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WELCOME TO THE 45TH ANNUAL CENTRAL NEW YORK
Maple Festival!!
SATURDAY, MARCH 21ST & SUNDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2015
“We hope you enjoy your visit to Marathon, NY — one of the best small towns in America.”
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1 - Legion Hall
2 - High School
3 - Presbyterian Church
4 - Baptist Church
5 - Village Green
6 - INFO BOOTH
7 - Old Town Hall
8 - Methodist Church
9 - Peck Library
10 - Masonic Lodge
11 - Fire Station
12 - Morton Building
13 - Old School House
14 - Sugar Shack
15 - Trapper’s Cabin
16 - Maple Museum
17 -1861 Building
18 - Civic Center
19 - Train Station
BABY-CHANGING STATION AT HIGH SCHOOL
7:30 am - 1st Annual Maple Run Relay - Mill Street
9 am - 19th Annual Pancake Eating Contest at
High School Auditorium.
9-11 am - WXHC Live Remote - Village Green.
1 pm - Parade - w/MCHS Band on Main Street;
45th Annual Maple Tree Planting (postponed)
3:30 pm - Spaghetti Supper, St. Stephen’s Church on Academy
Street. Adults, $8; Ages 5-12, $5; under 5 - free.
All Day (starting at 9 am):
• Civil War Encampment - Lovell Field
• Chainsaw Carver Mark Watson - Live Demos on Village Green.
• Mountain Men Encampment - Village Green
• Juried Craft Show - High School Gym & Civic Building
• Helicopter Rides - Lovell Field (fee)
• Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides - Lovell Field (fee)
• Maple Mobile Races - outside old Town Hall
• Masonic Safety ID Program - HS Room near auditorium
• New Hope Mills Pancake Games on Village Green
• 1861 Museum - Historical Exhibits & Raffle
• Quilt Show & Demonstrations - American Legion
• Sugar Shack - Syrup Making Process - Running continuously.
Free sample.
• Used Book Sale - Peck Library
• Worthington Kennels Hunting Dog Demonstrations - Lovell Field
• Experience Paint Ball - Lovell Field
All Day (starting at 9 am):
• Civil War Encampment - Lovell Field
• Chainsaw Carver Mark Watson - Live Demonstrations
on the Village Green.
• Mountain Men Encampment - Village Green
• Juried Craft Show - High School Gym & Civic Building
(‘til 4 pm).
• Helicopter Rides - Lovell Field (‘til 6 pm - fee)
• Horse-Drawn Wagon Rides - Lovell Field (fee)
• Maple Mobile Races - outside old Town Hall
• New Hope Mills Pancake Games - Village Green
• 1861 Museum - Historical Exhibits, Raffle
• Quilt Show & Demonstrations - American Legion
• Sugar Shack - Syrup Making Process - Running
continuously. Free sample.
• Used Book Sale - Peck Library
• Worthington Kennels Hunting Dog Demonstrations
- Lovell Field.
• Experience Paint Ball - Lovell Field
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
LIVE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
11 am - Appleby Elementary Band
11:30 am - MCS Drama Club - excerpts from “Pippin”; MCS Jazz Band
Noon - Cortland Performing Arts Institute - Theatre Danz
12:30 pm - Rince Na Sonas - Irish Dancers
1 pm - Lock 52 Dixieland Band
1:30 pm - X’Plozionz Band
2:30 pm - Lock 52 Dixieland Band
10 am - Interview of former Maple Festival Queens by
Connie White
11 am - The Gospel Way - Bluegrass Gospel Music
Noon - Kenny Belanger & Jomo, King of the Kazoo
2 pm - Aiken Heart Band
The CNY Maple Festival takes pride in its FREE, live family entertainment on the stage and in the streets
of our friendly Village of Marathon, NY. Jugglers, clowns, musicians, historical characters, and dancers
may be found throughout the Village at any time.
LOVELL FIELD ATTRACTIONS
HORSE-DRAWN
WAGON RIDES
Runs daily. Fun for the whole
family!! Fee charged.
NEW THIS YEAR . . .
HELICOPTER
RIDES
WELCOME to the 157th NY
Volunteers Infantry Regiment
Re-Enactors!
See the Village from the sky!
Runs 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day.
Fee charged.
MAPLE FESTIVAL COURTESY PATROL
NEED DIRECTIONS? HAVE A QUESTION?
A PACKAGE CARRIED? A HELPING HAND?
JUST LOOK FOR A STUDENT
WEARING THIS BADGE!!
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Ask Me.
I’m From
Marathon.
KEEP AN
OUT
FOR CROSSROAD
THE CLOWN,
AND THE
QUEEN & HER
COURT!!
EXHIBITS, FOOD & FUN •
ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT PANCAKE MEAL - HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA (7 AM - 2 PM) &
MASONIC LODGE (9 AM - 3 PM): Adults - $7; Children 5-12 - $6; 4 & Under are Free.
1861 BUILDING - Now the Marathon Area Historical Society’s Museum - filled with exhibits and opportunities
to chat w/Historian and area folks!! Raffle.
AMERICAN LEGION: Hop on a shuttle bus to visit Quilt Show; play Splat paintball; raffles & crafts. Food - pancake
breakfast, French fries, hot sausage, burgers, hot dogs, chili, coffee, hot chocolate.
BAPTIST CHURCH: Inside (both days, 10 AM to Noon) - FREE coffee, donuts & hot chocolate. Saturday: bounce
house, FASCAR race track, FREE Matchbox-style car & maple-themed games. Sunday: musical performances, maple
demonstrations, Dan the Snake Man.
CIVIC BUILDING: Juried crafts (listed below); Maple Leaf Senior Center. Food - Maple Milk Shakes & lollipops;
muffins, cookies, donuts, lemonade, tea (iced or hot), hot coffee and chocolate, bottled water.
FIRE STATION: Cortland YWCA Aid to Women Victims of Violence, NYS Comptroller’s Unclaimed Funds, Otselic Valley
Fishing & Heritage Society, NY State Police, Red Cross, Cornell Cooperative Extension.
HIGH SCHOOL: Free continuous entertainment, juried craft show (listed below), Children’s Discovery Center, baby
diapering station, face painting, Mason’s ID Program (Sat. only), chair massage/parrafin dip, quilt raffles, Rada cutlery,
coffee, juice packs, water. Inside Food - Pancake meal (see above), Girl Scout cookies, apple dumplings, baked goods.
Outside Food - nuts, cider, chicken/pork spiedies, Italian sausage (w/peppers & onions), sweet potato fries, butterfly
chips, donuts, hot chocolate, Gertrude Hawk candy bars, maple product sales.
LION’S CLUB (PECK STREET): Canoe raffle.
LOVELL FIELD: Food - Elephant ears (fried dough) w/maple, cinnamon, or fruit toppings; Boy Scouts’ maple cotton
candy. Exhibits/Rides - antique gas engines, NYS Fire Safety House, Worthington Kennels hunting dog demonstrations,
horse-drawn wagon & helicopter rides, Civil War Encampment, paint ball target shoot.
MAIN STREET: Knickerbocker’s Meat - smoked beef logs, Christa’s Photography. handmade alpaca apparel.
MAPLE MUSEUM & SUGAR SHOP: Free samples. Sugar-making demos, maple products sales, maple sundaes,
displays of antique maple-processing equipment, farm tools and more. Official Maple Festival Souvenir Shop.
MARATHON 1850 TRAIN DEPOT: Railroad souvenirs, model train displays, raffle, tour of station.
MASONIC LODGE: Pancake meal from 9 AM to 3 PM (see above).
METHODIST CHURCH: BBQ chicken dinner-to-go (half chicken, baked beans, salt potatoes, rolls, butter, dessert &
drink) OR half-chicken only. Seating available.
MORTON BUILDING: Food - clam chowder, chili, fries, chicken tenders, hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks.
NYS FIRE SAFETY HOUSE: Near Maple Museum.
PECK LIBRARY: Used book sale in Opera House, water-color painting raffle, tour.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH: Bake Sale, white elephant sale, crafts, raffle, Armstrong Survival Gear, Originnovation. Inside
Food - hot dogs (chili, kraut, or plain), regular & vegan chili, soup, PBJ sandwiches, salad bowls, yogurt, beverages, The
Candy Man. Outside Food - Maple & regular popcorn.
SCHOOL HOUSE: Original and fully equipped historic one-room school house.
ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH (Academy St.) - Spaghetti Supper, Saturday only, from 3:30 PM (family price available).
SUGAR SHACK: Demonstration of syrup-making process; actual working display; free samples.
TRAPPER’S CABIN: Display by Cortland County Trappers’ Association.
VILLAGE GREEN: Mountain Men Encampment, chainsaw wood carving, New Hope Mills pancake games, Peanut Man.
DON’T FORGET TO TAKE HOME SOME DELICIOUS MAPLE SYRUP PRODUCTS! SEE THE MAPLE SUGARING
DEMONSTRATION AND BUY ALL OF YOUR MAPLE PRODUCTS IN THE MAPLE MUSEUM OR ON THE VILLAGE
GREEN. WE WILL HOLD THEM FOR YOU UNTIL YOU ARE READY TO GO HOME!!
—DEBIT CARDS & VISA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED—
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JURIED CRAFTS •
HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM: 2 Crocked Pots, Angel Art Pottery, Ann Hayduk, Bar Fly Creations, Bling & Barn,
Coasters to Coverlets, Cortland Art League, Cortland Machine & Tool, Eggseeding Eggs, Eli Thomas Art, Hilltop
Pottery, Joelle’s Dolls, Just Sew, Girl!, Katie’s Creative Designs, Lakonia Greek Products, Last Dollar Comics,
Linda Flynn Art, Lisa B., Morning Sky Art Originals, Nana’s Toppings, Plantables & Paper, Positive Energy,
Red Tree Studio, Seneca Cottage Fudge Kitchen, Simply Cheryl, Storyteller Flutes, Sunshyne Silverwear, The
Basket Case Soap Co., Theresa McAdams, Tucker Springs Organics, Wind Song Acres, Wrapped Up Beads.
CIVIC BUILDING: Applegrove Farm, Carol Lukovich, Creations in Stained Glass, Creative Outlet, Doris Wilbur, Artist;
E-Art Tie Dye, Enduring Images, Faithful Friends, If You Love Hats, Jerry Wilbur, Woodturner; Soaps, Kirsten’s Clay,
Linda Kay’s Studios, Nottingham Hollow Trading Co., ONE on 1 Design, Picture This, Pysanky by Mia, Richie Bear’s
Emporium, Sunbird Jewelry, The Glass Shed, Werner’s Carvings, Wood Cellar Designs, Young Sapling Pottery.
CIVIC BUILDING PAVILION: Art in Heaven, Bayside Wood Products, Inc., BeJeweled, Berkshire Honeybee
Farm, Cross Creek Farm, European Craft, Fly West Prims, From Russia With Love, Gourmet Creations by Kim,
Herbal Elements Soap Co., High Point Crafts, Hill Street Honey Products, J. L. Woodcrafts, Monn Goddess
Herbals, Moose Metal Marvels, Mounts by Mark, NY Woodworker, Perks Homemade Gifts, Simply Gifts
Family, Inc., The Shabby Chic Garden, Wicks of Fire.