Huron Expositor, 2007-09-19, Page 9The Huron Expositor • September 19, 2007 Page 9
News
Ciderfest '07 will be overflowing with vendors
All -girls' marching band, tea leaf reader are among features at this year's festival
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
iMEEMEND
Ciderfest will be overflowing with
vendors at the Van Egmond
Foundation's biggest fundraiser of
the year, say organizers.
Vendors could be spreading out
from the grounds in front of the his-
toric home to the next field this
year, says organizer Vivienne
Newnham.
Everything from plants and pies,
pumpkins, jams and jellies, books,
videos, metal sculptures and
stained glass and llama manure will
be on offer from vendors from
Huron County and as far away as
Toronto.
"People are getting to be aware
that Ciderfest is here and they want
to be included. Some of the vendors
go around selling all summer and
we are on their list," says
Newnham, who says there are no
spaces left for more vendors.
"We have a few new vendors but a
lot of them come every year. We're
going to be pushed for space - we're
wondering where we're going to put
them all," adds organizer Brenda
McIntosh.
Master gardeners from the local
Horticultural Society will be on
hand to answer gardening questions
and music will be performed all day
by local fiddlers.
The Seaforth and District All -
Girls' Marching Band will perform
at 1 p.m. and will offer face painting
and hair braiding the rest of the day
to raise money for a spring trip to
the Dominican Republic.
Tea leaf reader Rachel Schwalm,
of Hensall, will be reading fortunes,
one of the more popular attractions
of Ciderfest.
"We always have a bit of a line-up
for her. Some people come back
every year just for her," says
McIntosh.
Educational historic displays
include some antique farm imple-
ments and kitchen utensils - some
of them hands-on for kids to try,
such as corn-shellers. A local rope -
maker will also he demonstrating
the pioneer task.
As well, rug hooking and quilting
displays and demonstrations will be
offered inside the historic house.
While Ciderfest is known for its
cider, the event hasn't been able to
press its own apples and make its
own cider for at least two years now
since new health regulations pro-
hibited the activity.
"We'll still have cider for sale but
it's got to be pasteurized. We have
to buy it in jugs now," says Van
Egmond Foundation president Pat
Saundercock.
"A lot of things we've done safely
Colin Jansen, of Seaforth, uses an old corn picker shelter at
last year's Ciderfest.
for 30 years "It's getting to be hard to explain
aren't legal any- to people how people used to live,"
more like cider she says.
making and but- Organizers are hoping for good
ter making," weather for the mostly -outdoor
adds Newnham. event.
Newnham "We had iffy weather for the past
says organizers two years and that doesn't help
had the opportu- when it is our major fundraiser for
nity to bring in a the year," says Saundercock.
black heritage The festival which goes from 10
Pig to demon- a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 30,
strate the type of costs $2 for adults and $1 for kids.
animals on pio- "Where else can you go for a fun
neer farms but day like that for that price?" asks
couldn't do so Saundercock.
because of health
regulations.
If you are unemployed or on El
Attend A FREE
"Staffing Point" Workshop
CaII The Centre for Employment & Learning
TODAY TO LEARN ABOUT
YOUR OPTIONS
519-524-2515 Goderich
519-482-1700 Clinton
519-235-0471 Exeter
519-527-0305 Seaforth
519-357-4995 Wingham
SUN is gone...maintain your tan
in our stand-up or lay -down bed.
Use our accelerators and bronzers
to enhance your skins
natural glow...
59 Main St. S., Seaforth
519-527-0780 www.totalimageii.com
Hours: Mon. 9am to 6pm, Tues. -Fri. 9am to- Bpm, Sat. 9am to 2pm