The 36th Annual Vermont Maple Festival begins in St. Albans on Friday, April 26, and runs through Sunday, April 28. The All Arts Council offers art on the walls and music in the streets for the entire weekend.

Dick	Hey, Betty, I hear there's more to the Maple Festival than Vermont's liquid gold.
Betty	Fun, rides, games, exhibits, continuous entertainment, and more. Pure Vermont Maple ... Made in the U.S.A. and it starts in St. Albans on April 26th!
Dick	I'll bet there's some Maple Syrup, too.
Betty	<sigh> Let's see if we can get through the whole list
Dick	Pancake Breakfasts and donuts
Betty	A great antique show
Dick	Talent show, fiddlers, and Main Street entertainment
Betty	Sugarhouse Tours on Saturday
Dick	Maple Exhibits and Vermont specialty foods
Betty	Carnival Rides and a new climbing wall
Dick	All Arts Council exhibit in City Hall and the Craft Show at BFA
Betty	the Sap Run Sunday morning
Dick	Is there room for anything else?
Betty	Dick!!! Don't forget the Parade. Sunday Afternoon at one o'clock!
Announcer	The 36th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 26, 27, and 28 is sponsored by BankNorth Vermont, Ben and Jerry's, Chittenden Bank, Maplefields, Key Bank, Northwest Medical Center, People's Trust Company, Pepsi, and WLFE 102.3FM-WWSR 1420AM. Call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 524-2444. On the Web at V-T-MAPLEFESTIVAL-DOT-ORG

Betty	I've seen you eating maple candy, Dick. Want to see how it's made?
Dick	We actually make maple candy right there at the Vermont Maple Festival?
Betty	Sure. The Maple Exhibit Hall and Vermont Maple store in BFA has a great kitchen where we can boil syrup. When it's hot enough we put it in a pig that stirs it with a worm in its nose. Then we pour the cooked syrup into a mold and as soon as it cools it's ready for you to eat.
Dick	And I love to stop at the sugar house right in the middle of Taylor Park. You know that they boil sap into syrup right on the spot for people to try. Mmm, mm. Delicious
Betty	The Chamber of Commerce also has a bus tour to Carman Brook Maple Farm in Highgate on Saturday.
Dick	All the maple businesses have displays. The maple store sells syrup, maple cream, maple chocolates, and maple vinegar. There are maple creemees at the Main Street booth and the festival sugar house has maple shakes and sugar on snow
Betty	I'm pretty sure you said maple often enough.
Announcer	Join your neighbors for the North Country tradition that signals the arrival of Spring. The 36th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 26, 27, and 28, is sponsored by BankNorth Vermont, Ben and Jerry's, Chittenden Bank, Maplefields, Key Bank, Northwest Medical Center, People's Trust Company, Pepsi, and WLFE 102.3FM-WWSR 1420AM. For more info, call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 524-2444. Or online at V-T-MAPLEFESTIVAL-DOT-ORG

Betty	Whew. Three dozen years of the Vermont Maple Festival opens today, Dick
Dick	I'm not going to miss the Youth Talent Show at BFA tonight. It starts at 7, and it's always popular.
Betty	That's for sure. Get your tickets at the Maple Information Booth on Main Street right now!
Dick	Betty, can you hear the Main Street stage?
Betty	I hear country music now and I know the Kids on the Block, the BFA Chamber Singers, and Obediah are all playing this afternoon
Dick	We've got the best Franklin County bands all weekend. There should be some maple stuff, too, eh?
Betty	The Maple Exhibit Hall and Vermont Maple store has the candy making demonstrations, hundreds of contest entries, plus the maple business displays as well as maple mementoes, and syrup, maple cream, maple chocolate, and even maple vinegar.
Dick	Cool. What are we doing in this radio booth? Let's get out there right now!
Announcer	Join your neighbors for the North Country tradition that signals the arrival of Spring. The 36th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 26th, 27th, and 28th, is sponsored by Ben and Jerry's, Chittenden Bank, Maplefields, Banknorth Vermont, Pepsi, Key Bank, Northwest Medical Center, People's Trust Company, and 102.3 WLFE/AM 1420 WWSR. For more info, call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 802-524-2444. Or online at V-t-webs-dom-com-slash-maplefest.

Dick	Wow! The 36th Annual Vermont Maple Festival is in full swing today
Betty	I'm getting ready for the Maple Festival Awards Dinner tonight.
Dick	And I'm not going to miss the Fiddler's Variety Show right after. It's always standing room only.
Betty	That's means you want to get your tickets for both at the Maple Information Booth on Main Street right now!
Dick	Can you hear the Main Street stage yet?
Betty	Ben Patton, that funny magic guy Tom Joyce, Mark Sustic's Farewell Tour, the country music of _____________, and your Franklin County Medley with the Roxy Dance Studio and the Talent Show winners and a preview of the Fiddlers show.
Dick	It's a big day all over St Albans with a Pancake Breakfast, the Historical Museum, the All Arts Council Fine Art Exhibit and the Vermont Specialty Foods Show at City Hall
Betty	Antique Show and Sale, the Carnival in the parking lot, Maple Exhibits and Demonstrations, that great Craft Show, and the Three Muses at the Kept Writer.
Dick	Sugarhouse Tours today only. Gotta go! And Betty, you need to get ready for tomorrow's parade.
Announcer	Join your neighbors for the North Country tradition that signals the arrival of Spring. The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival is on right now through Sunday. Check it out online at V-T-MAPLEFESTIVAL-DOT-ORG.

      The 36th Vermont Maple Festival is sponsored by Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, BankNorth-Vermont, the Franklin County Maple Producers Co-operative, Key Bank, Maplefields, Northwest Medical Center, Peoples Trust Company, Pepsi, the Vermont Department of Agriculture, radio stations WWSR/WLFE, and the UVM Extension Service. Call the festival office (802-524-5800) or check VTMapleFestival.org for more info.
Click here for the Main Street entertainment schedule
and here for the AAC Art Gallery lineup.

All Arts Council of Franklin County

Dick Harper, Chair
P.O. Box 1
Highgate Springs, VT 05460
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