CRESTVIEW — The Crestview Centennial Celebration Committee has prepared a tentative calendar of events throughout the year.
Member Pat Hollarn said the final calendar awaits approval by the Community Redevelopment Agency, the Main Street Crestview Association and other potential committee partners.
Suggested 2016 events:
January: A theatrical program including historical reenactments of events from the city’s history and period music.
February: A Mardi Gras parade or similar Carnival event; a concert by the Crestview High School jazz ensemble.
March: Co-sponsorship of the Triple-B Cook-off South Stage entertainment.
April: The city’s 100th birthday party will mark the April 11, 1916, incorporation meeting held under an oak tree in the Congregational Church yard.
May: A partnership with the Military Appreciation Recognition Celebration to salute our armed forces.
July: An old-fashioned Fourth of July in Twin Hills Park with traditional early 20th-century games and a family picnic before the city’s fireworks display.
September: A Constitution Week observance with a patriotic program at the Okaloosa County Veterans Memorial and downtown events.
October: A Ghost Walk with actors interpreting historic personalities from the past 100 years; Centennial organizers also hope to brand the Fall Festival as an old-fashioned town celebration.
November: Following traditional Veterans Day events, centennial activities would honor Crestview’s military heroes from World War I to the present.
December: The city’s annual Christmas parade would be themed, “Crestview Christmases Through the Decades.”
June and August will have no events.
The Crestview Centennial Committee meets monthly on the next-to-last Monday afternoon. The next meeting will be 1:30 p.m. April 20 in Crestview City Hall.
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