FarmFest: Preserving Our Heritage Festival
Bring your lawnchairs and family and enjoy the ‘Good ole Times’! Cedarock Park’s annual FarmFest: Preserving Our Heritage Festival will be held August 22nd from 10am-4pm at Cedarock Park.
The Festival will feature bluegrass music by Buttermilk Creek; demonstrations of traditional crafts and trades such as beekeeping and quilting, as well as displays of antique tractors, trucks, and cars. FarmFest also includes Open Farm, with tours of the Garrett house and demonstrations of life on the farm in the late 1800s. Food and drink will be available for purchase (provided by Danny’s café).
Free & open to the public. For questions please call 336-229-2410. Sponsored by the Alamance County Recreation & Parks Department and Carolina Farm Credit. Download the PDF flyer here.
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Guided Hike: Cedarock Park Spoon Branch Trail
Park technician TJ Mumford will lead a guided hike on the Cedarock Park Spoon Branch Trail (blue trail) on September 12, 2015, at 9:00 am. If you would like to join us for the hike, please meet at the Historical Farm by 9:00am. This is a 2-mile trail. All ages and fitness levels welcome. You can view a map of the Cedarock Park trail system here.
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Sneeky Pete Disc Golf Tournament
Spike Hyzer will once again present the Sneeky Pete Classic Disc Golf Tournament at Cedarock Park on September 26th & 27th. This year, there’s a new twist- Spike Hyzer has joined forces with Shamrock Golf course to add a third course, the very popular Hybrid Disc Golf (Disc Golf on a Ball Golf Course), to the Sneeky Pete Classic.
The event will be a 2-day, C Tier PDGA event. Tournament central, player check-in and post-tournament awards will be at Cedarock Park. Pre-registration is strongly encouraged!! Each division will allow a limited number of players and slots are given on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a division is full no further competitors will be accepted.
Registration will open for this event soon. To receive registration updates, please visit www.discgolfunited.com and become a member for free or email Chuck Connelly at chuckster@spikehyzer.com and request to be added to his email list for regular tournament updates.
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Farm to Table
Cedarock Park’s Historic Farm will once again host the annual Farm to Table Program, presented by the Alamance County Area Chamber of Commerce Agri-Business Committee, on September 22nd & 23rd.
This program is an opportunity for area 4th-graders to learn about agriculture in our community. Students see farm animals (baby chicks, cows, goats, and bees), fruits, vegetables and other plants, as well as farming equipment up close. They also hear from presenters that work in the industry and rotate through nine different stations representing various areas of agriculture.
Approximately 800 students attend the event each year. It is the Committee’s hope that each student will learn something new about food production and walk away with a better understanding of the importance of agriculture. For more information, contact Laura Swift at 336-228-1338 or lauraswift@alamancechamber.com.
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Foxfire in Cedarock Park
On July 18th, we held Canning: The Foxfire Way & Now, the third event in the Foxfire in Cedarock Park series. About 25 participants joined us to enjoy an excellent presentation by Jeannie Dunn and Wendy Burgess on food preservation methods from the past and now, as well as a complete demonstration of canning tomatoes from start to finish.
The next Foxfire event will be Pottery in Alamance County on September 19th at 1pm at the Cedarock Park Historical Farm. Susan Kern, owner of Falcon Lane Pottery and a founding member of the Alamance Artisans Guild, will share the history of pottery in Alamance County. Participants will get hands-on experience as they create their own piece of pottery to take home (hands-on activity is first come, first served). The final Foxfire event is Ghosts in the Park storytelling on October 17th at 7pm.
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Canning books, canning jars, raw vinegar for preserving herbs, and samples for tasting.
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Jeannie shows us a tomato that's been in the boiling water bath.
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Winners of the Explore Cedarock Park Photo Scavenger Hunt!
The Explore Cedarock Park Photo Scavenger Hunt was held to celebrate National Park and Recreation Month this July. Contest participants had a great time exploring the park, and it was a close contest for winners and best photo. At the end of the contest, participants enjoyed a visit to Cedarock Park headquarters for an ice cream social, slideshow of contest photos, and distribution of prizes. We hope to hold this event again next year!
To view the winners and their photos, please visit the Cedarock Park Facebook Page.
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Impact Alamance Awards Grant to ACRPD for Playground Improvement
The Alamance County Recreation & Parks Department (ACRPD) recently received a grant from Impact Alamance for renovation and replacement of the playground at Eli Whitney Recreation Center. Impact Alamance’s mission is to strategically invest in our community for hope, health and prosperity. The organization came about from the merger of Alamance Regional Medical Center and Cone Health and one of their priority areas is to increase access to physical activity.
Eli Whitney offers open gym, a fitness center, an outdoor walking track, an athletic field, and a playground structure. The Center also hosts the annual Uncle Eli’s Quilting Party every April, which has been held at the facility for 84 years.
ACRPD would like to thank Impact Alamance for its investment in helping us replace the outdated playground structure to better serve families in this community!
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Fall Sports & Fundraising
Our friends at The Burlington Shag Club are fundraising for Special Olympics Alamance County again! This Saturday, August 15th, they are sponsoring a golf tournament at Indian Valley Golf Course. We still have spaces if you would like to compete. For more information call Steve Glahn at 336-570-6760. Stop by Indian Valley this Saturday to thank the Shag Club and our golfers for their support!
In terms of fall SO sports, bocce will be starting up towards the end of the month of August and our golf team is hitting the links at Indian Valley every Tuesday afternoon. Our equestrian team has started practicing for the State tournament in October. Thanks to all our coaches and athletes for helping to kick off our journey to the Fall Tournament in High Point, November 6th-8th!
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Pleasant Grove Summer Camp
Pleasant Grove Summer Camp is winding down. Campers recently presented this year’s camp Talent Show, featuring a variety of acts including dance, gymnastics, karate, basketball, telling jokes, and the favorite group dance to the Cha Cha Slide.
Our 2 oldest campers, Marquell and Josh, led and organized the show for the group- they did a great job, along with the staff that assisted them. Thanks to everyone for their hard work!
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A karate demonstration during the talent show.
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Pleasant Grove Breakfast Club Resumes in September
Breakfast Club will resume in September with its regular schedule of meeting from 9:00am-11:00am on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. Breakfast is served at 9:00am. Come join us for card games, movies, trips, and more!
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Youth Football
Football season is almost here! Practices start next Monday, August 17th, 2015. The season starts on Monday, September 14th, 2015. For questions or more information about youth football please contact Dan Moravec at (336) 570-6761.
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