Pre-Celebration Events
Friday, May 8,
7:00-9:00 p.m.
Miss Bishop Contest, High School Auditorium.
Admission. Winner will reign over activities
of the Centennial Celebration.
Thursday, May 13,
12:00 Noon
Church bells peal to initiate the celebration.
All Day
Centennial Museum - New Bishop High
School. Staged by volunteers. General store
in museum. Novelites and memorabilia will
be available, plus a Hospitality Center which
will provide information about the weekend
actitivites and also welcome visitors.
Carnival - City Park.
Friday, May 14
All Day
Museum, General Store and Hospitality Center.
Carnival - City Park
Afternoon
Domino Tournament
1:00 p.m.
Pioneer Families Recongnition - New Bishop
High School
2:00-5:00 p.m.
Ladies Activities - Old Fashioned Tea and
Style Show - Badger Den or New High School
7:00-11:00 p.m.
Street Dance - City Park Pavilion. Free admission

Saturday, May 15
All Day
Museum, General Store and Hospitality Center
BBQ Cook-off Contest downtown Bishop
Carnival - City Park
Farm Equipment Display, Then & Now - City Park
7:00 a.m.
5K Run - City Park
7:30 a.m.
Pioneer Breakfast
8:00 a.m.
Shoot Out
9:00 a.m.
Centennial Parade, including children’s parade,
beginning at Bishop Primary, ending at
Ed Gorny Stadium
10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Motorcycle Stunt Show
Car Club Display
Centennial activities in the City Park with concessions,
children’s contests and activities,
continuous entertainment at pavilion, numerous
arts & crafts, vendor booths, little league
baseball games and much more
Afternoon
Fly Over
2:00 p.m.
Old Fashioned Baseball Game

5:00 p.m.
Time Capsules - 1960 capsule opening &
burying of new one to be opened in year
2060 - City Park
6:30 p.m.
Final judging of beard-growing contest,
awards to oldest man and woman in continuous
residence in Bishop, award to person
traveling furtherest distance to attend celebration

7:00 p.m. - 12 a.m.
Street Dance - City Park Pavilion. Free admission

8:30 p.m.
Fireworkds Display - City Park
9:00 p.m.
Private groups activities, class reunion functions
(not sponsored by Centennial Celebrations)

Sunday, May 16
10:45 a.m. - 12 noon
Centennial Celebration observance in all
churches. Theme: “One Hundred Years of
Religious Heritage in Bishop”
12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Individual church activities, covered dish luncheons,
picnics, fellowship
2:00 p.m.
Centennial Celebration officially ends