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fall into fall, part 2

Another reason I know fall is here.... this weekend is the Apple & Pork Festival in my hometown of Clinton, IL. I really wish I was there. It's pretty much the greatest small town festival. As the name clearly implies, both apples and pork are prominently featured, and are available in almost every form imaginable.

Here's some other notable highlights, with some pictures I got from the town web page:

* many performance by the town clogging group, The Country Cloggers
* a giant flee market
* lots of demonstrations: an old man who dresses like an Indian and makes rope, a lady who makes candles, and a lady who weaves stuff with a giant loom
* performances by the Civil War era band - complete with Civil War period uniforms AND instruments (Union uniforms on Saturday, Confederate on Sunday)
* strolling Victorian-era musicians and entertainers
* performace by the town's country band, The Modern Cowboyz
* a dress-up-your-scarecrow contest
* pony rides
* lots of tractors
* a HUGE craft market, with any kind of handmade chachky you could ever imagine
* tours of the C.H. Moore Homestead, a Victorian mansion turned museum
* the town Antique Mall is tangentially involved, so you can also get any old goodie you'd like

posted by becka @ 8:38 AM