Downtown Perth! 36th Annual Festival of the Maples Saturday, April 28th 2012

April 28, 2012
9:00 am	to	4:00 pm

DOWNTOWN PERTH

Saturday, April 28th, 2012

Presented by The Perth & District Chamber of Commerce

For a copy of a full list of events on our flyer click on the following:

Maple Festival Flyer -2012

7:00 to 11:00 a.m.

Pancake Breakfast at the Perth Legion Branch 244 – Beckwith Street

Main Stage Entertainment Schedule 
(Herriott Street at Gore Street)

TIME                                         EVENT

                            10:00 AM                

Smiths Falls Gordon Pipe Band

                     - the top-notch 20-piece Scottish pipe and drum

                       corps that has delighted audiences since 1996

10:30 AM

Official Opening Ceremony

CTV Ottawa’s Max Keeping

Perth & District Chamber of Commerce

Jack McTavish

Chair, Festival of the Maples Committee & Past President, Perth & District Chamber of Commerce

Perth Mayor John Fenik

Lanark & District Maple Syrup

Producers Awards Presentation

11:00 AM Zydeco Loco
- the energetic 4-piece Zydeco band featuring
old-style, up-beat Americana & Cajun music

12:00 PM Dynamite Tay Square Dancers
- modern square dancing at its best

1:00 PM ‘Hard Ryde’ Bluegrass Band
- 5-time ‘Group Of The Year’ and ‘Best Album’
award-winner at the Canadian Bluegrass Awards

2:00 PM Brock Zeman
- a stellar country singer/songwriter, an amazing
voice and an emerging Canadian powerhouse!

3:00 PM The Doherty Brothers Band
- the exciting 6-piece Rock N’ Roll group

Masters of Ceremonies:
- Wayne Cavanagh of Jack 92.3
- Brian Perkin of Lake 88.1

Plus…at the Festival’s Crystal Palace:
The Nepean Panharmonic Steel Band
- bringing the sounds of Trinidad-Tobago to the Tay Basin
with their rhythmic 10-piece band from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.

On the Streets All Day

(9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)

Maple Syrup Producers, Craft and Artisan Vendors, Food Vendors, Taffy on Snow, Classic Antique Car Display, Potter Jackie Seaton (www.emptybowls.ca), promoting the 11th Annual Empty Bowls project in front of the Riverguild storefront.

Tay Basin

Sheep Shearing Demonstrations, Pony Rides, Petting Zoo, Children’s Games & Activities, Perth Saltos Gymnastic Demonstrations, Safety Square Exhibits, Auto Extraction Demonstrations at 10:00 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Children’s Palace

9:30 – 3:00 p.m.

 art & class Imagination Station

Myriad Theatre:  Costume Play

Maple Key Day Camp:  Cooperative Games

10:00 to 3:00

YAK Fundraising Games

10:00 to 10:45 and 2:00 to 2:45 p.m.

Celtic Band:  Cratur

11:00 -11:30 and 1:00 to 1:30

The DOUG BARR Children’s Show (Solo)

Noon – 12:45 p.m. and 1:30 to 2:15 p.m.

Nepean Panharmonic Steel Band

1:30 to 2:00 p.m. Montessori:  Storytime and Science Demo

Testimonial

“My wife and I have been attending the Festival of the Maples for several years. We attend many festivals in various towns across Ontario each year, but we always make sure to make time to come to Perth each year for the Festival of the Maples. It is, in our experience, the best small town festival in Ontario.” Jack Davis

9:00 to 4:00 p.m.

The grand finale to the month-long maple celebration takes place in downtown Perth.
Maple products and taffy sales, displays of maple syrup production, maple awards, entertainment, midway, pony rides, petting zoo & children’s activities. Live musical entertainment, over 100 Craft & Artisan Vendors, Food Vendors, Classic Antique Car Display, Emergency Services Safety Demonstrations.

Would you like to be a Vendor?  Download the documents below and send in, with payment (payable to the Perth & District Chamber of Commerce)  to:

Festival of the Maples, c/o Sheri Mahon Fournier, Coldwell Banker, 2 Wilson Street E, Perth, Ontario K7H 1L2

Phone: (613) 812-1215

Fax: (613) 264-0776

email: sherisells@hotmail.com

Festival of the Maples Vendor Letter 2012

Festival of the Maples Booth Application Form 2012

For more information, contact The Perth & District Chamber of Commerce at:

613-267-3200 1-888-319-3204