary Club of Wellesley
Wellesley High School Cafeteria
  7:30a.m. - 2:30p.m.

Healthy Snacks, displays, fun & games in the gym
Wellesley Board of Health
Wellesley High School Gym

  Saturday
Sunday (decamp after parade)
18th Century Military Encampment at Town Hall Grounds
The Royal Irish Artillery
  9:00a.m. - 10a.m.

Town Forest Walk
Wellesley Trails Committee

Meet at Longfellow Pond parking lot on left side of Oakland St, 0.9 miles south of Rt

  9:30a.m. - 10:30a.m. “Tots and Tails on Trails” Walk
Natural Resources Commission. and   Board of Health

Meet at West Gate, Wellesley High School Football Field (Rice Street)
  9:30a.m. - Noon

Bike Safety Day
Kiwanis Club of Wellesley
Tailby Parking Lot (Linden & Crest Roads)

  10:00a.m. - Noon

Tour of Wellesley High School Fitness Center
Wellesley Board of Health
Wellesley High School (Rice Street)

 

11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

Open House at Wellesley Police Station
Wellesley Police Department
485 Washington Street

  11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

Open House at Wellesley Fire Station #2
Wellesley Fire Department
457 Worcester St (Route 9)

  11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

Open House at the Municipal Light Plant
Wellesley Municipal Light Plant
455 Worcester St (Route 9)

  11:00a.m. - 3:00p.m.

The Wellesley Kitchen Tour 2008*
Wellesley Hills Junior Woman's Club
Click for house locations and information

  Noon - 2:00p.m.

Micro-Chip Clinic for Household Pets
Stray Pets in Need
(SPIN)
Wellesley High School Parking Lot

  Noon - 2:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Fells Branch Library
308 Weston Road
  Noon - 4:00p.m. Open House at Wellesley Hills Branch Library
210 Washington Street
  1:00p.m.- 3:00p.m. Build Your Own Fairy House
(for elementary school age children)
Wellesley Conservation Council
Cochituate Aqueduct, Russell Road / Kendall Road
  2:00p.m. - 3:00p.m.

All Ages Concert: Tropical Gems Steel Band
Wellesley Free Library
Main Library, 530 Washington Street

  4:00p.m. Veteran's Ecumenical Memorial Mass at Saint Paul Church
Wellesley Veteran's Council
Saint Paul Church, 502 Washington Street
Sunday - May 18th
  10:00a.m.-3:00p.m. 24th Annual Society Row Plant Sale
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
Elm Bank Horticulture Center, 900 Washington Street
  1:00p.m.—3:00p.m.

40th Annual Wellesley Veterans’ Parade
Wellesley Celebrations’ Committee
Washington Street (Starts at intersection of Rt. 9 & Rt. 16)

  3:00p.m.

Wellesley Choral Society Spring Concert*
Wellesley Choral Society
Saint Andrews’s Church, 79 Denton Road

  4:30p.m. — DUSK

Picnic in the Park at Hunnewell Field
Food*, drinks*, Hood’s Ice Cream, kid’s rides*, crafts, games & other fun. Food by:
Wellesley Kiwanis
ICAW Interfaith Community for Action in Wellesley,
Charles River Rotary, and others

  5:00p.m. Opening Act
7:15p.m. Main Attraction
Concert for Wellesley at Hunnewell Field
Featuring an opening act by The Reminisants and ...
  DUSK

Fireworks —the Biggest Ever! at Hunnewell Field
Sponsored by: Roche Brothers/Sudbury Farms and The Family of G. Drew Conway

    *Please note, asterisk indicates a small fee may be charged.
 
Last Updated on May 4, 2008
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