MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL 2008
Saturday April 5, 2008, 11am – 3pm
Adirondack History Center Museum
7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932

All Day Events
Mike Farrell, Northern Maple Specialist and Director from the Uihlein Forest Maple Sugar Field Station in Lake Placid
Maple Sugar Exhibit by Shirley LaForest, Essex Town Historian, and Cory Gillilland
Slide Show from the 1957 and 2007 Maple Sugar Festivals
Winter Art Exhibit
Beard Contest – Voting all day. Categories: Longest, Thickest, Greyest, Most Promising, Whitest, Most Distinguished

Maple Dessert Contest
Any and all desserts are welcome: pastries, cakes, puddings, cookies, pies and more. The only requirement is that real maple syrup be used, preferably Adirondack syrup, in the creation of the dessert. Bring your maple dessert creation to the Maple Sugar Festival by noon on Saturday, April 5. Entries should be protected from the elements, enclosed in either a cooler or other secure container. Each entry must be accompanied by a Contest Entry Form. Entries will be judged by an assigned number, three categories: Child – up to age 12, Youth – ages 12-17, Adult – age 18 and over. There is a limit of one entry per person. The Grand Prize Winner‘s dessert will be featured at the Deer’s Head Inn the following week.

Organizations Involved
Elizabethtown Kiwanis, Elizabethtown Chamber of Commerce, Essex County Cornell Cooperative Extension, New York State Council on the Arts, Traditional Arts in Upstate New York (TAUNY)
Maple Producers Involved
 Bernard Duso, Bradley French, Bruce Misarski, South Meadow Farm, Claude Turner