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Grand Lake Stream: 60 artisans at festival
by Outspoken on Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:44 am
Grand Lake Stream: 60 artisans at festival
By Diana Graettinger
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine - Good food and music are among the highlights of the 14th annual Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival.
The festival, opening at 10 a.m., will be July 26-27.
Come early and stay the day, organizer Bill Shamel said Wednesday. There will be artists and artisans, food, music and exhibits where you can learn something.
Organizers of the festival have held the line on cost. Admission is $5 for one day, $8 for both, the same as last year’s fees.
The festival is located in an open field across from the Grand Lake Stream town office.
This year more than 60 artisans will gather under large, white tents for one of the biggest folk festivals Down East. Items offered for sale include handmade musical instruments, twig furniture, quilts, folk painting, turned bowls, dried flowers and herbs, pottery, photography, stained glass, spinning, weaving, felting, clothing, wood carvings, jewelry and birdhouses, among other crafts.
Tim Weiss of Portland will be there with his outdoor pottery items.
Back again this year is blacksmith Sid Hughes of Lubec who will handle the traditional ironworks. "He always puts on a good show," Shamel said.
There will be new exhibits in the canoe tent this year. "There will be an exhibit on old logging tools and some video on some old river drives," he said. That exhibit is being put together by Ed McGrath and Jon Shamel of Grand Lake Stream. There also will be canoe exhibitions and a fly-tying demonstration for fly fishermen.
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By Diana Graettinger
Staff Writer Bangor Daily News
GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine - Good food and music are among the highlights of the 14th annual Grand Lake Stream Folk Art Festival.
The festival, opening at 10 a.m., will be July 26-27.
Come early and stay the day, organizer Bill Shamel said Wednesday. There will be artists and artisans, food, music and exhibits where you can learn something.
Organizers of the festival have held the line on cost. Admission is $5 for one day, $8 for both, the same as last year’s fees.
The festival is located in an open field across from the Grand Lake Stream town office.
This year more than 60 artisans will gather under large, white tents for one of the biggest folk festivals Down East. Items offered for sale include handmade musical instruments, twig furniture, quilts, folk painting, turned bowls, dried flowers and herbs, pottery, photography, stained glass, spinning, weaving, felting, clothing, wood carvings, jewelry and birdhouses, among other crafts.
Tim Weiss of Portland will be there with his outdoor pottery items.
Back again this year is blacksmith Sid Hughes of Lubec who will handle the traditional ironworks. "He always puts on a good show," Shamel said.
There will be new exhibits in the canoe tent this year. "There will be an exhibit on old logging tools and some video on some old river drives," he said. That exhibit is being put together by Ed McGrath and Jon Shamel of Grand Lake Stream. There also will be canoe exhibitions and a fly-tying demonstration for fly fishermen.
http://bangornews.com/news/t/news.aspx?articleid=167223&zoneid=500
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Plato (427-347 BC)
Plato (427-347 BC)
