The New Richmond Exempted Village School District supports New Richmond’s Bicentennial which will hold its Big Bash celebration Sept. 19-21.
The Big Bash celebration will feature performances by the New Richmond High School Troubadours (5 p.m. Saturday), the New Richmond High School Concert Band (6 p.m. Saturday) and events sponsored by the New Richmond Schools Education Foundation and the Leonard D. Gibson Memorial Scholarship Fund.
The NREF is sponsoring Tom Sawyerville in old Susanna (Saturday only) featuring Kid’s Games, Petting Zoo, Orsanco Ohio River Fish Aquarium, Living History Characters, Artisan Demonstrations and highlighted by a performance of Tom Sawyer The Musical at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday at Curly’s BBQ Pavilion. Tom Sawyer The Musical is directed by Locust Corner Elementary teacher Paige McConnell and features a cast of New Richmond district students.
The Education Foundation also is sponsoring a pumpkin chuck and distance-throwing contest on the banks of the Ohio River from noon to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 with teams launching 10-pound pumpkins at a 15-degree angle down river in a competition to determine who has engineered the best-performing trebuchet (catapult).
The Leonard D. Gibson Memorial Scholarship Fund is sponsoring a beard contest Saturday afternoon at Hausermann Park on Front Street (across the street from Green Kayak Market). Pre-registration is at the Leonard D. Gibson Memorial Scholarship Booth (http://www.gibsonscholar.com/). Entry fee is a minimum $5 donation to the Scholarship Fund, which benefits New Richmond high school seniors.
The scholarship fund will be selling copies of Mr. Leonard's album on CD will be giving out Frozen-themed cupcakes in return for a donation.
The full Big Bash schedule: 
September 19-20-21
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 19
6:00 pm Live Music - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion & Haussermann Park
Harkey’s Hoedowners- Traditional clogging
7-9:00 pm 19th Century Rivertown Ball - Market Street School
Featuring the Forget-Me-Not Dancers & Cincinnati Dulcimer Society
SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 20
10:00 am Tribute to the Founder Ceremony – Pioneer Cemetery
10:00 am Zac Morgan, Music for Kids of all ages – Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
11:00 am Mark Twain - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
11:30 am Tom Sawyer Musical - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
12-5:00 pm Pumpkin Chuckin’ Contest - Ohio Riverfront
12:30 pm Scottish Highland Dancer
1:00 pm Tellico Band - - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
2:00 pm Clermont County Festival Chorale - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
3:00 pm Zac Morgan, More Music for Kids of all ages - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
4:00 pm Live Music - Haussermann Park
5:00 pm New Richmond High School Troubadours - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
6:00 pm New Richmond High School Concert Band - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
6:30 pm Live Music by Full Moon Ranch– Haussermann Park
7-10:00 pm Dancing thru the Decades Dance Party - Market St. School Auditorium
Live Music – Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
10:00 pm FIREWORKS - Riverfront
SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 21
10:00 am Jacob Light’s Walk Through History – Begins at Pioneer Cemetery
11:30 am Clermont Anti-Slavery Society Meeting – Cranston Memorial Church
featuring Rev. John Gregg Fee
1:00 pm Ladies Living History Civil War Fashion Show – Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
2-5:00 pm Vintage Baseball Games - Knothole Fields
Featuring New Richmond vs. Ohio Village Muffins &
Moscow Monarchs vs. Norwood Highlanders
2:30 pm New Richmond Bicentennial Choir – Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
4:00 pm Tom Sawyer Musical - Curly’s BBQ Pavilion
6:00 pm Bicentennial Parade – Front Street
OTHER EVENTS
Tom Sawyerville in old Susanna (Saturday only) hosted by New Richmond Schools Education Foundation featuring Kid’s Games, Petting Zoo, Orsanco Ohio River Fish Aquarium, Living History Characters, Artisan Demonstrations
Reunion Village at Curly’s BBQ Pavilion hosted by Historic New Richmond & New Richmond Branch Library – Family and Class Reunion gatherings. Reserve your tent and t-shirts today!
Queen City Riverboat Cruises – Reserve a cruise today for your class or family, special dinner and fireworks cruises also available
Kids Pedal Tractor Pull – Rivertown Market
Antique Machinery Show – Clermont County Antique Machinery Club
Village History Wagon Tours – Lead by Clermont County historian Rick Crawford
Ross-Gowdy House Bicentennial Exhibit - by NKU Public History & Historic New Richmond
Beard Patrol – Shaving Licenses required for beardless men or face jail time!
Schedule subject to change