Northfield Labor Day Weekend Celebration

You're in for a Great Show!

Actually, Great Shows, as the stage will be jam-packed all weekend long with fabulous entertainment for the whole family. Check out the stage schedule, and plan your visit to Northfield Labor Day Weekend around your favorite acts!

And...
Sign up for the Pie Eating Contest! It's free to enter and you'll get to test your speed against 11 other pie-eaters.

This is all in addition to the long-time traditions, like the NSB Races Saturday morning, and of course, the 34th Annual Labor Day Parade, Monday at 10:30am followed by the American Legion Chicken Barbeque, and the famous Duck Race to benefit the Senior Center and Fire Department.

It's a great weekend of family fun, see you on the Common!

This Years' Entertainment Schedule!

Here is a partial list of the 2008 schedule:

Saturday - Aug. 30, 2008

Main Stage

2:15pm-3pm - Magic by MARKO

3:30pm-4:30pm - Ann Whiting (a professional clogger) and Wagtail (a very popular bluegrass/folk tunes band in Vermont) Band members include - Susannah Blatchly, George White & Pattie Casey
www.wagtailmusic.com

7pm-10pm - Street Dance - Deja-Vu (rock/hair band covers from the 80s)

Sunday - Aug. 31, 2008

Main Stage

11:30am-12:30pm - Trick Stars

12:45pm-1:45pm - Vermont Fiddle Orchestra and the Sap Run Fiddlers

2pm-3pm - Green Mountain Chorus

3:15pm-4:30pm - Hypnosis by MARKO

4:30pm-5:30pm - Trick Stars Stunt Team

5:30pm-5:45pm - Two-Fifths

6pm-7pm - A reunion of The Union Street Band

7pm-10pm - Street Dance - Second Wind, a central Vermont band, some of whose members are also former Union Street band players.

Monday - Sept. 1, 2008

Main Stage

9:15pm-10:15pm - Scott Campbell (a professional fiddler) and his band

12pm-12:45pm - Review of Marching Bands & BMX Stunt Team

12:45pm-2pm - The Woods Tea Company is coming back for a second year as our feature concert on Labor Day.
http://www.woodstea.net

2pm-2:20pm - our very popular pie eating contest

Other Weekend Highlights

Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Monday 12 - 3 p.m.
Kid-Venture, free activities and crafts for kids.

Sunday 6 - 7 p.m.
Union Street Band, former Northfield bandmembers reunite for a special performance before the street dance Sunday night. Come see Bob Defelice, Keyboards and vocal; Joe Brugnoni, drums and vocals; Evan Jacobsen, bass; Tom Dikon, harmonica and vocals; John Bell, Lead / rhythm guitar and vocals; George Rich, Drums; Jim Green, lead/rhythm guitar and vocals; Mark Lefebvre, Drums and percussion; Doug Lefebvre, Guitar.

Monday 11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Chicken Barbecue, behind American Legion.

Monday, 2 - 2:20 p.m.
Pie Eating Contest, Sponsored by Old Red Mill Builders, LLC ˆ Sign up at the information booth all weekend long for a spot at the table, and eat as much as you can and be one of the first three to lick your plate clean! Cash prize(s) awarded.

All weekend.
RealBounce.com bounce house for kids, $2 per bounce. Can‚t miss it, it is the big, colorful thing in the middle!

All weekend.
Antiques Market Richard Atwood and others will be selling their wares all weekend long. Visit the tent, just across the tracks on Wall St., you never know what you‚ll find, from old Northfield postcards to a 1950s Airstream Camper!

Monday 2:45 p.m.
Annual Dog River Duck Race Buy a Duck and watch it race down the Dog River, winner(s) get a prize. Proceeds benefit Northfield Senior Center. Ducks on sale all weekend under the craft tent. Race starts at Wall St. Bridge.

All weekend.
Military Vehicle Display.Check out the tanks, trucks, and the flight simulator. for kids of all ages, free.

All weekend.
Northfield Elementary School Art Display
Art Teacher, Nancy Oaks, sent home a summer
art project and will be displaying the children‚s
work in the Craft Tent.

Monday 10:30 a.m.
33rd Annual Labor Day Parade. This year‚s theme „Keep Vermont Green‰, this year‚s Grand Marshal, Frank Hall. Along with what we expect to be some really fun and creative float entries, here are some highlights of what you'll experience at the largest and oldest Labor Day Parade in Vermont: Saint Andrew‚s Pipe Band • Trick Stars • Norwich University Corps of Cadets and Drill Team • Froggy & Frank FM • Vermont Horse Council • Waterbury Community Band • Vermont Civil War Hemlocks • The Wheelman • Mount Sinai Shriners • Island Tooters • Hannaford‚s Volunteers • Catamount Pipe Band • The Wild Boomers • Miss Vermont • Miss Teen Vermont and much more!

Labor Day Publicity
publicity@northfieldlaborday.org

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