Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine June 23-29

Out and About for the York/Sanford Lakes Region of Maine June 23-29
June 23, 2016
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 6
Out and About for the Bangor Lakes Region of Maine June 30-July 6
June 29, 2016

Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine June 23-29

Out and About for the Sebago Lakes Region of Maine June 23-29

“Strawberry Festival,” Norland’s Farm, Livermore

June 23, Thursday, 6-8pm, “41st Annual New Gloucester Strawberry Festival,” native berries served with native biscuits and the universally proclaimed Hodgman’s Frozen Custard. Bake sale. World famous Berry Berry Good Band will perform. Sponsored by the members and friends of the New Gloucester Historical Society, $5, New Gloucester Congregational Church, 19 Gloucester Hill Rd, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-926-3260, www.ngucc.org.
June 23, 28 and 29, Thursday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 7pm, “Hot Flash! What A Feelin!,” hilarious new musical comedy that celebrates women, their friendships and the adventures they face in their later years! Following the sell-out success of last summer’s Girls Only, we bring another hilarious evening of non-stop comedy and music to The Footlights Theatre stage for women of all ages -and the brave men who love them, $15, The Footlights Theatre, 190 US Route 1, Falmouth. FMI: 207-747-5434, www.thefootlightsinfalmouth.com.
June 23, Thursday, 7pm, “In the Valley of Love and Delight,” Composer Kevin Siegfried leads the Portsmouth Singers in a program of Shaker music. The concert intersperses Siegfried’s powerful choral arrangements of Shaker songs with original Shaker songs performed in unison. Audience participation is encouraged! Between songs, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Brother Arnold Hadd shares personal and historical insights about the Shaker songwriters, the motivation for the songs, and the past and present relevance of the songs within Shaker life. In many instances, through research from original Shaker manuscripts, Siegfried reintroduces the Shakers and the public audience to songs that had previously disappeared from the Shakers’ repertoire. “The Maine Festival of American Music: Its Roots and Traditions” provides a rare opportunity to experience Shaker music and history in the context of the wider world of classical and folk music, while also celebrating American musicians, composers, historians and craftsmen. The Shakers host the festival with all concerts taking place in their 1794 Meeting House, one of Maine’s most beautiful and acoustically superb venues for vocal and instrumental performances, $20, Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village, 707 Shaker Rd, New Gloucester. FMI: 207-926-4597, maineshakers.com.
June 25, Saturday, 8am, “Great Falls Boats ‘n’ Brews River Race,” held in conjunction with the Great Falls Brewfest held by Baxter Brewing. Participants can spend the morning paddling, and if they wish and are age 21 and over, can enjoy fine brews in the afternoon. The race is an amateur competition and open to canoes, kayaks, and paddleboards and will begin at 9:30 AM with a mass start just below the Great Falls. The race course is roughly seven miles and will take paddlers through downtown Lewiston with its historic canals, past the confluence with the Little Androscoggin River, and through Dresser Rips, which are Class II or Class III rapids, depending on water levels. The race finishes at the Durham Public Boat launch on Rt. 136. Paddlers will put in at the Auburn Public Boat Launch behind Festival Plaza. Race day registration and check-in will be at Festival Plaza from 8:00 to 9:00 AM. The public is invited to cheer the participants on! The start of the race can be viewed from Simard-Payne Railroad and Bonney Parks in Lewiston and Auburn. The race can also be viewed along sections of Lincoln Street in Lewiston, and River Road (Rt. 136) in Auburn, $30/per person, $15/per child 12 and under, Festival Plaza, 37 Cross Street, Bethel. FMI: 207-782-2302, www.androscogginlandtrust.org.
June 25, Saturday, 11am/events begin, “Strawberry Festival and Craft Fair,” Step back into the 19th-century for a day of heritage and fun at the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center, Maine’s oldest living history farm and museum – an oasis from modern times! Activities for All Ages!; Strawberry Shortcake with homemade biscuits and real whipped cream ($4); Craft and Artisan’s Fair with Demonstrations; Horse-drawn Wagon Rides; Village Blacksmith; Meet the Oxen with Farmer Pratt (2pm-3:30pm)*; 1867 Washburn Mansion Tours; One-Room Schoolhouse; Old Fashioned Games such as Graces, Hoops, and Croquet; Shingle-making Demonstrations (11am-12:30pm)*; A Visit with “Mercy Lovejoy”, Livermore’s Town Pauper (2:30pm)*; Butter Churning, Cookie Baking, and Other Domestic Activities in the Farmer’s Cottage; Guided Nature Walk to the Pools of Simeon (1pm)*; Meet Elizabeth S. Kingman Horr, 19th-century doctor (1:30pm)*; The Busy Cradle: Story of the Washburns (11:30am)*; Children’s Craft Activities; Hoops to Hats: What the Washburn Women Wore (11:30am and 3:30pm)*; *Schedule is subject to change. Pick up a final schedule the day of the event; Hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, soda, and water for sale by the Jay-Livermore Falls Lions Club ($) or bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the beautiful grounds. For an enchanted experience and to get inspired about life in 19th-century Maine and Livermore’s celebrated Washburn Family – visit the Norlands – where history comes to life! All programs are presented by costumed interpreters who use third and first person interpretation techniques to portray real people who lived in the Norlands’ neighborhood in the 1800s, $10, $6/12 and younger, $25/families, Washburn Norlands Living History Center, 290 Norlands Rd, Livermore. FMI: 207-897-4366, www.norlands.org.
June 25-26, Saturday and Sunday, 12pm/Sat, 8am and 12pm/Sun, “3rd Maine Co A-Windham Encampment, “re-enactors camp at Windham Historical Society, weekend includes infantry drill, music, fashion show, mail call. Part of annual Summerfest gala, free, Windham Historical Society, 234 Windham Center Rd, Windham. FMI: 207-892-1433, windhamhistorical.org.
June 25, Saturday, 8pm, “The Beatles before America,” live in concert, live Beatles tribute, dinner and show package option includes buffet dinner at the Maine Inn Dining room before the show from 5-7pm, $15/general admission, $25/dinner and show, Poland Spring Resort, 22 Robbins Way, Poland. FMI: 207-998-4351, www.polandspringinns.com.

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