Events 2010
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January 1-May 15, Saturdays, 10:00 a.m.-4:00
p.m.
Over 35 colorful quilted appliqué and patchwork privy bags from early 1800s to early 1900s. Sponsored by Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley. Free.
McConnell Mansion, 249 West Main Street, Ephrata, Pa.
Phone: (717) 733-1616
January 2-December 31, Tuesday-Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Exhibit: Decorated and Plain: A Mennonite and Amish Sampler, including quilts, folk art, textiles and other domestic arts, agriculture, fraktur, religious thought, and education
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa. Fee.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; www.lmhs.org
January 2-February 6
Layers: Unfolding the Stories of Chester County Quilts, #2
Second installation of Chester County community-owned quilts of the past 200 years; outstanding work with stories showing that quilts are about more than fabric; documentation by the historical society and numerous community volunteers.
Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Pa.
Phone: (610) 692-4800; e-mail: CCHS@ChesterCoHistorical.org
January 11, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
January 15, 6:43 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 17, Fersommling No. 29
Fire Company, Mount Zion, Pa.
January 16, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
January 19, 7:00 p.m.
Baltimore Album Quilts: A Visible Face of Social Revolution
In conjunction with “Layers: Unfolding the Stories of Chester County Quilt,” Elly Sienkiewicz will deliver a fast-paced illustrated lecture on “Baltimore Album Quilts.” She explores a complex style, still popular today, through looking at history and technique. By crossing continents and traipsing through Victorian graveyards, she unravels the symbolism and art of the quilts. Fee.
Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Pa.
Phone: (610) 692-4800 for registration; e-mail: CCHS@ChesterCoHistorical.org
January 20, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
January 20-21, 9:00a.m.-4:00 p.m., January 22, 9:00 a.m.-noon
Baltimore Clipper Ship: A Quilt Workshop with Elly Sienkiewicz
Workshop to learn from Elly how to make the Baltimore Clipper Ship as she shares her clear patterns and techniques; supply list sent to participants after registration. Fee.
Chester County Historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester, Pa.
Phone: (610) 692-4800; e-mail: CCHS@ChesterCoHistorical.org
January 21, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933 Hanover Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
January 25, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 9, Fersommling No. 56
Fire Company, Dublin, Pa.
January 25, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
January 27, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 15, Fersommling No. 44
Fire Company, Kutztown, Pa.
January 28, 3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German Conversation Group
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
January 28, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 4, Fersommling No. 62
Quakertown, Pa.
January 31, 3:00 p.m.
Festival of Roots and Music
Interdenominational service of songs and readings, planned jointly with the Lancaster County Council of Churches and the Parish Resource Center; featuring narrator Kim Lemon, soloists Amy Yovanovich and Gerald Metzler, the Ephrata Cloister chorus, a Vietnamese choir, and bagpipe soloist. A Lancaster Roots 300 event. Free.
Strasburg Mennonite Church, 1514 Village Road, Strasburg, Pa.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
February
2, 8:00 a.m.*
Will “Uni” See His Shadow?
Union Canal, Myerstown, Pa.
February 2, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 1,
Fersommling No. 74
Fire Company, Germansville, Pa.
February 3, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 2,
Fersommling No. 73
Fire Company, Tylersport, Pa.
February 5, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 11,
Fersommling No. 53
Fire Company, Ashfield, Pa.
February 8, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
February 17, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German
Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
February 18, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch
Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933 Hanover
Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
February 20, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch
Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
February 22, 7:00 p.m.
The 1710 Pequea
Settlement: European Roots and Life in America
Illustrated history of the first settlers in
Lancaster County 300 years ago by Samuel E.
Wenger.
New Danville Mennonite Church, 103 Marticville
Road, Lancaster, Pa.; free.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org
February 22, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
February 25, 3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German
Conversation Group
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon
Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
February 26, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 6,
Fersommling No. 60
Kresgeville Fire Company
February 26-September 11
Layers: Unfolding the
Stories of Chester County Quilts, #3
Final installation of Chester County
community-owned quilts; outstanding work with
stories of quilts that are about more than
fabric.
Chester County Historical Society, 225 North
High Street, West Chester, Pa.
Phone: (610) 692-4800; e-mail: CCHS@ChesterCoHistorical.org
March 3, 7:00 p.m.
Overview and introduction to what to expect from the Society’s dialect classes with Keith Reigart, teacher.
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa.; free.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org
March 4, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
28th Annual Heritage Festival
Discover Berks County’s past at this festival dedicated to celebrating the area’s history and transportation heritage through demonstrations, exhibitions, music, lectures, arts, and crafts. Free admission with $2.00 parking donation.
Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red Bridge Road, Reading, Pa.
Phone: (610) 374-8839
March 6, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
15th Annual Pennsylvania German Heritage Festival
Speakers and exhibits.
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon Campus
E-mail: jadibert@nbn.net
March 8, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
March 9-May 11, Tuesdays, 6:00-8:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect Class
Kenneth E. Stough, teacher
Spring Grove Community Center, Spring Grove, Pa.
Phone: (717) 225-1848
March 10, 8:45 a.m.-7:45 p.m.
Bus Trip: “Historic Hershey: Behind the Scenes.”
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center sponsorship. Member discount. Advance registration required.
Phone: (484) 646-4172; e-mail: heritage@kutztown.edu
March 12, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 18, Om Gross Forelle Grick No. 19
Fire Company, Emerald, Pa.
March 14, 12:00-4:00 p.m.
Charter Day at Conrad Weiser Homestead
Conrad Weiser Homestead, 28 Weiser Lane, Womelsdorf, Pa.
Military re-enactors will provide living history demonstrations of military life during the French and Indian War. Charter Day honors the 1681 charter given to William Penn by King Charles II.
Free admission.
Phone: (610) 589-2934
March 16-May 18, Tuesday, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Beginner Pennsylvania German Dialect Classes
Keith Reigart, instructor; advance registration required.
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; dsiegrist@lmhs.org
March 17, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
March 18, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 16, Fersommling No. 39
Ormrod, Pa.
March 18, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 14, Fersommling No. 48
Lower Milford Fire Company
March 18, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933 Hanover Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
March 18-May 20, Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Intermediate Pennsylvania German Dialect Classes
Keith Reigart, instructor; advance registration required.
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; dsiegrist@lmhs.org
March 19-21, Friday, 5:00-9:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
28th Annual Chester County Antiques Show
60 exhibitors; gala preview Friday evening.
Westtown School, 975 Westtown Road, West Chester, Pa.
Phone: (610) 692-4800 or (610) 738-3350; Web site: www.chestercohistorical.org
March 20, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
March 22, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
March 22-27, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Antique Pennsylvania German Quilts Exhibit
Plus Friday evening Open House, 5:00-9:00 p.m.
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: lmhs.org
March 22-27, Monday-Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Antique Pennsylvania German Coverlets Exhibit
1719 Herr House Museum, 1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street, Pa.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: info@hansherr.org
March 24-27
Quilt Show and Contest
Lancaster County Convention Center and Lancaster Marriott at Penn Square complex and Liberty Place Conference Center, Lancaster, Pa.
Educational seminars on quilting techniques with national quilt instructors, quilts expositions, 400 quilts in AQS Quilt Contest with judging and prizes, trade show for quilters to buy supplies at 300 vendor booths. American Quilters’ Society of Paducah, Kentucky, sponsorship.
www.americanquilter.com/shows_contests/lancaster/2010/general_info
March 27, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Easter on the Farm
Program featuring Pennsylvania German Easter customs and traditions. Artisans will demonstrate in farmhouse. Activities for everyone. Free admission and parking.
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, 13 Luckenbill Road, Kutztown, Pa.
Phone: (484) 646-4172; e-mail: heritage@kutztown.edu
March 27-28, Saturday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., Sunday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
8th Annual Reading-Berks Chapter, Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsman, Spring Fine Arts and Crafts Festival
80+ master traditional folk art and contemporary craftsmen and fine artists showcase juried crafts and artwork; senior art and craft students from Kutztown University will display and sell their work; includes wood carving, scherenschnitte, metalwork, theorem and folk-art painting, redware pottery, fiber work, stained glass, rug hooking, jewelry, and more; live music, café; adults, fee; children 12 and under, free; ample parking.
Hosted in partnership with the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University Field House, Trexler Avenue (South Campus Drive) and S. Baldy Street, Kutztown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 678-6650; e-mail: spring_show@rbcrafts.org
March 29, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 13, Fersommling No. 48
Fire Company, Lower Milford, Pa.
April 5, 6:30 p.m.*
Baerricks Kounty Fersommling No. 71
Market Hall, Leesport, Pa.
April 9, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 10, Fersommling No. 55
Fire Company, Kresgeville, Pa.
April 10, 6:30 p.m.
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society
Banquet/Lecture
Annual family-style banquet plus lecture
featuring “Stories from 300 Years of Lancaster
Mennonite History” by Steven M. Nolt, Goshen,
Ind., college professor and author.
Yoder’s Restaurant along Pa. Route 23, New
Holland, Pa.; advance reservation required.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
April 12, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
April 15, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933 Hanover
Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
April 16, 7:00 p.m.*
Unner Mahanoy un Nochberschaft 65th Fersommling
Kevin’s Place, Lykens, Pa.
April 17, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
April 19, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 8, Fersommling No. 57
Fire Company, Ashfield, Pa.
April 20, 6:30 p.m.*
Upper Perkiomen Ladies No. 7 Banquet, No. 26
Fire Company, East Greenville, Pa.
April 21, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
April 22, 3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German Conversation Group
Harrisburg Area Community College, Lebanon
Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
April 22, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 7, Fersommling No. 59
Fire Company, East Greenville, Pa.
April 23, 7:13 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 12, Fersommling No. 51
Haag’s Hotel, Shartlesville, Pa.
April 24-25, 10 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Old-Time Plow Boys, Spring Plowing Show
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center
program featuring barrel rides, wagon rides
around the property, children’s games/crafts,
and food; free parking and admission.
Phone: (484) 646-4172; e-mail: heritage@kutztown.edu
April 25, 3:00 p.m.
Many Voices, Yet Once Voice: Music and Drama
Service
Theater of the Seventh Sister performs excerpts
from Lancaster historical drama, “Seed of a
Nation,” which incorporates stories of Native
Americans, Mennonites, Quakers, African
Americans and Scots-Irish; interspersed with
selections by Lancaster Mennonite High School
Campus Chorale; a Lancaster Roots 300 event;
donation; location to be determined.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
April 26, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 5, Fersommling No. 62
Masonic Lodge, Pine Grove, Pa.
April 26, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
May
1, 6:00 p.m.*
Huffa Karrich Fersommling No. 15
Fire
Company, Seisholtzville, Pa.
May 6
Field Trip: The 1710 Immigrant Route from Port
(Philadelphia) to Paradise
Tour begins
and ends at 1719 Herr House Museum, 1849 Hans
Herr Drive, Willow Street, Pa.; follows
immigrant routes to and from Philadelphia;
guided narration and stops at several
18th-century home enroute; includes walking tour
and colonial lunch at historic tavern in “Old
Town” Philadelphia; advance reservation
required; fee; a Lancaster Roots 300 event,
sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
May 7
Field Trip: Native Americans in the Lower
Susquehanna Valley
Visit
significant local Native American sites and
lunch at historic inn in southern Lancaster
County; advance reservation required; fee; a
Lancaster Roots 300 event, sponsored by
Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society,
Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
May 7
Field Trip: Original 1710 Lancaster Settlement
Half-day
tour exploring earliest homesteads and
meetinghouses of the first permanent European
settlers in southern Lancaster County; a
Lancaster Roots 300 event, advance reservation
required; fee; sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite
Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
May 8, 8:00 a.m.-4:15 p.m.
Back to Our Roots: Celebrating 300 Years of
Lancaster County History
Annual
Family History Conference, Steven M. Nolt,
historian, and Jack Brubaker, “The Scribbler,”
keynote speakers; Willow Valley Resort, Willow
Street, Pa.; a Lancaster Roots 300 event,
sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: perb@lmhs.org
May 8, 9:00 a.m.*
Nicholas Stoltzfus Home Benefit Auction
1700
Tulpehocken Road, Wyomissing, Pa.
May 10, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint
David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
May 15, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence
Place, 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
May 19, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s
Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
May 22
Pennsylvania German Society, 120th Annual
Meeting, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Illustrated
presentation featuring Susan C. Hill, keynote
speaker, plus musical entertainment, tours, book
vendors, and good Pennsylvania German food;
advance reservation requested.
Macungie Institute, 510 East Main Street,
Macungie, Pa.
Phone: (484) 646-4227; e-mail: pgs@kutztown.edu
May 24, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint
David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
May 26, 7:30 p.m.
The
Fabulous World of Feed Sacks
Quilt
historian Barbara Garrett will explore the
history, development, popularity, and decline of
marvelous feed-sack fabrics and how they were
used in both quilt making and everyday life.
With this trunk-show-style presentation,
participants will view authentic feed sacks and
historic items made from sacks, including both
vintage and contemporary feed-sack quilts. She
will also share feed-sack memories about how
people acquired and used feed sacks as children
and adults. Sponsored by Historical Society of
the Cocalico Valley at Ephrata Public Library,
550 South Reading Road, Ephrata, Pa.
Phone: (717) 733-1616; e-mail: cjmarquet@gmail.com
May 27, 3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German Conversation Group
Harrisburg
Area Community College, Lebanon Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
June 7, 7:00 p.m.
Celebration of the Martyrs Mirror and Its
Importance to Lancaster’s First Settlers
The
year 2010 marks the 350th anniversary of
publication of the Martyrs Mirror, an
influential Dutch book of Anabaptist martyr
stories. This meeting will examine the book’s
significance to Amish and Mennonites through the
years.
Cosponsored by Swiss Pioneer Preservation
Associates and Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society at Christian Aid Ministries Warehouse,
U.S. Route 322, east of Hinkletown, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: director@lmhs.org
June 8-10
“Martyrs Mirror: Reflections across Time”
Young Center Conference, Elizabethtown College,
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Commemoration of 350th anniversary of
publication of first edition of Martyrs Mirror
by Thieleman van Braght in Dutch in 1660;
focused primarily on 1748 German translation,
produced by Ephrata Cloister, but also its
history and social context, theological themes,
and portrayal of women.
http://www.etown.edu/YoungCenter.aspx
June 12, 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Lancaster County Food Festival
Featuring diverse cuisine from the many
different food traditions of Lancaster County,
this event is a fundraiser for recreating a
Native American longhouse on the grounds of the
1719 Herr House Museum.
1719 Herr House, 1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow
Street, Pa.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
June 14, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
June 16, 10:30 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Picnic
Marion Rod & Gun Club, Stouchsburg, Pa.
June 17, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933 Hanover
Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
June 19, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
June 26, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.*
Cherry Fair
Historic Schaefferstown Farm, Schaefferstown,
Pa.
June 28, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church, Davidsville, Pa.
July
3-11,
9:00
a.m.-6:00
p.m.
Kutztown
Folk
Festival
Exhibits
by about
200 of
America’s
finest
traditional
craftsmen;
food,
music,
and folk
life;
fun for
all
ages.
Kutztown
Fairgrounds,
Kutztown,
Pa.
http://www.kutztownfestival.com
July 10,
9:00
a.m.-4:00
p.m.*
Schaefferstown
Heirloom
Walk
Historic
Schaefferstown,
Schaefferstown,
Pa.
July 12,
7:30
p.m.*
Conemaugh
Area
Pennsylvania
Dutch
Society
Saint
David’s
Lutheran
Church,
Davidsville,
Pa.
July 17,
1:00
p.m.*
Pennsylvania
Dutch
Heritage
Group
Providence
Place,
3377 Fox
Run
Road,
Dover,
Pa.
Phone:
(717)
764-0960
July 17,
3:00-8:00
p.m.
First-Families
Tricentennial
Homecoming
Reunion
for all
relatives
of
Lancaster
County’s
first
families
in the
Pequea
settlement:
Bauman,
Franciscus,
Funk,
Groff,
Herr,
Kendig,
Miller,
Mylin,
and
Oberholtzer.
Tickets
include
catered
buffet
meal,
live
music,
colonial
crafts,
games,
antique
clothing
dress-up
photographs,
family
history
and
stories.
Fee.
Advance
reservation
required;
a
Lancaster
Roots
300
event.
1719
Herr
House
Museum,
1849
Hans
Herr
Drive,
Willow
Street,
Pa.
Phone:
(717)
464-4438;
e-mail:
director@hansherr.org
July 26,
7:30
p.m.*
Conemaugh
Area
Pennsylvania
Dutch
Society
Saint
David’s
Lutheran
Church,
Davidsville,
Pa.
August 7-18
Heritage Tour to
Switzerland and Germany
Features Anabaptist history in Germany,
France, and Switzerland plus Oberammergau
Passion Play; guide: Samuel E. Wenger.
Sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
August 7-8, 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m.
Old-Time Plow Boys
Plowing Show and Pennsylvania Artist Blacksmith
Association Show
Artisan demonstrations, opportunities to
learn about Pennsylvania German customs and
traditions; tours of a traditional farmhouse;
free; ample parking.
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center,
15197 Kutztown Road, Kutztown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 683-1330
August 9, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church,
Davidsville, Pa.
August 13, 12:00-8:00 p.m., August 14, 10:00
a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Goschenhoppen Folk
Festival
Family oriented day of old fashioned
(1750-1900) foods and Pennsylvania Dutch meals;
500+ skilled and apprentice craftsmen giving
live demonstrations of more than 150 skills of
the 18th and 19th centuries. Exhibitors are
dressed in authentic period costumes of the
periods and use authentic tools to recreate
traditional home skills, trades, pastimes,
foods, and folk music. Stage programs and
lectures are both scholarly and entertaining,
serious and humorous, in the dialect and in
English. Adults and children (6-12), fee. No
pets.
Location: Henry Antes Plantation, 318 Colonial
Road, Frederick, Pa.
Phone: (215) 679-9109 or (610) 754-9238; Web
site: http://www.goschenhoppen.org/festival.htm
August 14, 4:00-9:00 p.m.*
Deitsch Piknik
Huff’s Church, Berks County, Pa.
August 21, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch
Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road,
Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
August 23, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church,
Davidsville, Pa.
August 28
Heritage Trail Bike
Ride and Walk
Bike from eastern edge of Lancaster
County to Willow Street, or walk the length of
the original Pequea settlement (from Strasburg
to Willow Street); follow path that early
settlers walked through Lancaster County, Pa.;
enjoy refreshments at journey’s end at 1719 Herr
House, 1749 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street, Pa.;
fundraiser for reconstruction of Native American
longhouse on 1719 Herr House grounds; a
Lancaster Roots 300 event.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
September,
Dates TBA, 7:00-9:00 p.m.*
Six-Weeks
Pennsylvania German Dialect Class
N. Daniel Schwalm, teacher
Salem Church, Ridge Road, Rough-and-Ready (near
Klingerstown), Pa.
Phone: (570) 648-4095
September 12, 2:30 p.m.*
Dialect
Service,
Little Tulpehocken Church,
Bernville, Pa.
September 13, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh
Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran
Church, Davidsville, Pa.
September 15, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant,
Stouchsburg, Pa.
September 16, 11:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Day, Oley Fair
Oley, Pa.
September 16, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran
Church, 1933 Hanover Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
September 17, 6:43 p.m.*
Heidelberg
Fersommling No. 28
Fire Company, Mount Zion,
Pa.
September 18, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Heritage
Festival and Snitz Fest
Celebrate the cultural
heritage of the Pennsylvania Germans in this
community event featuring costumed interpreters
demonstrating colonial-era arts, crafts, and
farming; includes hands-on activities and
traditional foods; a Lancaster Roots 300 event
commemorating first permanent European
settlement in Lancaster County by Pennsylvania
German Mennonite immigrants.
Sponsored by Willow Street Mennonite Church at
1719 Herr House, 1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow
Street, Pa.; free this year only.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
September 18, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox
Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
September 18-19, 10:00 a.m-5:00 p.m.*
Fall
Harvest Fair
Historic Schaefferstown
Farm, Schaefferstown, Pa.
September 22, 6:30 p.m.*
Die
Grossdaadi Grundsow Lodge
Kutztown Grange Hall,
Kutztown, Pa.
September 23, 3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German Conversation Group
Harrisburg Area Community
College, Lebanon Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
September 25
Field
Trip: Native Americans in the Lower Susquehanna
Valley
Visit significant local
Native American sites and lunch at historic inn
in southern Lancaster County; advance
reservation required; fee; a Lancaster Roots 300
event, sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite
Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
September 25, Dinner, 1:00 and 5:00 p.m.; Play,
2:15 and 6:15 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Dinner Theater
Huff’s Church, Berks
County, Pa.
September 25, Service, 2:30 p.m., Supper,
4:00-7:30 p.m.*
Dialect
Service
Turkey and Waffle Supper
Salem (Belleman’s) Church, Mohrsville, Pa.
September 27, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh
Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran
Church, Davidsville, Pa.
September 28, 7:00 p.m.
Pennsylvania German Cooking Traditions
Researcher Alan Keyser and
cookbook author, Phyllis Pellman Good, discuss
18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century Pennsylvania
German foods and foodways.
Trinity Lutheran Church, 31 South Duke Street,
Lancaster, Pa.; free.
Phone: (717) 393-9734; e-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org
October 2
Field Trip: The
1710 Immigrant Route from Port (Philadelphia) to
Paradise
Tour begins and ends at 1719 Herr House
Museum, 1849 Hans Herr Drive, Willow Street,
Pa.; follows immigrant routes to and from
Philadelphia; guided narration and stops at
several 18th-century home enroute; includes
walking tour and colonial lunch at historic
tavern in “old town” Philadelphia; advance
reservation required; fee; a Lancaster Roots 300
event, sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite
Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: dsiegrist@lmhs.org
October 2, 5:00 p.m.*
West Berks County
Fersommling No. 31
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ,
Robesonia, Pa.
October 2, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.*
Annual Book and
Bake Sale
Historic Schaefferstown, Schaefferstown,
Pa.
October 2-3, 11:00-5:00 p.m.*
Berks County
Heritage Days, Pennsylvania German Day
Berks County Heritage Center, 1102 Red
Bridge Road, Reading, Pa.
Phone: (610) 374-8839
October 6*
German American Day
October 9, 10:00 a.m., 2:00 p.m.
Public
Acknowledgement and Commemoration of Native
American Legacy
Morning reconciliation event at First
Presbyterian Church, 140 East Orange Street,
Lancaster, followed by lunch; afternoon
dedication of Native American longhouse site and
celebration at 1719 Herr House, 1749 Hans Herr
Drive, Willow Street, Pa.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
October 9, 6:00 p.m.*
Ono Deitsch
Fersommling No. 58
Fire Company, Ono, Pa.
October 10, 2:30 p.m.*
Dialect Service
Altalaha Lutheran Church, Rehrersburg,
Pa.
October 11, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church,
Davidsville, Pa.
October16, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch
Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road,
Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
October 16-17, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Heritage Harvest
Fescht
Experience Pennsylvania German music,
food, crafts, and farm activities at a family
friendly event. Local artisans will demonstrate
crafts and display their art. Demonstrations
will occur daily in the farmhouse museum and at
different locations on the complex. Historical
farmhouse will be open for tours as well as
other buildings, such as the summer house, the
bank barn, and one of the log houses. Inside the
log home will be a carpenter’s tool exhibit.
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, 13
Luckenbill Road, Kutztown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 683-1330
October 17, 2:30 p.m.*
Dialect Service
Frieden’s Church, Stony Run, Pa.
October 20, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German
Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
October 20, 6:30 p.m.*
Grund Sau No. 15,
Monsleit un Weibsleit No. 27
Kutztown, Pa.
October 21, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch
Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933
Hanover Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
October 24, 2:30 p.m.*
Dialect Service
Frieden’s Church, Shartlesville, Pa.
October 25, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church,
Davidsville, Pa.
October 27, 7:30 p.m.
Pennsylvania German
Architecture
Robert W. Reynolds will share exterior
and interior features of southeastern and south
central Pennsylvania Germanic architecture as
seen in historic homes and farmsteads, including
the most common aspects of the popular
Continental and Georgian styles.
Sponsored by Historical Society of the Cocalico
Valley at Ephrata Public Library, 550 South
Reading Road, Ephrata, Pa.
Phone: (717) 733-1616; e-mail: cjmarquet@gmail.com
October 28, 3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German
Conversation Group
Harrisburg Area Community College,
Lebanon Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
October 29-December 31, Tuesday- Saturday, 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m.
2nd Annual
Reproduction Folk Art Exhibit and Sale
October 29, Opening reception, 6:00-9:00
p.m.
Show and sale of reproduction Pennsylvania
German folk art, including hooked rugs,
wood-carving, traditional fiber arts,
scherenschnitte, trade signs, painted boxes,
quilts, Sunday rugs, braided rugs, saffron
boxes, fraktur, theorem painting, redware, and
blue stoneware. Free admission.
Sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org
November 1, 7:00 p.m.
Native Americans of
Lancaster County
Panel of experts will discuss the history
of Native Americans in and around Lancaster 300
years ago. Free.
Sponsored by Lancaster Mennonite Historical
Society at Lititz Moravian Church, Church
Square, Lititz, Pa.
Phone: (717) 393-9745; e-mail: lmhs@lmhs.org
November 3, 6:30 p.m.*
Die Pa. Deitsch
Fersommling, Bedlahem No. 66
Allen Township Fire Company
November 7, 2:30 p.m.*
Dialect Service
Weisenberg Lutheran Church, New Tripoli,
Pa.
November 8, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church,
Davidsville, Pa.
November 12, 6:30 p.m.*
Oley Valley
Fersommling
Oley Valley Middle School
November 17, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German
Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant, Stouchsburg, Pa.
November 18, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch
Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran Church, 1933
Hanover Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
November 20, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch
Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox Run Road,
Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
November 21, 2:30 p.m.*
Dialect Service
St. Paul’s Lutheran (Smoke) Church,
Hamburg, Pa.
November 22, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh Area
Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran Church,
Davidsville, Pa.
December 2,
3:30 p.m.*
Pennsylvania German Conversation Group
Harrisburg Area Community
College, Lebanon Campus
James A. Dibert, director
Phone: (717) 270-6349
December 3, 6:00 p.m., December 4, 5:00 p.m.
300 Years
of Pennsylvania German Christmas Traditions
Featuring 300 years of
Christmas traditions with candlelight tours of
the
1719 Herr House Museum, 1749 Hans Herr Drive,
Willow Street, Pa.
Phone: (717) 464-4438; e-mail: director@hansherr.org
December 4, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Annual
Pennsylvania German Society Christmas Book Sale
Members-only event
featuring huge discounts on Society
publications.
Pennsylvania German Society, 22 Luckenbill Road,
Kutztown, Pa.
Phone: (484) 646-4227; e-mail: pgs@kutztown.edu
December 4, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Christmas
on the Farm
Share holiday traditions
of the Pennsylvania Germans. The Belsnickel will
visit, and carolers will roam the farm singing
Christmas carols in the dialect. For the kids,
farm animals and farm equipment demonstrations
will be in the barn. The Old-Time Plow Boys will
have their kitchen open for a warm bite to eat.
Craftsmen from the Reading Berks Guild of
Craftsmen will sell their wares and demonstrate.
Free admission.
Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center, 13
Luckenbill Road, Kutztown, Pa.
Phone: (484) 646-4172; e-mail: heritage@kutztown.edu
December 11*
Christkindlmarkt and Tavern Lunch
Schaefferstown, Pa.
December 13, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh
Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran
Church, Davidsville, Pa.
December 15, 8:00 a.m.*
Pennsylvania German Dialect and Kultur Society
Risser’s Restaurant,
Stouchsburg, Pa.
December 16, 7:00 p.m.*
Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch Friend Group
Saint Peter’s Lutheran
Church, 1933 Hanover Avenue, Allentown, Pa.
Phone: (610) 264-2979
December 18, 1:00 p.m.*
Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage Group
Providence Place, 3377 Fox
Run Road, Dover, Pa.
Phone: (717) 764-0960
December 27, 7:30 p.m.*
Conemaugh
Area Pennsylvania Dutch Society
Saint David’s Lutheran
Church, Davidsville, Pa.
Updated: 01/08/2010 paf