50th anniversary adds to annual Buffalo Grove Days

A year of 50th anniversary celebrations ends for Buffalo Grove with its annual Labor Day weekend festival.

Buffalo Grove Days, which runs from Thursday through Monday, will include several events tailored to the 50th anniversary, including the dedication of a time capsule.

The capsule has already been buried near village hall, and the anniversary committee will dedicate it at 2:30 p.m. Monday.

Residents have been donating items for the capsule all year; it will be reopened in 25 years.

"Things came from schools from the area, photographs from local families," said Paulette Greenberg, co-chair of the festival. "The village put in newspapers, a history book, calendar."

Residents have also been signing scrolls at events throughout the year, which were also put into the capsule.

Some of the entertainment will also be 1950s-oriented, including an Elvis impersonator.

The theme is also carried out in the parade, which will include a float with the Weidner family, one of the original inhabitants of the town.

The festival will also include the staples that residents have come to look forward to, such as the BBQ and Dessert Challenges and food and beer tents.

The event will be kicked off with Bingo, sponsored by the Rotary Club, on Thursday night. Carnival rides will also open up that day.

"There's a brand new ride at the carnival," Greenberg said. "It'll definitely turn your stomach."

Wristbands for carnival ride specials are available for Thursday and Monday. The bands are worth unlimited rides for $20 each day.

The Buddy Baseball team will also have a game at its own Kendrigan Field at 4 p.m. Sunday. The field was built by the park district especially to accommodate wheelchairs.

Shuttle buses are also available throughout the festival to make parking easier. A bus will loop from the Town Center on Lake-Cook Road, and another one will come down Dundee Road.

For more information on the festival, visit www.vbg.org or call (847) 459-2500. Brochures with detailed Buffalo Grove Days information were also sent out to all village residents.

Buffalo Grove Days

The event runs from Thursday through Monday over the Labor day weekend around village hall, 50 Raupp Boulevard. For more information, call (847) 459-2500 or visit www. vbg.org.

THURSDAY

6 p.m. Carnival opens

6 p.m. Beer Tent opens

6:30 p.m. Bingo

FRIDAY

6 p.m. Carnival opens

6-7:30 p.m. RAGTOPS at the Beer Tent

7:30-8:30 p.m. Elvis Impersonator at the Main Stage

9-10:30 p.m. Mickey & the Memories at the Main Stage

10:30 p.m.-midnight Blood on the Tracks at the Beer Tent

SATURDAY

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Blood drive at the Alcott Center

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Arts and Crafts Fair

12:30 p.m. Carnival opens

1-4:30 p.m. Grill Challenge at the Family Tent

1:30-4 p.m. Dessert Challenge at the Beer Tent

1:30-3 p.m. BG Idol at the Main Stage

2-3:15 p.m. Die Lustiggan Musicians at the Family Tent

3:15-4:15 p.m. Marcia Dance at the Main Stage

4-5 p.m. Salt & Silver at the Family Tent

5:30-7 p.m. Whitey O'Day at the Family Tent

7:30-8:30 p.m. The Legends at the Main Stage

9:15-10:30 p.m. Blood, Sweat and Tears at the Main Stage

10:30 p.m.-midnight VisualCue at the Family Tent

SUNDAY

11 a.m.-6 p.m. Arts and Crafts Fair

12:30 p.m. Carnival opens

1 p.m. Parade

2-3:30 p.m. Mobile Music block party at the Main Stage

2:45-3:45 p.m. Route 66 at the Beer Tent

3-6 p.m. Children's Arts and Crafts Fair

4 p.m. Buddy Baseball game at Kendrigan Field

4:30-5:30 p.m. Park Avenue at the Beer Tent

6-7:30 p.m. White Saddle Band at the Beer Tent

7:30-9:15 p.m. American English at the Main Stage

8-9:15 p.m. Wheeling Jazz Band at Rotary Village Green

9:15 p.m. Fireworks

9:45 p.m.-midnight Midnight-Mystriss at the Beer Tent

MONDAY

11 a.m.-4 p.m. Arts and Crafts Fair

11:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Personalities, Inc. at the Beer Tent

12:30 p.m. Carnival opens

1:45-2:15 p.m. Randy the Magician at the Beer Tent

2:30 p.m. Time Capsule dedication at Village Hall