2011 Bridgeport Fall Festival -- Ghosts Return to Bridgeport
 Herb Lindberg
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Part 1 of 3


"I want to thank all the docents who signed up to help with the Fall Festival this year. Without your help it would not be a success. The weather was beautiful-sunny and warm. I could not think of a better place to spend the day. Wagon rides, great music, wonderful food, well attended Ghost performances in the barn (thank you Glenn Fuller for the special surprise at the end with Yankee Jim dangling from the old barn rafter), our restored Shell Gas Station, informative and interesting Visitor Center, fantastic raffle prizes, so many wonderful children's activities-games, crafts, pumpkin painting, SYRCL, Audubon, author Carol Malnor, face painting, worm composting, our blacksmiths demonstrating all day, and our friendly MC Ranger Don. So please continue with your docent involvement--tell your friends the park is not closed and that your support is needed to keep Bridgeport open. I look forward to seeing all of you at the Spring Festival on Sunday, April 29th. Please email me any comments or suggestions as I am always open to improving our wonderful festivals. Thank you!!"
      Janine Martin, Festival Coordinator

The pictures posted on these three pages make no attempt to include all the above activities, which can be seen on pages for previous years' Fall Festivals. Many of the activities are included, but the photos are simply posted in the chronological order in which they were taken. They highlight visitor participation as I wandered throughout the area next to the Visitor Center, the newly-conserved Kneebone Gas station, music stage, this year's Ghosts Return Presentation in the Historic Barn, and rides in the horse-drawn wagon.

     Page 1 Face painting, pumpkin painting, Halloween Bingo, Carol Malnor and her nature books, Ragged But Right musicians, Phantom of the Opera costume, crowd for Ghosts Return to Bridgeport show, June's Deli baked goods. (this page)
     Page 2 June's Deli baked goods, conserved Kneebone gas station, family member Phyllis with in-kind gas and oil pumps, with Howard Voshell and Model A, balloon man, Susan George makes nachos, white costume, more Halloween Bingo, String Sisters, Ghosts show.
     Page 3 Ghosts show concluded, horse-drawn wagon rides, back-lit wagon on dusty turnpike, pretty girl in red dress from Spain with mother and grandmother.

Docent Ardie Obert gets a face painting symbolizing our need for $ to support the park.

Can't miss it!  And it sparkles.

Budding artists

Be happy in your work.

Halloween Bingo was a big hit.

An angel with wings (and a boo boo under her nose, poor girl)

Joined by her Dad.

Park Aide and new friend (not mother and daughter -- I asked).

Enough said. Hope she sold lots of books.

Awww! Cutest two year old at the event.

Ragged But Right entertained us from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with great music, some I hadn't heard before on the CDs I have.
From left to right: Johathan Lyerly, Al Ferguson, Karel Hendee, James Carlson.
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Johathan Lyerly and Al Ferguson. (Click on picture to open a larger version in a separate tab, click again for full size.)

Karel Hendee and James Carlson. (Click on picture to open a larger version in a separate tab, click again for full size.)

A small part of the crowd enjoy the music as they wait for the first showing of Bring Back the Ghosts in the Historic Barn.

Phantom of the Opera.

June's Deli with some of their cookies, cakes, and muffins in the newly conserved Kneebone gas station.

     Page 1 Face painting, pumpkin painting, Halloween Bingo, Carol Malnor and her nature books, Ragged But Right musicians, Phantom of the Opera costume, crowd for Ghosts Return to Bridgeport show, June's Deli baked goods. (this page)
     Page 2 June's Deli baked goods, conserved Kneebone gas station, family member Phyllis with in-kind gas and oil pumps, with Howard Voshell and Model A, balloon man, Susan George makes nachos, white costume, more Halloween Bingo, String Sisters, Ghosts show.
     Page 3 Ghosts show concluded, horse-drawn wagon rides, back-lit wagon on dusty turnpike, pretty girl in red dress from Spain with mother and grandmother.

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