Dee Loflin, SMT Manager/Writer
Dexter, Missouri – The big event is finally here and though we have showers in our forecast the show will go on!
Relay for Life chairs, Belinda Worley and Jennifer Hartlein are pros at keeping this event going each year. “We are extremely thankful to Lawson Metcalf and the Park Board for accommodating us,” stated Worley. “We hope the public will still come out in huge numbers in support of and in honor of all who have battled cancer.”
The old high school gym located on Park Lane is the place to be tonight beginning at 5 p.m. and going until the midnight hour. “All the events will be the same, including the entertainment,” according to Worley. “The luminary ceremony will be at 11 p.m. as planned; however with battery operated tea lights.
Following the Miss Relay Contest at midnight we will wrap up everything with a closing ceremony and a First Lap of 2014 around 1:00 a.m. and close the event.”Relay teams will have refreshments, food and drink on the grounds. Here is a revised agenda for the evening.
5 p.m. – Ray Carrillo – “Breaking Boards for a Cause”
5:30 p.m. Lauren Thrower performs
6 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Boy Scout Troop 200 presenting the colors
The National Anthem sung by the Central Songmakers
Prayer with Pastor Preston Owens
6:30 p.m. Introduction of teams, survivors and caregivers' lap
7 p.m. Live auction
8:30 p.m. Maggie Thorn performs
9:15 p.m. Rebecca Northern performs
10 p.m. Talent Show (Sponsored by Four Oaks Hospice)
11 p.m. Luminaria Ceremony
Midnight - Miss Relay (Sponsored by Liberty Hill General Baptist Church
1:00 a.m. Closing Ceremony and First Lap of 2014
Please join us and support those who have or are still battling CANCER!
