Sharpsburg Heritage Day

 

Saturday, September 16, 2006, 9:00 – 5:00, on S. Mechanic St. south of the square, Sharpsburg, Maryland.

 

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

 

All Day

            Information Table at Square

            Town History Display at Town Hall

            Demonstrations, Crafts and Food, Mechanic St.

 

9:00     2nd Maryland Fife and Drum Concert at Music Tent – 1 hour

 

9 – 11 Churches and Stone Houses of Sharpsburg Walking Tour - self guided

Lecture and recital every half hour at Christ Reformed UCC Church

 

10:00  Rohrersville Band at Music Tent – 1 hour

 

10:30   Lecture at Town Hall – Ted Alexander

 

11:00   Wildcat Regiment Band Concert at Music Tent – 1 hour

 

12:00   Battle of the Bands on Mechanic Street

 

1:00   Lecture at the Music Tent – Dr. Wes Hanson, “Rare and Unusual Music of the Civil War Period” – 1 hour

 

1:30 – 3:30 Churches and Stone House Walking Tours resume

            Lecture and recital every half hour at Christ Reformed UCC Church

 

2:00   2nd Maryland Fife and Drum Concert at Tent – 1 hour

 

2:30   Lecture at Town Hall – Marc Howell, “Antietam Iron Works”

 

3:30   Wildcat Regiment Band Concert at Music Tent

 

5 – 7   Dinner at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church

 

7:00  Alley walk with the 2nd Maryland Fifes and Drums

 

7:30   Jimmy Brown & Friends Concert of Appalachian and Celtic Music, St. Paul's Episcopal Church

 

Food concessions by the Sharpsburg Lions Club, Christ Reformed UCC Church, Sharpsburg Church of the Brethren