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Fall Festival Entertainment Schedule!

Entertainment Schedule
  
Fall Festival featuring…
       The Children’s Halloween Trail

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Scheduled Performances and Activities:
   
11:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.: Storytelling with Sonya Brown (top of the hill near the trail entrance)  
      11:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.: Rock Climbing for Kids (outdoor pavilion)
     12:00 p.m.—1:00 p.m.: The Horseshoe Cloggers (on the stage)
       1:00
p.m.—3:00 p.m.: Biscuit Jam – tasty acoustic music (on the stage)
       2:00
p.m.—2:30 p.m.: Owls and Halloween (in the amphitheater)
 

On-going Activities:

  All day at the top of the hill near the trail entrance…

  • Pumpkin Toss
  • I Spy
  • Pin the Monarch on the Milkweed
  • Apple Biting
  • Pumpkin Bowling
  • Pumpkin Ringers

  All day by the picnic tables…

  • Pumpkin carving and painting by the picnic tables

  All day in the lower classroom…

  • Autumn crafts and activities

  All day in the front yard…

  • Composting demonstration

  At a time as yet to be determined in an unknown place…

  • Apple cider demonstration

Contests:
     1:00 p.m: Dishes for the Saturday Harvest Bake-off must be submitted at or before this time
     2:00
p.m: Winners for the Harvest Bake-off will be announced and prizes will be awarded—please be sure to include contact information with your submission if you will not be present when prizes are distributed!
    12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 p.m: Winners for the pumpkin seed counting competition will be announced and pumpkin seeds will be distributed

 
Sunday, October 24th, 2010

Scheduled Performances and Activities:
    11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m: Storytelling with Sonya Brown (at the top of the hill near the trail entrance) 
    11:30 a.m.—3:30 p.m.: Rock Climbing for Kids (outdoor pavilion) 
    12:00, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m.: Owls and Halloween (in the Raptor Center amphitheater)
    12:00
p.m.—12:30 p.m.: Bat Program – Michael Gannon, Penn State Professor of Biology and Ecology (Discovery Room) 
    12:00
p.m.—1:00 p.m.: Tussey Mountain Moonshiners – traditional and original bluegrass, old time, and folk music (on the stage)
      1:00
p.m.—2:00 p.m.: Dulcimer Gals (on the stage)
      1:45 p.m.: Tree identification walk (meet in the front yard)
       2:30
p.m.—3:30 p.m.: James Millicanfolk music, blues, and alternative rock (on the stage)
 

On-going Activities:

  All day at the top of the hill near the trail entrance…

  • Pumpkin Toss
  • I Spy
  • Pin the Monarch on the Milkweed
  • Apple Biting
  • Pumpkin Bowling
  • Pumpkin Ringers

   All day by the picnic tables…

  • Pumpkin carving and painting by the picnic tables

   All day in the lower classroom

  • Autumn crafts and activities

  All day in the front yard

  • Composting demonstration

Contests:
     
1:00 p.m.: Dishes for the Sunday Harvest Bake-off must be submitted at or before this time
        2:00 p.m.: Winners for the Harvest Bake-off will be announced and prizes will be awarded—
please be sure to include contact information with your submission if you will not
be present when prizes are distributed!
     
12:00, 1:00, 2:00, 3:00, and 4:00 p.m.: Winners for the pumpkin seed counting competition
will be announced and pumpkin seeds will be distributed