Harvest Country Fair, September 16, 2006 (Rain date: Sept. 17) at Rea's Farm in West Cape May, New Jersey. Directions at the bottom of this post.
CCA’S HARVEST FAIR PROMISES FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
The Center for Community Arts (CCA) Harvest Fair returns to Rea’s Farm from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 16 (rain date: Sept. 17). The Fair is fun for the entire family, and offers antique, art, craft and food vendors galore, farm-grown produce and plants, and a wide array of kids’ games and activities.
New this year are: Kid-Oke (ala Karaoke) with Terry O’Brien (1:30-3:00), a Celebrity Dunk Tank, Pie Eating Contest, Mural Painting, Tomato Toss, and Face Painting.
The Fair will again include pony, kiddie train and hay rides around the Rea’s farm fields, watermelon eating and grape spitting contests and games for kids with prizes. Admission is free. The farm is at Bayshore Rd. and Stevens St. in West Cape May.
Lunch and supper vendors include Caribbean Jerk Chicken, JB’s Barbeque, Dawn’s Delights (baked goods, sandwiches and pies), Rosie’s Lemonade, and the Smoothie Chicks. In addition, the Center for Community Arts Youth Arts Program and Boy Scout Troop 84 will be serving hot dogs, hamburgers and corn on the cob.
There is plenty of free parking, and a *free* trolley service between the Fair and the Washington Street Mall, departing the Mall at noon, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.
Your picnic supper will be accompanied by the live music of Black & Tan from 4-6.
Begin your holiday shopping early! The Fair’s vendors will be selling antiques and collectibles, arts and fine crafts, clothing and flea market items, along with CCA’s own large “yard” sale.
Proceeds from the Fair will benefit CCA’s arts and cultural programs, including the Youth Arts Program, the Community History Program and the Franklin Street School Rehabilitation Project. CCA is celebrating eleven years of community building through the arts and humanities.
CCA will provide nonprofit organizations with free space for an information table, and vendors can still register for a selling space. For more information about the Fair or the Center’s programs, call 884-7525 or visit CCA’s website at www.CenterforCommunityArts.org.
CCA’s Harvest Country Fair is an event of the Cape May Food and Wine Festival, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC). For further information about the Food & Wine Festival, call MAC at 884-5404 or see http://www.capemaymac.org/.
CCA’s programs are supported in part by grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey Historic Trust, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Lower Cape Alliance, Swain’s Ace Hardware, the Whale’s Tale, Sturdy Bank, and other generous donors.
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Above, Diane Rea is assisted by volunteers Maddie Craig, Lily Mullock and Emaleigh Kaithern as Rea’s Farm in West Cape May gears up for the annual Center for Community Arts Harvest Fair, Saturday September 16 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Fair is fun for the whole family, with art and antique vendors, kids games, hay, pony and train rides, contests and food. For more information call CCA at 884-7525.
Below, Map to Rea's Farm for the Harvest Country Fair in West Cape May, New Jersey, Saturday, September 16, 2006 (Rain date: Sunday, September 17)
If rain threatens as we draw closer to Sept. 16, there will updates on this blog regarding whether or not the event is postponed to the 17th.
Rea’s Farm, Bayshore Road & Stevens Street, West Cape May
Free Trolley Service Departs Washington Street Mall @ Ocean St.
at noon, 2, 4 & 5:30. Returns 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:45.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
9 am - 6 pm Vendors: Antiques, art, crafts, food, seasonal produce and bedding plants, pumpkins, and flea market, including CCA’s own large White Elephant Sale.
10 am - 4 pm Kids Games & Activities with Prizes
Pony Rides
10 am – 6 pm Mural Painting
Jersey Fresh Photo Booth
10:30 am - 3:00 pm Kiddy Train Rides
10:30 am - 4:30 pm Hayrides
11 am – 6 pm Celebrity Dunking Booth
11:30 Watermelon Eating Contest, free entry, prizes in 3 categories: 6 and under, 7-11 years; 12 and up.
12:30 pm Grape Spitting Contest, free entry, prizes in 3
categories: 6 and under, 7-11 years; 12 and up.
1:00 pm Pie Eating Contest, entry, prizes in 3
categories: 6 and under, 7-11 years; 12 and up.
1:30 – 3:30 Kid-Oke (ala Karaoke) with Terry O’Brien
4:00 pm Cape Island Scarecrow Contest Winners Announced
4:00-6 pm Picnic Supper with Live Music with Black and Tan.
NEED MORE INFORMATION? Call 609-884-7525.
Directions to the Harvest Country Fair at Rea’s Farm in West Cape May:
Farm is at intersection of Stevens St., Bayshore Rd. and 4th Avenue in West Cape May, NJ 08204.
Click on this link for a map:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=Bayshore+Road+at+Stevens+Street&csz=West+Cape+May%2C+NJ++08204&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
From Cape May: Go South on Lafayette Street till it ends, at Collier’s Liquor Store. Turn right—the road twists and turns briefly and is called Jackson, then Perry St. Perry Street curves to the left and becomes Sunset Blvd. at second light. Continue on Sunset to Bayshore Rd. (Rt. 607). Turn right on Bayshore Rd. If you miss the turn, two rights later turn onto Stevens St.
From Garden State Parkway: Take Parkway till it ends. Parkway becomes Lafayette Street. Follow signs to “Center City” (not “Beach”). Continue until Lafayette Street ends. (see From Cape May, above).
Or: From Garden State Parkway: Exit Right at light at Mile 0, following blue sign towards Cape May Ferry. Pass light at Tranquility. Take jug handle on right to continue towards Ferry. Left at next light onto Broadway (also called Seashore to the right of intersection). Bear left to go over bridge. Turn right onto 4th Ave. Continue until end of 4th Avenue. If you miss 4th Avenue, turn right at light onto Sunset Blvd and continue as in “From Cape May,” above.
From Rt. 47 South Bound: As you approach Rio Grande, turn right at light onto Seashore Rd. Seashore Rd. becomes Broadway. After light at Rt. 109, bear left to go over bridge. Turn right onto 4th Ave. Continue until end of 4th Avenue. If you miss 4th Avenue, turn right at light onto Sunset Blvd and continue as in “From Cape May,” above.
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