Gorham’s Don Roy trio with Don and Cindy Roy will perform at 5pm in the high school auditorium during the city’s New Year celebration. Photo from the archive
GORHAM – Gorham’s 12th New Year will ring in 2021 with a night full of family entertainment complete with fireworks.
The headlines of this year’s program are Gorham’s own Don Roy Trio, storyteller Antonio Rocha and the magician Abracadabra.
Attendees at Gorham’s New Year last year check out a python of Australian jungle rugs held by Meaghan Dow of Wildlife Encounters. Photo from the archive
The Don Roy Trio, which won the National Endowments of the Arts Award in 2018, will perform traditional French-American music from 5 to 5:45 p.m. at the Performing Arts Center at Gorham High School, 41 Morrill Ave. The trio has performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center.
The trio precedes the Gorham Community Chorus, which will perform from 6 to 6:45 p.m. Then there is Rocha with folklore from Brazil, his homeland.
Abracadabra, known as a world-renowned magician, will take to the stage from 4:35 to 5:25 p.m. at the Shaw Gym in the recreation department, 75 South St. The magician will perform between the Wildlife Encounters shows, from 3:30 -16: 30 and 17: 30-18: 30
Two Mad Science shows are scheduled for 4pm and 5.45pm to 6.45pm in the multipurpose room of the recreation department.
For those who enjoy ice skating on the beach at the University of Southern Maine from 2pm to 4pm or learn to dance in the high school gym from 6.30pm to 8pm, there will be plenty of cooking. The FALGOR 172 robotics team (Falmouth and Gorham High Schools) will serve family meals and snacks from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Gorham High School cafeteria.
There will also be concession snacks at Shaw Gym from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Fireworks are scheduled for 9 p.m.
Admission to all is a $ 5 Gorham New Year’s bracelet that is available at the Gorham Hannaford and Baxter Memorial Library, 71 South St. A $ 20 family package will be available before Monday, Dec. 30 at Gorham Rec.
The celebration attracts partygoers from the surrounding cities and last year was an exhaustion.
“As we prepare for our 12th Gorham New Year celebration, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for all the talented performers, loyal volunteers and generous sponsors who make this wonderful community event possible year after year,” said Virginia Wilder Cross, founder of the event. organizer said Monday.
Tom Hasbrouck coordinates Gorham’s New Year.
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