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Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2006

Also 2006 Beaver Island Homecoming · A Few Words about Homecoming

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TypeEvent
Dates2006-08-11 – 2006-08-13
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
On this page
Event
Dates
2006-08-11 – 2006-08-13
Kind
Celebration
Where
Holy Cross Parish Hall
Followed by
Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2007
Eras
Modern era
Concepts
celebrationcommunityheritagereligion
Within
Beaver Island

Summary

The 2006 Beaver Island Homecoming ran August 11-13, with a dance at Holy Cross Hall on Saturday and a dinner there on Sunday, alongside the 31st annual Bud McDonough Softball Tournament, won that year by the Flight Deck.

Program

Dance. Saturday, August 12, at Holy Cross Hall, 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m.

Dinner. Sunday, August 13, at Holy Cross Hall (per the calendar’s “See everyone at the Ball Diamond!” the dinner and softball venues are both referenced together), 4:30-7:30 p.m., $10 for adults and $5 for children.

Softball. The Bud McDonough tournament, “in its 31st year.” The Flight Deck finished 1st; McDonough’s, the Island’s own team and formerly “the continuous odds-on favorite,” finished 3rd; Ryan Smith Construction and the Emerald Isle Gallery’s team are both credited with 2nd, which the source does not resolve as a tie or a reporting ambiguity.

The article restates the “since 1932” founding narrative, framing Homecoming as the day “distant Islanders” return to “stand tall and proud as Beaver Islanders.”

Evidence limits

No organizing body is named for the dance or dinner beyond the Holy Cross Hall venue. The 2nd-place softball finish is reported ambiguously between two teams and is not resolved here.

Open questions

  • Did Ryan Smith Construction and the Emerald Isle Gallery’s team actually tie for 2nd place in 2006, or does the source simply list them together in error?

See also

Sources

  1. A contemporary visitor reply identifies the second weekend in August as Homecoming weekend with special events. This is community calendar context, not evidence of attendance or a complete program.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 00 · t000624
  2. Beaver Beacon, June 2006, calendar of events.
    Calendar: "Aug. 11th-13th – Homecoming." A Sports Boosters item notes an upcoming "Hot Dog stand at the Bud McDonough Memorial Ballfield for Homecoming." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-06_Beaver-Beacon
  3. The held forty-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-06_Beaver-Beacon
  4. Beaver Beacon, August 2006, calendar of events.
    Calendar: "Aug. 11th-13th – Homecoming Dance Saturday August 12 at Holy Cross Hall. Party from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. (doors open at 8:30). Homecoming Dinner Sunday August 13 from 4:30 to 7:30. Adults $10, Kids $5. See everyone at the Ball Diamond!" Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon
  5. The held forty-four-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-08_Beaver-Beacon
  6. Beaver Beacon, September 2006, "A Few Words about Homecoming."
    Restates the "since 1932" founding narrative and reports the Bud McDonough Softball Tournament "in its 31st year": McDonough's team finished 3rd, the Flight Deck 1st, and Ryan Smith Construction and the Emerald Isle Gallery's team shared or split 2nd (the text is ambiguous on this point). Names the Homecoming Dinner and Dance as continuing fixtures. A companion fiction piece set at the ferry dock references "the annual Homecoming Weekend with its softball tournament, parties, and prolific beer drinking." Read in the in-repo data/ tree. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2006-09_Beaver-Beacon
  7. The held fifty-two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2006-09_Beaver-Beacon

Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Homecoming weekend, 2006”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-homecoming-2006/, accessed [date], citing T. Scott, reply in “When is the best weather to visit beaver island..,” Beaver Island Forum, June 16, 2006. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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