June 4-5, 2011

ALL TIMES & THEMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE:

2 pm - midnight ~ Gate Open

2 - 4 pm ~ Team Set Up / Site Drop-Offs

3 - 5:30 pm ~ Survivor Registration

3 - 9 pm ~ Survivor Lounge open
feat. Energy Healing w/ Trish McDonald

4 pm ~ Access road to Relay tent sites / NYA will CLOSE

4:30 - 6 pm ~ Kids For A Cure / Cancer Education

5 - 6 pm ~ Pantene Beautiful Lengths session 1

5:30 - 5:55 pm ~ LIVE - Newtown's own Daria Musk

6 - 6:30 pm ~ Opening Ceremony

NO Entertainment activities for
30-minutes after opening ceremonies

~ HIT THE TRACK!!! ~

6:30 - 8 pm ~ Cancer Education (continues after ceremonies)

6:30 - 9 pm ~ Pantene Beautiful Lengths session 2

6:30 - 9 pm ~ General Registration continues

7 pm ~ Miss Relay Contest Entries Introduced

7:30 pm ~ 'BEST' Awards (see below for 'Best' categories)

7:45 pm ~ Miss Relay Winner Crowned!!

8 pm ~ Extreme Fitness Martial Arts Demo

8:30 pm ~ Team Giggles for a Cure Cupcake Eating Contest

9 - 10 pm ~ Luminary Ceremony

10 - Midnight ~ General Registration continues

10:30 pm ~ Mass w/ Mnsr Bob Weiss
in NYA outdoor courtyard

10:30 pm ~ Ecumenical Service inside NYA nursery w/
Reverend Matt Crebbin of Newtown Congregational Church

11 pm ~ 'What Cancer Cannot Do' a film by Shradha Sahani

11:15 pm ~ FIGHT BACK Ceremony

MIDNIGHT ~ General Public Departs (5 hours to go!)

12:30 am ~ DJ Rod's "Buck On - Five Off!!!
 Music Request Auction"

1 am ~ Team Flamingos "Pink Flamingo Lap"

1:30 am ~ Team Extreme Fitness Martial Arts
"Fitness Lap" - get ready to work it!

2 am ~ Las Mamacitas Scavenger Hunt

2:30 am ~ Sailin' For a Cure Piggyback Lap

3:30 am ~ John V serves up 'A Buffet of (Jimmy) Buffett'

4:45 am ~ Closing Ceremony

5 am ~ 2011 Relay Ends

Descriptions of Contest, Activities and Theme Laps


BEST JUDGING Updated for 2011
A panel from Las Mamacitas - the 2010 Relay #1 fundraising team will be judging the following teams & sites:

Best Themed Tent Site
Best Cancer Awareness
Best Team T-Shirt
Best Birthday Hat
Best Team Spirit
Best 'Stuff' For Sale
Best Bribe

Miss Relay
Men please help us raise money for the American Cancer Society by competing in the Miss Relay Contest.
Contestants will take one lap around the track and collect as much money as possible from the general public.
Bring a purse to collect money from fans and admirers. (Cheating is allowed, so purses may have cash in them at the start!)
The “beautiful lady” who collects the most money wins the title of Miss Relay!!!

Good-Luck!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Looking Forward to 2010

I'm happy to be turning our attention to 2010 and a celebratory Relay with a "birthday" theme. With that in mind, I encourage any teams that are returning or forming to think of a tent site activity keeping with this birthday theme.

For on-stage activities, we will be soliciting the Newtown High School and Middle School music departments much earlier this time around in the hope that ensembles from each school will anchor our early evening entertainment schedule.

We will likely host another 'Walk With A Hero' auction, and the popular frozen t-shirt contest, as well as multiple theme laps. But I would alo like to plan to have several birthday themed activities on stage between midnight and when the Relay wraps up the morning of June 6, so it's time to start thinking about it.

I'm thinking a pin the tail on something game, Twister playoff, pinata smash, truth or dare competition (within PG boundaries, please!) and any other way you can think of to make a birthday party game an entertaining public spectacle!

I'm looking forward to crafting a highly engaging entertainment schedule for Relay 2010, with your help teams. So start thinking about it now, and don't hesitate to contact me directly if you have any ideas you would like to discuss! Just email me at: relayforlifeofnewtown@gmail.com.

John Voket