Fulton County Historical Society. The event will be held April 27-28 from 10 to 5 on Saturday and from 10 to 4 on Sunday. FCHS grounds are four miles north of Rochester on U.S. 31. The festival will be held just south of the Round Barn Museum in the Living History Village. Admission is $3 for adults ages 12 and older, child 11 and under free. Proceeds enable the historical society to operate the museum and preserve history. For more information, see www.fultoncountyhistory.org Rain or Shine the festival will go on. Every spring the Redbud Trail Rendezvous is one of the first outdoor events of the season. This event is brimming with frontier history and often brings surprises for the participants and public. Over a hundred historic re-enactors set up camps and live outdoors for the event, demonstrating traditional crafts, frontier life ways, and pioneer skills such as cooking over wood fires, muzzle loading shooting and tomahawk throwing. The event is educational and fun, showing authentic history as re-enacted by real people. Historic camps portray time periods up to Civil War, making this a pre-1865 event. Jeff Moore, Elkhart, will set up camp and tell Civil War history. Moore also carves duck decoys. Additional programs will include Jacob Flook and Grandpa Roy McClellan, Rochester – music on the porch of the General Store; and Brent Blough, Elkhart, with puppets. Performing both days will be Mark Gropp with bagpipe music, and Liza and Mark Woolever – music and songs, Indian dances by Winter Hawk Drum, Marsha Glassburn, Rochester, American Indian storyteller south of the print shop; David Morningstar, Tippecanoe, Native Living; Shirley Willard, Mas-saw – Potawatomi woman on the Trail of Death. Saturday only - Kim Hoover, Star City; and Sunday only -Shirley Needham, Rochester, will show birds from their wildlife rehabilitation. People dressed in authentic pre-1840 outfits demonstrate many traditional crafts. Crafts include flint knapping, bow making, beadwork, spinning and weaving, leather, wood carving, blacksmith, blade smith, scrimshaw, fingerweaving, and much more. Foods cooked over wood fires will include ham and beans, vegetable stew, buffalo burgers, sassafras tea - Fulton County Historical Society booth; homemade fudge and cookies - Mark Gropp, Orland, Ind. Because the Farmers Market will be in the museum Sat. morning, the north gate to the rendezvous will be by the round barn. Also at the south gate, located off Meridian Road, admission will be collected before they park. The Fulton County Museum, Round Barn Museum and buildings in the Living History Village will be open for people to view. Volunteers can earn free admission to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous by working half a day. To volunteer, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Free parking is provided on FCHS grounds. The grounds are handicapped accessible. Plenty of free benches are available to sit and rest. SUBJECT TO CHANGE Redbud Trail Rendezvous Schedule April 27-28, 2013 In Living History Village by the Round Barn – Saturday & Sunday Schedule for both days unless otherwise stated: Subject to change. 10:00 (Sunday only) – Frontier Worship non-denominational service – Kevin Kennedy Rochester 12:00-12:30 David Morningstar, Tippecanoe, Ind. – Native Living 12:30-1:00 Mark Gropp, Orland, Ind. – Bagpipe music 1:00-1:30 Shirley Willard, Rochester - Mas-saw – Potawatomi woman on Trail of Death 1:30-2:30 Kim Hoover – Barn Owl and Cooper’s Hawk – Sat. only Shirley Needham – Hawks – Sun. only 2:30-3:00 Mark & Liza Woolever, Plymouth – music sing-along for children of all ages 3:00-4:00 Winter Hawk Drum, Northern Indiana – Indian drum, Indian dances & stories – participants will tell about their heritage and outfits. Mark & Liza Woolever – strolling musicians – various times Jacob Flook & Roy McClellan – music on General Store porch – morning only Marsha Glassburn, Rochester – American Indian storyteller - various times Brent Blough, Elkhart – puppets – various times Muzzleloading shoots – canceled due to River flooding - no shoots this weekend. Jeff Moore, Elkhart - Civil War History – fish & duck decoys - all day Traditional Crafts demonstrated and sold by: Mike Allen, Sedalia, Ind. – spinning & weaving Marilyn Boucher, Lucerne – beading & carving Bruce Eltzroth, Lagro & Dana Farmer, Wabash – children’s games & toys Thomas Hess, Fort Wayne – walking sticks & canes Steve Kirkpatrick, Niles, MI – wood carver Jeff Lauber, Columbus Junction, Iowa – rope making Kevin Martin, Logansport – cannon demonstrations Jeff Moore, Elkhart – fish & duck decoys Dale Pace, Rochester – watercolor painting, flint knapping, needle felting, woodworking – in Polke House (white) John Rust, Anderson – grapevine wreaths & baskets Sandy Strader, Hebron – quilting Mark Thomas, Markle – blacksmith John E Timmons, Logansport – sash weaving Bill Willard, Rochester – fingerweaving - in Jail Nicole Willis, Argos – spinning Jeff White, Kokomo – bladesmith Foods cooked over wood fires in the Living History Village south of Round Barn. Fulton Co. Hist. Soc. – buffalo burgers, ham & beans, cornbread, vegetable stew, lemonade, coffee, sassafras tea. Breakfast: biscuits and sausage gravy. Mark Gropp, Orland, Ind. – fudge and cookies. – in General Store (green house) Funding from this event helps to keep the museum open and preserve history. Have a great day at the Redbud! |
Redbud Trail Rendezvous
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Located in North Central Indiana
Admission is $3 for adults ages 12 and older, kids 11 and under free. Proceeds enable the historical society to operate the museum and preserve history. There is no admission charge to see the Fulton County Museum at the north end of the grounds. Volunteers can earn free admission to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous by working half a day. To volunteer, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Free parking is provided on FCHS grounds. The grounds are handicapped accessible. Plenty of free benches are available to sit and rest. |
