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Event:
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Albion's A-Maizing Corn Harvest Celebration
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Date:
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Saturday, October 6th, 2007
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Location:
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Rieger and Victory parks; downtown Albion; Irwin Avenue
Albion, MI
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Cost:
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free admission
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Contact:
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Anna Merritt or Nidia Wolf
Phone: Phone: 517-629-5583 or 517-629-5510
Click Here to Email
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Description:
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Main events for Albion's A-Maizing Corn
Harvest celebration take place on
Saturday, October 6 with a corn maze
behind Caring Community Church on Irwin
Avenue; Hay Art at Rieger and Victory
parks downtown; the second of three
performances of Albion Community
Theater's production of the play, "The
Quilters" at Caring Community Church;
and shopping/dining, window displays, a
historic walk and strolling on the
River Walk all downtown.
The day
also features a pancake breakfast fund
raiser early in the morning at Albion's
First Presbyterian Church; a quilt show
at the church; a chil and corn bread
dinner from 4-6 p.m. at St. James
Episcopal Church; free showings of
"Charlotte's Web" at the Bohm Theater
downtown; tours of the Albion
Historical Society's Gardner House
Museum; the announcement at 3 p.m. at
the Albion District Library of the
winner of the Scarecrow Contest; a
visit to Books & More downtown from
"the Barn Lady"; a live performance by
the Crimson Blue Band in Stoffer Plaza;
Amish crafts and baked goods; a farmers
market; collectable corn pins; cow
milking demonstrations; 4-H and FFA
groups; food booths; hog calling;
kettle corn; hands on displays; African
American inventors highlighted at
Rieger Park; antique cars; farm
equipment and restored tractors; arts
and crafts; belt sander races; a
blacksmith demonstration; campfire
cooking with cast iron and Dutch ovens;
glass blowing, ice cream, horse drawn
wagon rides; live entertainment from
10:30 a.m.-5 p.m. at Victory Park;
apple bobbing; a barnyard petting zoo
and corn box, corn auction, fuel autos;
gunny sack races; an inflatable play
area; pumpkin painting and more.
Sponsors for the event are: The
Andersons, Albion Motors, Miller Farms,
Caster Concepts, Pamida, Guardian,
Hoffman & Sons, Tractor Supply, Dr.
Lane Stumpos, Albion Hardware, Belcher
Auctions, along with neighbors and
friends.
To find out more, call (517) 629-05583
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