13 Things at the Maine Lobster Festival

Maine Lobster Festival July 30th - August 3rd 2008
in Rockport, Maine

Things to Do:

• Coronation of the 2008 Maine Sea Goddess
• 20,000 pounds of lobster prepared in a huge steamer on the shore
• The Lobster Crate Race
• Maine Lobster Festival Seafood Cooking Contest.
• The Arts and Craft Tent
• Displays in the Marine Tent
• The Big Parade 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, August 2nd
• The 10K road race Sunday morning, August 3rd or the Kid's 1 mile Fun Run before
  
• The bands through out the festival grounds
• Lobster Eating Contest (for kids)
  
• The Cod Fish Carry (for kids)
• The Diaper Derby (for kids)
• The Costume Parade (for kids)

Mashed Potato Wrestling Returns

Great news for those attending the Potato Blossom Festival this Saturday. The popular Mashed Potato Wrestling event will return after being on hiatus for a couple of years. It has been my understanding that the event wasn't part of the festival because of the lack of paid sponsorship for the event's needed insurance policy.

It's not too late to make plans to attend this event. Mashed potato wrestling will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 19. This year, it will be sponsored by WCXU Radio and HSF Foods. It will be held at 227 Main Street in Fort Fairfield, Maine - in Aroostook County.

The current weather forecast for this coming Saturday is a lovely 81*F and dry.

All the information you need about the festival's events are at The Potato Blossom Festival Site.

Maine Potatoes - They're in Bloom

Maine Potato Blossom Festival Calendar of Events
7/12 - 7/20, Fort Fairfield

A Maine Summertime Memory

Maine Agricultural Fairs and Their Websites

One of my favorite summertime memories is going to the county fair. I loved it as a kid and now I enjoy sharing this summertime tradition with my family.

When I was young, it was so exciting to get close enough to the fairgrounds to see a couple of the tallest midway rides. My sister and I would loose all of our patience as we waited in the long line of cars. But we knew that it would be worth the wait.

Once inside the fairgrounds, it was hard to decide what to do first. We usually headed for the midway. We were only allowed to go on the rides on bracelet day, but it was still exciting to wander around the midway and look for people that we knew. Some of the other things that I enjoyed about the fair was: entering my cooking and sewing items in 4-H, watching the rodeo and the pig scramble, getting my face painted, walking through the covered pavilion to see what people were selling in their booths, and eating elephant ears.

There have been changes since I went to the fair as a kid. Now, we enjoy watching: the freestyle MX MotoCross show, the demolition derby, the elephant circus, the lumberjack show, the racing pigs, and the freestyle snowmobile show.

I'm glad that the fairs in Maine are still continuing, some after 150 years. I don't know what my family or the community would do without this summertime tradition.

The Bangor State Fair Video Clip