. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Cranberry Festival is fiiied witti activity Massachusetts' native fruit was honored during the First Annual Cranberry Festival September 24 to October 1, in Plymouth County. The eight day fete took on the atmosphere of a giant county fair and was designed as an activity for the entire family. Sponsored by the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce, the fall festival was an enlargement of the annual two day event pre- viously sponsored by Edaville Rail- road. Events for Saturday, September 24 included a bicycle road race from Plymouth to
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. Cranberry Festival is fiiied witti activity Massachusetts' native fruit was honored during the First Annual Cranberry Festival September 24 to October 1, in Plymouth County. The eight day fete took on the atmosphere of a giant county fair and was designed as an activity for the entire family. Sponsored by the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce, the fall festival was an enlargement of the annual two day event pre- viously sponsored by Edaville Rail- road. Events for Saturday, September 24 included a bicycle road race from Plymouth to Edaville, square dancing, a country/western show, featuring Nashville recording artists Sleepy La Beef, Dick Curless, and Tina Welch. Visitors to Edaville in South Carver had the chance to see scout crafts and projects, the cranberry harvest, militia groups, and Walt Disney characters. They were able to participate in cranberry games, pie eating contest, and have their taste buds tempted at the display of baked goods from the baking con- test (using cranberries, of course). Saturday night, the country/ western show moved to Memorial Hall in Plymouth. The crowning of the Cranberry Queen and her court took place at the concert. Sunday activities included per- formances by Boston radio person- ality Larry Click at both Edaville and Plymouth. Other weekend programs in- cluded a flea market and auction at St. Peter's Parish and the Pilgrim's Progress. The remainder of the week, the festivities centered in Plymouth, with cranberry tours, street musi- cians, and a sidewalk artist. A giant square dance and the Cranberry Fair, including an art display con- cluded the First Annual Cranberry Festival on October 1. Saturday, October 1 marks the Grand Opening of the Cranberry World Visitors Center in Plymouth. at the new Ocean Spray Cranber- ries, Inc. headquarters. The exhibit officially opens to the pubHc at noon with a brief ceremony to be attended by Governor Michael Dukakis and state
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