The sounds of fireworks could be heard all through Drumheller on New Year’s Eve, heralding the official start to Drumheller’s centennial year.
The New Year’s Eve party was only the first of a year’s worth of events celebrating Drumheller’s centennial.
Planning for the official 100th anniversary of the day Drumheller was incorporated, May 15, is already underway. However, plans are currently in their infancy.
“We [the Centennial Committee] know we’re going to have a meal of some type. Up until now, we’ve been focusing on New Year’s. Our hope is to get as many people as we can to come out,” said Sharel Shoff, Chair of the Committee. “We’ll have more information later, because we’re going to keep the centennial going.”
One event being considered is a repeat of the New Year’s Eve centennial celebration.
“I’d like to see another one. It was a great way to start the centennial. We may do it again next to end the centennial year,” said Shoff.
To help keep the centennial spirit going, the committee is also encouraging everyone to use the centennial logo, as seen on the front pages of inSide Drumheller and The Drumheller Mail, for their own events.
“We hope people, businesses, and organizations will understand it’s our centennial and use our logo,” said Shoff. “If they can use it, we really encourage it. It’s our 100th year; it only happens once.”
An electronic copy of the logo can be obtained from Bob Cromwell, Economic Development Officer for the Town of Drumheller, at 403-823-1320.
On New Year’s Eve, the Badlands Community Facility was filled with roughly 200 people, young and old, for Drumheller’s New Year’s Eve Centennial Celebration.
“It was a great. Everyone had a good time, the food was good, and the band was good,” said Shoff.
The children were having fun in the field house and the adults upstairs in the banquet hall for most of the night, but the two came together to share in some fireworks launched from the hills across from the facility.
Keep checking inSide Drumheller and The Drumheller Mail for the latest on Drumheller’s centennial celebrations.
Check out inSide Drumheller for this week's Streeters section, where we asked residents what they wanted to see in the centennial celebrations!