MAPLE SUGAR FESTIVAL 2008
Saturday April 5, 2008, 11am – 3pm
Adirondack History Center Museum
7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932
11:00 am – Pancake breakfast
$6 Adults, $5 Seniors and 6-12, $1 under 6 (pancakes served until all are fed)
12:00 pm – Pancake Eating Contest
12:30 pm – Melba Wrisley, Sonja Aubin, Marilyn Cross reading from Growing Up Strong
1:00 pm - Talkers Tent: Stories of Traditional Maple Sugaring in the Adirondacks. This performance is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), a state agency.
1:00 pm - Maple Dessert Contest judging
2:00 pm - Maple Dessert Tasting $2
2:00 pm - Beard Contest results
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
#: (C) (Y) (A) _____
To be filled in at Registration
Maple Dessert Contest Entry Form
Sponsored by: The Essex County Historical Society
Adirondack History Center Museum
7590 Court Street, Elizabethtown, NY 12932
Maple Sugar Festival
April 5, 2008
(All entries must be received by Noon.)
Title of Creation: _________________________________________________________
Name of Creator: _________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
Town/City: ________________________________ Zip Code: ______________________
Phone: ___________________________________
Contest Category: (Check one) _____ Child _____ Youth ____ Adult
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