-Event schedule information courtesy Cindy Robinson, Volunteer, Vance County Relay for Life
With only four days to go until the 2018 Vance County Relay for Life, Relay organizers have released an event schedule for teams, volunteers, survivors and participants.
This year’s Relay for Life event will be held, for the first time in downtown Henderson, this Saturday, June 23, 2018, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Specifically, the event will be held in the square between the H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library and the Henderson Police Department.
The opening ceremony will begin promptly at 11 a.m.
The theme for this year’s Relay is the yellow brick road from “The Wizard of Oz.” Saturday’s event will feature all of the prepurchased bricks laid out to form a “yellow brick road” of those who have fought cancer.
Between donations and fundraising events, organizers hope to raise at least $100,000 for cancer research this year.
EVENT SCHEDULE
11 – 11:50 a.m. Welcome Everyone to Relay (Intro MC Trey Snide with WIZS)
(11:05 a.m.) Prayer (Ryan Hill)
(11:10 a.m.) National Anthem
(11:20 a.m.) Welcome (Mayor Eddie Ellington)
(11:25 a.m.) Welcome (Downtown Development Director- Kaine Riggan)
(11:30 a.m.) Opening Ceremony – Survivor Walk
(11:50 a.m.) Somewhere Over the Rainbow
12 – 1 p.m. Brake Tyme Band
1:05 p.m. Contest – (Best Witch’s Cackle)
1:30 – 2:30 p.m. Brake Tyme Band
2:35 p.m. Contest – (Best Cowardly Lion’s Roar)
3 – 4 p.m. Brake Tyme Band
4:05 p.m. Contest – (Best Skippers)
4:30 – 6 p.m. Tranzition Band
6 p.m. Contest – (Best Ruby Slippers)
6:15 p.m. Caregiver Ceremony
6:30 p.m. Survivor & Caregiver Walk – Torch carried by Natalie Watkins Brooks
7:30 p.m. Blessed Generation Youth Group
8 – 9:20 p.m. Unashamed Southern Gospel Quartet
9:30 p.m. Luminaria Ceremony
9:45 p.m. Moment of Silence followed by Prayer – Reverend Michael Hobbs
10 p.m. Contest and Raffle Winners Announced
10:45 p.m. Wrap up of Event
11 p.m. Closing Prayer – Pastor Abidan Shah
ON-GOING EVENT SCHEDULE
11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Reading of “Wizard of Oz” in Children’s Circle at Perry Memorial Library
11 a.m. – 10 p.m. Silent Auction in McGregor Hall Performing Arts Center lobby
11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Amusement ride – $3 per person
1 – 5 p.m. Horse & buggy rides will be available at the corner of Breckenridge and Wyche Street – $5 per person.
VENDOR & TEAM SCHEDULE
7 a.m. Trailers and cookers arrive for set-up. MUST BE SET-UP BY 8 A.M.
8 a.m. ALL TEAMS or anyone with tents arrive. MUST BE SET-UP BY 9 A.M.
*Teams with tents: dismantling of tents not allowed until 11 p.m. (end of Relay)
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