FPS staff report
September 29, 2009
The 27th annual Atwood Area Fall Festival will be held Oct. 2-4 at the Atwood Lake Campgrounds.
Held Annually the first weekend in October, daily events include Moccasin Trail Pow-Wow gathering, mountain men encampment and demonstrations, an American Revoluntionary War encampment, Ohio Wagon Train, miniature train ride, horse and pony wagon rides, radio-controlled model planes demonstrations, chainsaw carver, blacksmith, crafts, food, an antique engine show and a live skunk display.
The festival opens at 10 a.m. Friday with high school band shows, petting zoo, and musical entertainment. A haunted hayride, sponsored by the Tusky Valley Ruritans, will begin at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evening. Admission to the hayride is $5. Saturday’s activities include a jack-o-lantern and pumpkin decorating contests and family scavenger hunt, along with a ventriloquist, juggler, cloggers, musical entertainment, Magician Tim Angeloni, kiddie tractor pulls and more.
Gates open at 7 a.m. Sunday for the Classic Glass Corvette Club Car Show. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Judging begins at 10 a.m. DJ Spikeman will spin tunes at noon. A worship service is scheduled at 9 a.m. A juggling workshop will be held 9-10:30 a.m. Music, crafts, a fall foliage hike, a magician and much more entertainment is scheduled for Sunday.
Several activities will be daily including a clown and the organ grinders. The mountain men encampment will be held during the entire festival. They will discharge the cannon at 9 a.m., noon and 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Radio controlled model planes will perform aerial antics 1-4 p.m. Friday, 11 -4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Festival hours are 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $5 per person, with children under age 14 free. Senior day is Oct. 3 and those 55 or older pay a $2 admission fee. A full weekend pass can be purchased for $10 per person.
For additional information, visit www.atwoodfallfest.org. |
