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The celebration kicks off the weekend on Friday, June
15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Festival Pavilion located at Somersworth High
football field. This year, they feature T- Bone and the local popular band
Gazpacho. The evening will also have more than thirty vendors with an
excellent variety of foods, games, activities, and a large fireworks
display. The evening will be sponsored by the City of Somersworth to
promote the pride of Somersworth.
The enjoyment continues on Saturday, June 16, as the
Main Street of Somersworth and the Noble Pines Park become an area of
entertainment. With three stages on Main Street of continuous acts, you
can enjoy kids’ entertainers to adult entertainment from blues to rock and roll
music. Also, they will have lots of ethnic entertainers. There
will be a large variety of kids’ activities - for example the Expo Tent will
have pine wood derby racing and exotic animals from the Zoo Encounters. You can
actually hold a snake! They also have an early childhood play area where
the tiny ones can make bubbles and play in the sand or finger paint. There
will also be a variety of all American and ethnic foods. More than eighty
crafters will bring their wares for you to buy.
Take a trip around the world and visit the World
Cultures area, which will feature many countries. This area includes groups
from Brazil, Poland, China, Rwanda, Indonesia and many other countries with
different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. They will demonstrate aspects of
their heritage. As children learn about a country, they will have a passport
stamped for that country. When they have stamps from all the countries
represented, they will be entered into a drawing for a bike and many other
great prizes. In this area, many of the countries will offer foods
from their native lands.
Then take a bus up to the Noble Pines Park. There will
be pony rides, a free petting zoo, llamas, food vendors and another stage of
entertainment to amuse the children and the young at heart. There is even a
water slide done by the fire department.
The festival has a large variety of more than
200 vendors, crafts, activities and food for the young and old alike.
For more information, call the Somersworth Festival Association office at 603-
692-5869.
