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Farm
Festival
“A Great
Day on the
Farm”
The Farm
Festival
September 20th,
which is HSG’S
free gift to the
Town, and a
great family day
was a tremendous
success with
support from:
Riverview Farms
Gardiner’s
Market
Robb’s Farm
Draghi & Sons
Farm Stand
Mary Crombie
Gear
St. Augustine
Church
Quality Name
Plate
Glastonbury
Citizen
Nayaug
Equestrian
Center
GHS (Future
Farmers of
America)
Glast. Key Club
Glastonbury
Weavers
Glast. Garden
Club
Wingate Farm
Horton’s Farm
Charles Tryon
HSG Volunteers
The weather was
fantastic, and
approx. 1000
people, mostly
children,
attended.
Heather Pulito
the Farm Day
Chairperson,
assisted by Key
Club volunteers
managed a wide
variety of early
American games
and the food
distribution.
The Facilities
Committee
chaired by Joe
Greene, Curator
Lin Scarduzio
with her
assistants, the
Glastonbury
Garden Club and
Mark Packard
made sure the
property,
buildings and
displays were
ready for a day
of fun and
learning.
The
demonstrations
and activities
featured music
by the
Connecticut
River Ramblers,
Claire Gregorie
made butter,
Linda Oakley
(dressmaking &
quilting) Peter
Oakley (shoe
maker) and Don
McInney
(blacksmith).
The house and
barns were open
for tours by our
knowledgeable
adult & junior
docents and Mary
Elva Erf of the
Glastonbury
Weavers and Lin
Scarduzio
demonstrated the
loom. Sue
Motycka and Jean
Greene ran the
store. Dave
Motycka, Norm
Gordon and Dick
Mason ran the
new rope- making
machine built by
Dave & Joe
Greene. The kids
loved this new
attraction as
they learned how
to make rope,
and took a
little home to
show for their
labor. The barns
were docented by
Howard Horton,
and Joe Greene.
The House
docents for the
day were Ruth
Zeil, Jane Domke,
Jean Bartlett
and Marilyn
Gordon. We also
had several
Junior Docents;
Elise & Katie
Luzzi, Kelley
and Shannon
Miller and Katie
& Carolyn
Bamberger.
We
had an
assortment of
local animals,
including goats
and roosters
from Rob & Karen
Armando (Robb’s
Farm), a horse
owned by Mary
Crombie Gear,
llamas from
Natalie & Tom
Erickson, and
bunnies and
chickens from
Bob & Alison
Schneider at
Wingate farms.
The Vo-Ag
department at
the High School
supplied the
fencing for the
animals.
The winners of
this year
Pumpkin Guess
were Emily
Horton 1st
Prize (family of
pumpkins) 8.5
lbs. and Ashley
Waltz 2nd
Prize pumpkin.
The Farm
Festival
continues year
after year to be
a fun and
informative day
of simple joys
for Glastonbury.
It is made
possible through
the efforts of
all the fine
people,
businesses and
organizations
mentioned and
many more
working behind
the scenes.
Thank you all.
See you next
year!
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