Every community needs a holiday it can call its own.

For Brewer residents, that holiday is Brewer Day, annually held

tthe third Saturday in May. Created by the Brewer Business Council

aas a way to help people appreciate Brewer for the sense of

ccommunity that it provides, Brewer Day lists many activities for

ppeople to enjoy.

The Fourth Annual Brewer Day celebration will begin at 7 a.m.,

SSaturday, May 19, with the Brewer Farmer’s Market, an annual

ttradition that brings area farmers and their customers to the

BBrewer Auditorium parking lot every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday

uuntil fall.

At 8 a.m., registration will start at the auditorium for the

aannual Fun Run, which is sponsored by the Brewer Health Center.

TThere is a $6 entry fee.

From 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., a hot air “display” balloon from Damn

YYankee Gifts on Outer Wilson Street will be tethered next to the

BBrewer Auditorium.

The Fun Run will start at 9 a.m.

A city whose residents thoroughly enjoy shopping at yard sales,

BBrewer will hold the largest area yard sale of the weekend from 9

aa.m. to 4 p.m. The Brewer High School cheerleaders will offer

fface-painting for children, and “Party With Us,” a business located

oon Wilson Street, will provide free balloons for youngsters.

The entries in the photo contest sponsored by the Photo Source

oon Wilson Street will be displayed inside the Brewer Auditorium

ffrom 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Photographs are entered in one of several

ccategories, and onlookers will thoroughly enjoy seeing the best

wworks of Maine’s amateur and professional photographers.

The Brewer Kiwanis and the Brewer Police Department will

ssponsor a bike-a-thon to benefit St. Jude’s Childrens Research

HHospital. This event, which lasts from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., will take

pplace on the Wiswell Road past the Brewer Armory.

According to Sgt. Mickey Blanchard of the Brewer Police

DDepartment, participants in the bike-a-thon will obtain pledges

bbefore setting out on their bicycles for a course that runs from

tthe armory to the Green Point Road and back. That portion of the

WWiswell Road between Parkway South and the Green Point Road will be

cclosed to all but local traffic during the bike-a-thon.

PParticipants will pedal for so many pledges per mile.

From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Brewer Historical Society will hold

iits annual yard sale at the Clewley Museum on Wilson Street. Tours

oof the museum will be available throughout the day.

Beginning at 10 a.m., units participating in the Brewer Day

PParade will kick off from the North Brewer Shopping Center, proceed

ssouth on North Main Street to the traffic light, and then turn left

oonto State Street. The parade is sponsored by WQCB-106.5 FM.

Parade units will include the clowns, minibikes, and bagpipers

ffrom the Anah Temple Shrine and an antique oil truck from the Dead

RRiver Co.

Area firefighters will gather at the Twin City Plaza for a

FFiremen’s Muster from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Antique automobiles will be displayed from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in

aan event sponsored by the Brewer Convalescent Center Head Injury

TTreatment Program.

Throughout the day, different entertainment will take place at

tthe Brewer Auditorium:

11 a.m. — the Heart of Gold Vaudeville Review will appear on

sstage to entertain children and adults alike. Based in Buckfield,

tthis organization has received the sanction of the Maine Touring

AArtists program.

12:30 p.m. — musician Anne Dodson will entertain Brewer Day

ccelebrants. A resident of Camden, Dodson performs traditional,

ccontemporary, and folk music, as well as the blues, and accompanies

hherself with a guitar or a dulcimer.

2 p.m. — well-known Bangor-area magician Bruce Johnson will

bbring magic feats to the auditorium stage. A Bangor native, Johnson

hhas trained under nationally renowned magicians and has created a

rrepertoire of magical feats.

3 p.m. — the Bangor Community Chorus, under the direction of

GGail Zuck, will provide a variety of songs, including both golden

ffavorites and contemporaries.

The Brewer Kiwaniannes will sponsor a baked bean supper at the

aauditorium from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Prices for this delicious meal

aare $4 for adults and $2 for children.

Brewer Day festivities will culminate in a 7 p.m. concert

ffeaturing the three-piece acoustic group Devonsquare and Maine

hhumorist Tim Sample. Admission is $4 for adults and $2 for

cchildren.

The concert is partially sponsored by the Lemforder Corp.

According to Brian Higgins, the owner of NP Studios who

ccoordinated the entertainment for Brewer Day, the three people (Tom

DDean, Alana MacDonald, and Herb Lunwig) who belong to Devonsquare

“”took time out of a busy recording schedule to appear in Brewer. We

aare very pleased to have them on stage.”

Tim Sample has earned national recognition for his ability to

pportray the funnier aspects of Maine lifestyles, from the

ttraditional pink flamingos on a front lawn to the accent of a Down

EEast lobsterman.

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