Food and fun aplenty are on a menu designed to delight fairgoers at an altered Buxton shindig.

The Dorcas Society of Hollis and Buxton is holding its annual fair and lawn party packed this year with new events while the town of Buxton has trimmed its portion of the joint festival. The Dorcas Fair in conjunction with Buxton Community Day is set for Saturday, July 18, at Tory Hill, located at the intersection of routes 202 and 112 in Buxton.

New highlights for the society’s fair this year include a classic car show at the nearby Brewster Mansion and a family picnic with a princess under a tent on the Tory Hill Church lawn. Returning society-sponsored features will include its popular luncheon, crafters and a Revolutionary War encampment.

On the town side, Buxton Community Days, pared to a single day from its previous iteration as a two-day celebration, includes a traditional road race, parade and fireworks.

But, Buxton selectmen this year dropped events at Weymouth Park that include a breakfast, bands, midway, games and vendor booths. In recent past years, the two-day fest had kicked off the celebration on Friday and continued on Saturday at Weymouth Park.

Peter Burns, a Buxton selectman, said Tuesday the attendance at Weymouth Park had waned in the past few years as a reason the town board scaled back activities. Burns also cited the number of police, firefighters and Public Works Department members who were required at the park.

In the future, events at Weymouth Park could be reinstituted. “After this year, we’ll take another look at it,” Burns said. “We’ll evaluate it.”

“We’ve got a lot of disappointed residents calling town hall,” Buxton Recreation Director Tasha Pinkham, who organizes Buxton Community Day, said this week.

This year, a slate of activities gets under way on July 18 with a 5K road race at 8 a.m. Pinkham said registration is $20 and participants can register at the intersection on race day.

The Dorcas fair opens 9 a.m.-3 p.m. on the church lawn. Sharon House, a Dorcas Society member, said activities include artisan booths, raffles, face painting, and a homemade pie contest at 9:30 a.m. A “Then and Now” display of vintage clothing dating from 1850-1950 will be in the Tory Hill Church.

“Patrons may enjoy the history of the garments and try on selected pieces and have a portrait taken,” House said.

Richard and Beverly Atkinson, owners of the historic Brewster Mansion, will open their barn with door prizes and where fairgoers can cool off with ice cream. The couple is also offering tours of their landscaped grounds along with hosting the fair’s first antique car show from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Spectators along Route 112 will view Buxton’s annual parade that steps off at 10:30 a.m. and ends at the Tory Hill intersection. Pinkham said units would include race cars, vintage vehicles, youth groups, fire trucks and police.

The parade even delivers a princess to Tory Hill for a picnic. For families with children, the society is offering “Picnic with Elsa,” based on the princess in the Disney movie “Frozen.” The picnic will be held under a tent from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Picnic organizer Amber Blanchard, a Gorham resident and a Dorcas Society member, said Marybeth Noonan of Raymond, a beauty pageant contestant, will play Elsa.

The picnic includes singing, dancing, crafts and a princess photo shoot with Elsa. “She’s fantastic,” Blanchard said.

Cost for the picnic for children age 3 and up is $15. It includes lunch served in special frozen buckets with frozen bubbles. Adult admission is $10, which includes a $5 voucher for an a la carte lunch. Children 2 and under are admitted free but does not include lunch or the bucket.

Under a separate tent, the members of Dorcas Society, a charitable group founded by author Kate Douglas Wiggin in 1897, will serve its a la carte luncheon 11 a.m.-1 p.m. The menu will include lobster rolls, hot dogs and salads.

The Revolutionary War re-enactors, wearing period costumes, will intrigue all ages at Helen Bruce Park. Demonstrations will include firing of muskets and booming cannon fire.

Fireworks, sponsored by Narragansett Number One Foundation, at 9:30 p.m. will conclude this year’s festivities.

Individuals and units interested in participating in the parade should contact Pinkham at 929-8381. For reservations for the “Picnic with Elsa,” tickets can be purchased via PayPal at www.dorcassocietyme.org.

With the Dorcas Society fair set for Saturday, July 18, at Tory Hill in Buxton, William Smith of Gorham, right, and Norman Landry of Westbrook trim shrubs at the 1805 Brewster Mansion owned by Richard and Beverly Atkinson. They will host a car show and open their barn and grounds for tours during the fair. Staff photo by Robert Lowell