Fall is right around the corner, which means it’s almost time for this year’s Applefest!!!
Please contact Michelle Gillespie with any questions at michelle@northborough.net or at 393-1355.
APPLEFEST 2010 September 10th, 11th & 12th
Dear Northborough Neighbor:
We want to thank everyone who supported and attended our 2009 Applefest. It was a beautiful, sunny weekend with a great parade, street fair and road race. Our other popular events included our Apple Pie Café, Senior Applefest Luncheon, Art In Bloom, Boy Scout Pancake Breakfast, Library Book Sale, American Legion BBQ, Classic Car Show and our first ever Northborough Has Talent Show.
For those new to town, Applefest is an annual town-wide fall celebration of our community, downtown area and Northborough’s agricultural history. Many of our civic, scouting and sports organizations, schools, churches and artisans participate in the parade, street fair and other programs.
Since 1990, Applefest has been a volunteer-run event, relying on donations from our residents and local businesses. We are seeking your support to continue this tradition of fun-filled Applefest activities. Please demonstrate your community spirit with a monetary contribution made payable to Applefest 2010.
We hope you will join us on Applefest weekend. If you have any questions about Applefest or if you
would like to volunteer to help out during the events, please contact me at 508-393-1355 or
michelle@michellegillespie.com.
Thank you in advance for your support,
Michelle Gillespie
Applefest Committee Chairman
APPLEFEST 2010 – OUR 20th ANNUAL CELEBRATION!
September 10th, 11th & 12th
Please fill out the form below and return it with your check or money order made payable to:
“Applefest 2010” Applefest Committee — P.O. 216 — Northborough, MA 01532
Applefest 2010 Town-Wide Sponsor Drive – Donation Information Form
Thank you for returning your completed form and donation to
the Applefest Committee, P.O. Box 216, Northborough, MA 01532
by September 5, 2010.
Yes, I/we want to support Applefest 2010! Enclosed please find a check/money order for:
$1000______$500______$250______$100______$50______$25_______ Other: $_____
Name(s)_______________________________________________________________________
Address _______________________________________________________________________
Applefest 2010 – SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday ~ September 10, 2010
10:00am-11:00am Northborough Public Library Children’s Room Music Together Singalongs for families with infants thru kindergarten RSVP at 508-393-5025 SPACE IS LIMITED, Sponsored by Apple Country Music Together
11:00-12:00 Northborough Senior Center Applefest Dessert Bake-Off Northborough Senior Center 119 Bearfoot Rd – Open to Public , Sponsored by Friends of Northborough Senior Center
12:00—1:00 Northborough Senior Center Applefest Luncheon Northborough Senior Center 119 Bearfoot Rd, Tickets Available at Senior Center
Saturday ~ September 11, 2010
9:00 am- 2:00 pm Trinity Church 23 Main St. Apple Pie Café Homemade warm apple pie & apple crisp a la mode Sponsored by Northboro Junior Woman’s Club
10:00 am Zeh School 33 Howard St. 5K Road Race Sponsored by Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
10:00 am-3:00 pm Blake St. 20th Annual Street Fair Food Court, Crafts, and Information Booths, Sponsored by Rotary Club Of Northborough
10:00 am-1:00 pm Leland Insurance 12 South Street, Kids Fun and Adult Sox Raffle Sponsored by Leland Insurance and Leland Law
10:00 am-3:00 pm Northborough Public Library Book Sale Sponsored by Friends of the Northborough Library
12 noon-1:00 pm Main Street 19th Annual Applefest Parade,Lead by Grand Marshal Liz Nolan, Coordinated by Dick Perron and Allie Lane Sponsored by Applefest Committee
11:00 am-2:00 pm Blake Street Outdoor Concert by Ed McCarrron Sponsored by Rotary Club of Northborough
1:00 pm-3:00pm Historical Society 50 Main St. Applefest Luncheon Homemade Root Beer and Cookie
3:00 pm Historical Society 50 Main St. Art Show & Floral Displays: “Art In Bloom” Sponsored by Northborough Art Guild and Northborough Garden Club
4:00 pm -6:00 pm American Legion Post #234 402 West Main Street Chicken Barbeque, Tickets available at American Legion Hall Sponsored by American Legion Post #234
5:00 pm—8:30 pm Ellsworth/McAfee Park Rte 135 Applefest BBQ and Music with Pony and Horse Rides,Moonwalks and Robot Show, Sponsored by Knights of Columbus, Teens4kids ARHS Scholarship Committee & ARHS Robotics Team
Sunday, September 12, 2010
7:00 am – 11:00 am American Legion Post #234 402 West Main Street Pancake Breakfast Sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 1
10:00 am- 2:00 pm Times Square Plaza 299 West Main Street Classic Car Show Sponsored by Applefest Committee
1:00 pm- 3:00 pm Historical Society 50 Main St. Art Show & Floral Displays: “Art In Bloom:Sponsored by Northborough Art Guild and Northborough Garden Club
1:00 pm- 3:00 pm Historical Society 50 Main St. Ice Cream SocialSponsored by Northborough Historical Society
4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Algonquin Regional High School Auditorium Greater Northborough Has Talent Show Sponsored by Applefest Committee and Applefest Bistro Sponsored by Northborough Food Pantry
Applefest Library Book Sale
The Friends of the Northborough Library are having an Applefest Sidewalk Book Sale! We have an excellent selection of fiction and non-fiction, adult and children’s books. Please visit our sale while you enjoy the town-wide festival! The sale is Saturday, September 11th, from 10 AM- 3 PM, on the sidewalk in front of the library at 34 Main Street. (In the event of bad weather, the sale will be held inside.)
Of course, we are now accepting donations of gently used books and media items at the library. Please no magazines, baby board books, Reader’s Digest condensed books, encyclopedia sets, or books in poor condition.
Please bring them to the library anytime during open hours — please do not leave the books outside the library or in the book drops. (Feel free to visit our on-going sale shelves every day at the library.)
2010 Applefest Greater Northborough Has Talent Show.
Twenty-Two acts will be chosen to participate by local judges. Prizes will be awarded at the performance. The talent show is scheduled for Sunday, September 12th
4:00 – 6:00 pm Algonquin Regional High School Auditorium Ticket Price $10.00 per person For more information call Patti Murphy at 508-393-8874 or email strutonline@yahoo.com
Greater Northborough Has Talent
Auditions held on Wednesday, August 25th from 7:00-9:00 pm Dawn’s School of Dance and Jack’s Guitar Garage 247 West Main Street in the Northborough Shopping Center.
If you dance, sing, mime, juggle, act, comedy, play an instrument as a soloist or in a group, please audition your talent!
SIGN UP SHEET
Auditions held on Wednesday, August 25th from 7:00-9:00 pm at Dawn’s School of Dance and Jack’s Guitar Garage located on 247 West Main Street in the Northborough Shopping Center.
Name: ________________________________________________________
Address: ______________________________________________________
Phone: ________________________________________________________
Email Address: _________________________________________________
Talent Performing: ______________________________________________
Please Check:
Group _____ Soloist _____
Age Group Categories:
Grade School ( Age K to 8 ) ______
High School and College ______
Adults and Seniors ______
If you dance, sing, mime, juggle, act, comedy, play an instrument as a soloist or in a group, please audition your talent for the Applefest 2010 Greater Northborough Has Talent Show. Twenty-Two acts will be chosen to participate by local judges. Prizes will be awarded at the performance. The talent show is scheduled for Sunday, September 12th from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Algonquin Regional High School Auditorium. For more information call Patti Murphy at 508-393-8874 or email strutonline@yahoo.com
Just a reminder to the Applefest Bakers who will be entering the Apple Dessert Bake-Off that there is a category in the contest for “diabetes friendly” desserts. The Diabetes Support Group urges you to submit an entry. Diabetes friendly is easy, leave out the sugar in the recipe or use half the amount called for. You can also use Splenda or Splenda Brown Sugar in place of the sugar if you need to make it sweet. Sometimes just using ripe Mac Apples makes a great no sugar added Apple Pie or Apple Crisp. Add some cinnamon which has been shown to lower blood sugar in people with Type 2 diabetes to make it more “friendly”
Visit the Diabetes Support Group booth (#73) at the Applefest Street Fair and get your tickets to the Diabetes Friendly Luncheon on Tuesday Sept 28 at 12 Noon in the Senior Center.
While you are there try your hand at the “Cut an Apple in half to Cure Diabetes” contest. Money raised will go to the American Diabetes Association for research to cure diabetes. It’s time for a Cure!
You can also get information about diabetes that could save your life.
There are more than 6 million people in the US who have diabetes and don’t know it. Are you one of them?
I hope someone brings in a warm, sweet melling, delicious, Diabetes Friendly, baked Apple Crisp for the Applefes Dessert Bake Off at the Senior Center tomorrow. I will be at the Senior Center for the Applefest Luncheon at 12 noon so I can try it
Thanks!