Dave & Betty get ready
for the Cutest Baby Contest |
Ty the Tiger, Somerset
Trust's mascot welcomes
customers over 50 to their 1st Heritage Festival
Customer Appreciation Luncheon
|
Customers fill the tent
for the free luncheon |
Vendor unloading goodies
for the Festival has a 4 legged helper! |
A sea of Chocolate &
Carrot cakes for dessert!
|
Customer Appreciation
Luncheon catered by
Joey Del's 2001
Caterers |
Donna & Brian |
Harry & Janet |
Customers enjoy the
fellowship and of course the food |
Roberta Lohr, VP of
Marketing for Somerset Trust
addresses the crowd
while Clay Bowser makes
adjustments to the sound system |
Henry Cook, President &
CEO of Somerset Trust looks on |
President & CEO, Henry
Cook addresses the
customers assembled at
the luncheon |
Time to eat! |
Clay Bowser entertains
after the luncheon |
Clay Bowser does a great
job as always! |
Saturday kicks off with
the Irish folk group, Tree |
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Great toe tappin, hand
clappin music
|
Jen can play a mean
fiddle! |
Tree does an outstanding
job to kick off the continuous music
|
Cameraman from WTAJ
takes photos at the
Living Treasures Petting Zoo |
Mr. Llama is soooo cool! |
These chickens are
called "Silkies" |
Can anyone say AFLAC? |
There are animals of
every shape and size |
Checkout the black
potbelly pigs
|
I'm hungry!!! |
This McCaw just sits
there checking everything out |
How about this 24 foot
high rock wall? |
Climbers test their
skills
|
Girls love to climb too! |
Almost at the top |
The Atlantis Bouncy &
Slide was a big hit all weekend |
Somerset Trust has a
booth where
visitors can
win prizes and goodies |
State Representative
Frank Burns
greets Festival
guests at his booth representing the 72nd District |
The Bayou Bandits making
their first appearance
at the Jackson
Heritage Festival |
These guys from
Harrisburg specialize in
Cajun & Zydeco music |
They did a great job and
the crowd loved them! |
Can't help but to enjoy
this happy music |
Expect to see them back
next year |
Cambria County Community
Arts Center
helps children make
crafts |
What's a Heritage
Festival without
some
old time tractors |
Chickaree Union Church
hosts a booth with
free games for the
children |
It's time to play some
games at the Heritage Festival!
|
Boy Scout Troop 204
offers games for young and old alike |
Who doesn't like to test
their skills to win some great prizes |
Craft booths adjoin the
walkways of Veterans Park |
Community groups join in
the festivities!
|
Neighbors Who Care -
home of the
BBQ Pork Sandwich
and Fresh Cut Fries |
Neighbors Who Care
booth |
Here's a little cutie |
Friends |
Yes. . I am a clown and
I would like fries with that! |
Clown buddies |
Classic Clowns invade
Veterans Park for another Festival |
IYQ-YQR and Bo-Jangles |
Children wait while
Classic Clowns twist
balloons into really cool stuff! |
Time to get the ole face
painted |
This clown has taken a
liken to gettin some new Tupperware! |
Lions Club member waits
to serve up
one of their famous Root Beer Floats |
More crafts |
Several of the more than
20 food booths at this year's Festival
|
The Pie Shoppe is known
for their
scrumptious goodies |
Record number of booths
fill up Veterans Park |
Heritage Festival
Headquarters or otherwise
known
as the storage barn |
Fresh Squeezed Lemonade.
. YEAH! |
Something for everyone |
Area near the Veterans
Park pavilion |
Veterans Park Pavilion a
great place
to enjoy Festival food |
Dreamcatcher Yarn &
Fiber Mill includes a
demonstration
on spinning yarn from
the Alpaca |
Heritage Festival is a
great place to
find unique gifts and
other items |
The Heritage Festival is
now in it's 7th year |
Magician John Robertson
gets 4 men to volunteer
to learn some new
dance moves |
This one is too hard too
explain so
use your imagination
|
John Robertson
demonstrates his new
Houdini magic routine |
Lots of volunteers help
make the
Festival run smoothly |
Kim drives the Festival
Shuttle Van taking passenbers
back
and forth from the
Festival to parking areas |
Tents fill up for the
Fabulous Flashbacks Oldies Show |
Rock around the clock! |
Crowd overflows into the
parking area as they
watch the Flashbacks
and wait for the fireworks |
Bernie. . .he's the
official Heritage Festival electrician! |
Fabulous Flashbacks get
the crowd going |
Hayrides anyone? |
A. J. Devlin drives the
haywagon while
Carolyn
awaits more passengers for the next hayride |
Twistin the night away! |
John & Bill |
How many Heritage
Festival volunteers
does
it take to fix a
Quad? |
Richard Chen from
Ontario, Canada
paints portraits while
you wait |
Shari & Kim |
It's Kettlekorn time! |
Hagerich Auto booth
serves up the best funnel cakes in Vinco |
John Robertson makes
elaborate balloon creations |
Cory, AJ, Keith & Aaron
work tirelessly
throughout
the weekend |
Singer Hill Grace
Brethren Church holds it's
Sunday morning worship
service under the big tent |
Praise singers from
Singer Hill help lead worship music |
A great crowd for Sunday
morning church |
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The Masters sing some beautiful Southern Gospel |
The best couple on the
dance floor
|
Beaver Creek returns as
a crowd favorite
specializing in
Bluegrass |
B I N G O |
Phil and Mark discuss
train talk at the elaborate
model train display in the Senior Center |
The Donna strikes a
pose! |
Tammy & Kim. . .Festival
friends! |
Janet, Donna & Harry
enjoying the food and fun |
Clay Bowser puts on an
awesome show and
even takes requests
from the audience |
Sing it Clay |
Dave August, lead singer
for NOMaD |
NOMaD puts on fantastic
show for crowd |
Just on their way home
from Atlantic City,
NOMaD
makes a stop in Vinco for the Heritage Festival |
We got some line dancin
goin on in the parking lot! |
Joe & Donna stop in to
check out NOMaD |
Volunteers just hanging
out as the Festival is in it's final hours |
Rockin country! |
NOMaD performs an action
packed show / concert |
NOMaD definitely has
developed a fan base in this area |
Luke is an unbelievable
fiddle player. . .he is really that good!! |
NOMaD in their 3rd year
at the Heritage Festival |
NOMaD will soon be
releasing their 2nd CD. . stay tuned |
Ladies dance as NOMaD
rawks the house! |
Sing it Dave |
It's time to collect the
garbage! |
AJ, Keith & Cory. .
.three of the many dedicated Festival
volunteers who do a
FANTASTIC job! |