by Kristina Gabalski
A full day of fun family activities is planned for the 23rd Annual Bergen Park Festival, Saturday, June 9 at Hickory Park on Route 19 in the village.
The event, which celebrates local businesses, begins at 11 a.m. with a Car Cruise-In, craft vendors, food vendors, bounce house, pony rides and Blinko.
The Byron-Bergen Public Library will be holding a book sale and Bossy Bingo is back, sponsored by the Bergen Grange.
The parade down Route 19 begins at noon and features the Sackett-Merrill-White American Legion #575 Color Guard, the Byron-Bergen High School Marching Band, Vietnam Veterans Chapter #193-LeRoy, Gillam-Grant Youth Sports Program participants, the Bergen Fire Department, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Genesee County Sheriff’s Department, the Clarkson Horseman’s Association, the York High School Marching Band, Hesperus Masonic Lodge and the Village of Bergen Dept. of Public Works.
At 12:30 p.m., the East Pavilion will be dedicated to the Bergen Fire Department.
Bill Gormont’s World of Magic show begins at 12:45 p.m. at the Byron-Bergen Library and is made possible by the NYS Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NYS Legislature.
The 3-on-3 Basketball Tourney sponsored by Ralph and Rosie’s Deli and Pizzeria begins at 1 p.m. and at 3 p.m., it’s the Bergen Idol Contest.
The Mason’s Chicken Barbecue will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dinners are $8.50.
Trilogy, a four piece classic rock and roll band performing family-oriented music, performs from 6 to 10 p.m.
Fireworks are set for 10 p.m. and the DJ for the day is Tim Ruffin.
The Bergen Park Festival is sponsored by the Bergen Business and Civic Association. Profits go to village and town parks.
Organizers ask that those attending leave their pets at home.
