A3o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 21,1984
BY JUDY HULL
Staff Correspondent
GETTYSBURG - Plans are
being finalized for the 34th annual
Apple Blossom Festival to be held
in Adams County Saturday and
Sunday, May 5 and 6. The schedule
of events includes entertainment,
food, music, crafts, and
agricultural displays, which
organizers feel will attract visitors
from a six-state area.
Sponsored by the Adams County
Fruitgrowers Association, the
festival is headquartered at the
South Mountain Fairgrounds
located 10 miles northwest of
Gettysburg in the heart of the
county’s 20,000 acres of fruit or
chards.
Several agricultural groups will
participate in this year’s festival.
The Adams County Poultry
Association will serve a chicken-in
the-basket lunch on Saturday and a
full-course barbequed chicken
dinner on Sunday. County pork
producers will be selling hot pork
sandwiches and local beef
producers will provide live
displays of prize animals.
Beekeepers will sell bee products
such as beeswax and honey, and
will also display bee hives.
Fruitgrowers will have apples,
juice and cider for sale.
A highlight of each year’s
festival are the free bus tours of
local orchards hosted by local
fruitgrowers. Walking tours
through the orchards are also
available.
Judging for an apple pie baking
contest will begin Saturday at 2
p.m. and auctioning of the winning
pies will take place at 2 p.m.
Sunday, prior to the crowning of
the county apple queen at 2:30 p.m.
The 1963-84 Adams County queen is
Missy Showers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Showers, Aspers.
Two bluegrass bands will
provide entertainment at the
festival this year. The A 1 Shade
Show will be featured from noon
until 4 p.m. Saturday and The
Vicksburgs will entertain at the
same time on Sunday. Square
dancing by the Connonaders will
also be presented both days at the
Apple Blossom Festival to he held May 5-6
festival.
A new attraction this year will be
a living history portrayal as it
relates to the battle of Gettysburg.
The 11th Virginia Cavalry,
Company D, will be encamped at
the fairgrounds for the weekend.
Daily activities by the troop will
include marching and drilling,
firing techniques, explanations of
camp life, tours of the camp area
and civilian and ladies living
history interpretations.
The apple dessert sampler is a
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