The Little Levels Heritage Fair 2010: “Hard Times and the Good Ole Days”
Honoring those who have survived the Great Depression is the theme of the 2010 Little Levels Heritage Fair held in Hillsboro, West Virginia, June 25-27th. This year’s fair schedule features a Twilight Fireman’s Parade, antique muscle cars, tractors and engines, an old time square dance, barnyard bingo, and the dedication of the Welcome to Hillsboro signs. Once again, the Pearl S. Buck International Writer’s Workshop will be held during the same weekend. The fair board and organizers are looking forward to a packed schedule of fun, food, and entertainment for all ages as we honor those who survived the Great Depression.
The schedule for the fair is:
Friday, June 25, 2010
5-8pm Cranberry Piecemakers Quilt Show McNeel Gym
Arts & Craft Sales McNeel Gym
Old Fashioned BARBEQUE PIG ROAST Hillsboro Elementary School Cafeteria
(Adults $8/Preschoolers$4)
Outdoor Entertainment: Backroad Band, featuring Trista Rexrode & Matthew Nelson
8pm Twilight Fireman’s Parade
(Line-up at Pearl S. Buck Birthplace beginning at 7pm. Including muscle cars and other entries from 1960-1972)
9-11pm Old Time Square Dance (Sponsored by the local chapter of the IOOF) Hillsboro Fire Hall
Saturday, June 26, 2010-Pearl S. Buck Birthday
WVMR-Radio Hillsboro will interview local citizens who grew up during the Great Depression-Front of McNeel Gym
Ham Biscuits & Coffee-Wesley Chapel Methodist Church
9am Arts & Crafts, Quilts, Food McNeel Gym and Library Area
In Loving Memory Cemetery Project, Books & More
Tours of McNeel Mill Millpoint
11am Outdoor Entertainment: Juanita Fireball and the Continental Drifters
Parade Registration & Line Up Pearl S. Buck Field
Noon Youth Games Hillsboro Elementary School
Tennis Courts
Spring Hollow Cloggers
1pm Viney Mountain Boys
Parade Judging
2pm Heritage Parade Rt 219S, Nicholas & Payne Streets
Parade Marshalls- Survivors of the Great Depression
1-2pm Barn Yard Bingo Buckeye Winners 4-H Club Alderman’s Field- W. Nicholas Rd.
3pm Richard Hefner & The Black Mountain Bluegrass Boys
Mini Log Race MMS 8th Grad Class of 2011 T.C. Edgar Bridge Seebert
3:30pm Dedication of the “1886 Welcome to Hillsboro Birth Place of Pearl S. Buck” Signs
North Entrance of PSB Birthplace
4pm Pearl S. Buck Birthday Celebration & Writers’ Fair Pearl S. Buck Birthplace
Local music TBD
Keynote Speaker-Dr. Peter Conn with Dr. Laura Bentley & Dr. Chris Green
Pearl S. Buck Student Writer’s Award
Birthday Cake & Punch to Celebrate the Birthday of Pearl S. Buck-Everyone Invited
Old Timer’s Soccer Game Hillsboro Elementary School
Athletic Field
5-7:30pm Chicken Barbeque Marvin Chapel Methodist Women Hillsboro Elementary School Cafeteria
5pm Old Time, Civil War & ‘50’s Music Bill Hefner Family
Sunday, June 27, 2010
2pm Open Rodeo
Mule Race & Stick Horse Race WV High School Crazy Horse Corral Rodeo Association
8pm Vespers McNeel (White Pole) Cemetery
In Honor of the Survivors of the Great Depression
Currently, there are outdoor craft spaces available to those vendors of handmade items. Please email Anne Walker, Chairperson at walker_wvu@yahoo.com for a form and fee information. If you would like to be a part of the 2010 Little Levels Heritage Fair by bringing antique farm equipment, engines or muscle cars, please contact The Town of Hillsboro at 304-653-4005 or email townofhillsboro@frontiernet.net .
The 2011 Fair will be held June 24 -26 and will feature the music of the Hefner Family.
