Big Dog Show
Coming to the Bradford Common Halloween Weekend 2023
Thank you to our event sponsors!
Lead sponsor: Pentucket Bank
Other sponsors and decorating teams:
ACM Demo Group
All Saints Youth Group
Anonymous on behalf of Boys & Girls Club of Haverhill
Anonymous on behalf of Bradford Elementary School
Anonymous on behalf of Haverhill Department of Public Works
Anonymous on behalf of Haverhill Fire Department
Anonymous on behalf of Hill View Montessori Charter Public School
Anonymous on behalf of Wildflower Montessori Schools of Haverhill
Cedardale Health & Fitness
Covanta on behalf of Haverhill YMCA
Edward Jones, Michael Quinn Financial Advisor on behalf of Haverhill’s Cultural Treasures
Exchange Club of Haverhill
Haverhill Bank
Haverhill’s Brightside on behalf of Whittier Regional Vo-Technical High School
HTM Credit Union
Hunking School PTO
King Davis Properties on behalf of Haverhill Police Department
Nunan Florist & Greenhouses
Rotary Club of Haverhill
ServPro of Haverhill on behalf of Sacred Hearts School
Sheehan, Schiavoni, Jutras & Magliocchetti, LLP
Schedule of Events
10/25 Wednesday evening: mixer at G's Restaurant on Washington St. A portion of food sales will be donated to the Whittier Birthplace
10/26 Thursday: Dale Rogers Studio team will install the Big Dogs on the Bradford Common
10/27 Friday: decorating teams can decorate their Dogs anytime during daylight hours
10/28 Saturday: the big event! Community welcome to visit the Big Dogs; Haverhill Farmers Market set up on the Bradford Common from 9am-1pm; city workers relay race at 1pm; Pet Parade at 2pm; Vote for Best Dressed Big Dog 9am-3pm.
10/30 Sunday: Big Dog Show remains open to the public to visit and view
10/30 Monday: decorating teams to take down decorations
10/31 Tuesday: Dale Rogers Studio team to take Dogs back to the studio
WHITTIER BIRTHPLACE TO HOST BIG DOG SHOW
The Whittier Birthplace will host the “Big Dog Show” on the Bradford Common over Halloween weekend thanks to support from Pentucket Bank and Dale Rogers Studio.
The Big Dog Show is the signature public art exhibition of Haverhill-based artist, Dale Rogers. Twenty of Dale Rogers’ “American Dogs” will be assembled on the Bradford Common from Friday, October 27 through Monday, October 30, 2023. Event sponsors and their community partners (such as schools and local nonprofits) will have the opportunity to decorate one of the American Dogs for the viewing pleasure of the greater Haverhill community. In addition to decorated Dogs, there will be a number of other activities for the public to enjoy on Saturday, October 28. These include a pet parade, a chance to vote on the best dressed Big Dog, and more. The Haverhill Farmers Market will also be set up on Bradford Common on Saturday, October 28. This will be a fun weekend for pet-owners and the community at large!
Limited sponsorship opportunities are still available for businesses and organizations interested in decorating a Big Dog or for sponsoring one of the other activities such as the pet pageant. For more information, please email Kaleigh Paré Shaughnessy, Executive Director of the Whittier Birthplace at kaleigh@whittierbirthplace.org.
The Whittier Birthplace was organized in April 1893 to preserve the historic landscape, house, and other buildings as nearly as may be, in the same condition as when John Greenleaf Whittier lived on the farmstead and to provide public access to the property so that the legacy of Whittier’s literary and abolition works may be remembered.