Let's share more highlights from the Library's centennial celebration yesterday (Saturday, May 12, 2012). Much of the entertainment took place outside in front of the Library or in the Courtyard. Click images to enlarge.
Mooresville (Indiana) High School Orchestra Ensemble
performing outside MPL entrance
From 1-2 p.m. members of the Mooresville (Indiana) High School Orchestra entertained visitors outside the Library's front entrance. They performed various ensemble pieces that resonated with the audience, and the entryway provided an amplifying chamber so that the students' music could be heard throughout the Library grounds.
From 1-3 p.m. the Fred Astaire Dancers hosted "Dancing Through the Decades," an interactive and instructional activity in which patrons were invited to participate. We have a few still photos showcasing the fun.
In an upcoming blog post, if I operated the camera properly, we will have short video clips of these programs.
From 3:00-3:45 p.m., members of the Mooresville (Indiana) High School Choirs performed.
Throughout the afternoon, volunteers did face-painting for young patrons.
Sometime after 3 p.m., the cake was cut, as patrons were clamoring for a slice (just kidding!) Actually, there were so many patrons at the event, that the cake cutting ceremony had to be moved up on the schedule. Awards were also presented:
- To Beth Hensley, MPL Craft Designer & Decorator, for her 25 consecutive years of volunteering at the Library.
- To Bill Cornwell, MPL Building Superintendent Emeritus, whose engineering and construction acumen has literally saved Library taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars over the past decade.
- To the Bucker Family, whose monument business, which was founded in 1874, is the longest continuously operating family business in Mooresville, Indiana.
We have a few historic photos of the Bucker Monument Company in the MPL Indiana Room Collections.
Bucker Marble Works (ca. 1906)
36 West Harrison Street, Mooresville, Indiana
The house and workshop were built in 1874 when
John Bucker started his family business,
which still operates today at the same location
Bucker Monument Co. (Mid-1930s)
Robert Bucker stands by his 1934 Dodge truck
The Bucker Family working on gravestones (undated)
Bucker Monument Co. (August 2009)
At approximately quarter to four o'clock, the butterflies were released. Hopefully, our video of this exciting event will turn out. Stay tuned.
Our centennial celebration closed with the official unveiling of the new MPL logo, slogan, and soon-to-be-launched new and improved website.
Ed Brizendine, President of the MPL Board of Trustees,
unveils the new Library logo, slogan & website
with fellow Library Trustees Susan Joyner (Secretary),
Laura Gutzwiller (Treasurer), & Lynn Adams (Vice President)
Library Director Diane Huerkamp thanked MPL staff members for their many long hours preparing for and implementing our centennial celebration.
In our next installment, there should be some video clips of some of the activities at the celebration, if I operated the camera correctly. Let's keep our fingers crossed.
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