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    Take a Step Back in Time to Experience Ohio's Yesteryear at "FallFest: 18th Century Festival"

    News & Press | September 2010

    Take a Step Back in Time to Experience Ohio's Yesteryear at "FallFest: 18th Century Festival"

    Posted: September 8, 2010
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    FOR IMMEDIATE
    RELEASE:                                                         



    SEPTEMBER 8, 2010



     



    FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:



    BOB ROTATORI - 216-635-3263 - or - 



    DAN CRANDALL - 216-635-3274



     



    Picture a day and time with no radios, televisions, video games,
    microwaves, not even telephones! Discover how 18th
    century colonial people lived day-to-day at Cleveland Metroparks
    annual, free "FallFest: 18th Century Festival"
    on Sunday, September 26 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Meadows Picnic
    Area in Brecksville Reservation in Brecksville.



     



    Visitors can experience a day-in-the-life of Ohio's
    yesteryear.  Discover how early Ohio pioneers lived, cooked
    and even entertained themselves by trying a variety of hands-on
    early settler lifeskills, including: candle dipping, quilting,
    stenciling, quill pen writing, two-man saw, wood block printing,
    dying wool with natural dyes, playing with pioneer toys, and
    more.



     



    Event-goers can also sample a variety of 18th century
    traditional foods, such as fresh cider, butter, popcorn, honey, and
    more. 



     



    From 1 to 5 p.m., learn about that era's military life through
    demonstrations performed by the Brigade of the American
    Revolution.  In this encampment, see the 18th
    century soldier parade at



    1 p.m., followed at 3 p.m. with the role of the 18th
    century women and their clothing, and at 4 p.m. watch the Brigade
    perform a mock battle.  Camp tours and cooking demonstrations
    will be held all day.



     



    Live music and entertainment from the Mud in Yer Eye band, a
    variety of storytellers and a colonial magician will also be
    on-going throughout the day.  And, don't miss the pony rides
    (nominal fee) for the kids.



     



    A shuttle bus is available from 11 a.m. through 6 p.m. to and
    from parking areas in other designated areas of the
    reservation.



     



    Meadows Picnic Area is located off Meadows Drive in Brecksville
    Reservation, off Chippewa Creek Drive, off the Route 82 entrance in
    Brecksville - just east of the Rt. 82/Rt. 21 intersection.



     



    For more information, call 440-526-1012 or visit
    clevelandmetroparks.com.



     



    Discover the basics of how Ohio's pioneers lived at the
    "FallFest: 18th Century Festival" with
    Cleveland Metroparks - part of your life,
    naturally
    .



     



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