be back up soon. We are going to include Civil War camps this year - to include up to 1865. We will be holding this event up in the Living History Village just south of the Round Barn Museum. April 28-29,2012. Thanks. Redbud Trail Rendezvous April 30-May 1 Re-enactors from five states are gearing up for the Redbud Trail Rendezvous April. 30-May 1. Every spring it is one of the first outdoor events of the season. This event is brimming with frontier history and often brings surprises for the participants and public. New this year we will be offering Apple Dumplings like the ones served at the Trail of Courage. The April weather varies from chilly to warm – we are hoping for warm - but always the redbud trees and wild flowers in the woods are in full bloom and it is a lovely natural setting. Wild ducks and wild turkey nests are seen on the grounds of the Fulton County Historical Society where the event is held from 10 to 5 on Saturday and from 10 to 4 on Sunday. FCHS grounds are four miles north of Rochester on U.S. 31 Rain or Shine the festival will go on. Over a hundred historic re-enactors set up camps and live outdoors for the event, demonstrating traditional crafts, frontier life ways, and pioneer skills such as cooking over wood fires, muzzle loading shooting and tomahawk throwing. The event is educational and fun, showing authentic frontier history as re-enacted by real people. Music and dance will be performed on a stage in the woods, a different program every half hour in the afternoon. Unless otherwise stated they will happen both days. Programs include Mark Gropp with bagpipe music, Frontier Frolic - pioneer dancing by the teenage re-enactors, Liza and Mark Woolever – music and songs, and Indian dances. Kim Hoover of Hoots to Howls Wildlife Rehabilitation, Star City, will show wild birds and animals she rescued on Saturday and Shirley Kern Needham will show a red- tailed hawk named Phoenix and a red-shouldered hawk on both days. Marsha Glassburn, Rochester, will also be doing storytelling on the west side of the woods at the storyteller booth. People dressed in authentic pre-1840 outfits demonstrate many traditional crafts. Crafts included are flintknapping, bow making, beadwork, spinning and weaving, leather, wood carving, blacksmith, blade smith, scrimshaw, fingerweaving, and much more. Members of the Seven Years War time period will be set up in the Living History Village and will be doing training demonstrations such as marching, canon firing and horse training. They will be working on the basics of the manual of arms, and also do some programs on field fortifications and battalion exercise. They will march around the grounds applying their learning to a series of obstacles and scenarios. On Sunday they will have a competitive shoot using muskets, pistols, bayonets and swords, as well as swivel guns and mortars at the shooting range in Chippeway Village. Before you leave the festival grounds be sure to stop and listen in on their training and see some of their demonstrations. Many trade goods and hand-made items used for frontier living will be offered for sale or barter in merchant’s historic marquee tents and by blanket traders. Many of the traders have Indian ancestry. Traders come from Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky and other states. Muzzle loading shooting contests will be held. Earl Whittaker, Peru, and John Pratt, Indianapolis, are the range officers. Both are members of the Me-to-cin-yah Long-Rifles, which portrays woodsmen of the frontier with a camp by the river and conducts pioneer children’s games. They will host the Chippeway Village Trading Post. Foods cooked over wood fires will include ham and beans, vegetable stew, buffalo burgers, sassafras tea. - Fulton County Historical Society booth; Apple Dumplings – FCHS Dumpling booth; and potato chips at FCHS Chip booth, Carmel Corn - made in big iron kettles by Dennis Thompson, Converse; homemade fudge and cookies - Mark Gropp, Hudson, Ind. For more information, see the web page at www.fultoncountyhistory.org Admission is $3 for adults ages 12 and older, $1child (age 6-11), 5 and under free. Proceeds enable the historical society to operate the museum and preserve history. There is no admission charge to see the Fulton County Museum and Round Barn Museum at the north end of the grounds. Volunteers can earn free admission to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous by working half a day. To volunteer, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Free parking is provided on FCHS grounds. The grounds are handicapped accessible. Plenty of free benches are available to sit and rest. Redbud Trail Rendezvous Schedule Apr. 30-May 1, 2011 Chippeway Stage – Sat. & Sun. 10:00 (Sunday only) – Frontier Worship non-denominational service – Schedule for both days unless otherwise stated: 11:00 – 12:00 Sat. only Kim Hoover of Hoots to Howls Wildlife Rehabilitation, Star City, wild birds and animals rescued. 12:00-12:30 Fashion Show – reenactors telling about their different outfits. 12:30-1:00 Mark Gropp, Hudson, Ind. – Bagpipe music Subject to change. 1:00-2:00 Shirley Needham, Rochester, Ind. – Red-tailed Hawk & Red-shouldered Hawk – Habitat, hunting traits, and spiritual importance to the native tribes. 2:00-2:30 Mark & Liza Woolever, Plymouth, Ind. – music 2:30-3:00 Mark & Liza Woolever, Plymouth, Ind. – music sing-along for children of all ages 3:00-3:30 Frontier Frolic, dance called by Shirley Willard, Rochester, music by Woolevers. 3:30-4:00 Indian dances & stories – participants will tell about their heritage and outfits. 4:00-4:30 Stan The Banjo Man Marsha Glassburn, Rochester, Ind. – Storytelling various times Muzzleloading shoots start at 10 a.m. each day – blanket shoots Traditional Crafts demonstrated and sold by: Michael Allen, Sedalia, Ind. – weaving sashes Bruce A. Eltzroth, Lagro, Ind. – Children’s games and toys Linda Fife, Delphi, Ind. – Spinning & Carding wool Lea Jeffrey, Delphi, Ind. – beading Adam Missler, Conroy, Ohio – Traditional cooking Dale Pace, Rochester, Ind. – Flintknapping Mark Thomas, Markle, Ind. & others, - Blacksmithing Jeff White, Galveston, Ind. – blacksmith – bladesmith Bill Willard, Rochester, Ind. – finger weaving of Indian sashes Foods cooked over wood fires – in the Chippeway Village in the woods. Fulton Co. Hist. Soc. – Buffalo Burgers, ham & beans, cornbread, vegetable stew, lemonade, coffee, sassafras tea. Breakfast: Biscuits and Sausage Gravy. FCHS Dumpling booth – Apple Dumplings. FCHS Chip booth – Potato chips. Mark Gropp, Hudson, Ind. – Fudge and cookies. Dennis Thompson, Converse, Ind. – Carmel corn made in big iron kettle, & root beer. Seven Years War Training – held in Living History Village by museum Demonstrations by Haverhill Militia and Haverhill Militia Troop of Horse. Cannon demonstration and weavers. Funding from this event helps to keep the museum open and preserve history. Have a great day at the Redbud! |
Redbud Trail Rendezvous
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Located in North Central Indiana
Admission is $3 for adults ages 12 and older, kids age 6 to 11 $1, free for those 5 and under. Proceeds enable the historical society to operate the museum and preserve history. There is no admission charge to see the Fulton County Museum at the north end of the grounds. Volunteers can earn free admission to the Redbud Trail Rendezvous by working half a day. To volunteer, call the museum at 574-223-4436. Free parking is provided on FCHS grounds. The grounds are handicapped accessible. Plenty of free benches are available to sit and rest. Click here for participant application. |
