The highest village in Pennsylvania, alive with the
splash of autumn’s vivid colors and surrounded by the clip-clop of the
local Amish traveling the back roads will be the setting of the 46th
Annual Springs Folk Festival.
The event is an opportunity for you and your family to
experience how our forefathers worked and played by stepping back in time
to a celebration of their arts and skills. Ongoing demonstrations will
make the two days, Friday and Saturday, October 3 and 4, a unique
adventure.
Stand aside and observe how the women labored preparing
their daily bread and clothing for the family. Witness how men toiled
splitting rails for fences, boiled down sugar water to make the sweet
maple syrup, and hand flailed the grain. Listen to the sounds of the old
steam engine as it gives off its lyrical toot and the beat of the engines
of old time hay balers and a steam-powered shingle maker. Hear the
laughter of the children as they ride the hay wagon through the nature
trail. Solve the problem of what to buy that person that has everything by
shopping among the beautiful hand-crafted items available for sale at the
juried craft show.
To tickle your taste buds, fresh baked bread, warm from
the stone outdoor bake oven, piled high with homemade butter and fresh
apple butter, doughnuts that will melt in your mouth, funnel cakes to
tempt the young and old alike, are all prepared on site. If you feel like
a light lunch, sandwiches and bean soup are waiting for you. For heartier
appetites our traditional PA Dutch meal of country sausage, fried
potatoes, dried corn, and all the trimmings are yours for the asking,
served cafeteria-style or family all-you-can-eat fashion.
Don’t miss the continual performances of the banjo and
fiddle, hammered dulcimer, and the a cappella voices of local Mennonites
and barber shop quartets located in the music building. Also, there is an
original pageant depicting life in the area in the 1800s and early 1900s.
Be sure to check out the Springs Museum displaying life
of the early Casselman Valley settlers and many other attractions too
numerous to mention.
All of this for one price - $5.00 for adults, $2.00
ages 6-18 and under 6 free. Ample free parking for cars, buses, and RV's.
Hours are 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday and Saturday October 3 & 4, 2003.
Springs is located on Rte 669 (Springs Rd.) Between
Salisbury, PA (US 219N) and Grantsville, MD (US 40, I-68 exit 19) in
southern Somerset County, PA.
For more information call (814) 662-4158 or email
hairdresser@qcol.net On the day
of the Folk Festival call (814) 662-2625.
