Pie Festival

August 19, 2024

Pie Festival, Panther Night On Thursday!

Both Ellwood City and Riverside school districts will kick off their respective back to school seasons with community events on Thursday, August 22nd. Ellwood City will host its annual Lincoln High School Marching Blue Band Pie Festival at Helling Stadium in Ewing Park. Tickets are $5.00 to redeem for an Amish hand pie and bottle of water. Gates open at 6:00. Show starts at 7:00. Blue Band Boosters will serve pie 6:00-7:00 and will resume serving after the show so everyone can celebrate the athletes and enjoy the show. Tickets for the Pie Festival are available from band students prior…

August 23, 2022

Lincoln High School Pie Festival, Riverside Panther Night This Week!

Both Ellwood City and Riverside school districts will kick off their respective back to school seasons with community events on Thursday, August 25th. Ellwood City will host its annual Lincoln High School Marching Blue Band Pie Festival at the high school gymnasium. Doors for the Pie Festival open at 6:00 p.m., and the show starts at 7:00 p.m.. The band will perform selections from their 2022 pre-game and halftime shows, all fall sports teams will be introduced, and you can eat pie. There will be delicious Amish fried pies thanks to our generous sponsor, The Dr. Rita Hazen Education Foundation….

August 28, 2021

PHOTOS: LHS Pie Festival

After a year hiatus due to COVID-19, the annual Lincoln High School Pie Festival and fall sport festivities returned to Helling Stadium Friday evening. The marching band performed their 2021 pre-game and halftime shows and all fall sports teams were introduced. The community event featured delicious, handmade pies generously donated by Debbie’s Delicious Desserts. The Ellwood City football team is set to open its regular season on Friday on the road at Union before hosting its first home game on September 10th versus Shenango. Across town, Riverside held its annual Panther Night on Thursday evening at Riverside Memorial Stadium [VIEW…

August 24, 2021

LHS Pie Festival, Riverside Panther Night Scheduled This Week

Two local events this week kick off the back to school season and highlight the fall sports season. Riverside Panther night will be held on Thursday, August 26 at Riverside Memorial Stadium while Ellwood City will hold its annual Pie Festival on Friday, August 27 at Helling Stadium. “Panther Night is a Riverside community event kicking off back to school and highlighting our high school fall sports teams,” says Christy Hughes. “We also include our high school band and youth football program.” The gates for Panther Night open at 6:00 p.m. with the presentation of the Riverside teams beginning at…

August 23, 2019

PHOTOS: Annual Lincoln High School Pie Festival

With the chance of inclement weather in the forecast Thursday evening, the annual Lincoln High School Pie Festival was moved indoors to the Lincoln High School gymnasium. The move did not impact the band who entertained those in attendance with tunes to help roll out the 2019-20 school year while fall sports teams were introduced. The celebration and introductions were coupled with hundreds of custom pies baked and donated by Debbie’s Delicious Desserts. All proceeds benefited the Lincoln High School Marching Blue Band.

August 28, 2018

Pie Festival sponsored by the Rita S. Hazen Education Foundation

If data metrics can be measured with pieces of pie, approximatley 750 people showed up to watch the Lincoln High School Blue Band perform their 2018 pre-game and halftime perfromances last night at Helling Stadium in Ewing Park. The band performed its traditional pregame set list consisting of the drumline’s cadence, the Lincoln High School alma mater, the “Star Spangled Banner”, and “Fanfare” – a tribute to our U.S. military. The halftime show featured songs such as “Paint it Black”, “ Mr Roboto”, and “Bad Romance”. The band wore their brand new uniforms for the first time. The uniforms’ design…

August 23, 2018

Schedule of Events: Pie Festival

The Annual Pie Festival hosted by the Lincoln Blue Band will be held on Thursday, Aug. 23 at Helling Stadium. The gates will open at 6 p.m. and the show will begin at 7 p.m. This is a special event to kick off the Blue Band’s fall entertainment. All Blue Band members and fall sport team members will be announced. Pie is limited first come first served. All Proceeds benefit the LHS Marching Blue Band. 7:00 p.m. – Pre-Game show Marching Blue Band 7:10p.m. – Introduction of Band Members 7:15p.m. – Introduction of Fall Sports Teams and Coaches 7:30p.m. –…