Mount Airy Mansion Autumn Festival
October 17th and 18th 2009
10-5
Admission Free
Vendors this year include:
JUNE APPLE DULCIMERS
Handcrafted Musical Instruments from Appalachia and Abroad
1285 Old Landing Rd., Accokeek, MD 20607
[email protected]
Minute Man Kettle Korn
240-298-7978
Donna Richardson - Decorative Eggs - Ukrainian, Faberge, Lamp Work, Glass Beads
240-481-1292
Scottish Highland Creamery
301-741-3229
Cindy Herndon - Quilt and Quilt related items
Virginia Myzick - Artist Hand Painted Glass and Lamps
240-375-4940
Cookies Kitchen - Antiques
703-350-6317
Boordy Vineyards - Winery, wines by the glass and bottle
JoAnne Dvorak - Artist
Day Dreamer Debbie
Boynton Pottery
Moon Raven Labyrinth Arts - Jewelry, Scarves, Masks, Bags
http://elamsdesigns.com/index.html
Woven Sculptures and Baskets - Heidi Wetzel
Villa de Alpacas - Angel Simmons
www.MarylandAlpacaFarm.com
Meet Andre
Male Huacaya Alpaca
Rainbow's End - Stained Glass, Fused Glass, Jewelry, Baskets
www.cherryglengoatcheese.com
Boyds Maryland
Demonstrations provided by:
BIKE DOCTOR OF WALDORF
3200 Leonardtown Road, Waldorf, MD 20601
Phone: 301.932.9980 Fax: 301.932.9264
http://bikedoctorwaldorf.com/
The Calvert-Arundel Swordsmen
are a fencing club centered in Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties Maryland, and were originally formed by members of the Celtic Society of Southern Maryland. They provide training in classic foil, saber, and epee, and advanced work in other sword and older combat styles and weapons. The Swordsmen bring the history and love of fencing to the public, through their demonstrations of swordplay, from the medieval to modern fencing. They have appeared at the Maryland Renaissance Festival as the Scottish Court, at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, the D.C. and Baltimore St. Patrickˇ¦ˇ¦s Day Parades, and of course, at Scottish Games and festivals in Maryland and Virginia. At today's festival, the fencers appear as an historical impression of the Court of King James V. The Swordsmen are available for demonstrations in the Washington, D.C. and Baltimore areas.
100 Years of Fashion - 1760 to 1860
Jan Hall and Charleen Marshall, fashion mavens of historical reenactment, will demonstrate how ladies fashions changed between the French and Indian and the Civil War periods. Examples and explanations of the variations between working, merchant and upper class attire will be shown. A reverse strip tease presentation will serve to exhibit the different undergarments worn by women of the 1760s. Styles of other clothing from these historical periods will be explained and on display.
Jan and Charleen will describe the differences in the roles of the various classes of citizens as reflected in the clothing worn during these historical periods of our past. The working classes, for example, wore shorter skirts, rolled up sleeves and looser corseting. Men and women in this class typically were maids, cooks, laundresses, field hands and gardeners. The merchant class was exemplified by the higher quality of material used in their clothing. Typically, women in this class ran the household, shopped and planned menus. Men of the merchant class usually were shop owners or lawyers. Members of the upper class were noted for having much finer material in their clothing and for making several changes of clothing each day (i.e. morning attire, afternoon visiting outfits, and dinner clothing).
Musical Entertainment
Saturday October 18th
Mill Run Dulcimer Band
12:00 PM and 2:00 PM
The Mill Run Dulcimer Band has been delighting Washington area audiences for more than 30 years with its humorous
, lighthearted, and reverent performances. Recent WAMMIE nominees for best acoustic group, the band renders a un
ique collection of sentimental old-time string band and Appalachian folk music that conveys a simpler time of lon
g ago. They recently released their 10th recording, titled "Sing One Song for Mei". The Mill Run Dulcimer Band features unique harmony vocals blended with the sweet distinctive sound of the Appalachian mountain dulcimer and t
he Galax dulcimer. This group of flatlanders hails from Northern Virginia, Southern Maryland, and Fredericksburg
, Virginia. Band members are Keith Young, Kit Putnam, Kathleen Gotzmer, Judy Larrabee and Dave Caouette. Anyone
with a wistful appreciation for the past will enjoy this American traditional blend of memorable selections, div
erse instrumentation, and haunting vocal harmonies.
Andrea Hoag, Jody Marshall, and Paul Oorts
1:00 PM and 3:00 PM
Three of the D.C.-area's best-known traditional musicians-Andrea Hoag on fiddle, Jody Marshall on hammered dulcimer, and Paul Oorts on guitar and accordion-will get your toes tapping with traditional jigs and reels and warm your heart with soulful airs. Each of these musicians is a longtime performer in our area and around the country, and together they present an enchanting tapestry of Celtic, American, and original instrumentals. They've performed both nationally and internationally, as well as at local landmarks such as The Birchmere, the Smithsonian Institution, and The Kennedy Center.