Main Street Festivals -  National Trust for Historic Preservation, Amanda B. West

Main Street Festivals

Traditional and Unique Events on America's Main Streets
Buch | Softcover
240 Seiten
1998
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-471-19290-9 (ISBN)
28,68 inkl. MwSt
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.

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
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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