Family Festival Opens May 21 in Baker Park
The Frederick Association of Life Underwriters promotes the second annual Family Festival in Baker Park with events from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Road closures on College Avenue aid safety while local sponsors and donors provide restrooms and equipment. Highlights include Huck Finn-Becky Thatcher Fishing Contest, a double-header baseball event, and 4-H demonstrations in the Municipal Pool Area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Association of Life Underwriters
FALU
Baker Park
College Avenue
AutoCraft, Inc
Watkins-Burdette Motor Co., Inc
John N. Bower Real Estate, Inc
Shockley Volkswagen-Honda-Audi, Inc
Ausherman Construction Co
Colonial Music Co
Fischer-Lang and Co., Inc
Culler Lake
Huck Finn
Becky Thatcher
Russ Thompson
Paul Crum
Susan Dentry
Wtri-Brunswick
Vic Campbell
Family Festival Day at Baker Park Mimics Medieval and Modern Sports
Family Festival in Baker Park on May 21 features Dr Wally Foster led canoe demonstrations on the lake from 11 15 a m to 12 noon The Great Bathtub Race contestants perform from 12 noon to 3 p m A jousting exhibition by the Maryland Jousting Tournament Association runs 1 00 p m to 2 00 p m with Wayne Tucker and Leon Enfield among the riders Tractor pull displays run 10 a m to 4 p m Old Fashioned Entertainment includes costumes and activities led by Carroll Leatherman Pie eating contest by White Oak Homemakers Club Pies Referee by Carroll Leatherman Watermelon seed spitting contest overseen by Jay Fifer FALU participants Gary Zimmerman Phil Davis and a raw egg toss The Family Talent Show hosted by Kibbe Turner and Walter Dunbar runs 2 to 3 p m WFMD Frederick covers the show with Tommy Grunwell MC Mayor Ken Young will present awards After 3 p m Binganore High School Band concert runs 3 to 4 15 p m Park 3 features Almost Anything Goes race band shell music by Marvin Tex Lewis Knight Brothers and Company gospel by the Knight Brothers Road Masters at 2 p m Countr ymen led by Sheriff Don Barnes 10 a m to 4 p m Park 2 Municipal Pool area will host closing ceremonies including a 4 15 p m banners presentation by 17 local service clubs remarks by Mayor Ron Young and Dr Gordon Anderson patriotic songs by Singanore High School Band final benediction at 5 45 p m The event is free and sponsored by Breakfast Sertoma Club and WZYQ Frederick with Ed Horman leading tractor displays
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Wally Foster
Monocacy Canoe Club
Wzyq-Frederick
Breakfast Sertoma Club
Maryland
Wayne Tucker
Jefferson
Leon Enfield
Knoxville
Tractor Pull
Ed Horman
Tractor Pull Association
Carroll Leatherman
White Oak Homemakers Club
Rena Darrell
Martha Fisher
Kibbe Turner
Walter Dunbar
Wfmd-Frederick
Tommy Grunwell
Ken Young
Binganore High School
Park 3
Shell-Armory
Roy Comer
Frederick County
FALU
A Adams
Gov
Marvin “Tex” Lewis
Shell
Knight Brothers and Company
Lee Brothers
Roadmasters
Don Barnes
Park
Ron Young
Gordon Anderson
Singanore High School
Frederick Churches United
Vic Campbell
Baker Park
Jousting Exhibition Promised at FALU Family Festival
The Maryland Jousting Tournament Association will host a jousting exhibition on Saturday May 21 at 1 p.m. in conjunction with the FALU Family Festival. The event highlights modern jousting as a sport of skill and horsemanship and notes it is Maryland’s official state sport. National champion Leon Enfield of Knoxville and state champion Wayne Tucker of Jefferson are named.
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Maryland
Leon Enfield
Knoxville
Wayne Tucker
Jefferson
Piano Festival to Feature 140 Keyboard Students
Final rehearsals this weekend in Frederick prepare 140 young piano and organ students for the eighth annual Piano Festival on Sunday May 22 at 3 p.m. at Gov. Thomas Johnson High School. Frederick Piano Teachers Association and Colonial Music Shop sponsor the event with a Bach to blues program and a piano duo appearance by William Baumgard and Jeffrey Rudy.
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Frederick Minger
Towson State University
Frederick
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Minger
Frederick Piano Teachers’ Association
Colonial Music Shop
William Baumgard
Jeffrey Rudy
Candlelight Concert at Steiner House Highlighted by Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
The Frederick Womar's Civic Club Arts Department presents a Candlelight Concert at Steiner House on Sunday May 22 at 5 p.m. The Gov. Thomas Johnson High School Chamber Orchestra directed by Scott Beall performs classical chamber music for about 45 minutes. Performers include Nat Owen Lisa Pettit Mary Baker Ann Warner Bryn Eagleson violins David Fuss viola Tom Silliman cello and Bernie Watkins bass. University music chairman Mrs Donald Ball coordinated details with Mrs Willia C Hobson.
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Frederick Womar’s
Civic Club
Steiner House
Gov. Thomas Johnson High School
Scott Beall
Nat Owen
Lisa Pettit
Mary Baker
Ann Warner
Bryn Eagleson
David Fuss
Tom Silliman
Bernie Watkins
Donald Ball
Willia C. Hobson
Frederick Community Orchestra to present second concert
The Frederick Community Orchestra will present its second concert on May 22 at Walkersville High School at 3 p.m. The concert, free to the public, features Mozart Symphony No 32 and Handel Concerto For Orchestra in D Major under Doris Petranek, with the Montgomery Symphony conducted by Chester Petranek. The combined orchestras will perform Beethoven Egmont Overture. New Frederick County residents the Petraneks bring notable musical credentials.
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Frederick Community Orchestra
FCO
Montgomery Symphony Orchestra
Walkersville High School
Montgomery Symphony
Chester Petranek
Frederick County
Petraneks
Eastman School of Music
University of Rochester
Petranek
Penn State University
Montgomery County
Montgomery County Board of Education
Pierre Monteux
Board of Education
Frederick Community
Montgomery
Fred. Abeles
Lindbergh Flight Commemorated in TV Documentary
A documentary titled Kitty Hawk to Paris airs Sunday May 22 at 10 p.m. on Maryland Center for Public Broadcasting stations 22 26 31 and 67. The program marks the 50th anniversary of Charles Lindberghs historic flight and follows early aviation history.
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Paris
Maryland Center For Public Broadcasting
Charles Lind
Lucky Lindy
St Louis
Frank Yallman
Tallmantz Aviation
Lindberg
Urbana History Pamphlet Highlights Homes and Legends
The Urbana Civic Association releases History and Legends Urbana District 1976 blending fact and rumor about early settlement, land patents, industry, and notable old homes. It profiles owners, ghost stories, and maps. sales support benefits local fire department and civic group.
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Urbana Civic Association
August Selckmann
Amelung
Civic Association
Urbana Fire Department
Community Market
Peter Pan Inn
Urbana T.V
Sole's Foothill
The
Fire Company
Frederick
Etc. Shop
Walden Bookstore
Colonial Jewelers
Craftworks
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