Admittance Button from 2016 Sandwich First Night Celebration
SANDWICH – Those living on the Upper Cape are invited to send out 2018 and welcome 2019 at First Night Sandwich on Monday.
Entering its seventh year of operation, the event features live music and dancing, a parade, and fireworks for a festive and family-friendly environment.
“The planning is going great. We’re doing very well so far,” said coordinator Suzanne Chambers-Evans.
“The yachts are all set, the venues are all set. Now, we’re just finishing up some last minute plans.”
Children can enjoy face painting, a fairy garden, a juggler, pirate museum, and a hypnotist-comedian.
“We don’t have a lot of outside stuff because I was afraid that we’d have to move a lot of stuff inside in case it was 18-degrees again,” Chambers-Evans added.
The annual event almost came to a halt in May when organizers announced their plans to retire. A partnership was eventually reached to continue First Night, until Suzanne Chambers-Evans took on the position of First Night coordinator by herself.
Evans said her time serving as a Service Unit Manager for the Girl Scouts will help her to head planning efforts for the event. She says she’s still seeking volunteers for a planning committee that would be made up of about 10 people.
Free parking for the event can be found on Water Street at the former Wing School. Beale Street and Water Street will be closed to traffic.
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