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    [ September 12, 2010; 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
    12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
    12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
    12:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
    ]

    Maggie Ingram
    PHOTO courtesy of the Virginia Commission for the Arts

    The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities hosts the seventh annual Virginia Folklife Apprenticeship Showcase at their office beside the Boar’s Head Inn. Come see Richmond’s legendary gospel singers Maggie Ingram and the Ingramettes, the Northern Neck Chantey Singers, the Whitetop Mountain Band, and other masters of [...]

Back Home on the Farm

September 5, 2010 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
$8.50 adults, $7.50 kids, free for under 2

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City folks and others are invited to come out to the country for a full day’s worth of fun at the Hess family farm. Find your way through the 3.5-acre corn maze that celebrates the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. You’ll find all kinds of interesting facts about the parkway along with clues to help you through the maze. Then enjoy more than 25 children’s activities from rubber ducky races, pig races, and barnyard bowling to the popular 60-foot slide and pumpkin sling shot. Little ones will enjoy playing in the straw maze and sandbox. Visit farm animals and take a wagon ride to the pumpkin patch to pick a pumpkin. 3231 Willow Run Rd., Harrisonburg. 540-442-6493.

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