Main Street Festivals
Traditional and Unique Events on America's Main Streets
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1998
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-19290-9 (ISBN)
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-19290-9 (ISBN)
Main Street America is kicking up its heels--and you're invited to the party! Goodbye sprawl-and-mall--hello downtown! Long-neglected town centers are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on main streets all across the country.
Main Street America is kicking up its heels--and you're invited tothe party!
Goodbye sprawl-and-mall--hello downtown! Long-neglected towncenters are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on mainstreets all across the country. Come celebrate their rebirth withthis one-of-a-kind guide to over 700 local festivals and eventsnationwide. From the weird and wacky to the wild and wonderful, thefun starts with Main Street Festivals. Which will you dofirst?
Enter a rubber duck race . . . Join a "walk of art" scavenger hunt. . .
Find hot-rod heaven . . . Play cow patty bingo . . .
See antiques and heirloom displays . . .
Discover "bullistic" bull riding . . . Go to a hog slopping contest. . .
Eat black dirt cake . . . Hear blues, bluegrass, and brass bands .. .
Watch a Little Miss National Peanut Pageant . . .
Inside you'll also learn where to find: an onion rodeo, cornstalkshooting, a beautiful baby bagel contest, arts and craftsdemonstrations, the perfect-pierogie cookoff, a slugburger fest,quilting exhibitions, farmer olympics, and more. . . . There'ssomething for everyone in Main Street Festivals.
Main Street America is kicking up its heels--and you're invited tothe party!
Goodbye sprawl-and-mall--hello downtown! Long-neglected towncenters are coming to life once again, and the buzz is back on mainstreets all across the country. Come celebrate their rebirth withthis one-of-a-kind guide to over 700 local festivals and eventsnationwide. From the weird and wacky to the wild and wonderful, thefun starts with Main Street Festivals. Which will you dofirst?
Enter a rubber duck race . . . Join a "walk of art" scavenger hunt. . .
Find hot-rod heaven . . . Play cow patty bingo . . .
See antiques and heirloom displays . . .
Discover "bullistic" bull riding . . . Go to a hog slopping contest. . .
Eat black dirt cake . . . Hear blues, bluegrass, and brass bands .. .
Watch a Little Miss National Peanut Pageant . . .
Inside you'll also learn where to find: an onion rodeo, cornstalkshooting, a beautiful baby bagel contest, arts and craftsdemonstrations, the perfect-pierogie cookoff, a slugburger fest,quilting exhibitions, farmer olympics, and more. . . . There'ssomething for everyone in Main Street Festivals.
AMANDA B. WEST, Senior Program Associate for Information Resources at the National Main Street Center, is an ardent back-roads traveler and local-history enthusiast. The NATIONAL MAIN STREET CENTER, a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, helps communities revitalize their historic commercial districts.
Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States.
Southern States.
Midwestern States.
Mountains and Plains States.
Southwestern States.
Western States.
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Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.3.1998 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 153 x 228 mm |
Gewicht | 318 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
Reiseführer ► Nord- / Mittelamerika ► USA | |
ISBN-10 | 0-471-19290-2 / 0471192902 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-471-19290-9 / 9780471192909 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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