When and Where

July 16 2011 (10:00 to 4:00) at the Vermont Historical Society Museum located at 109 State Street, next to the State House in Montpelier

Music By:

  • Renee Lagala will play at 10:00 am
  • Gary Butler, fiddler, will play at 10:30am
  • On the Border Morris Dance Team, and Midnight Capers Dance Teams
  • Bagpiper Don Murray to play from 12:00 to 1:00
  • Contra dance with caller Mary Wesley and fiddler Sarah Blair

Displays

  • Bob Edson, Middlesex: Middlesex display plus post cards, and/or Montpelier postal history
  • Norb Rhinerson: Berlin postal history & sketches
  • Mike Doyle: Potash exhibit
  • Dave Newhall: Interstate 89 through Middlesex
  • Bill Fish & Paul Carnahan: How to research your house's history
  • Abenaki Basketry
  • Millinery Shop
  • Barre Society display

Demonstrations and Presentations

All day, on the lawn:

  • Michael Cuba & Seth Kelley Knobb Hill Joinery-traditional timber framing demonstration
  • Jamie Duggan, Preservation Unlimited- Historic MASONRY
  • Burr Morse Model State House
  • CRAFTS- Beekeeping, Rug hooking and braiding

Inside the Museum

  • Marj Power: Old Barre Labor Hall history and construction work on Capital City Grange Hall. DVD 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
  • Mark Greenberg: Kitchen Tunks and Parlor Songs 11:00 to 12:00
  • Elliott Morse: Cemeteries. DVD 12:00 to 1:00 (Elliott will be present for questions in theatre after the showing)
  • Lyn Blackwell: Suffragettes - Clarina Howard Nichols). 1:00 to 2:00
  • Senator Bill Doyle: Washington County History DVD - 2:00 to 3:00
  • Michael Cuba & Seth Kelley of Knobb Hill Joinery: evolution of joinery in Vermont 3:00 to 4:00