[Press Release] : FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Heritage Festival Set for the Weekend

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Contact: Tammy Miller, 874-7465

Heritage Festival Set for the Weekend

COLUMBIA, MO (September 17, 2014) - The 37th Annual Heritage Festival & Craft Show will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 20-21 at Nifong Park.  As always, artisans will be a popular feature at this year’s event. The “lost arts” are the traditional way of making household items, arts and crafts. These handmade, high-quality items are one-of-a-kind. Here is a list of the artisans who will be at this year’s Heritage Festival:

 


*Native American flutes – Pablo Baum

*Knitted, felted, woven accessories – Kandys Bleil

*German bobbin lace – Cheree Bybee

*Knit, spin, weave, cords – Mariea Caruthers

*Seat reweaving – Diana Clarke

*Woven shawls, crocheted hats, scarves – Linda Coats

*Portrait drawings – Kate Fousek

*Tinsmithing, twining – Jeff and Betty Goris

*Hand carved Native American flutes – Jay Hickman

*Twined ragrugs, towels – Irene Livingston

*Mountain man re-enactment – Rick Parks

*Herbal/folk medicine in mountain man camp – Debbie Raines

*Inkle weaving, strappings – Phyllis Shipman

*Original design stuffed animals – Linda Skelly

*Bread making – Scott Stager

*Blacksmith – Bernard Tappel

*Colonial toys – Dean Venardos

*Oil paintings – Corrine Williams

*1820-1840 military surveyor – Phil Woolfolk


 

In addition to the traditional artisans, the park will be filled with living history camps, performers, displays and historic buildings to explore:

 

1859 TOWN - A replica of a 19th century village, created with canvas tents, with living history interpreters who recreate early occupations.

 

PROSPECTOR’S CAMP - There’s GOLD in them there hills! Kids can pan for “gold”, see gold rush artifacts and a newspaper article about gold mined in Missouri in 1878.

 

MOUNTAIN MAN CAMP – Original techniques and skills, herbal & folk medicine.

 

COWBOY’S LIFE - Chuckwagon, a western tack display and campfire cooking demonstration. 

 

LEWIS & CLARK EXPLORATION OUTPOST - A camp with tents and tepees typical of an original outpost. See historical displays about Lewis and Clark’s journey through Missouri and across the country.  Nifong Park, is a Lewis & Clark National Historic Trail Site.

 

HANDMADE ARTS & CRAFTS  Shop at the many handmade craft booths throughout the festival. Find a special gift or something for yourself!

 

FUN FOR YOUNG’UNS - Paper pumpkins and mushrooms (sponsored by Columbia Daily Tribune), Rope making, button buzzies, stamped bookmarks, candy in the haystack, stilts, face painting, milk the “cow”, hayrides and candle dipping.

 

BOONE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Visit the Village at Boone Junction and the historic Maplewood Home. Tour the 12,000-square-foot Walters-Boone Museum and art gallery ($3 admission). 

 

The Heritage Festival is coordinated by Columbia Parks and Recreation and sponsored by Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau Tourism Development Program, KPLA 101.5, KFRU 1400, the Missouri Arts Council & Columbia Daily Tribune.  

 

For more information on the Heritage Festival, visit www.GoColumbiaMo.com (search Heritage Festival) or call Columbia Parks and Recreation at 573-874-7460.



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