Local artists, craftsmakers and musicians will join Historical Society volunteers to present the 40th Annual Middletown Springs Strawberry Festival on Sunday, June 21 from 2 to 4 pm to the Historical Society on the Green. The festival features delicious strawberry shortcake made with fresh local strawberries, homemade biscuits, vanilla ice cream and whipped cream, along with iced tea, lemonade or coffee.
Nicholas Seidner of Rising Meadow Pottery will be demonstrating tile making technique and displaying his and Diane Rosenmiller's hand-thrown pottery. Other exhibitors will include: Soulange Martineau, photography; Ruth Goodrich, quilted items; Nancy Edmunds, greeting cards; Charlotte McFadden , jewelry; Shirlee Miron , Middletown Springs shirts; and Alan Grace, antique clocks. The Mahar family will be selling their 2015 maple products.
Paul Morgan's band of local acoustic musicians will enliven the afternoon and there will be children’s activities.
The Historical Society Museum will be open all afternoon, as well as on Sunday afternoons through October. Admission is free.
On view in the Museum is a series of exhibits, created by Jon Mathewson for Vermont History Expo, focusing on Middletown from 1784 through the 1950s, as well as exhibits on the Montvert Hotel and Mineral Springs.
The Mineral Springs Park, located nearby, is open every day, year round.
For more information, contact Pat Hemenway at 235-2421 or David Wright at 235-2376.
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