We are pleased to welcome these performing artists to the ninth Punkinfiddle.
Pumpkins and apples, those celebrated autumn fruits, have always been featured at Punkinfiddle. This year, a 900-pound pumpkin got two facelifts from Mr. Auger and his assistant, while four crates of apples went through the grinder and press. Not far away, two culinary carvers cut potatoes, eggplants, squashes, carrots, and other veggies to cook up some pretty silly sculptures.
Rick Chase from Chase Farm in Wells brought Bud and Bill to plow the Punkinfiddle corn and pumpkin patch, which is doubling in size this year.
The Punkinfiddle 5K Run started at 9 am on Saturday, September 26. Thirty-nine runners competed in this inaugural event. Here are the results:
History of Punkinfiddle Music
We have had the pleasure of hosting a wonderful series of performances at Punkinfiddle and once again thank all the artists who have appeared on the stage. We list them all below in order of appearance. If you think you would be a good fit, please review this information and, if you still think so, get in touch.
Whether or not you were able to attend this year's Punkinfiddle, A National Estuaries Day Celebration, you're sure to get a chuckle or two out of the video recap of the day. Just go to the Punkinfiddle website and click on the 2006 video. It's an 18MB file and lasts 8 minutes. Thanks to volunteer Bill Lord for producing it.
Dana Fischer of Portland was the lucky winner of our 2006 kayak raffle. His daughter Eve came to the Reserve today with her mom and enjoyed giving the kayak a "dry run" out on the Laudholm lawn. Congratulations, Fischer family!
The kayak raffle, for an Old Town Dirigo 120, was sponsored by Bandaloop and supported by L.L. Bean. The pumpkin-colored craft tied in nicely with both Punkinfiddle and National Estuaries Day.
Eight York County Master Gardeners did extensive work on the 3-year-old pumpkin patch today, preparing it for its fourth crop. The starts are ready to be planted. This year, we've got seeds from a 742-pound giant, so watch the patch to see how those grow. Lumina, Cinderella, and Sugar pie pumpkins are the other varieties going in.
Punkinfiddle is on the move! For several good reasons, we are going to combine Punkinfiddle and National Estuaries Day into a single event. This means Punkinfiddle will happen a week earlier than originally planned. Estuaries Day is always the last Saturday of September (the 30th in 2006).
Punkinfiddle, A National Estuaries Day Celebration, fosters stewardship of coastal environments by celebrating the richness of estuaries, Maine's cultural traditions, and our beautiful historic site.
We're just getting started on the planning now, which is exciting and invigorating. If you'd like to get involved, please get in touch!
History, pumpkins, and fiddles were the conceptual underpinnings for the first Punkinfiddle festival. Fiddle music remains a key part of the festival. With the 2006 merging of Punkinfiddle and our National Estuaries Day celebration, environmental education became another key component of the event.
Main stage acts must feature a fiddler, environmental education value, or both.
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