September, 2013 – World Peace Celebration in Wellington, FL
Presented by the Wellington Rotary Club and the Village of Wellington
Videos by Krista Martinelli
(Above – a brief interview about the peace ceremony with Dr. Wes Boughner and Larry Kemp of the Wellington Rotary Club)
(Above” – “We Are the World,” sung by The Traditions at Palm Beach Central High School, with choral instructor Scott Houchins. At the 8th Annual Peace Ceremony in Wellington, FL.)
(Above – “Let There Be Peace on Earth,” sung by The Traditions at Palm Beach Central High School, with choral instructor Scott Houchins. )
(Above – The ending of the 8th annual Peace Ceremony in Wellington, presented by the Wellington Rotary Club, was the beautiful release of doves into the air. Dr. Wes Boughner who coordinates the peace ceremony every year is letting the doves go here. Note: please forgive the videographer – it was a very bright day and hard to track the doves in the sky…but you will see them anyway in this video. 🙂 The doves circled the area 12 times before flying from Wellington back to their home in Loxahatchee, FL. Doves provided by Eternal Doves of Florida).
The 8th annual peace ceremony was held at the Wellington Rotary Peace Park on Saturday, Sept. 21st, 2013. Coinciding with the U.N. World Peace Day, this celebration took a few moments out of everyone’s busy weekend to celebrate peace. Festivities included the color guard, a reading of “May Peace Prevail on Earth” in eight different languages, songs about peace by the Traditions (of PBC High School), a peace pole dedication, and awards for best peace poster, best peace poem, best student mediator and more. A special award “The Wellington Rotary Community Peace Award” was given to Bill and Melinda Gates, new residents of Wellington, FL. This is a beautiful ceremony, organized by Dr. Wes Boughner, Larry Kemp and others, ended with the release of doves into the air. For related photos, see our “Photo Galleries” page or visit our AroundWellington.com Facebook page.