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2010 Schedule of Events
Friday, October 15: 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, October 16: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
To give you an idea of what our event is like, below find the 2009 Schedule
of Events. Times and activities will be different for 2010. Please check
back for updates this Summer!
2009 Schedule of Events
More than 40 carvers, painters, photographers
and artists set in historic downtown Chestertown draped in Autumn’s Splendor
Preview Party
Friday Evening 5:00 to 7:00
Get to know our exhibitors personally and see their work first
Click
here for more information.
Featuring:
Hors d’oeuvres by Occasions Catering
Music by the Lions of Bluegrass
Maryland Eastern Shore wines
Click here for tickets
Event opens free to the public
7:00 to 9:00 Friday evening
Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Free admission
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 |
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5:00 P.M. –
7:00 P.M. |
Preview Party – Parish Hall, Prince
Theatre |
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Click here for tickets |
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Or call 410-810-4898 |
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Hors d’oeuvres by Occasions Catering |
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Hors d’oeuvres service by the students
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Kent County
High School Culinary Arts Program |
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Wines of
Maryland’s Eastern Shore Wineries |
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Eastern Shore &
Delmarva Beers |
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Music by the
Lions of Bluegrass |
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Silent Auction
Opens in Parish Hall |
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7:00 P.M. –
9:00 P.M. |
Exhibition Opens Free to the Public |
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Exhibitors in
Parish Hall, Prince Theatre |
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Visitors Center, Downtown Banks, Shops,
Offices |
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Sam Guthridge & Friends play music on
High Street |
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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17 |
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9:30 A.M. –
4:30 P.M. |
Exhibitors in Above Locations |
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Tours of the Echo Hill Outdoor School
Skipjack Elsworth |
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and Buy Boat
Annie D.
at the foot of High Street |
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Touch Tank &
Delmarva Wildlife Curriculum - Sultana Center |
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Artist-signed
Exhibition Posters at the Information Booth $5 |
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Old Decoy
Identification by Vernon Bryant – Parish Hall |
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Kent County
Quilt Documentation Project Display – Parish Hall |
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9:30 A.M. -
3:00 P.M. |
Silent Auction of Artists’ work –
Parish Hall |
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9:30 A.M. |
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“An Intimate Portrait of an Eastern
Shore Red Fox Family” Slide Show |
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Filmed in Centreville, Maryland by
artist Jean Higgins - Town Hall |
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10:00 A.M. |
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Build a Maryland Wood Duck Nesting Box
- Fountain Park |
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10:00 A.M. -
3:00 P.M. |
Live Raptors – Liz Smith “Raptors Eye”
– Courthouse Lawn |
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10:30 A.M. |
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Rebecca Pitre & Friends Music &
Sing-Along – Fountain Park |
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10:30 A.M. |
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Chop Out Decoys as Your Fathers Did –
Warren Saunders – Parish Hall |
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11:00 A.M. |
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Painting What You See – Kurt Plinke –
Prince Theatre |
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11:00 A.M. -
12:00 Noon |
Make & Take GREEN Workshop; $10
materials fee |
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Purchase tickets at Information Booth –
Town Hall |
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11:00 A.M. -
2:00 P.M. |
Tour Washington College’s Custom House
Archaeology Lab |
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11:30 A.M. |
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Creating Realistic Feathers – John Day
– Parish Hall |
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11:45 A.M. |
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“An Intimate Portrait of an Eastern
Shore Red Fox Family” – Town Hall |
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1:30 P.M. |
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Knifing Out Decoys – Vernon Bryant –
Parish Hall |
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1:45 P.M. |
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“An Intimate Portrait of an Eastern
Shore Red Fox Family” - Town Hall |
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2:00 P.M. |
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Chris Cerino’s songs of the Eastern
Shore – Fountain Park |
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2:30 P.M. |
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Combing & Stippling Techniques – John
Day – Parish Hall |
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2:45 P.M. |
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“An Intimate Portrait of an Eastern
Shore Red Fox Family” - Town Hall |
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3:00 P.M. |
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Silent Auction Closes – Parish Hall |
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4:30 P.M. |
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Exhibition Closes in all locations |
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5:00 P.M. |
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“An Authentic Eastern Shore Dinner” in
the Sultana Shipyard |
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Advance reservation required |
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Click here for tickets |
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Or call 410-810-4898 |
Get your limited edition 30th Anniversary Commemorative poster signed by the
artist Jocelyn Beatty at the Information Booth - only $5
Cap
off your Weekend with
An Authentic Eastern Shore Dinner
Saturday, October 17 – 5:00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE:
The dinner has moved to the Sacred Heart Church Hall,
508 High Street in downtown Chestertown.
With music by the Lions of Bluegrass
Hot & Cold Oyster Bar with all the fixings
Chesapeake Bay Jumbo Lump Crab Imperial
Served in Bread Bowls
Scalloped Tomatoes
Green Salad with Simple Vinaigrette
Homemade Corn Bread
Warm Apple Pie with Cinnamon Ice Cream
$40 per person
Includes two glasses of wine or beer
Spend the weekend and take advantage of all
Kent County has to offer
Visit
www.kentcounty.com for information on lodging and area activities
DIRECTIONS:
From New York,
Philadelphia, New Jersey, and Wilmington
Take I-95 South to 896 South (Exit 1, Middletown, Delaware). Follow
896 to Route 301 which brings you into Maryland. Take the Route 291 exit
towards Chestertown. Travel approximately 15 minutes to the intersection
with MD 213 South and and turn left. Pass Washington College and proceed to
the traffic light at Cross Street where you will turn right. This brings you
into downtown Chestertown, the location of the Wildlife Exhibition & Sale.
From Washington D.C., Baltimore and Annapolis
Take Route 50/301 East across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Bear left at
the split to continue on MD 301 North. You will exit in about five miles
onto MD 213 North towards Centreville/Chestertown. Proceed through
Centreville and continue for about 18 miles, crossing the Chester River
Bridge. At the first light, turn left onto Cross Street. This brings you
into downtown Chestertown, the location of the Wildlife Exhibition & Sale.
From Salisbury, Cambridge and Easton
Take 50 East through Easton continuing past Route 404 to Route 213 North
to Centreville. Proceed through Centreville and continue for about 18 miles,
crossing the Chester River Bridge. At the first light, turn left onto Cross
Street. This brings you into downtown Chestertown, the location of the
Wildlife Exhibition & Sale.
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