January 26, 2008-Trivia Night

Main Street Orion will hold its’ first Trivia Night at Orion Middle School Commons. Doors Open at 6:30 p.m. with games beginning at 7:p.m. Tables of eight (8) are going for $80. Mulligans can be bought for $1.00 each. Door Prizes and Raffles baskets have been donated by several businesses and individuals to be drawn by ticket during the event. Bring your own table snacks. Drinks, tortilla chips dribbled with cheese and candy bars from the concession stand will be available for sale. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org.

April 6 ( 5:30-7:00 p.m. )– Daddy Daughter Dance

Come make memories with your daughter. Dads and their daughters, ages 3 through sixth grade will spend a special evening including refreshments, dancing, entertainment and photos. Dress in your Sunday best. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org.

May 3 –Come Celebrate the Sixth Annual Join Hands Day

This is a day when local groups and volunteers come together to reach out to people they don’t know to connect generations and to develop new relationships while cleaning up the parks and roadways from the winter trash that has blown around and collected in the fence lines and bushes. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org

June 11 – Orion Community Band Concert and Movie in the Park

Main Street Orion will be hosting a free outdoor concert featuring the Orion Community Band and the movie Nanny McPhee. The movies shown are all family oriented. A sandwich supper offering BBQ’s, hotdogs and brats will start at 6:30 p.m. along with early entertainment. The Orion Community Band will play at 7:30 p.m. with additional ice cream, popcorn, candy, and drink concessions available. The movie will begin at dusk. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org.

June 14 – Orion Community Garage Sale Day - 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. In 2007, approximately 115 households participated in the Garage Sale Days averaging $457 in sales per household. Main Street Orion offered spaces in Central Park for the first time at a small fee for those living in rural areas to display and sell their items. Breakfast will be served by the Lion’s Club at Central Park followed by lunch also in Central Park as an option to the many who visit Orion to browse the sales. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org

July 9 – Orion Community Band Concert and Movie in the Park

Main Street Orion will be hosting a free outdoor concert featuring the Orion Community Band and the movie Field of Dreams. The movies shown are all family oriented. A sandwich supper offering BBQ’s, hotdogs and brats will start at 6:30 p.m. along with early entertainment. The Orion Community Band will play at 7:30 p.m. with additional ice cream, popcorn, candy, and drink concessions available. The movie will begin at dusk. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org.

July 21 – Bill Allred, Jazz In The Park Concert – Bill Allred’s Classic Jazz Band tunes will resound from the Central Park Band Shell, a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Orion Community Band will entertain during jazz band intermissions, providing a solid three hour program for concert-goers. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org.

August 13– Orion Community Band Concert and Movie in the Park

Main Street Orion will be hosting a free outdoor concert featuring the Orion Community Band and the movie Sleepless in Seattle. The movies shown are all family oriented. A sandwich supper offering BBQ’s, hotdogs and brats will start at 6:30 p.m. along with early entertainment. The Orion Community Band will play at 7:30 p.m. with additional ice cream, popcorn, candy, and drink concessions available. The movie will begin at dusk. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org.

October 31-Haunted Halloween Hustle

Children gather at the Orion Fire Station dressed up in their Halloween costumes then parade to area businesses to “trick or treat”. The gathering begins at 3:30 p.m.”. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org

December 13-Saturday with Santa-10.a.m. -1:00 p.m.

Santa arrives at Orion High School at 10:30 a.m. with the Orion Community Band Concert at Noon. Children through 3 rd Grade can register to win prizes. Main Street Orion will be serving a chili luncheon. Orion Music Boosters will host a “cookie walk”. For more information contact Main Street Orion at (309) 526-8299 or visit our website at www.mainstreetorion.org