Riley Festival Opening Ceremonies held in Entertainment Tent!
The 2008 Riley Festival Opening Ceremonies will return to the Entertainment Tent in downtown Greenfield, IN. The opening ceremonies begin at 6 pm, Thursday, October 2. Imediately following the opening ceremonies Greenfield Banking Company will sponsor a free concert. We hope you will join us!
This event is held the first weekend in October each year, Thursday through Sunday. Since the early 90's the bank has been a participant of the Riley Festival. From 1992 through 1998 the event was a Pig Roast and Western Street Dance. In 1999 the bank brought “Endless Summer,” a musical variety group, for an opening performance in place of the Pig Roast.
We continue this tradition of sponsoring an exciting musical performance to kick of the Festival each year. Please join us!
Entertainment on the Plaza
In June, 1971 the bank sponsored a free 100th anniversary concert of the Indianapolis Symphony Pops Orchestra. We continued this tradition each year through 1986. In 1987, the first “Entertainment on the Plaza” season was launched, bringing a different performance each Friday evening through June, July and August. The event was held on the newly constructed Hancock County Courthouse Plaza, hence the series name.
Entertainment on the Plaza continues and each summer eight performances are held, free to the public. The event draws over 13,000 people each summer. The concerts are sponsored by Greenfield Banking Company and the City of Greenfield, and also receive financial support from the Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
2008 Entertainment On The Plaza Concert Schedule AND Changes You Need To Know...
The 2008 Entertainment On the Plaza concert season is scheduled. Before you go, there are a few changes you need to know. Please read below:
June 6: Wright Brothers - Cancelled due to threatening weather,
RESCHEDULED for Friday, August 8!
June 13: Chad Rager - Cancelled due to threatening weather
June 20: Cook & Belle
June 27: The Marlins
July 3 (Thursday): 38th Division National Guard Band
Please Note: This concert will be held on Thursday. No concert on Friday, July 4th so as not to conflict with other holiday events.
July 11: Banjo Buddies Dixieland Band
July 18: Four Sexes
July 25: Radio Nights
AUGUST 8: Wright Brothers (a reschedule of original June date)
All concerts begin at 7 PM on the Hancock County Courthouse lawn and City Plaza, Downtown Greenfield, IN. Audience members should bring lawn chairs or blankets for seating.
CHANGES FOR THE 2008 CONCERT SEASON:
NO RAINSITE: There will be no rain site for the 2008 concert season. In the event of a rain-out there will be no performance and no rain date.
Breast Cancer Awareness "Pink Days"
Greenfield Banking Company employees had the opportunity to participate in a Breast Cancer Awareness Month and held their annual contest during the month of October. For a weekly donation of $5.00, employees had the opportunity to wear jeans to work every Friday in October. Employees also wore pink shirts in celebration of "Pink Day". For an additional $5.00 employees were given the priviledge of wearing athletic shoes on the day of judging. A decorationg contest and judging occurred on Friday, October 26th. Our Credit and Loan Center won with a theme of, "Passport to Awareness, Breast Cancer Around the World. During this year's contest we raised $1,783.47 for Hancock Regional Hospital Foundation's "Women Helping Women" program which provides free mammograms and educational resources for uninsured and underinsured women in Hancock County. Other recipients have included the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and the Lee National Denim Day Breast Cancer Awareness Program.
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