Annual Events in Keene
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Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͛Ɛ ƐƉŽŶƐŽƌĞĚ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ;ůŝƐƚĞĚ ŽŶ ƉŐ͘ ϴͿ <ĞĞŶĞ ŚĂƐ ŵĂŶLJ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĐƵůƚƵƌĂů ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ͗ • Ride to Recovery Texas Challenge. About 220 Wounded Warriors who are veterans of wars ŝŶ /ƌĂƋ ĂŶĚ ĨŐŚĂŶŝƐƚĂŶ ďŝĐLJĐůĞ ŝŶƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ ĨŽƌ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ ĂŶĚ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶŝĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ĞůĞĐƚĞĚ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ͕ ĐŝƚLJ ŽĸĐŝĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ŵƵƐŝĐĂů ŐƌŽƵƉƐ͘ dŚĞ ϮϬϭϱ ZϮZ ǁĂƐ ƚŚĞ ŽƌŐĂŶŝnjĂƟŽŶ͛Ɛ ƐĞǀĞŶƚŚ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŽ <ĞĞŶĞ͘ hƐƵĂůůLJ ƚŚĞ ůĂƐƚ &ƌŝĚĂLJ ŝŶ Ɖƌŝů͘ • &ŽƵƌƚŚ ŽĨ :ƵůLJ WĂƌĂĚĞ ĂŶĚ ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ͘ ^ƚĂƌƟŶŐ Ăƚ ϵ Ă͘ŵ͕͘ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ŵĂŶLJ ĞŶƚƌĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ residents to Old Betsy Road to honor America. dŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ŝƐ ĨŽůůŽǁĞĚ ďLJ Ă ĞůĞďƌĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĂŝƌͲĐŽŶĚŝƟŽŶĞĚ >ĞŝƐŬĞͲWƵůƚĂƌ 'LJŵŶĂƐŝƵŵ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ that includes food, drinks, and entertainment ƵŶƟů ϭ Ɖ͘ŵ͘ • Annual Adult Soap Box Derby. ,ĞůĚ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ >ĂďŽƌ ĂLJ ǁĞĞŬĞŶĚ͕ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ƌĂĐĞƌƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ dĞdžĂƐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ƐƚĂƚĞƐ͘ • Annual Banquet. Held the fourth Thursday in KĐƚŽďĞƌ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŝƩĞĞ ŽĨ ϭϬϬ ĂĨĞƚĞƌŝĂ Ăƚ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͕ ƚŚĞ ďĂŶƋƵĞƚ ŚŽŶŽƌƐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ Žƌ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ĮǀĞ ĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ͗ Community Improvement Award, Community ^ĞƌǀŝĐĞ ǁĂƌĚ͕ dĞĂĐŚĞƌ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ ;Ă ƐĞƉĂƌĂƚĞ
DĞŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ <ĞĞŶĞ WŽůŝĐĞ ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ƉŽƐĞ ǁŝƚŚ Wounded Warriors as the R2R prepares to leave the ŵŽƌŶŝŶŐ ŽĨ Ɖƌŝů Ϯϰ͕ ϮϬϭϱ͘
ĂǁĂƌĚ ŐŝǀĞŶ ƚŽ ƐĞǀĞŶ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐͿ͕ WŝŽŶĞĞƌ ǁĂƌĚ͕ ,ĞůƉŝŶŐ ,ĂŶĚƐ ǁĂƌĚ ĂŶĚ ŝƟnjĞŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ zĞĂƌ͘ WƌĞǀŝŽƵƐ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ ŚĂǀĞ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞĚ ƌ͘ ĞŶŶŝƐ ^ĐŚǁĂŶďĞƌŐ͕ :Ğī ůůĞŶ͕ dĂLJůŽƌ DĂƐŽŶ͕ ^ĐŽƩ DƵƌƌĂLJ͕ ĂůĞ Hansen and Aaron Wilburn. • Hoops Classic High School Basketball Tournament. dŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ Hoops Classic is an annual four-day basketball ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ ďŽLJƐ ĂŶĚ ŐŝƌůƐ ŚŝŐŚ ƐĐŚŽŽů ƚĞĂŵƐ ĨƌŽŵ ĐŽĂƐƚ ƚŽ ĐŽĂƐƚ͘ 'ĂŵĞƐ ĂƌĞ ƉůĂLJĞĚ Ăƚ ŵƵůƟƉůĞ ƐŝƚĞƐ ŝŶ <ĞĞŶĞ ĂŶĚ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŝƟĞƐ͘ dŚĞ ƚŽƵƌŶĂŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ŚĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ƚŚŝƌĚ ǁĞĞŬ ŝŶ :ĂŶƵĂƌLJ͘ • Christmas Light Parade. ,ĞůĚ ƚŚĞ ĮƌƐƚ ^ƵŶĚĂLJ ŝŶ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ƐŝŶĐĞ ϮϬϬϬ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƌĂĚĞ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ǁŝĚĞ variety of entries that roll or walk adorned with ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ůŝŐŚƚƐ͘ KƚŚĞƌ ĂŶŶƵĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ƐƵƉƉŽƌƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŵďĞƌ͗ • ZĞƐƵƌƌĞĐƟŽŶ WĂŐĞĂŶƚ͘ Held since 2005 on the ^ĂƚƵƌĚĂLJ ďĞĨŽƌĞ ĂƐƚĞƌ͕ ƚŚĞ WĂŐĞĂŶƚ ƚĞůůƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚŽƌLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĮŶĂů ĞǀĞŶƚƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝĨĞ ŽĨ :ĞƐƵƐ ƌĞͲĞŶĂĐƚĞĚ ŝŶ ĚƌĂŵĂƟĐ ĨĂƐŚŝŽŶ ƵƐŝŶŐ ǀĞŶƵĞƐ ǁŝƚŚ ŶĂƚƵƌĂů ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚŝŶŐƐ ĂŶĚ ůŝǀĞ ƐĐĞŶĞƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĐĂŵƉƵƐ ŽĨ ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͘ dŚĞ WĂŐĞĂŶƚ͕ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚĞĚ ĞŝŐŚƚ ƟŵĞƐ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĂLJ͕ ŝŶǀŽůǀĞƐ ϯϱϬ ǀŽůƵŶƚĞĞƌƐ ĂŶĚ ĂƩƌĂĐƚƐ Ă ƚŽƚĂů ĂƵĚŝence of about 6,000 people. • A Night at the Meyerson. ^ŽƵƚŚǁĞƐƚĞƌŶ ĚǀĞŶƟƐƚ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ͛Ɛ ĂŶŶƵĂů ͞ EŝŐŚƚ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ DĞLJ-
>ŽŶŐƟŵĞ <ĞĞŶĞ ƌĞƐŝĚĞŶƚ ĂŶĚ ƌŵLJ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶ ŽƵŐ ĂƌǀĞƌ͕ ϵϱ͕ ĂĚĚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ƚŚĞ ͞/ tŝůů ZĞŵĞŵďĞƌ zŽƵ͟ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů ĂLJ ĐĞƌĞŵŽŶLJ Ăƚ <ĞĞŶĞ DĞŵŽƌŝĂů WĂƌŬ͘
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