Summer Events List 2009
These events will offer photography opportunities, take advantage of it.
http://www.collectiblewebs.com/fairs/pa-county.htmDo a web search for all that interest you
July 11
Vintage Grand Prix Oakland Pgh
New Castle Fireworks Festival (Zambelli Fireworks)
July 18
Fort Ligonier Battle (Have dinner at the Darlington Inn)
Scotland Meadows, near New Castle BALLOON QUEST Hot Air Balloons
August 1
Portersville Steam Show (Lots of cool still life stuff )
Clarion County Fair
August 15
Volant Harvest Festival (The Amish make fresh homemade donuts)
Old Bedford Village French and Indian Battle
August 17
Over the Falls, Ohiopyle S.P. (Go with someone to hold your place)
Lawrence County Fair
North Washington PA Rodeo (Professionals)
August 29
Hookstown Fair
Pgh Renaissance Festival starts (weekends)
September 5
Highlander Games ( Have dinner at the ‘Darlington Inn’)
National Parks Series begins on PBS
September 18-20
Canonsburg Oktoberfest
11th annual celebration in Canonsburg with German food and entertainment.
See
http://canonchamber.com/Octoberfest/index.htm for details.
September 19-20
Oliver Miller Homestead - As a reminder Norm is planning an outing at the Oliver Miller Homestead in South Park on September 20. He plans on being available to "look over the shoulder" with anyone who would like some help. He suggests picking a background then focusing on a subject. Please contact him if you are interested in participating. Details about the day are at
http://www.olivermiller.org/ The 8th Pennsylvania Regiment will set up camp on the grounds and re-enact the day-to-day life of the Revolutionary War soldier. Young soldiers will be recruited and drilled. Displays of rifles and weaponry.
Motocross National Championships Mount Morris PA
Spider webs are good along fence lines this time of year
September 19-20
Washington County Covered Bridge Festival - There is also the Covered Bridge Festival the weekend of September 19-20.
http://visitwashingtoncountypa.com/coveredbridge.php Civil War Reenactment - For another type of photo opportunity this weekend Bob Agnew wanted me to share with the club the opportunity to see a Civil War Reenactment in Zoar, Ohio, September 19-20. Details at
http://www.zoarcivilwar.com/. Bob says it is one of the best events he has attended and there are many photo opportunities. The village also has 10 museums, antiques shops and a 10 block historic district. More info at
http://www.zca.org/. Zoar, Ohio is 1 hour south of Cleveland and 3 miles from I-77. It is about 2 to 2.5 hours from Pittsburgh.
September 26
McConnell’s Mills Festival
Polish Festival near New Castle
Old Economy Village German Festival (Good food)
09/26 to 10/04 2009
Autumn Leaf Festival
Downtown - Clarion, PA
October 3
Homewood Beaver County PA festival near Buttermilk Falls
October 8-11
Hot Air Balloon Festival - Just wanted to let people know that there is a balloon festival in Morgantown October 8-11 sponsored by University Motors. The website
http://www.ummbf.com/ has pictures from last event in 2007 and some info on this year's event. They did not have it last year because they lost Mylan Labs as a sponsor. More on this later.
October 10
Volant Harvest Festival -2
Zelienople PA Festival
The Fall Colors should be good and the Amish are harvesting Pumpkins
These 3 can be covered in a single trip and are recommended.
October 11
"Tour De Burgh!" - Tom Delegram is also putting together an outing on Sunday October 11. He will be taking us on a unique tour of Pittsburgh visiting about 13 locations around the city. He would like to start about 9 AM. Information on our starting place will follow.
Fall Train Outing - We would appreciate some feedback on this to determine interest - Some members have asked about a possible train trip outing in the fall. The board discussed possible options and settled on the East Broad Top Railroad
www.ebtrr.com located in the towns of Orbisonia and Rockhill, PA. This train is about a 3 hour drive from Pittsburgh. I called this morning to see what they have. Their details are not set and will not be for a couple weeks so this information is based on last year's events. On Friday October 9, they have a photographer's event for one day a year. For this event they can accommodate about 50 people or 1 coach car and it will last 5-6 hours. There will be guided tours, coal trains and trains doing multiple run passes. Last year's price was $100/person which included a meal.
The regular train trip costs $12-15 and last 1.5 hours which is discounted $.50 for groups of 20. There are no extra activities on the regular day and the train will not be stopped for photo opportunities. Over that weekend there are roundhouse and shop tours, handcar and speeder rides and vendors sent up on the grounds. It sounds like quite a busy day. Motel accommodations in the area are quite limited and participates will be on their own if they chose to say in the area overnight. They are in the process of planning for a Community Appreciation Day and Civil War Weekend which will be held August 15-16. I will gather more details after that when they will start planning for the October outings. Let us know if you are at all interested in participating.
Please send additions to this list if you have any
Each County has a web site with event information and links to help in planning the day trip.
