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Annual Sheep Festival this Sunday

05/30/08 · 2:40 pm :: posted by Opinionator     

Annual Sheep Festival this Sunday

Don't forget the Annual Sheep Festival which starts Sunday, June 1, 9:00 to 4:00 PM, rain or shine, at the Taylor-Bray Farm in Yarmouthport. This 18th Century farmhouse and barn was entered into the National Registry of Historical Places in 1993.

taylor_bray_farm_407Take the kids and grandkids to see sheepherding, sheep shearing, wool spinning and rug hooking. You can pick up a light lunch there and there are a few crafts tables selling things. It's a great place for the little ones to see farm animals.  A fun thing for kids are the hay wagon rides. Parking is a bit of a problem and they are looking for a $5.00 donation for this.  No dogs, please.

This event is sponsored by the Taylor-Bray Farm Preservation Association.  You can read more about the historic farm on the web,  or at Cape Cod Today's events calendar. To get to the farm, take Bray Farm Road off Route 6A near the Yarmouth-Dennis line and go less than a mile toward the bay.  Bring your camera.

Highlights

  • Sheepherding - David Kennard - Wellscroft Farm, Chesham, NH
  • Sheepshearing - Andy Rice - Hogget Hill Farm, Brattleboro, VT
  • Exhibition of wooly animals - Toni Malouf - Knot-A-Thot Farm, Barnstable, MA
  • Wool Spinning demos and sales - Cape Cod Spinners Guild
  • Rug Hooking demos and sales - Cranberry Rug Hookers
  • Hearth Cooking - The Heaney Family, So. Yarmouth, MA
  • Artwork show and sales - Yarmouth Art Guild
  • Blacksmith demos
  • Haywagon rides with Farmer Don
  • Sales - signed books by author Jon Katz, photos by Bradford, arts and crafts, T-Shirts & hats, silent auction, Bray Farm honey, Bray Farm Activity books, refreshments

Come for a fun filled day and visit all our animals, including  new miniature donkeys "Nester" and "Sam."

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05/31/08 @ 3:38 pm
capecodjon [Member] writes:
I'll be taking the kids there for sure. For a momant I thought I'd simply withold this news and stay in tomorrow, but it seemed way too good to miss. I knew the kids would be delighted to go.
They are excited and so am I!
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05/31/08 @ 7:57 pm
Monponsett [Member] writes:
Try not to do anything sheep-like if Peckham is there.
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06/01/08 @ 1:43 pm
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
You PIG Monpo!
06/01/08 @ 4:19 pm
capecodjon [Member] writes:
I let Monpo's comment slide 'cause I'd never suspect a girl to have such a coarse sense of humour. Must be Deluxebury''s influence, ;)
Portions of my sad misspent youth occurred there as well, so I am quick to forgive the depravity, glass houses and all... :)
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06/01/08 @ 5:19 pm
Monponsett [Member] writes:
I was a wallflower in Duxbury.. I didn't come into my own til I moved to the Cape.
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06/01/08 @ 10:55 pm
smahkcep [Visitor] writes:
A wolf in sheepspig clothing RU Monpo...

"Come into my own..."

How sangfroid are thee!
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