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Fiddlehead Festival
The upcoming 2008 Fiddlehead Festival, will again be held on the VTC campus in Randolph Center, Vermont on Saturday, May 3, and will celebrate agriculture, the arts, and the (expected) return of spring. Again this year, there is free admission to all events, except for the Farmers Lunch and an evening concert performance at the Chandler Music Hall. This year’s festival will see the return of many popular events and the introduction of several new festivities. New for 2008 is a tent that will feature local farmers market tables and a tent for children’s activities on the VTC front lawn area. The first children’s parade will begin at 9:30 a.m. All area children are invited to participate, gathering at the Randolph Center Church parking area at 9:10. Bright spring costumes are suggested and children are invited to bring bikes or wagons to carry the youngest participants. After the children’s parade has moved to the center of activities, the popular tractor cavalcade will follow. Last year more than 30 area farmers participated, driving their tractors, new and old, large and small, before the appreciative audience in the reviewing stand. Tractor owners who have not already been contacted and who want to participate, should call Sam Lincoln at 802 728-4273 to register their interest. Next comes the reading of poetry by Miriam Herwig, the May Pole ceremony, a blessing for the season, and remarks by Roger Allbee, Vermont Secretary of Agriculture. Area children, accompanied by music, will wind the colorful ribbons around the Fiddlehead May Pole, a white cedar pole harvested from a nearby Randolph Center woodlot. After the May Pole ceremony is completed, a wealth of interesting events will follow: Children’s Tent activities will include face painting, searching for pennies in a haystack, art with recycled objects, live animals (including alpacas and oxen), and storytelling. The 2008 Tractor Obstacle course will see four teams of local farmers testing their tractor skills to see which team can complete the tasks in the shortest time. The morning will also feature music, crafts, and educational presentations in the Farmers Market tent, Judd Auditorium, Old Dorm Lounge, and Conant building. Local vendors will display and sell their wares at the Festival. The popular Wild Edibles program will again be offered. New to Fiddlehead this year will be Steve Wetmore and his popular demonstration of sheep dogs herding lambs. This will be offered twice during the day so that everyone will have an opportunity to see these amazing demonstrations of instinct and training. Another new feature will be a session by John Howe describing his experiments to create solar-powered tractors. The popular Farmers Lunch will begin at 1:00 pm. This reasonably priced lunch will offer good food and an opportunity to meet your friends and neighbors from the community. During the lunch participants will be feted with live music, and several awards and door prizes will be presented. After 3:00 pm, the activity will move to downtown Randolph so that attendees can view the current gallery exhibit at the Chandler Gallery, and participate in a nature walk on the Randolph floodplain. This year’s evening Fiddlehead Festival performance at the Chandler Music Hall will feature Banjo Dan and His Mid-Nite Plowboys. This popular music group always draws a large crowd. Please reserve your tickets early. A limited number of vendor tables remain. If you haven’t yet been contacted to participate, please phone 802 728-6212 or e-mail info@fiddleheadfestival.com. The full schedule and other information about the Fiddlehead Festival can be found at www.fiddleheadfestival.com, or by calling 802 728-6212. |
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