Of course, Harvest Festival was meant for families as well as single folks, children as well as adults. So the area around the Southern Glen was alive with preparations and fun! Farmer Giles, who owned the nearby apple orchard, had agreed to turn over the property for a makeover " into a spooky haunted orchard, decked with cobwebs and illusions of ghosts, and volunteers who dressed as scarecrows and blood-soaked butchers to jump out at the children (and parents) who rode through on the hayrides. While the festival wasn't officially supposed to start for another few days, people were already taking advantage of the activities and bringing their families out for a good time.
The air around the Glen started to fill with the cries of vendors selling their wares, hot cider and popcorn and caramel apples for sale. Others sold ribbons and beads, blankets, jewelry, paintings " if it was small enough to be portable, there was a booth selling it! Children squealed and ran through the crowds, from booth-game to booth-game, throwing darts at balloons to pop them and bouncing small balls into rows of cups to try to win a prize. One entire tent had been set up for local farmers and growers to bring vegetables for judging, and another tent waited for the baking contest on Friday night.
Some preparations were still going on " carpenters were putting together a solid wooden dance floor for Friday night's Square Dancing, with a raised platform in the back for the musicians and the callers. More volunteers helped with the decorations and picking out pumpkins to be set aside for the jack-o-lantern carving on Friday night. But all in all" The Harvest festivities were already underway!
The air around the Glen started to fill with the cries of vendors selling their wares, hot cider and popcorn and caramel apples for sale. Others sold ribbons and beads, blankets, jewelry, paintings " if it was small enough to be portable, there was a booth selling it! Children squealed and ran through the crowds, from booth-game to booth-game, throwing darts at balloons to pop them and bouncing small balls into rows of cups to try to win a prize. One entire tent had been set up for local farmers and growers to bring vegetables for judging, and another tent waited for the baking contest on Friday night.
Some preparations were still going on " carpenters were putting together a solid wooden dance floor for Friday night's Square Dancing, with a raised platform in the back for the musicians and the callers. More volunteers helped with the decorations and picking out pumpkins to be set aside for the jack-o-lantern carving on Friday night. But all in all" The Harvest festivities were already underway!