The Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival In Pierceton Is Saturday
August 22, 2021 at 8:03 p.m.
The Annual Heirloom Tomato Festival In Pierceton Is Saturday
By David [email protected]
The 5K Run/Walk registration will be 8 to 8:40 a.m. Saturday, with the race starting at 9 a.m. Cost is $20 and awards will be given.
The Question-And-Answer Booth will be inside the Old Train Depot. Kim Lund, seed steward, will be on hand from 10 to 11:30 a.m., noon to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 3 p.m. Author Richard Rose will be there from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Rose grew up in Kokomo and resides in northern Indiana part of the year. His first mystery novel, “The Satyr Candidate,” was published in 1979. After writing many screenplays, his next novel, “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” was published in 2013 by Savant Books and Publications, according to a news release. This novel won a fiction award at the 2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival in Hollywood. Rose followed next with a mystery novel set in 1947 Chicago titled “The Gumshoe.” A sequel to Lazarus, “Retribution,” will be published soon.
Lund is an avid seed collector and has more than 4,000 varieties from all over the world, including some of the rarest seeds in the United States. Her collection of seeds contains more than 630 varieties from Italy and some rare family heirloom seeds from Romania, according to a news release from Festival organizers. Lund is a noted seed steward and was gifted a collection of seeds by Martin Longseth, a longtime seed steward. A seed steward preserves and shares seeds to ensure agricultural diversity of regional seeds for future generations, the release states.
Enjoy live entertainment on the main stage in Brower Park. From 10 to 11 a.m., Jared Pagan will perform country, pop and rock. Deb Collier’s Class Act Dance Troupe performs from 11 to 11:45 a.m.
The public can enjoy the pop classic music duo of Basket Case from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by All Gone Blue from 2 to 4 p.m. performing American country and rock.
There will be plenty of free events throughout the day in Brower Park and inside the Old Train Depot. Those include an heirloom tomato exhibit, tomato tasting, Tag Art Entertainers with a stilt-walking farmer and human statues, a free activity area for children, tomato slingshot game, weaving demonstrations and a chain saw carving demonstration.
At the gallery at 130 N. First St., Pierceton, will be the annual agricultural art show. Entries will only be accepted Friday, Aug. 27 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Whitko Art Museum and Galleries, at 130 N. First St., Pierceton. There will be two age groups, youth and adult. Display of art work begins Saturday during the Heirloom Tomato Festival. Winners will be announced at 3 p.m. during the festival. One artist will receive The People’s Choice Award. Cost is $5 per entry, and there is no limit on size or number of entries.
For questions, call 574-797-3033 or email [email protected].
The tomato-eating contest will take place at 2:30 p.m. at Brower Park. Prizes will be awarded.
Judging for the baking contest will take place at 1 p.m. inside the Old Train Depot.
All baked items must include a tomato ingredient. The entry must be homemade by the contestant entering the item. Contestants may enter more than one item. Nothing cream based or that needs refrigerated will be accepted. Contestant must be present to win. There is no entry fee. Prizes will be awarded. Judging will be based on overall appearance, creativity, taste and texture.
Bring in your heaviest tomato to enter the Largest Tomato Contest inside the Old Train Depot. Prize will be awarded.
And bring in your ugliest tomato worm for The Big, Bad and the Ugly (Tomato Worm) Contest. The contest will be inside the Old Train Depot. Prize will be awarded.
Food vendors for the 2021 Heirloom Tomato Festival include homemade ice cream, kettle corn, fried green tomatoes, ham and beans, BLT sandwiches, tomato sandwiches, sassy vegan, Shenanigans, Big C BBQ, cobblers and produce/farmers market vendors.
There also will be arts and crafts vendors.
For more information, find the festival on Facebook at Heirloom Tomato Festival or www.piercetonchamber.com.
The 5K Run/Walk registration will be 8 to 8:40 a.m. Saturday, with the race starting at 9 a.m. Cost is $20 and awards will be given.
The Question-And-Answer Booth will be inside the Old Train Depot. Kim Lund, seed steward, will be on hand from 10 to 11:30 a.m., noon to 1 p.m. and 2:30 to 3 p.m. Author Richard Rose will be there from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Rose grew up in Kokomo and resides in northern Indiana part of the year. His first mystery novel, “The Satyr Candidate,” was published in 1979. After writing many screenplays, his next novel, “The Lazarus Conspiracies,” was published in 2013 by Savant Books and Publications, according to a news release. This novel won a fiction award at the 2015 Pacific Rim Book Festival in Hollywood. Rose followed next with a mystery novel set in 1947 Chicago titled “The Gumshoe.” A sequel to Lazarus, “Retribution,” will be published soon.
Lund is an avid seed collector and has more than 4,000 varieties from all over the world, including some of the rarest seeds in the United States. Her collection of seeds contains more than 630 varieties from Italy and some rare family heirloom seeds from Romania, according to a news release from Festival organizers. Lund is a noted seed steward and was gifted a collection of seeds by Martin Longseth, a longtime seed steward. A seed steward preserves and shares seeds to ensure agricultural diversity of regional seeds for future generations, the release states.
Enjoy live entertainment on the main stage in Brower Park. From 10 to 11 a.m., Jared Pagan will perform country, pop and rock. Deb Collier’s Class Act Dance Troupe performs from 11 to 11:45 a.m.
The public can enjoy the pop classic music duo of Basket Case from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., followed by All Gone Blue from 2 to 4 p.m. performing American country and rock.
There will be plenty of free events throughout the day in Brower Park and inside the Old Train Depot. Those include an heirloom tomato exhibit, tomato tasting, Tag Art Entertainers with a stilt-walking farmer and human statues, a free activity area for children, tomato slingshot game, weaving demonstrations and a chain saw carving demonstration.
At the gallery at 130 N. First St., Pierceton, will be the annual agricultural art show. Entries will only be accepted Friday, Aug. 27 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Whitko Art Museum and Galleries, at 130 N. First St., Pierceton. There will be two age groups, youth and adult. Display of art work begins Saturday during the Heirloom Tomato Festival. Winners will be announced at 3 p.m. during the festival. One artist will receive The People’s Choice Award. Cost is $5 per entry, and there is no limit on size or number of entries.
For questions, call 574-797-3033 or email [email protected].
The tomato-eating contest will take place at 2:30 p.m. at Brower Park. Prizes will be awarded.
Judging for the baking contest will take place at 1 p.m. inside the Old Train Depot.
All baked items must include a tomato ingredient. The entry must be homemade by the contestant entering the item. Contestants may enter more than one item. Nothing cream based or that needs refrigerated will be accepted. Contestant must be present to win. There is no entry fee. Prizes will be awarded. Judging will be based on overall appearance, creativity, taste and texture.
Bring in your heaviest tomato to enter the Largest Tomato Contest inside the Old Train Depot. Prize will be awarded.
And bring in your ugliest tomato worm for The Big, Bad and the Ugly (Tomato Worm) Contest. The contest will be inside the Old Train Depot. Prize will be awarded.
Food vendors for the 2021 Heirloom Tomato Festival include homemade ice cream, kettle corn, fried green tomatoes, ham and beans, BLT sandwiches, tomato sandwiches, sassy vegan, Shenanigans, Big C BBQ, cobblers and produce/farmers market vendors.
There also will be arts and crafts vendors.
For more information, find the festival on Facebook at Heirloom Tomato Festival or www.piercetonchamber.com.
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