Get Excited! Pine Releases Community Day Line Up

With summer official here, it’s time to start thinking about one of Pine Township’s biggest warm-weather events—Community Day.

This year’s event kicks off at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 20, at Pine Community Park. The celebration includes food and beverages as well as a variety of games and crafts for kids.

Other attractions include a giant slide, jumbo bouncer, hot air balloon, the Eurobungy Trampoline and the trackless train ride. 

As for the entertainment, dancers from the Fairgrieve School of Dance will be featured on stage. There also will be live ice sculpting, a watermelon eating contest, pony rides and the 3-WS Sports Challenge.

Later on in the day, Mercedez Band takes the stage for their first of two sets, followed by the annual pie-eating Contest. The fun-filled evening will be capped off with fireworks by Pyrotechnico at 9:30 p.m.

Here’s a closer look at the Community Day schedule recently released by Pine Township.

3:50 p.m. 

Community Day Kick-off - Flag Raising - Boy Scout Troop #344 County of Allegheny Stage. Sponsored by Bobby Rahal Automotive Group and Armstrong One Wire, Infinite Possibilities

4p.m. 

• Fairgrieve School of Dance, on stage until 4:30 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

• Eurobungy Trampoline until 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by UPMC Emergency Resource Management
• Trackless Train Rides – until 8:30 PM. Sponsored by Consolidated Communications

5 p.m.

• Wild World of Animals on Stage - until 5:50 p.m. Sponsored by Achieve Realty
  Giant Slide Accelerator - until 9 p.m.
• T-Rex Crawl Maze - until 9 p.m. Sponsored by Tom Henry Chevrolet
  Jumbo Bouncer – until 9 p.m. Sponsored by Mars National Bank
  Adrenaline Rush - until 9 p.m. Sponsored by Monark Student Transportation Corp., Chatham University and Tucker Arensberg P.C.
• Pony Hop Derby – until 9 p.m. Sponsored by Lennon Smith Souleret Engineering, Inc.
• Barnyard Petting Zoo – until 8 p.m. Sponsored by Baierl Automotive
  RE/MAX Select Hot Air Balloon - until 8:30 p.m. Sponsored by RE/MAX Select Realty
  Dunk Tank – until 9 p.m. Sponsored by Boy Scout Troop #344

5:30 p.m.

• “Ice” Creations by Richard. Sponsored by ESB Bank

6 p.m. 

• Watermelon Eating Contest - Children & Adults (Stage Area). M.C. - State Representative Mike Turzai. Sponsored by Sheetz, Coles Tavern and Soergel Orchards
• Pony Rides – until 8 p.m. Sponsored by Baierl Automotive
  3-WS Sports Challenge - until 8 p.m. 

6:30 p.m.

• Mercedez Band, on stage until 7:30 p.m. Sponsored by Stonewood East Partners and Vogel Disposal Service, Inc.

7:30 p.m. 

• Pie Eating Contest, children and adults (stage area). M.C. - State Representative Mike Turzai. Sponsored by Coles Tavern, New Community Church and Soergel Orchards

8 p.m. 

• Mercedez Band, on Stage until 9:30 p.m. Sponsored by Stonewood East Partners and Vogel Disposal Service, Inc.

9:30 p.m. 

• Fireworks by Pyrotechnico