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!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

NYA Activities During 2011 Relay

Hey Newtown Relayers!
Our 2011 hosts at the Newtown Youth Academy are preparing a bunch of activities during the relay to keep everybody busy and entertained. While the following information is subject to change, here's a draft outline of the activities planned, as well as an explanation of how participants can gain points.
Participate in all 5 activities during the night and continue to check a posted leader board to see where they stand. Get points by being in the top 3 of each activity. The leader of each age group throughout the night will win prizes (gift certificates) to local businesses.
Relay volunteers are being sought to help supervise each event going on. Activities include:

7:00 - 9:00 - Free throw shooting contest (10 shots)
7:00 - 9:00 - 3 Point Shooting Contest (30 seconds)
7:00 - 9:00 - Hole in One (5 shots)
7:00 - 9:00 - Radar Gun in Cage (Fastest Speed)
7:00 - 9:00 - Soccer Shootout (3 Shots) OR

1st Place of Each Division earns 3 Points
2nd Place of Each Division earns 2 Points
3rd Place of Each Division earns 1 Point

10:00 - 11:00 – AeroBIG Class

Friday, April 15, 2011

New Location - Team Focused Excitement

Things are beginning to warm up - and I'm not talking about the weather! The 2011 Newtown Relay for Life is less than two months away, and with our new location and the potential for a 'weatherproof' event this year thanks to the potential refuge of the Newtown Youth Academy, we're looking forward to focusing even more than ever before on you participants, your teams, sites and the activities you are bringing to make this years Relay the best ever!
So if you have an inspiration for a contest, activity, raffle, a theme lap or any other ideas about how to make your team and team mates a part of the show, don't hesitate to contact me or my trusty assistant Sarah Z via the local relay gmail, or you can always leave a message for me at The Newtown Bee.
As of today, I'm posting all of the schedule info available through Addie, and I will be updating the site as new ideas and activities come in. So have fun, get creative and most of all GET READY TO RELAY for 2011!!