Demonstrations
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This year marked the 20th Anniversary for the Oldtime Farming Festival. The Centerburg Oldtime Farming Festival celebrates our agricultural heritage and other events from the past. One way to remember the past is by recalling and recreating activities common in daily life as it was lived by families that came to the are, beginning in the early 1800's. With that in mind, we had invited a variety of individuals and groups to demonstrate crafts and activities which exhibit some facets of the area's history. It is our goal to make an educational atmosphere available to Festival goers.
These events were manned on Saturday, September 17th from 10 am to 6 pm and Sunday, September 18th from 10 am to 5 pm. Some were continuous and others were as time and manpower permited. Activities and demonstrations found throughout the Festival grounds included:
Jim Casner and crew were pressing apples into apple cider all weekend long. The hand press needs just the right touch to extract the juice but not break the press. They have been providing this activity for the Festival for a number of years.
The Quilting Society of Mt Vernon was on hand near the craft area to enjoy visiting and quilting.
Ed Moreland demonstrated flint napping; the art of shaping flint stone. Flint Ridge in Licking County is one of Ohio's Geographic treasures.
Open kettle ham and beans is an event that many folks look forward to each year. Boy Scout Troop #382 was carrying on the tradition in 2011.
Jan Tiffany was demonstrating her peddle scroll saw with small, intricate carvings.
The Buckeye Rug Hooking Club was demonstrating rug hooking.
Jeff French was hand forging iron items with his blacksmith furnace.
Bill Tiffany was forging various items with coal and fire.
The Williams family was back with their horse drawn wagon rides. .
The Centerburg FFA had a petting zoo of farm animals in the playground area.
Sheep were an important fiber producer in Knox County for many years- representing fiber producers at the Festival are Grondalski's alpacas.
Demonstrations of old/antique farm equipment were located on the west side of the park. Other activities included threshing and corn shredding.
There were hit or miss gas engines demonstrating throughout the show.
Square Dancing Tractors, a crowd favorite, performed both days of the Festival.
On Sunday at 3:30pm there was a tractor parade around the grounds with make, model and owner announced.
Throughout the Festival farm equipment was displayed.
C.O.R.K.S. (Remote Control Airplanes), although not related to farming of the past, has always been a part of the Oldtime Farming Festival and was displaying their model planes throughout the weekend.
David and Alma Holl demonstrated their honey bee hives and educated on extracting honey.
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"The Calliope King of the World", Myron Duffield, appeared in the parade on Saturday, September 17th and then presented a couple of short performances in the Park immediately after the parade.
Mr Duffield has played more than 75 different Calliopes in 15 states, and has been performing with his personally restored Calliope (circa 1920's) and Circus Wagon since the early 70's. He has played in many different venues, such as the Ohio State Fair and the Coshocton River Festival. He has performed in over 1000 parades. Locally he has been sponsored in Dublin Ohio's Independence Day Parades, Millersport Sweetcorn Festival, New Albany's Founder's Day Parade and The Oldtime Farming Festival in Centerburg Ohio, just to name a few. He has also performed in the Washington DC Independence Day Parade 3 times and in many Chicago area Independence Day Parades.
The Calliope was used by the Circus to attract attention to the parade that lead the towns residents to the Circus. The Calliope is always well received and brings great joy and enthusiasm to the crowds.
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