Olney Days 2008
May 16 - 18

Look Back at Olney Days 2007

Schedule of Events

Friday, May 16th
7:00 pm – 8:00 pm	Olney Days Kick-Off In the Gym at St. John’s Episcopal School The Sixth Annual Mr. & Ms. Olney Contest and the band, Crash For info on the Contest, contact: Judy Casey at judycasey-at-verizon-dot-net, or Nicole Connell at NC-at-verizon-dot-net Admission: A Package or Can of Non-Perishable Food (for Olney Help)
Saturday, May 17th
7:00 am-10:00 am	Joe's Ride and Stride Remembering Olney's Kids To benefit the Joseph Patrick Sanford Foundation Starts and Ends in the Oakdale Emory Church Parking Lot and includes 45K Bike Ride (7 AM), 10K Bike Ride (8 AM) 5K Walk (8 AM) & Kids Bike Rodeo (9 AM) Pre-registration required. For more info, call Fletcher's BP at 301 924-4500
1:00 pm – 3:30 pm	Olney Town Meeting at Oakdale Emory Church Topics of Discussion: Traffic/Transit Town Center Public Safety Youth/Education For more info, see GOCA main page
4:00 pm – Dark	Olney Days Festival Fun Fair and Fireworks at Olney Manor Park (All activities take place from 4:00 till the fireworks, except as noted below) Olney Community Band (4:00 -5:00 pm) A Visit from Mother Goose Sponsored by the Olney Library and the Friends of the Olney Library Homerun Derby Lacrosse Shoot-Out Soccer Kick-Off Skateboard Derby Tennis Family Fun Day Carnival Games Fire Engine Rides Pasta Eating Contest (5:00 pm) Ice Cream Eating Contest (5:30 pm) Build a Cup of Worms Dessert Contest (6:00 pm) Watermelon Eating & Seed Spitting Contest (6:30 pm) Olney Big Band (7:30 – 9:00 pm) FIREWORKS at Dusk
Sunday, May 18th
10:00 am- 1:00 pm	Olney Days Car and Truck Show at Fletcher’s Service Center - 18001 Georgia Ave Sponsored by Fletcher ’s Service Center For more info, call 301 924-4500
2:00 pm	25th Olney Days Parade Olney - Our Secret’s Out Georgia Avenue between Prince Philip Dr and Spartan Rd

Friday, May 16th

7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Olney Days Kick-Off
In the Gym at St. John’s Episcopal School

The Sixth Annual Mr. & Ms. Olney Contest
and the band, Crash

For info on the Contest, contact:
Judy Casey at judycasey-at-verizon-dot-net, or
Nicole Connell at NC-at-verizon-dot-net

Admission: A Package or Can of Non-Perishable Food
(for Olney Help)

Saturday, May 17th

7:00 am-10:00 am

Joe's Ride and Stride
Remembering Olney's Kids
To benefit the Joseph Patrick Sanford Foundation
Starts and Ends in the Oakdale Emory Church Parking Lot
and includes

45K Bike Ride (7 AM), 10K Bike Ride (8 AM)
5K Walk (8 AM) & Kids Bike Rodeo (9 AM)

Pre-registration required.

For more info, call Fletcher's BP at 301 924-4500

1:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Olney Town Meeting
at Oakdale Emory Church

Topics of Discussion:

Traffic/Transit
Town Center
Public Safety
Youth/Education

For more info, see GOCA main page

4:00 pm – Dark

Olney Days Festival Fun Fair
and Fireworks
at Olney Manor Park
(All activities take place from 4:00 till the fireworks,
except as noted below)
Olney Community Band (4:00 -5:00 pm)
A Visit from Mother Goose
Sponsored by the Olney Library and the Friends of the Olney Library
Homerun Derby
Lacrosse Shoot-Out
Soccer Kick-Off
Skateboard Derby
Tennis Family Fun Day
Carnival Games
Fire Engine Rides
Pasta Eating Contest (5:00 pm)
Ice Cream Eating Contest (5:30 pm)
Build a Cup of Worms Dessert Contest (6:00 pm)
Watermelon Eating & Seed Spitting Contest (6:30 pm)
Olney Big Band (7:30 – 9:00 pm)

 FIREWORKS at Dusk 

Sunday, May 18th

10:00 am- 1:00 pm

Olney Days Car and Truck Show

at Fletcher’s Service Center - 18001 Georgia Ave

Sponsored by Fletcher ’s Service Center

For more info, call 301 924-4500

2:00 pm

25th Olney Days Parade

Olney - Our Secret’s Out

Georgia Avenue between Prince Philip Dr and Spartan Rd

Our kick-off event, the Mr. and Ms. Olney Contest is on the move again and is taking place at a back at a familiar venue as it moves back to the gymnasium of St. John’s Episcopal Parish School on Rte. 108.. And this year, the local band, Crash, will be providing some extra entertainment. You may have seen these young musicians (all elementary school age) performing at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market last summer.

Now that the Inter-County Connector interchange at Georgia Avenue is under construction now, the route for the Stride portion of Joe’s Ride and Stride for Olney’s Kids on Saturday morning has been tweaked a bit to avoid the construction area. This year, with the concurrence of the Brooke Manor Estates HOA, the Striders will cross Georgia Avenue at the light at Emory Lane, and then will continue down Emory and take a loop through Brooke Manor Estates, coming back out at Georgia Avenue at Hillcroft.

A short time after Joe’s Ride and Stride finishes up, we are taking some time out, on Saturday afternoon, from the fun to think about some of the issues that will impact our community in the future – near and not so near….GOCA is hosting a Town Meeting at Oakdale Emory Church from 1:00 -3:30. Folks are invited to come to talk about the draft illustrative concept being developed by the Olney Town Center Advisory Committee, public safety, youth & education, and transportation & transit. This one is not for the little kids, but our teenagers are encouraged to come and participate in the discussion….

And, when the talking is done, just head on over to Olney Manor Park for the Fun Fair and Fireworks, starting at 4:00 pm and ending at dark with our wonderful Zambelli fireworks. This year we are putting a new twist on our Homerun Derby and we’re bringing back our Lacrosse Shoot-Out, and adding a Soccer Kick-Off and a Skateboard competition.