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2006 Activities Gillespie County Historical Society Fredericksburg, Texas
Add these events to your 2006 Events Calendar!
Spring Break Week - March 14 - 18, 2006 Families can enjoy spring break activities that are both educational and fun at Fredericksburg’s Pioneer Museum! From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday through Saturday, parents and kids can experience old-fashioned fun at woodworking, wool spinning, Dutch oven cooking, blacksmithing, flint knapping, rope making and much more!
Spring Knap-In - April 21, 22, 23, 2006 Flintknappers, artists, and collectors from across the nation will gather at Fort Martin Scott in Fredericksburg share the art and craft of fashioning useful tools from stone, including arrowheads, knives, spearpoints, drills, and hide scrapers.
Founders Day - Saturday, May 13, 2006 Celebrate the founding and history of this unique German village with live music, demonstrations, and authentic frontier crafts by presenters in period costume. Demonstrations include blacksmithing, corn grinding, tomahawk throwing, soap making, rope making, goat milking, sheep shearing, quilting, spinning, stone splitting, woodworking, wire fence making, and flint knapping. This is the 160th anniversary of Fredericksburg’s founding!
Roots Music in the Texas Hill Country Concert Series May 20 - June 24 - July 22 - August 19 - September 23 A series of live Roots music concerts featuring Bluegrass, Blues, Soul, Jazz, Gospel, Cajun, Zydeco and other American music styles by emerging and established artists in an informal, family setting, designed to bring musical entertainment and education to local residents and visitors to historic Fredericksburg, Texas.
More information: Gillespie County Historical Society 312 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg TX 78624 830-997-2835 - FAX 830-997-3891 email gchs@ctesc.net - www.pioneermuseum.com
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