FARMINGTON — The Fairbanks School Neighborhood Association is holding its annual Apple Festival on Saturday, Oct. 13.
New this year is a silent auction that will begin Friday and run through Saturday’s festival to help raise funds to operate and maintain the Fairbanks School Meeting House.
The festival will be held inside the building and outside from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the meeting house at 508 Fairbanks Road, also known as Route 4. It’s about 2 1/2 miles north of downtown Farmington. Crafts, arts, food and other items will be featured. The Farmington Girl Scout Troop will host the association’s children’s table with games and face painting. There will be three free raffle sign-ups for children.
A food table will have fresh baked goods for sale. Popcorn, fish chowder, soup, sandwiches, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, baked beans and apple crisp is on the menu for lunch between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Mums, pumpkins and apples will be for sale.
Apple pressing will start at 9 and samplings of cider will be available.
There will also be a novelty table with fall and Halloween items for sale.
The silent auction will run from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday and all day of the festival, and end at 2 p.m. Saturday. High bidders need not be present to win.
Crafters and artisans who will be at the festival are: Jon Bogue with honey, Collin and Laura Neil with maple syrup products; Merle Sweetser with iron works; teenager Alex Philbrick with fly tying; Clare Liwiski and Alberta Currier with tatting; Georgia Tolman demonstrating snowshoe lacing and chair caning.
Also, Vivian Searles with crocheting; Sally Rowe displaying quilting; Sue Collins with artistic horse items; Josh Demello demonstrating glass blowing; Eileen Laperle demonstrating basket weaving; Terry Mosher with wooden items and an end of the year sale on picnic tables.
Rhonda Thomas will have jewelry, crochet and doll clothes.
The Virgin family from Carthage will have small wooden items and grab bags.
The association is still looking for people who will demonstrate gold panning, weaving, spinning, rug hooking, rug braiding, wood turning and other old-time works of art.
Donations are also being accepted for the silent auction. The
festival is free for both festival-goers and crafters.
For more information please call Cindy Kemble at 778-3808.
dperry@sunjournal.com
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