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APRIL 5, 2023
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VOL XXXV • NO 39
Middletown Band Boosters to present craft fair BY FRANCINE FULTON
Children will be able to have their photos taken with mascots, including Echo the Bat from Lincoln Caverns.
Meredith (left) and Leo Kereshi of Lancaster are looking forward to the PA Family Travel Fair.
All things Pennsylvania ommunity members are invited to discover or rediscover many of the events, museums, attractions and getaways that Pennsylvania has to offer at the fifth annual PA Family Travel Fair, to be held on Saturday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Calvary Church in Lancaster. The event, hosted by Where & When Pennsylvania, will also feature children’s activities, entertainment and food. Those who visit the travel fair will also have opportunities to win prizes, including vacation packages. “The first 500 (attendees) will get a goodie bag to collect all of their swag from all of the vendors,” said Rachel Stebbins, marketing director at Engle Printing & Publishing Co., Inc., one of the
be aware of. “It’s nice to have options with what you can do without having to travel really far,” she stated. “You can have a nice, long weekend or you can go out and do some of these activities and be home at night because it’s just that close. People often don’t realize what is right around them.” Calvary Church is located at 1051 Landis Valley Road, Lancaster. Admission to and parking at the PA Family Travel Fair are free. The event will be held rain or shine. For more information, including a complete list of exhibitors, food trucks, activities and giveaways, visit www.pafamilytravel.com. More information is also available at www.facebook.com/PAFamily TravelFair and www.instagram.com /pafamilytravelfair.
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PA Family Travel Fair set for April 15 event organizers. “There is a lot of Entertainment will include a opportunity throughout the event to magic show at noon by Papa Tater register for prizes. Almost all of the Magical Family Entertainment and vendors are bringing prizes to give a live show at 2 p.m. by Clyde away.” The grand prize will be a family Peeling’s Reptiland. Echo the Bat getaway provided by the Endless from Lincoln Caverns and Chipper Mountains Visitors Bureau. from Herr Foods Inc. will greet visiThe event focuses on providing tors, and the Kids Cookie Break information about family-friendly radio show will be on-site doing live activities that are available through- interviews. Visitors will also be able out the entire state, including locally to meet friendly service dogs from in Lancaster County and as far away Keystone Pet Enhanced Therapy as the northern tier of Pennsylvania. Services (KPETS). “When you are talking to vendors, Food trucks will be available they are not trying to sell you things. offering breakfast and lunch, as well They are just providing information,” as snacks and ice cream. New this Stebbins emphasized. “The visitor’s year will be Joe on the GO Coffee bureaus will represent a lot of the Co., which will offer coffee, tea and (sites) in their areas, but we also have breakfast selections. (representatives of) specific attracStebbins hopes that people will tions that are coming to talk specifi- attend the event to learn about cally about their places.” local attractions they may not even
The Middletown Band Booster Association will present its first craft fair, featuring more than 60 vendors, at Middletown Area High School, 1155 N. Union St., Middletown, on Saturday, April 15, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free, and food concessions will be available for sale. Crafters will be located in the school cafeteria and surrounding hallways. The craft vendors will offer a variety of items for sale such as skin care products, specialty soaps, handmade candles, quilted and knitted items, dog and cat items, baked goods and seasonal décor as well as fine woodworking, jewelry, fused glass and resin home décor. In addition, shoppers will have an opportunity to win craft items that have been donated by the participating vendors. Proceeds from the craft fair, the food concessions and the prize drawings will be used by the boosters to fund the cost of a new, larger band trailer for the high school’s Blue Wave Marching Band. “The current trailer has been a fixture of the band since 1996, and we’ve outgrown it,” said Becky Carpenter, association president. “This fall, the band had to take two trucks with trailers as well as a box
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