Monday, September 24, 2012

Sainte-Marie's Thanksgiving Harvest Festival


September 24, 2012

Media Release - for immediate release

Sainte-Marie’s Thanksgiving Harvest Festival Celebrates the Fall Season

A perfect family outing for Thanksgiving weekend is the Thanksgiving Harvest Festival and Arts and Crafts Show at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons October 6th and 7th.

This year’s event features over 35 exceptional artisans, including a dozen “first-time in show” craftspeople.  One exceptional new artisan is Ron Leach, who hails from Muskoka.  Leach is a talented artist who has been carving soapstone for over 35 years, and his detailed work reflects stunning wildlife themes.  “I was drawn to soapstone carving like a moth to a flame”, notes Leach.  “This material offers strength and a certain amount of permanence in a fast-changing world”, he added.  Other new participants will bring a wide array of eclectic items including tole painting and unique decorative art, handcrafted jemstone jewelry, stained glass suncatchers with First Nations themes, and lino-block prints. 

Returning crafters will also offer many items sure to delight visitors. Award-winning pyrographic art from wood, bone, and stone, unique wreaths and centerpieces, hand-made knitted rugs, one of a kind diachronic glass bracelets and pendants, and silver-infused jewelry will be sure to catch one’s eye.  Hand-made wood items will include toys, bowls, jewelry boxes, bat-boys, bird houses, and bird feeders.  Oil based landscapes on canvas, wood and stone, and scented candles from natural waxes plus many more quality items will be part of the show.

Food lovers will enjoy a wide range of offerings including home-made jams, savory jellies, chutneys, mustards, pickles, and relishes.  For those with a sweet tooth, homemade fudge and fudge sauce, truffles, candies, chocolates made from European chocolate, and biscotti will all be on hand.   Self-serve pumpkin and gourd sales will be set up at the main public entrance.

On the historic site, families can decorate pumpkins, try teas and cornbread in the cookhouse, decorate pumpkins, sample historic foods, and enjoy a corn roast.  Little folks will have lots of fun planting Three Sisters seeds, trying their hand at making corn-husk dolls and clay okies, and planting Three Sisters seeds.   Restaurant Sainte-Marie will be open on both days featuring a special Thanksgiving menu.
  
The Thanksgiving Harvest Festival and Arts and Crafts Show and Sale runs Saturday and Sunday, October 6 and 7 from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Sainte-Marie among the Hurons, near Midland.  Admission is just $7.00 per person and includes both the historic site and the Craft Show.  Children ages 5 and under are free.  For further information call (705) 526-7838.

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Sainte-Marie among the Hurons is operated by Huronia Historical Parks,
and is an Attraction of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Sport.

Media contact:
Gary Molnar
Manager, Marketing and Visitor Services
Huronia Historical Parks
(705) 528-7696
Gary.Molnar@ontario.ca





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