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Indian Summer Festival is rich in history, tradition This coming weekend Perquimans County will celebrate their ??m?i faD festival, the Indian Summer Festival. In tM2 the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce same lo cal county residents realized that far tao lag the residents of the area had gaa elsewhere to shop and to be eo tertained. They knew that the com munity Deeded to be made aware of the thine available in Perquimans County, and that they needed to get them to take advantage of those of Several of the other surrounding including Pasquotank and Chowan had been quite successful in promoting themselves through festi vals. So, the Perquimans County thought "why not give it a try". Mary Harrell, Executive Director of the Perquimans County Chamber of Commerce, was nominated to head the festival organising commit tee, and a Perquimans County tradi tion waa begun. Harrell and the other members of the festival committee such as H. R. "Chris" Chr stamen set right to work pfenning activities and con tacting local community interest grou|)s for ideas about the upcoming festival. All sorts of options were explored and discussed and finally definate plans were brought together for the first festival which was held in the fall of 1982. Seeking a name for the festival, the committee sought help from the school children of the county. A con feat was held throughout the local schools, and finally Indian Summer Festival was chosen as the winning entry. From that time on Indian Summer Festival has been the event's appel lative. Organizers also knew the festival would need an eyecatching logo to compliment it's new name, so they sought the help of local artist Marga ret Brewin.t Brewin spent many hours re searching maps, ?"H nkMrhinfi be fore selecting the unique design which baa become the recognized trademark of the festival. Over the years the logo has been used to advertise the festival on t shirts, banners, cups, brochures, and it ia the official logo of the Indian Summer Festival. The first Indian Summer Festival, in keeping with it's name, was held In September. It last three days, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Thursday of the first festival was entitled "Farm-City" day, and re flected on the agricultural economy of Perquimans County. Friday was entitled "Colonial" day and took place in downtown Hertford. Friday highlighted the merchants of the county and featured sidewalk sales, antique cars, walking tours of the city, and much more. Saturday's events moved back to Hertford's Missing Mill Park. The day was called "Fun" day and special events included the first 5K and run runs, a dunking booth, arts and crafts, food booths, a full schedule of entertain ment, and much more. The first festival was very similar to the present day festival only on a much smaller scale. After the first two year of the In dian Summer Festival the organiz ing committee determined that the festival needed to be reduced to two days to insure it's success. Since that time the festival has run on Fri day and Saturday and continues to grow each year. Ping Pong Ball Merchandise Discount Hunt Antique & Classic Car Displays "Go Fishing" (Kids ?6 & Under; Get Ticket From Sidewalk SalesO Historical Window Displays (Friday and Saturday) Clowns W/Balloons (Peoples Bank & NCNB) Carriage Rides (Edenton Carriage Co.) Make plans to attend the Indian Summer Festival N.C. Farm Bureau of Perquimans County invites you to the Indian Summer Festival Lewis Evans, Agency Mgr. SAVINGS YOU CAN'T MISS
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