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Army Band, drone open sky show are among Memorial Weekend highlights
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A volunteer holds one of the flags greeting Gold Star families as they entered Woodward Park with a Patriot Riders motorcycle escort during a previous Memorial Day Weekend event.

The Army band will perform twice during the three-day Memorial Weekend Commemoration starting Saturday at Woodward Park, May 23-25.

The military band will stage a sunset concert Saturday at 8:20 p.m.

It will proceed a 15-minute open sky drone show.

The band performs again on Monday, Memorial Day, at 10:05 a.m. as part of remembrance ceremonies and speeches.

The City of Manteca has joined forces with American Legion Post 249 to bring back the event led for more than a dozen years by Pastor Mike Dillman before he retired from overseeing the task.
The event, in the past, drew as many as 30,000 people over the three days.

The goal of the city partnering with local groups is to help assure the event continues in the future.

The event will also include a large car show, helicopter landings, vendors, a kids’ zone, and more.

There will also be a beer garden with the goal of featuring local concerns such as Loma Brewery and Brethren Brewery among others.

For more details go to the website, thememorialweekend.org.

Saturday

*6 a.m. sunrise prayer

*7 a.m. 5K registration opens

*8:30 a.m. 5k walk/run starts

*10 a.m. Patriots Pavilion opens

*11 a.m. Helicopters fly-in, beer garden opens (until 10 p.m.) and other events such as static displays, vendors, etc. open

*All day. Local bands performing all day on the Main Stage

*2:30 p.m. Vintage plane flyover

*6 to 10 p.m. Professional bands perform, evening concert

Sunday

*6 a.m. Sunrise prayer

*7 a.m. Car show vehicles enter the park

*9 a.m. Car show opens

*10 a.m. Patriots Pavilion opens

*1 p.m. Car show awards

*2 p.m. Sierra High JROTC demonstration

*3 p.m. Band on Main Stage

*4 p.m. Vintage plane flyover

*5 p.m. Local bands

*8:20 p.m. Army Band performance at sunset

*8:30 p.m. Open sky drone show lasts for about 15 minutes

Monday

*6 a.m. Sunrise prayer

*8:30 a.m. Gold Star family b breakfast

*9 a.m. VIP meet and greet event

*10 a.m. East Union JROTC posts colors

*10:05 a.m. Army Band performs

*10:15 a.m. Introduction of Gold Star families

*10:30 a.m. Speeches begin

*1 p.m. End of event