{"id":46388,"date":"2015-10-05T14:24:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T14:24:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/owegopennysaver.com\/?p=46388"},"modified":"2015-10-09T13:30:50","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T13:30:50","slug":"photos-thirty-sixth-annual-newark-valley-apple-festival-combines-fun-and-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.owegopennysaver.com\/PS\/2015\/10\/05\/photos-thirty-sixth-annual-newark-valley-apple-festival-combines-fun-and-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Thirty-sixth Annual Newark Valley Apple Festival combines fun and history"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Historical Society volunteer tends to a fire while cooking apple fritters on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the 36th Annual Apple Festival held Oct. 3 and 4 in Newark Valley, N.Y.\u00a0The group also presented “breads of early life,” including Brezeln, Challah and Zupfe.\u00a0(Photos by JoAnn R. Walter)<\/p><\/div>\n

The 36th annual apple festival was held at the Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum located at 9241 State Rte. 38 in Newark Valley, N.Y. on Saturday, Oct. 3 and Sunday, Oct. 4.<\/p>\n

Blue skies and bright sunshine was welcomed on Sunday, Oct. 4, after rain and colder temperatures lingered throughout the day on Saturday, Oct. 3. Despite the wet conditions, several hundred visitors still came out to the popular festival on the first day; however the parking lot and grounds were full for the second day of the event.<\/p>\n

Hosted by the Newark Valley Historical Society and a major fundraiser for their<\/p>\n

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Placemats were being made in the weaving barn on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the 36th Annual Apple Festival held Oct. 3 and 4 at the Bement-Billings Farmstead Museum in Newark Valley, N.Y.<\/p><\/div>\n

ongoing work, it was in 1977 that Mrs. Myrtie Louise Bills Hills put her family home in the care of the group. Dozens of volunteers restored the farmstead, and since then several structures have been added to Asa Bement\u2019s historic farmhouse. The Herrick Barn, an English threshing barn from Weltonville, was brought to the site, a blacksmith shop was reconstructed, the Sycamore Bridge was built to provide access across the Owego Creek to the nature trails, and a welcome center was added.<\/p>\n

From the moment guests walked onto the grounds of the Bement-Billings Farmstead<\/p>\n

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Leslie Kiersted, a Historical Society volunteer and\u00a0a\u00a0member of the Cooking Guild demonstrated open hearth cooking on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the 36th Annual Apple Festival held Oct. 3 and 4\u00a0in Newark Valley, N.Y.<\/p><\/div>\n

and were greeted by \u201cApple Annie\u201d who explained that the way to a man\u2019s heart is through his stomach, and then handed visitors a recipe for \u201cApple Friendship Cake,\u201d the rest of the experience of the Apple Festival was fun-filled and educational.<\/p>\n

Several activities, vendors and demonstrators were on hand, as was a wide selection of delicious foods made from apples, along with music and dance entertainment both days.<\/p>\n

Nearly thirty demonstrators were at the festival, including the Black Power Guild<\/p>\n

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Rhonda Bickford, a Historical Society\u00a0volunteer, greeted visitors in the parlor of the Bement-Billings Farmstead house on Sunday, Oct. 4 at the 36th Annual Apple Festival held Oct. 3 and 4 in Newark Valley, N.Y.<\/p><\/div>\n

which held demonstrations with Revolutionary style rifles, the Cooking Guild, who showed off their open hearth cooking skills in the Bement House, and the Finger Lakes Lace Guild who shared their expertise in lace making. There was candle dipping, chair caning, woodcarving and woodworking, apple cider pressing, a blacksmith shop and a fur trapper, among others. Meeting visitors on the grounds were historical portrayals of Johnny Appleseed, Miss Mary Lockwood, Lucy and William Bement and Rev. James Beecher.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Bement-Billings House gift shop and local history display made for a complete day for visitors to enjoy the annual apple festival.<\/p>\n

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