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Storytime Tapestry
Newsletter
The newsletter devoted to spreading love and cultural
awareness throughout the world.
Fascinating Facts And Tantalizing Trivia
A Hartson Dowd Column
Oct
15, 2006
OCTOBER ‘HARVEST’
FESTIVALS
California
Springville, California. Phone: (559) 539-0619- Event dates:
October 15 & 16, 2006. Sponsored by the Springville Community Club in
mid-October, the Apple Festival is a family oriented, non-profit, alcohol and
drug free event that attracts more than 30,000 visitors each year. Over 200 craft booths, juried to ensure
quality merchandise, will be selling hand made arts and crafts, and food.
Entertainment consists of clowns, music, kid’s mechanical rides, a Pie Eating
Contest, and Apple Baking Contest. Also included are the Annual Fat Tire Classic mountain bike race on
Sunday morning. The Fat Tire Classic is a challenging and scenic 7-mile
mountain ride for adults, with a well-supervised and easier course for
children.
Georgia
Georgia Apple Festival - Ellijay, Georgia. The Ellijay Lions Club, the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce, and the cities of
Ellijay and East Ellijay invite everyone to come and enjoy the 34th
year of the Georgia Apple Festival.
There are over 300 vendors with handmade, hand-crafted items, as well as
many on-site demonstrations of how selected types of crafts are made. This year
promises many new crafts as well as favorites from past festivals. There is a
parade and antique car show each year. The parade is on the second Saturday.
32th Annual Georgia Apple Festival from the mountains of North Georgia
Event dates: October
8th, 9th, & 15th, 16th, 2005
(Second and third weekends). Producing 600,000 bushels of apples each fall,
Ellijay/Gilmer County is Georgia's Apple Capital, so it's only natural that
the second and third weekends of October each year, people from all over the
nation come to Ellijay to celebrate the apple. Handmade arts and crafts,
homegrown entertainment, and plain old fun, combine with every apple product
imaginable to make the weekends a family adventure. Throw in the colorful fall
leaves, crisp mountain air, sky-blue days, and star-studded nights and you'll
want to visit again and again. Sponsored by the Gilmer County Chamber of Commerce and the Ellijay Lions Club, the festivities
include a car show and a parade. Call the Gilmer County Chamber
of Commerce office for more information (706) 635-7400 – www.georgiaapplefestival.org.
New Hampshire
Concord, New Hampshire
Think “autumn in New England” and the images that comes to mind are
pumpkins and apples, Oktoberfest brews, fresh-pressed apple cider, warm
sunshine, crisp clean air and glorious foliage. Wake up in New Hampshire on any day from September through October
-- especially the weekends -- and find that classic, picture-book harvest
experience around virtually every turn in the country road.
The American Independence
Museum “Harvest Festival” takes place on October
14 on the American Independence
Museum (AIM) grounds in Exeter. The museum continues its year-long focus
on 18th century textiles and clothing with an autumn celebration of
regional quilting and needle craft. From 10 am to 4 pm. Members of
the Cocheco Quilters Guild demonstrate hand-sewing techniques. Visitors can
paint a pumpkin, learn how food was preserved in the 18th century,
get some decorating ideas from the museum’s festive autumn decorations and
enjoy live music and refreshments.
Hours through late
October: Wednesday through Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm; closed Sunday through-Tuesday. Contact:
603-772-2622 or indepdencemuseum.org
Candlelite Inn in Bradford, New Hampshire suggests two autumn escapes:
1) “Fall Foliage
Midweek Getaway” package is offered Sunday through Thursday nights from
September 25th through October 19th. The package includes lodging for TWO
nights with an autumn breakfast each morning; evening refreshments of warm
apple cider and autumn sweets. Packages start at $238 per couple, plus tax
& gratuity. Contact 888-812-5571 or candleliteinn.com
2) “Exploring the
Covered Bridges of New Hampshire” package is available in September and October
and includes lodging for TWO nights with a fall breakfast each morning,
afternoon cider and autumn sweets and a Covered Bridge Gift Basket packed with
supplies to enjoy a ramble through the covered bridge-filled countryside.
Packages start at $273 per couple, plus tax & gratuity. Contact
888-812-5571 or candleliteinn.com
3) “The Colonel Spencer Inn in Campton “Fall Foliage Special” is a
discount for extended stays during Leaf Season, September 21 to October 22.
Guests who stay three or more nights receive a ten percent discount off listed
rates. This cozy 18th century bed and breakfast is steeped in America’s history. Located between Plymouth and Campton in the
White Mountains, the inn is an ideal spot for enjoying seasonal activities. Contact 603-536-1755
For more information,
including the best autumn itineraries for combining foliage viewing and a
variety of activities, VisitNH.gov/harvest.
New Jersey
Peaceful Valley
Orchards Fall Harvest Festival –
150 Pittstown Road, Pittstown,
New Jersey 08867. Phone: (908)730-7748. Event dates: Saturday October 14th, 2006 from 9 am - 5 pm. Please join us in celebrating our second
annual Fall Harvest Festival and Pig Roast.
Most of the
festivities will be held at our \"New Farm\" at 150 Pittstown Road. Come enjoy a hayride to our Pick Your Own
Pumpkin field, go through our corn maze or feed our farm animals! We will also
have live music performed by The Great Meadows Band. When you\'re done picking
pumpkins drive down the road to our original farm to Pick Your Own Apples. We
offer over 10 varieties to choose from. We hope to see you at the farm this
October!
OHIO
Apple Butter Stirrin' Festival
October 20th, 21st, & 22nd, 2006
Coshocton, OHIO.
Always a favorite,
this festival combines the beauty of autumn with crafts, live music and apple
butter simmering over an open fire. The hills that surround Roscoe Village come alive in their autumn splendor to provide the perfect backdrop
for an event that has been a favorite for over 30 years. Rest at the Main Stage
and enjoy a weekend of great music or stroll through the displays of over 120
costumed vendors as you enjoy this celebration of autumn. The Craft Show and Sale runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Enjoy live entertainment from the Main Stage 11:15 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday and Saturday
and from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
The
sweet scent of apple butter cooking over an open fire fills the air. And no
autumn event would be complete without a Pumpkin Decorating Contest (12 noon Saturday), a traditional spelling bee with
local Junior High School contestants (10:30 a.m. Saturday) or a hog-calling contest open to
all ages (3 p.m.
Saturday)! Savor the beauty of autumn at this wonderful annual celebration!
Enon Apple Butter Festival –
October 14 and 15, 2006
Enon, Ohio
Enon, OH.
See apple butter being made the old fashion way in 50 gallon copper kettles,
cooked over open fires. Canning and selling of the apple butter is done at the
festival in the afternoon as it becomes ready. Admission to the festival
grounds is free. Free parking is available.
Oregon
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Smith Berry
Barn - 24500 SW Scholls Ferry Rd., Hillsboro, Oregon, 97123 Phone: 503-628-2172. Event dates: U Apple
Festival Oct. 19 and 20. Pumpkin Patch and hayrides Oct. 12 to 31st. Many other
fruits, vegetables and nuts, honey, jam, hayrides, country store open daily
thru Dec. 23, & more. Local crafts, antiques, gifts, and much more. We also
feature herbs, perennials, and hanging baskets. Directions: Scholls Ferry Rd. 10 miles SW of Washington Square in Scholls.
Pennsylvania
Annual Harvest Festival at Reading Terminal Market - Filbert Street, Philadelphia,
PA. Event dates: October 14 and 15, 2006 from 10am to 4pm. They shut down Filbert Street and turn it into an urban farm closed to vehicle traffic. There is
authentic farm tractor for a hayride, hot apple cider, Pennsylvania chesses and autumn harvest fruits,
vegetables and more. There is a Market sidewalk sale and live bluegrass music.
Phone: (215) 922-2317.
Virginia
Graves Mountain Apple
Harvest Festival - October
8 -9, 2005 and October 15 - 16, 2005,
Graves’ Mountain Lodge Inc., Rt. 670, Syria, Virginia 22743. Phone: 540-923-4231. Fax
540-923-4312. Over 65 Arts & Craft vendors, as well as Graves Mountain Food, Hay Mountain. 10:00AM-4:30PM Daily, Rain or Shine. Free Admission /
Free Parking.
Come and see nature’s
way of blanketing the mountains with stunning color during the month of
October. Enjoy fun filled days complete with good food and entertainment
including bluegrass music, cloggers, arts and crafts, hayrides and horseback
rides. Experience the days of yesteryear watching apple butter and Brunswick
stew being cooked in kettles over and open fire. Our orchards are open for
apple picking or you may select your own from the apple bins at the picnic
pavilion. Visit the farm and the animals.
Washington (state)
Fall Fruit Show - Tukwila
, WASHINGTON. - Saturday October 17, 10:00am
- 5:00pm, Sunday October 18, 10:00am - 4:00pm, Tukwila Community Center, 12424 42nd Avenue South. $3.00 admission includes
parking, apple tasting, and apple identification. Children under 16 attend
free.
This
show presents the opportunity for people to try dozens of different apple
types, as well as pears and other fruit, learn about growing apples, purchase
apples from Western Washington Fruit Research station, Mt. Vernon. There are
talks given, and experts on hand to help people identify that mystery apple
growing in their front yard! Bring 5 to 6 apples with their stems, NOT washed,
and as free of blemishes as possible. The reason they aren't washed is that the
bloom, or the surface coating on an apple, can be an identifying factor. This
show's a great opportunity to expand your knowledge and dreams of a home fruit
garden. Fruit trees are generally planted in late winter, so plan now.
West Virginia
Mountain State Apple Harvest Festival - Martinsburg, West Virgina.
One of West Virginia's largest festivals. Event dates: October
13-16, 2005. Email:
info@travelwv.com. Activities: Parade, Craft Show, Apple Pie Baking Contest,
Baby Appleseed, Apple Trample, Free Live Entertainment, Great Pancake
Breakfasts, Car Shows Dancing
Fireworks Great Family Entertainment, and don't miss the coronation of Queen
Pomona XXVI! See the Schedule of Events. For more than 25 years, the Mountain
Sate Apple Harvest Festival has celebrated the rich agricultural heritage of
this part of West
Virginia,
highlighting the role of the apple in that tradition.
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Canada
British Columbia
UBC Apple Festival
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Vancouver, British Columbia. Event dates: October 15 and 16, 2005 from
11 am to 4 pm. Located throughout the grounds of the Botanical Garden. Free
admission. One of the most talked about and enjoyed events in Vancouver. A family event for all ages, the UBC
Apple Festival celebrates one of British Columbia's favorite fruits. All are welcome to attend, from children learning
about the diversity of apples to those who remember tasting heritage apples in
their youth. Every year, between 11,500 and 13,500 kilograms (25,000 and 30,000
lbs) of apples are sold to a hungry public. Also available for sale are many
varieties of apple trees grafted onto dwarfing root stock, perfect for the home
garden or patio. New owners of apple trees often attend one of the espalier and
pruning demonstrations. One of the most popular activities at the Apple
Festival is apple tasting. For $2.00, curious event goers can taste up to 60
varieties of new and heritage apples grown in British Columbia. Learn the history of those varieties from
the Friends of the Garden's "published in-house" Apple Booklet.
Nova Scotia
Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. Event dates: 6th Annual Apple Harvest
Festival October 17-18-19, 2003. Food and drink, children's activities, music,
outdoor farm market, apple produce displays and sales, petting zoo, children's
bouncy castles, clowns, magicians, balloons, and face painting.
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Britain (England, Scotland and Wales)
Apple Connoisseur
Weekend – Faversham, Kent, England – Oct 15,16 + 22,23, 2006
The Brogdale Horticultural Trust, Tel: 01795 535286.
Apple Festival, Fruits for all seasons - Brogdale is home to
the National Fruit Collections, the largest collection of varieties of fruit
trees in the world. Over 2,300 different varieties of apple, 550 of pear, 350
of plum, 220 of cherry, 320 varieties of bush fruits, as well as smaller
collections of nuts & vines are grown here in 150 acres of beautiful
orchards. Spectacular in blossom time, the orchards are also at their best in
late summer & autumn, when the ripe fruit is ready for picking.
A taste of history
From the quite amazingly ugly
'Knobby Russet' apple, to the ancient 'Decio' variety which the Romans would
have known, the Collections at Brogdale incorporate both traditional and new
fruit varieties. We have apples that taste like pineapples, bananas and melons,
crab apples that can be pickled, and Beurre pears, cultivated in Belgium to 'melt in the mouth'. Not forgetting a
host of less well known fruits, such as the fragrant medlars & quinces,
much beloved of the Victorians.
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