{"id":3204,"date":"2016-07-12T11:36:35","date_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/?p=3204"},"modified":"2016-07-12T11:36:35","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T11:36:35","slug":"blast-from-the-past-homecoming-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/blast-from-the-past-homecoming-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Blast from the past homecoming weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3205\" src=\"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/10.jpg\" alt=\"10\" width=\"330\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/10.jpg 330w, https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/10-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Homecoming Weekend: BLAST FROM THE PAST HOMECOMING WEEKEND: JULY 22-24, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Perth\u2019s Blast from the Past Homecoming Weekend on July 22nd to 24th, 2016 is a legacy heritage party like no other! Friday night features a traditional night-shirt parade followed by fireworks to kick off the weekend with a \u201cblast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Opening Ceremonies: at beautiful Stewart Park<br \/>\n\u2022 A BBQ Block Party: three-day event.<br \/>\n\u2022 A night-shirt parade: on Friday, July 22.<br \/>\n\u2022 Fireworks: 10 p.m. on Friday, July 22.<br \/>\n\u2022 The Canadian Stone Carving Festival: stonecarvers at the Fairgrounds.<br \/>\n\u2022 A night-shirt parade: on Friday, July 22.<br \/>\n\u2022 A Parade: through town on Saturday, July 23 will wrap up in front of town hall.<br \/>\n\u2022 Blue Rodeo: Saturday, July 23, 2016 at the Perth Fairgrounds.<br \/>\n\u2022 A Military Tattoo: in Stewart Park and will feature pipes and drums bands and more.<br \/>\n\u2022 An Ecumenical Service: at the Stewart Park stage Sunday afternoon for a ecumenical service.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3206\" src=\"http:\/\/www.communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/11.jpg\" alt=\"11\" width=\"475\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/11.jpg 905w, https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/11-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/files\/2016\/07\/11-768x591.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday an old-fashioned homecoming parade with pipe bands, highland dancers, military groups, vintage cars and floats weaves through town, followed by opening ceremonies in Stewart Park and a military tattoo. Sunday will feature an ecumenical service in the park. All weekend you can enjoy the BBQ Block Party with ribs, live entertainment, children\u2019s activities, food vendors and a car show at the fairgrounds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The event schedule is now available at <a href=\"https:\/\/perth200.ca\/signature-events\/homecoming-weekend\/homecoming-weekend-schedule\/\">https:\/\/perth200.ca\/signature-events\/homecoming-weekend\/homecoming-weekend-schedule\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can also download the Homecoming Program (PDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/perth200.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/07\/perth-homecoming-program-20161.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Date :<br \/>\nJuly <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Friday 22<\/strong><\/span> to <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday 24<\/span><\/strong>, 2016 from <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>11 am to 10 pm<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Event location :<\/p>\n<p>Perth Fairgrounds<br \/>\nBBQ Block Party<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact :<br \/>\nFor further info, please visit : <a href=\"https:\/\/perth200.ca\/\">Perth200 Website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>  Homecoming Weekend: BLAST FROM THE PAST HOMECOMING WEEKEND: JULY 22-24, 2016 Perth\u2019s Blast from the Past Homecoming Weekend on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-perth-on","category-perth-ontario-events"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pJPiZ-PG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3204\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communityexplore.com\/perthontario\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}