WILDWOOD CREST – The summer season of the Borough of Wildwood Crest’s Centennial Year is set to come to a spectacular close as the borough hosts Centennial Celebration Weekend on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 27-28.
The event will take place at Centennial Park, Fern Road and Ocean Avenue and is free and open to all ages.
The festivities begin Friday evening, with a special free outdoor concert featuring the Joe Baione Group at 7:30 p.m. Also a music educator, clinician and producer, Baione is a professional jazz vibraphonist backed by a talented group of jazz musicians who is sure to deliver a highly energetic and creative jazz performance.
The rest of the Centennial Celebration Weekend activities will be held Saturday, featuring live music from two bands, a performance by a popular string band from the Philadelphia area, children’s activities, a bike parade and more.
Saturday’s schedule begins at 5 p.m. with a bike parade around the perimeter of Centennial Park.
The parade is open and free to the public. All participants must decorate their bikes for the Cen-tennial. Categories include: tikes on trikes (or training wheels): up to age 5; two-wheelers – up to age 12; tricksters – ages 13-29; the over 30 crowd – ages 30 and over; grandsters on trikes – ages 50 and over.
Registration for the bike parade begins at 4:30 p.m. at the park. Ribbons will be awarded to the winners.
Following the bike pa-rade, local rock band Twelve:01 will take the stage on the park’s new entertainment pavilion at 5:30 p.m. Twelve:01 is a classic and contemporary cover/original rock and pop band that enjoys a strong following in Cape May County.
At approximately 6:45 p.m., the Hegeman String Band, straight from Broad Street in Philadelphia, will march into the park and play everyone’s New Year’s Day favorites. A group of approximately 40 members that was first established in 1920, the Hegeman String Band regularly performs at vari-ous festivals, community parades, charity functions and more in addition to its annual appearance in the world-famous Philadelphia Mummers Parade on New Year’s Day.
The event culminates with a live concert performance by Bandstand at 7:30 p.m. A versatile band with a full rhythm and horn section, Bandstand performs all styles of music from the 1940s through today and has been one of the more popular acts to perform at the park over the last couple of summers.
In addition to all of the activities on and around the entertainment pavilion, the event will also feature children’s activities such as a magic show, face painting and a moon bounce.
Various food vendors will also be on hand.
The Wildwood Crest Centennial Celebration Weekend is free and open to the entire family. Free parking for the event will be available two blocks south at Myrtle Road and Ocean Avenue.
For more information concerning the Wildwood Crest Centennial Celebration Weekend, call 609- 523-0202 or log on to www.visitwildwoodcrest.com.
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