Teaneck Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin
and Teaneck Vietnam War veterans Walt Nygard
(US Marines) and Jan Barry (US Army) will be
special Guests of Honor at Teaneck’s Memorial Day
“Family Fun Festival,”
presented annually by the Cedar Lane Management
Group, on Monday, May 28, from 11 AM to 6 PM.
They will be honored at a Special Memorial Day
Veterans Tribute and Opening Ceremony which will
begin at 12:15 PM on the Festival Performance Stage
at the intersection of Cedar Laneand Elm Street.
Many local and state officials will participate in
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The ceremony will begin with Opening Remarks by
Cedar Lane Management Group
President Karen Careccio . Mayor
Hameeduddin will be presented with the
organization’s
3rd Annual Lifetime Achievement Award and Nygard
and Barry will be the recipients of the
organization’s annual Awards of Appreciation.
Soprano Cheryl Warfield, whose father served
in the Philippines during World War II, will perform
the National Anthem and “God Bless America.”
Prior to the Opening Ceremony, at 11 AM, Teaneck’s
local veterans’ organizations will hold their
Annual Memorial Day Remembrance Service in honor of
their fallen comrades at Teaneck’s Municipal Green.
The Opening Ceremony will kick off
a day full of exciting and fun activities for
members of the entire familyalong Cedar Lane from
American Legion Drive to Elm Avenue, Teaneck’s main
business district. There is free admission and free
parking in three nearby Municipal Lots. Families
from the tri-state area are invited to attend the
Festival which is just 20 minutes from midtown
Manhattan. Local bus and train service is readily
available.
By 11 AM, approximately local
merchants and outside vendors will have
completed
setting up their display booths and stalls on both
sides of Cedar Lane, and will be ready to offer
great shopping opportunities, arts and crafts,
clothing, collectibles and international and ethnic
foods
for all those attending the Festival. Local
restaurants and cafes will also be open and
available to
hungry festival attendees. A special area featuring
children’s activities, including face painters,
balloon artists, games and rides, will be located on
Garrison Avenue just off Cedar Lane.
There will be two fun eating
competitions offering cash prizes to the winners.
At 1:00 PM, kids between the ages of 9 and 12
will gather on Cedar Lane at Chestnut Avenue
Plaza to compete in a fun-filled Cupcake
Eating Competition sponsored by Teaneck’s
Zoe’s Cupcake Café, 740 Chestnut Avenue
www.zoescupcakecafe.com . The young
contestants will have to compete without using
their hands (which must be positioned behind
their backs). Prizes will be awarded to the kid who
eats the most cupcakes in an eight-minute period. A
second prize will be given to the youngster who has
the dirtiest face at the end of the contest! Kids
can sign up at the store on the day of the event or
they can register in advance by calling
212/764-6330. 100% of Zoe’s Cupcake Café’s net
proceeds support programs for pregnant teens, teen
moms and children of Zoe’s Place, a non-profit
organization founded by women committed to making a
difference in the lives of Bergen County pregnant
teens. teen mothers and their babies.
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