Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Covered Bridge Festival Aug. 23

11th Annual Fleming County

Covered Bridge Festival

sponsored by Fleming County Tourism Committee

Main Area at Goddard Bridge

August 23, 2008

9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Tentative Agenda for the Festival

Goddard: (Main Site)

9:00 am Kick off Parade through bridge

9:30 am to 10:00 am VFW Salute to Veterans

10:00 am to 10:30 am Middle School Choir

10:30 am to 11:00 am Judy Muse

11:00 am to 11:45 am The Vice Family Singers

12:00 pm to 12:45 pm Hazel Holler

1:00 pm to 1:45 pm Hazel Holler

3:00 pm to 3:30 pm Wizards of Dance Cloggers (On the road in front of the bridge)

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Kentucky Travellers, Marvin Carrol’s Bluegrass Band

3:45 pm to 4:30 pm “ “

Ringo’s Mill Covered Bridge:

All Day Covered Bridge Boys

12:00 pm to 12:45 pm Sasha Collette

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Judy Muse

Grange City Covered Bridge:

All day Mike Duffy

2:00 pm to 2:45 pm Sasha Collette

Homemakers Club selling goods at Ringo’s Mill Covered Bridge and Grange City Covered Bridge

Goddard Food Vendors:

Country Ham, Hot Dogs, Hamburgers, Sno Cones, Kettle Corn, Ribbon Fries, Pork Rinds, Tenderloin, Walking Tacos, Caramel Apples, Italian Ice, Bar-BQ, Fish, Funnel Cakes

Goddard Site:

Local Heritage Craft Vendors (nothing store-bought or flea market type items)

Educational Programs @ Goddard:

KYDOT

Fleming County Sheriff’s Office & EMT

Muses Mills or Flemingsburg Fire Department

Programs for Children:

Face Painting

Supervised Crafts

-Bring your camera for photos

-Storytelling venue where we generally have some of the county’s best historians and maybe a

few prevarications

-Demonstrators @ Goddard:

Living History-Civil War period

Spinning wool

Grist Mill

Beekeeping

Quilt show Antique Tractor Show Pottery Mosaics

Fleming County Covered Bridge Museum located at 119 E. Water Street, Flemingsburg will be opened for visitors. The Museum is open each Saturday from 10:00 am to 2:00pm.

Maps & brochures will be available for self guided tours the Covered Bridges, Clothesline of Barn Quilts, the Fleming County Covered Bridge Museum and other area attractions and upcoming events.

For more information on the festival contact:

Fleming County Chamber of Commerce

606-845-1223

Website: flemingkychamber.com

Email: crystal@flemingkychamber.com or tjflynn@tjflynn.com

Calling All Quilters and Quilt Lovers

Show off your quilts at the Covered Bridge Festival Quilt Show being held at the Goddard Methodist Church on August 23rd, 10 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Quilts must be at the church by 9:00 a.m. the day of the show.

If you would like someone to deliver your quilts to the show, bring them to the Fleming County Extension Office on Friday August the 22nd between 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Someone will be there to receive your quilts and they will be brought back to the office to be picked up by you the following week. The Quilt Show is being hosted by the Country Neighbor Homemakers.

Disabilities accommodated with prior notification. Educational programs of Kentucky Cooperative Extension serve all people regardless of race, color, age, sex, religion, disability, or national origin. The University of Kentucky, Kentucky State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Kentucky Counties Cooperating.