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Come one! Come all!

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Staff

Consider this your official invite.

Perhaps you’ve heard that the town of Carrboro is turning 100 next week. You may also know that the big celebration is set for Carrboro Day, which falls on May 1 – an extra-special event this year with more bands and fun and all things Carrboro.

But the town isn’t letting its birthday pass unnoticed. It’s on the flag after all. There’ll be plenty to notice, in fact, especially if you can make it down to the Carrboro Century Center around 7 p.m. on March 3.

That’s when the annual recognition dinner for all of the volunteers who serve on the town’s boards and commissions wraps up and the doors open to the public for an evening celebrating the town’s new status as a centenarian.

As one member of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen noted the other night, apologies in advance if you’re planning on heading to bed before 8 p.m., because the evening begins with the ringing of the Century Center’s bell 100 times.

Following the bell’s tones are remarks from our mayor and board of aldermen and Rep. David Price.

The Carrboro High School History Club also will be on hand to present some of their extensive research into the town that waited 96 years to have a high school with its name on it.

Poetry will also be in the mix, with former board of aldermen member and town Poet Laureate Jay Bryan leading a set of readings.

He’ll be followed by presentations and singing by a collection of school children from the town’s elementary and middle schools.

(We also have it on good information that there’ll be a few surprises during the evening. Our inside source described the fun and, well, you’ll just have to be there.)

The evening ends with enough cupcakes to feed a small town – or at least everyone who shows up – and a few heartfelt and no doubt resounding choruses of “Happy Birthday.”

The event is enough to get anyone in a festive mood and kicks off a season of celebration for the town.

We have a lot to celebrate and a lot to remember. We didn’t make it to 100 without a lot of people stepping up to make this a better place. A whole lot of those folks won’t be with us Thursday night, but they haven’t been forgotten as we enjoy their legacy – a little mill town anyone would be happy to call home.

So come by and join the celebration of Carrboro and all the people who have made it what it is today.

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