Please join Pioneer Farms on Saturday, May 2, 2009, from 1p-5p, for a celebration of springtime.
The crops are planted, wildflowers blooming, and it's time for a celebration! Come to Pioneer Farms on Saturday, May 2 for an afternoon featuring music by the Biscuit Brothers, dancing by the Contemporary Cloggers, kite flying, crafts, games, historic demostrations at all the homesites including quilting, spinning, weaving, and sheep shearing. See the award winning performance of Charlotte's Web by the Company Theater. Dress up in old time costumes and have your portrait taken! Be on guard for the The Lost Hope Gunfighters who will be sure to cause a few disturbances throughout the afternoon and drop by our Tonkawa Camp to visit with Native American re-enactors. Learn more about music popular during the 19th C. from the group STATIC CORRECTION, performing on the Texian Farm porch. Amy's Ice Cream will be set up near the stage so you may enjoy a cold treat while enjoying a performance by the BISCUIT BROTHERS. Come ready to shop til you drop along our Merchant's Row and plan to have a late lunch of hot dogs from the hot dog cart. There's something sure to please everyone!
Schedule of Events
You can download a printable version of the schedule here.
1:00pm
Gates open
Maypole Dance/ Sprinkle Corner
LAKE TRAVIS FIDDLERS
LOST HOPE GUNFIGHTERS
1:30pm
Hayrides begin/Crossroad
Kite making/Kite Flying
CONTEMPORARY CLOGGERS/Sprinkle Corner Stage
Quilt Piecing Demonstration/ Bell House
1:45pm
Blacksmith Demonstration
2:00pm
Spinning Demonstration /Texian Farm
LOST HOPE GUNFIGHTERS
Hayride/Crossroad
Charlotte's Web Play/Scarborough Barn
Blacksmithing Demonstration/Blacksmith Shop
2:15pm
Branding Demonstration/Scarborough Barn
Music & Dancing/Sprinkle Corner Stage
LAKE TRAVIS FIDDLERS
Laundry Day Demonstration/German Cabin
2:30pm
History of Horse Training, From Vaquero to Buckaroo/Scarborough Barn
Egg Race/Sprinkle Corner
Hayride/Crossroad
Cheesemaking Demonstration/Texian Farm
2:45pm
Branding Demonstration/Scarborough Barn
Sheep Shearing Demonstration Begins/Bell House Meadow
3:00pm
Branding Demonstration/Scarborough Barn
Quilting Techniques Demonstration/ Bell House
Corn Husk Flowers & Leaf Print Fabric Craft
LOST HOPE GUNFIGHTERS
Hayride/Crossroad
Sheep Shearing Demonstration Continues/Bell House Meadow
3:15pm
Branding Demonstration/Scarborough Barn
Twined Rag Rug Weaving Demonstration/ Texian Farm
Sheep Shearing Demonstration Continues/Bell House Meadow
3:30pm
Branding Demonstration/Scarborough Barn
Hayride/Crossroad
Blacksmith Demonstration/Blacksmith Shop
Sheep Shearing Demonstration Continues/Bell House Meadow
3:45pm
LOST HOPE GUNFIGHTERS
Sheep Shearing Demonstration Continues/Bell House Meadow
Butter Churning/German Cabin
4:00pm
BISCUIT BROTHERS/Sprinkle Corner Stage
Hayride/Crossroad
Sheep Shearing Demonstration continues/Bell House Meadow
4:15pm
Sheep Shearing Demonstration continues/Bell House Meadow
Dutch Oven Cooking results/German Cabin
4:30pm
Last hayride/Crossroad
History of Horse Training, From Vaquero to Buckaroo/Scarborough Barn
Sheep Shearing ends/Bell House Meadow
See the Finished Cheese/Texian Farm
5:00pm
Event ends
1pm-5pm; Tickets $8 child over the age of 2/$10 adult; $40 Family max for immediate household members