More than 200 craft vendors will display their handmade arts and crafts during the Hilton Apple Fest’s two day event. “We pride ourselves on choosing vendors that offer only hand made items,” Arts and Crafts Chairperson Sylvia Greninger said. “Our crafters offer a lot of unique items that can’t be found elsewhere.” Pottery to clay jewelry to paintings and drawings, clothing, wood, floral, glass, mixed and special media, photography, wood textiles and more will be available for sale during the two day event. “We get a lot of repeat vendors every year because they enjoy the venue,” Greninger said. “Most years we have to turn vendors away because we are limited in space.” Greninger said the whole event draws in large crowds because it offers such a variety of “good family entertainment and fun.” Children’s area at Apple Fest offers crafts and fun for all Kids Corner Chairperson Terry Quetschenbach said the first year there were only two craft booths and this year there are seven booths that are being run by seven separate groups. “When we started in 2003 we had no idea it would be such a popular area,” she said. When the idea of a Kids Corner was proposed, the idea was to give children an area that was specifically devoted to kid-sized arts and crafts and entertainment. “The area is a place where parents come with their children and they spend some time watching the entertainment or making arts and crafts projects together,” Quetschenbach said. Some of the special activities include face painting, temporary tattoos, beaded necklaces and bracelets, a decorate-a-cookie booth, hair coloring with washable hairspray and many other take-away items. The Grease Paint Alley Clowns will be roaming through the area providing on the spot entertainment. “There is a small fee for some of the crafts and they go to the not-for-profit group that’s running that area,” she said. Gary the Happy Pirate and Yo-yo will perform on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. Stage Hand Puppetry will perform at 10:30 and 11 a.m. on Saturday On Sunday, The Dinner Dogs will take to the stage at 10:30 a.m. and there will be three magic shows at 2, 3 and 4 p.m. put on by Bill Gormont’s World of Magic. Apple Memories sought for display Calling all cars to the Apple Fest’s new auto show location This year’s show will be at the Village Elementary School. “We’ve moved the show back to the village so we can be right by the Apple Fest activities,” car show organizer Mike Ahl said. The show is scheduled for Saturday, rain or shine, with registration running from 8 a.m. to noon. “No vehicles will be admitted after noon,” Ahl said. There will be 29 car, truck and motorcycle classes and there will also be a special award honoring 40 years of the Mustang. Ahl said other awards include: special award for best graphics; special long distance award; mayor’s choice award; town supervisor’s choice award; club participation award; and first, second and third place Apple Plaques will be given in each class. “We’re also having goody bags and dash plaques for the first 400 entries,” he said. Classes of vehicles that will appeal to car buffs include cars such as antiques, sports, street rods and machines, stock, modified compact and muscle. Truck classes include: modified, mini and stock. For the two wheel aficionados, domestic and foreign bikes will be included. Specific types of cars, such as Corvettes and Chevys, will have their own classes. Again this year will be the “car corral” which will go, weather permitting. The show is an important part of Apple Fest festivities because it draws both spectators and participants to the area. “With the car show going, the Apple Fest has something for both the ladies and the men who come here,” Ahl said. There will be more than 90 awards presented and the award ceremony begins promptly at 4 p.m. Apple Fest coloring contest celebrates festival’s history There will be four age groups: four to five-year-olds, six to seven-year-olds, eight to nine-year olds and 10-12 year-olds with prizes awarded in each group. Prizes will be awarded, Sunday, October 2 at 1:30 p.m. during Apple Fest, and contestants need not be present to win. Pictures are available at the Hilton Elementary Schools, Ben Franklin Store, Hilton Big M, Parma Library, Hilton Community Center and area churches. Completed pictures may be dropped off at the Hilton Big M, Ben Franklin or the Apple Fest mailbox on the second floor of the Community Center, prior to the festival or they may be dropped off at the Apple Fest Information booth on Saturday, October 1 from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Apple Fest photo contest focus is on 'Home' Professor Andrew Davidhazy is with the Imaging and Photographic Technology Department of the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences at the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester. His photographs and writings have been published in numerous books, articles and journals including Popular Photography, American Photo, Industrial Photography and Camera. He was the Eastman Kodak Inaugural Visiting Professor to Australia in 1992. He has also been an exhibitor and guest lecturer at educational institutions in Sweden, France, Brazil and Argentina as well as many professional photographic societies and organizations worldwide. Roger Koss was born and raised in Hilton and currently resides on Bennett Road with his wife, Lori, and daughter, Paige. After graduating from Hilton High School he obtained a degree from Paul Smith's College. In 1981, he went to work as an automatic equipment mechanic apprentice at the Eastman Kodak Company. In his 20 plus years at Kodak, Koss held various Technical, Engineering and Project Management positions. In March 2001, Roger left Kodak to start his own business. In April 2001 he and his business partner opened their doors for business as TopFlight Professional Digital Lab Inc., becoming the first all digital professional photo lab in the northeast. TopFlight caters to the specific needs of professional photographers and has printed a number of state and national award winning prints. Koss is currently a member of The Professional Photographers Society of New York State, as well as the United States and Spencerport Area Chamber of Commerce. In his spare time Koss is an avid outdoorsman and sailor. A Rochester native, Betsy Phillips is best known for her graphic and abstract images. A would-be architect, she began her art career at Cazenovia College where she earned an AAS in Art. From there she studied interior design and photography at American University, while earning of bachelor of arts degree in art history. Coursework in photography at American was limited and grew from a journalistic, rather than artistic perspective, so most of her photographic knowledge is self taught. She spent a year after college as a custom black and white printer and taught a continuing ed course in photography at St. Joseph's College in Bennington, Vermont. In 1989 she joined Camera Rochester, a local photography club and began winning awards. Encouraged by this, in 1990, she began exhibiting her work at summer outdoor art festivals. Her images earned her recognition including multiple first place awards at both the Park Avenue Arts Festival and the Waterfront Art Festival. She served three separate terms as president of Camera Rochester and was competition chair for many years. In 1996, she received the coveted Camera Rochester Fellowship Award and in 1995, was invited to join the prestigious, juried, Arena Art Group, where she continues as a member. She has been an active member of the Artists Breakfast Group since 1990, and in 2003 and 2005, served with other members of that group on the Salon des Refusés committee, a response to the Rochester Finger Lakes Exhibition. Local writer, artist brings works to Apple Fest "I submitted my book looking for the critiques from the judges. I figured it's my first book, I can learn from this." She went to the awards dinner in Chicago because she wanted to attend the seminars and learn about the business. "When they announced my name as the winner I was shocked." With no acceptance speech prepared, Barbara ended up giving the audience of creative people some good advice. As an artist Barbara always wanted to illustrate a book, but for The Journey of Cattail she was the writer, illustrator and publisher. "I told the audience I gave myself permission to do this, meaning as an artist you must always be reinventing yourself, try something new, explore the unknown," she says. Barbara's second book, Finding Fido The Feline, was published in 2004. It is a flip book and teaches American Sign Language to children. She submitted this book to ForeWord Magazine in Michigan. The magazine is a trade journal for publishers read by the literary community. She entered her book in two categories: Education and Children's Picture Book. Her book won the gold medal in the Education category. In this competition the judges' critiques are typically not seen by the entrants. The editor of the magazine did forward to Barbara an email with one of the judge's comments which said, "This is a beautiful book, a unique way to teach young ones. I'd like to recommend this book for the Book of the Year." Barbara said, "When I read that I felt really good." Barbara's book was also a finalist in the Children's Picture Book category along with John Denver's children's book that he wrote just before his death. Barbara's third children's book is currently in the works. It is a cat and dog story this time. "All the dog people ask me when I'm going to write about dogs, so that's what I'm thinking about now," she says. About her work in the literary field Barbara says, "I'm just really glad to have this opportunity in life." You can meet Barbara Palmer at the Hilton Apple Fest on October 1 and 2. She is located at Booth 1 and 2. Put 'a can in the pan' to benefit the Hilton Food Shelf The pie pan, located by the information booth, will be the collection point for non-perishable donations for the Hilton Food Shelf. Every Apple Fest attendee is encouraged to bring an item to place in the pan. Some suggested and needed items are cold cereal, jelly, peanut butter, syrup, complete pancake or biscuit mixes, canned meats, stews or hash, canned spaghetti sauce, tuna helper, pastas including macaroni and cheese, crackers, canned concentrated juices, laundry and dish detergents, paper towel, toilet paper, canned fruits and vegetables and soups. For those planning to take a shuttle bus to the Apple Fest, do not bring glass containers. The first 200 donors each day will enter their names into a drawing for a 2005 Hilton Apple Fest Sweatshirt. "Remember to put 'A Can in the Pan' at the 25th Hilton Apple Fest and help someone less fortunate in the community," organizers said. September 25, 2005 |
