Centennial Calendar of Events
September 2006
Launching, Sanford and Lee County (Images of America), Jimmy Haire and Wilson Seymour
| 1-3, 7-8, 10 | Temple Theatre, Smokey Joe’s Café | | 28-30 | Temple Theatre, Deathtrap |
October 2006
| 1, 5-8, 12-15 | Temple Theatre, Deathtrap | | 8 | Carolina Trace Street Fair (noon-5:00) | | 9-15 | Sanford Lions, 69th Lee Regional Fair | | 22 | Jimmy Haire, Tour, Downtown Sanford, Railroad House Historical Association | | 27-29 | Temple Theatre, The Sound of Music |
November 2006
| 2-5, 9-12, 16-19 | Temple Theatre, The Sound of Music | | 3 | Dedication, W. B. Wicker Business Campus | | 16-22 | Farm-City Week, McSwain Center | | 30 | Temple Theatre, The Best of Broadway Christmas |
December 2006
| 1 | Lee County Orchestra, Arts and Community Center | | 1-3, 7-10, 14-17 | Temple Theatre, The Best of Broadway Christmas | | 3 | Lee County Festival Singers, Feast of Carols, 3:00 P.M., Harper Center, First Presbyterian Church | | 4 | Jaycees, 57th Sanford Christmas Parade | | 25 | Christmas Day |
January 2007
| 1 | New Year’s Day | | 4 | Lee County Centennial Art and Literature in Tandem: Deadline for entries, Juried Art Exhibition | | 5 | Gregg Gelb Band and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Community Chorus, Temple Theatre | | 9 | Endor Iron Furnace Fundraising Banquet, featuring Edwin C. Bearss, Carolina Trace Country Club, 5:30 P.M.; Launching, The Men of Endor: Their Works and Their Times, 1861-1876, by R. A. Wiesner, dedicated to Hugh Carr, ed. Lynn Veach Sadler, foreword by Edwin C. Bearss | | 10 | Edwin C. Bearss, Tour, Endor Iron Furnace, Railroad House Historical Association, 10:00 A.M. | | 10 | Commemoration, Robert E. Lee 200th Birthday; speaker, Edwin C. Bearss; Courthouse, 7:00 P.M. | | 15 | Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday Observances | | 18 | Sanford Area Questers, Program on the Lee County Centennial, (Dr.) Lynn Veach Sadler, Carolina Trace Country Club
| | 23 | Lee County Centennial Art and Literature in Tandem: Reception, Juried Art Exhibition, Capital Bank, 5:30-7:30 P.M.
| | 25 -28 | Temple Theatre, The Fantasticks |
February 2007
| 1-4, 8-11 | Temple Theatre, The Fantasticks | | 14-16 | Centennial Play, Lee Way[s], Sponsor: Central Carolina Community College, Civic Center, 7:30 P.M., Lynn Veach Sadler (Playwright), Anne Edens (Director)
| | 17 | Centennial Play, Lee Way[s], Sponsor: Central Carolina Community College, Civic Center, 2:00 P.M.
| | 19 | Washington’s Birthday Observances | | 24 | Centennial Dance #1, “Winter Ball: Dancing Through the Decades” (Formal, Period Costumes of Choice, e.g., flappers), Lee County Community Orchestra (Ensemble), Sanford Ballroom Dance Company, 122 South Steele Street, 7:00-10:00 P.M. |
March 2007
| 8 | Broadway Birthday Celebration | | 8-11, 15-18, 22-25 | Temple Theatre, See How They Run | | 15 | Lee County Centennial Art and Literature in Tandem: Deadline, Charlotte G. Hall Poetry Contest, Lee County Arts Council | | 17, 18 | Lee County Community Orchestra, Centennial Concert, Arts and Community Center TBA Reinterment of Jacob Gaster, now buried in the only known grave of a Revolutionary veteran within the bounds of Lee County |
April 2007
| 8 | Easter Sunday | | 12 | Lee County Centennial Art and Literature in Tandem: Reception/Reading, Charlotte G. Hall Poetry Contest Winners (and Juried Art Exhibition Participants), “Old Ballroom,” Wilrik Apartments, 6:00 P.M. | | 13 | Centennial Dance #2, Old-Fashioned Styles, Marvin Gaster et al., Lions Fairgrounds, 7:00-10:00 P.M.
| | 14 | Dedication, Robert E. Lee Sculpture, Period Dance Performance (Sanford Ballroom Dance Company)
| | 15 | Centennial Tour | | 19-22, 26-29 | Temple Theatre, A Dash of Rosemary | | 20-22 | Broadway Centennial Celebration | | 28 | Parks and Recreation, Opening Day, Youth Baseball |
May 2007
| 3-6, 10-13 | Temple Theatre, A Dash of Rosemary | | 5-6 | Pottery Festival | | 15-26 | Senior Games and Silver Arts of Lee County | | 18-19 | State Checkers Tournament, River Lodge Restaurant | | 19 | Lee County Community Orchestra, Centennial Concert, Arts and Community Center | | 19-20 | Ole Gilliam Mill Crank-Up | | 20 | Lee County Community Orchestra, Centennial Concert, Depot Park | | 20 | Centennial Tour | | 28 | Memorial Day | | 31 | Temple Theatre, Beehive |
June 2007
| 1-3, 7-10, 14-17, 21-24 | Temple Theatre, Beehive | | 7, 14, 21 | “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7 P.M. | | 16 | Centennial Dance #3, Sock Hop with DJ Marsha Trabold, emphasis: beach music, 7:00-10:00 P.M., Lee Senior High School, Old Gymnasium [tentative] | | 17 | Centennial Tour | | 24 | Lecture on “Lee County Brick,” Robert Brickhouse, Arts and Community Center, 2:00 P.M. | | 28 | Central Carolina Community College Concert, “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7-9 P.M. |
July 2007
| 2 | Lee County Birthday Celebration [TBA]
| | 2 | Official first-class Centennial stamp canceled/metered at Sanford Post Office | | 4 | Independence Day | | 5, 12, 19 | “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7 P.M. | | 14 | Centennial presentation, “Lee County History Inside Carolina Trace,” Carolina Trace County Club | | 15 | Centennial Tour | | 22 | Lecture, “Lee County Brownstone,” William Freeman, Arts and Community Center, 2:00 P.M. | | 26 | Central Carolina Community College Concert, “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7-9 P.M. |
August 2007
| 2, 9, 16, 30 | “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7 P.M. | | 19 | Centennial Tour | | 23 | Central Carolina Community College Concert, “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7-9 P.M. | | 25 | Centennial presentation, “Lee County History Inside Carolina Trace,” Carolina Trace County Club |
September 2007
| 3 | Labor Day | | 6, 13 | “Function at the Junction,” Depot Park Concert Series, 7 P.M. | | 8 | Columbus Day Observances | | 15 | Library launching Lee Reads [Light-Horse Harry Lee and the Legacy of the American Revolution, Charles Royster], Kick-Off Breakfast, presentation (“Why That Lee?”), Drs. Emory and Lynn Veach Sadler | | 15 | Heart-of-North-Carolina Golf Tournament, Carolina Trace | | 16 | Centennial Tour | | 22 | Centennial Dance #4, Band: RN5P, Elks Lodge, 7:00-10:00 P.M. |
October 2007
| 7-15 | Sanford Lions, 70th Lee Regional Fair | | 12-14 | W. B. Wicker School (1929-69) Reunion | | 12, 13 | Revue/Review of Tobacco in Lee County, Lynn Veach Sadler (Playwright), Director provided by Temple Theatre, Arts and Community Center, 7:30 P.M. | | 13 | North Carolina Society of Historians, Annual Meeting, Carolina Trace Country Club | | 14 | Tours of the Railroad House and Endor Iron Furnace for the North Carolina Society of Historians | | 14 | Library’s Lee Reads, small group discussions, individual homes [TBA] | | 20 | Lee County Community Orchestra, Centennial Concert, Arts and Community Center [tentative] | | 21 | Lee County Community Orchestra, Centennial Concert, Depot Park [tentative] | | 21 | Centennial Tour |
November 2007
| 4 | Reception for and Dedication of Plaque to Centennial Donors [TBA] | | 12 | Veterans Day Observances | | 15-22 | Farm-City Week, McSwain Center, Centennial events TBA, including Revue/Review of Tobacco in Lee County, Corn Shucking | | 22 | Thanksgiving Day | | 30 | Library’s Lee Reads, special presentation on Light-Horse Harry Lee by Edwin C. Bearss, Head Historian Emeritus, National Park Service; reenactors [tentative] |
December 2007
| 1 | Lee County Community Orchestra, Centennial Concert, Arts and Community Center [tentative] | | 3 | Jaycees, 58th Sanford Christmas Parade | | 25 | Christmas Day Launching, In Celebration of the 2007 Centennial of Lee County: A Collection of Historical Articles and Creative Works |
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