PIKE: Perry Pioneer Days begins this Friday
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By DAVID CAMPHOUSE
Photo courtesy of Moments by MJ/Marlee Schultz
The contestants in the 2024 Perry Pioneer Days Pageant met Sunday evening to prepare. Left to right: Falyn Bolton, Rorie Dunham, Deni Taylor, Hattie Martin, Emma Kurfman, 2023 Jr Miss-Hadley Howland, Charlee Scranton, Lydia Kurfman, Brylee Manker, Kenadee Hasten, and Lincoln Slight.
The 2024 Perry Pioneer Days will be held this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
The festivities will kick off at 6 p.m. on Friday evening, with a welcoming and vendors opening for business.
Friday night will also be full of pageants.
The Junior Miss Perry introductions will occur Friday evening, followed by the Baby Contest, the Little Mr and Miss Contest, and the Junior Miss Perry Speeches and Crowning ceremony.
Also Friday evening, a rededication ceremony will be held to commemorate the centennial of Perry bandstand.
The rededication will be accompanied by a brass band concert on the bandstand.
Saturday’s Pioneer Days festivities will get started at 10 a.m. with the Children’s Parade.
Event organizers have packed Saturday full of events and activities: including but not limited to a pony pull, parade, soap box derby, kids tractor pull, a dance performance, and the introduction of pageant royalty and the Perry’s Honored Citizen.
Saturday will feature two meals: the Methodist Church Dinner starting at 11 a.m. and the North Pike Fire Department Dinner at 5:30 p.m.
Saturday night will come to a crescendo with a performance from the band Raised on Radio and Perry Town Go.
2024 Perry Pioneer Days will wrap up Sunday morning with Church in the Park starting at 9 a.m.
2024 Perry Pioneer Days schedule of events
Friday, Aug. 23
• 6 p.m.: Welcome/vendors
• 6:15 p.m.: Jr. Miss Perry Introductions
• 6:30 p.m.: Baby Contest
• 7 p.m.: Little Miss & Mister Contest
• 7:45 p.m.: Brass Band Performance
• 8:15 p.m.: Jr. Miss Perry Speeches & Crowning
Saturday, Aug 24
• 10 a.m.: Children’s Parade & Contests
• 10:30 a.m.: Pony Pull at Pioneer Express
• 11 a.m.: Methodist Church Dinner
• 11 a.m.: Kids Games & Bounce House until 1 p.m./Vendors open
• 1 p.m.: Afternoon entertainment
• 2 p.m.: Parade
• 3 p.m. Scout Box Derby
• 4:30 p.m.: Kids Tractor Pull
• 5 p.m.: Heather’s Dancers
• 5:30 p.m.: NPFD Dinner
• 5:45 p.m.: Intros of Past Royalty
• 6 p.m.: Intros of 2024 Royalty & Honored Citizen
• 7 p.m.: Raised on Radio–playing until 10 p.m.
• 8 p.m.: Perry Town Go–sign up starting at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 25
• 9 a.m.: Church in the Park
