The Town of Sweden will wrap up its year-long 200th anniversary celebration with a festive Bicentennial Ball planned for Saturday, December 13, at 6 p.m. at the College at Brockport Seymour Union Ballroom.
Bicentennial Committee members Alicia Fink, Patricia Connors and Marie Bell have been working to organize the event, which they say is black tie optional.
A cocktail hour begins at 6 p.m. and includes a cash bar with hors d’oeuvres. The sit-down dinner will be served at 7:15 p.m. and includes grilled beef tenderloin and chicken breast, vegetables, potato and a dessert station.
“It is a community event and we want the community to come,” Fink, Connors and Bell say. “It’s the holidays – it’s a nice time of year to get together and this, in some way, replaces the gala from Lakeside.”
A vegan-vegetarian entree is available. Fink, Connors, and Bell say that if you would like the special entree, they should make that request when they purchase tickets.
Tickets are $35 and are available through November 26 at the Sweden Town Hall and the Sweden/Clarkson Community Center.
Music will be provided by “Nik and the Nice Guys,” and a photographer will be taking photos during the cocktail hour. The photographs will be available online following the event. Eleven-ounce souvenir wine glasses are included with the ticket price, organizers say. The glass features the Sweden Bicentennial logo.
Fink, Connors and Bell say the year-long bicentennial celebration has been successful.
“We’ve had so much fun,” Bell says, “We’ve had a really committed group.”
The celebration began back in January and included special events each month. Those events included a re-enactment of the first Sweden Town meeting, a quilt show, a historical home tour, Old Home Weekend during the 4th of July, a barn tour and a cemetery tour.
“We’ve had a very talented and organized group,” Alicia Fink adds, which included committee members who were, “committed to making every event successful.”
For additional information regarding the Bicentennial Ball, call 637-2144.
