Organizers are hoping for a big turnout Saturday at the second annual Buxton Community Day at Tory Hill, the intersection of routes 202 and 112.

Besides the usual fun, food and festivities, this year’s event features a 200th anniversary tour of the Royal Brewster mansion and sale of a Calendar Girls-style calendar featuring “tastefully revealing” photos of Dorcas Society members.

A packed schedule of events gets underway at 8 a.m. with a breakfast sponsored by the Lions Club and winds up at 9:15 with fireworks, costing $10,000, the largest show ever in Buxton.

“The fireworks will be fantastic,” said Chris Barstow, director of the Buxton Recreation Department that is heading up the fair this year.

Tory Hill serves as the hub with activities at Weymouth Park, Tory Hill Church Commons and Helen Bruce Park. Admission will be free.

A parade with several floats will form up on Depot Street in Bar Mills and start at 10 a.m., ending at Weymouth Park. The parade will include Buxton Public Safety vehicles, two bands, scouts, antique tractors, and antique cars. Floats will include the Buxton Garden Club, Reynolds Motor Sports, Bar Mills Community Church and the Lyndon Farm in Hollis.

Two races, a 1 kilometer and 5 kilometer race, will start at 8 a.m. Contestants, who can sign up at the event, will assemble near the cemetery at Tory Hill Church.

The fairway will open at 10 a.m. in Weymouth Park. Antique cars will be on exhibit from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and daylong children’s activities include face painting, a giant slide and a bounce house. Buxton Fire and Rescue is sponsoring a chicken barbecue supper from 5 to 7 p.m.

Entertainment on the stage at the park will begin at 11 a.m. with the Delta Knights and finish up at 8 p.m. with the Bob Charest band. Maine humorist Gary Crocker will be on stage at 5 p.m.

At Tory Hill Church Commons, the Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton will have its annual fair and lawn party. They will be selling an 18-month calendar, the “Dorcas Dishes” calendar. Carla Turner, president of the society, said the calendar has “tastefully revealing” photos of 18 women members of the society.

The photos were shot at Quillcote in Hollis, the historic home of Kate Douglas Wiggin, a long ago well-known author of children’s books. She founded the Dorcas Society, a non-denominational charitable group, in 1897.

The calendars cost $15. The society printed 500, and it has already sold 250. They’ve reordered 250 more to have an ample supply available on Saturday.

“It has caused excitement,” Turner said about the calendar.

The Dorcas Society will also have hot dogs, soft drinks, salad bar and a dessert table from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. under the tent on the lawn at the historic Tory Hill Church. The society will also be selling baked goods, crafts, books and flowers.

Richard and Beverly Atkinson, will open their home, the Royal Brewster mansion, for tours from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. A donation of $10 will benefit the Buxton-Hollis Historical Society and the Dorcas Society. Jan Hill, president of the Buxton-Hollis Historical Society, will be heading up the house tours. Beverly Atkinson said members of the historical society, dressed in “beautiful vintage clothing,” will serve as tour guides.

The federal style mansion, built in 1805, by Dr. Royal Brewster, who married Dorcas Coffin, the daughter of the Rev. Paul Coffin. The mansion was also the home of Brewster’s brother, artist John Brewster. The mansion is a federal landmark.

The grounds will be open and several items including teddy bears, dolls and silver will be sold in the Brewster barn. Local artist Bonita Doughty will also display her artwork in the barn.

A Revolutionary War encampment and demonstrations will continue throughout the day at Helen Bruce Park, where a flag-raising ceremony officially opens the fair at 9:30 a.m. The day includes a variety of historical society events, tours of the nearby historic cemetery and a doll show in the Tory Hill Church.

Buxton Community Day evolved from its forerunner, Old Home Days, and the Dorcas Society Fair, which was a separate event before last year. The community committee that helped Barstow organize this year’s event included Brent and Jan Hill, Judy and Nils Sjulander, and Erwin and Pat Wales in addition to the Atkinsons, who chaired the committee.

Organizers have been busy this week preparing for the big day on Saturday. “I’m going in all directions,” Beverly Atkinson said.

The committee expects a big turnout from surrounding communities. “We’re happy they can see what a great town Buxton is,” Barstow said.