The 19th annual Relay for Life to raise funds and awareness for the American Cancer Society will be Friday, May 6 at Green Brook Park in Smithville
This year’s theme is “Paint Your World Purple”
The entertainment begins at 5:15 p.m. followed by the opening ceremony at 6:00 p.m. featuring personal testimonies from cancer survivors and then a Survivors’ Lap, during which those who have survived the struggle circle the track together to help everyone celebrate what has been achieved against cancer.
A Luminaria Ceremony begins at 9:00 p.m. to remember loved ones lost to cancer and to honor those who have battled the disease.
The schedule of events for the evening is as follows:
5:15 p.m.- Terry Hodges and Kevin Myers
5:35 p.m.- Kathy Goodwin
5:55 p.m.- Presentation of the colors by Boy Scout Troop #347
The National Anthem sung by Suzanne Slager
Invocation by Bill Robertson
Welcome by Renea Cantrell
Introduction of cancer survivors
Prayer for cancer survivors by Alex Woodward, preacher of the Gassaway Church of Christ
Song honoring cancer survivors by Bonnie Rigsby and Shelly Cross
6:35 p.m.-Vonda and Wanda
6:45 p.m.-Suzanne Slager
7:00 p.m.- David Turner & Friends
7:30 p.m.- Fluty and the Flutones
7:45 p.m.- Tina Boston
8:00 p.m.- Elvis (Kevin Roberts)
8:15 p.m.- Elizabeth Chapel Baptist Church Singers
8:30 p.m.- New Life Pentecostal Church Choir
9:00 p.m.- Luminaria Ceremony
Prayer by Dwayne Cornelius, pastor of the New Life Pentecostal Church
9:15 p.m.- Tom Duggin
9:45 p.m. Zone Status
11:30 p.m.- Closing Ceremony
Midnight-Relay Ends
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