43rd ANNUAL NATIONAL APPLE HARVEST FESTIVAL KICKS OFF FOR TWO GREAT WEEKENDS

Jump in the car and head to the 43^rd Annual National Apple Harvest Festival at the South Mountain Fairgrounds, just 10 miles northwest of historic Gettysburg. Join the fun during the first two full weekends of October (Oct 6 & 7 and 13 & 14) from 8 am to 6 pm daily, rain or shine. Admission for the event is only $8 for adults, $7 for seniors, free for children under 12; parking and shuttle service are included in the price of admission. South Mountain Fairgrounds is located at 615 Narrows Road, Biglerville, near Arendtsville on Route 234.

Visitors to the Festival can look forward to continuous free live entertainment on 6 stages, three-hundred arts and crafts vendors, antique and classic cars, pony rides, a petting zoo, hay rides and more. Don’t miss the great food including Pennsylvania Dutch Funnel Cakes, country apple sausage, pork and chicken barbeque, kettle korn, French Fried Sweet Potatoes, candied apples as well as pie baking contests and pie auctions. Musical entertainment throughout the event will include Bob Plunkert & Real Country, Bluestone, Native American Dancers, Hanover Children’s Ballet Theatre & Co, Trademark Band, and Gone Country. Also performing will be Lykens Valley Bluegrass Boys, David Propst Bluegrass Band, Maria Rose, Southern Pass, Paul Ledford & Traditional Country and the Carroll County Cloggers. Other entertainment includes the Mexican Folkloria Dance, Apple Magic by Jerry Mickey, Appalachian Art Chainsaw Carving, Bermudian Springs Steel Band, Georgia Lea & SCC and many others.

The National Apple Harvest began in 1961 as the “1^st Apple Harvest Holiday” under the Adams County Fruitgrowers Association and Donald Trostel and Clair Fetters. In 1965 the Upper Adams’ Jaycees, under the direction of Cochairmen Robert Reed and Mac Lott debuted the Apple Harvest Festival. Featured attractions at the Festival were an antique car display, the apple cider press (which is still used today), an apple butter boil, pony rides, orchard bus tours, apple desserts and other products, commercial displays, souvenirs, the Apple Blossom Queen, and a Dutch style meal. By 1975, the festival expanded to two full weekends.

For a complete schedule of the 2007 activities, call the Upper Adams Jaycees at 717-677-9413 or visit www.appleharvest.com. For additional information on visit Gettysburg and scenic Adams County, please contact the Gettysburg Convention & Visitors Bureau at 800-337-5015. You can also visit Gettysburg and Adams County online at www.gettysburg.travel. 

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