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The Farm
Festival
September 19th,
2010 which is
HSG’S free gift
to the Town, and
a great family
day was a
tremendous
success with
support from:
Lynn Damon
(Photographer)
Riverview Farms
Gardiner’s
Market
Robb’s Farm
Draghi & Sons
Farm Stand
Natalie & Tom
Erickson
Killam-Bassett
Farm
Mary Crombie
Gear
St. Augustine
Church
Glastonbury
Citizen
Nayaug
Equestrian
Center
GHS (Future
Farmers of
America)
Glast. Key Club
Glastonbury
Weavers
Glast. Garden
Club
Wingate Farm
Horton’s Farm
Hist. Society
Vol.
Docents
The weather was
fantastic, and
more than 800
people, mostly
children,
attended.
Heather Pulito
the Farm Day
Chairperson and
Anne Kehl,
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 Dave Shortell,
Claire Gregorie
put on a Punch &
Judy puppet
show, Vic
Gregorie ran the
Age of Sail
game, and Don
McInney was our
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, Jean
Greene and
Phyllis Reed ran
the store. Dave
Motycka, Jim
Doucette and
Bill McGaw ran
the new
rope-making
machine. The
house docents
were Clarissa
Paquette,
Marilyn Gordon,
Ruth Zeil, Laura
Colby, Mary
Ellen Linderman,
Judy Richey,
Kelley
Miller,
Shannon Miller,
Elise Luzzi,
Jane Domke,
Kate O'Brien,
Mary Elva Erf
and Lin & Tom
Scarduzio. The
barns were
docented by
Chris Davis,
Dick Inman, Don
Reihl, Joe
Greene, Dave
Motycka,
Jim Doucette and
Howard Horton.
We had an
assortment of
local animals,
including goats
and baby chicks
from Rob & Karen
Armando (Robb’s
Farm), two
horses from 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 Nick
Gherard 1st
prize, Connor
Greene 2nd
prize and Alex
Feller 3rd
prize.
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! |
