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JULY	July 9-Aug 17:  VT Summer Festival. 6 weeks of TOP Equestrian Competition. Beebe Farm. Route 7, E. Dorset.   Vermont Summer Festival July 24-Aug 9:  A Year with Frog and Toad production. Go to Dorset Theatre Festival July 31:  Manchester Music Festival concert 4: OPPOSITES ATTRACT: JOURNEY DOWN THE THIRD STREAM. 7:30 pm at the Arkell Pavilion at Southern VT Arts Center, West Road, Manchester.
AUGUST	Aug 1:   New England Shakespeare Under the Stars. Much Ado about Nothing. 6pm. Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home. Gates open at 5pm for picnicking. Admission $10/Children $5. Aug 1-3:  Southern Vermont ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL: Craft demonstrations & food. On Hildene’s Meadowlands. Friday & Sunday - 10 am to 5 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm. Call Craftproducers Markets, Inc. at (802) 425-3399 for more information. Aug 4:  Young Artists Concert Series. 7:30 pm. Riley Center for the Arts at Burr & Burton Academy. Manchester. Aug 7:  Manchester Music Festival Summer concert 5: JOURNEY THROUGH THE ORCHESTRAL SOUND. 7:30 p.m. Arkell Pavilion at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, 1 mile off West Road, Manchester. Aug 9:  Lincoln Lecture Series. “Governing the Confederacy” by William Cooper. 10:00 am, Hildene’s Beckwith Room, $2, Members FREE. Aug 9:  MICHAEL FEINSTEIN, Jazz Concert 7:30pm. Southern Vermont Arts Center-Arkell Pavilion. Aug 11:  Young Artists Concert Series. 7:30 pm. Riley Center for the Arts at Burr & Burton Academy. Manchester. Aug 11:  Manchester Bicenquinquagenary Celebration. Happy 250th Birthday to Manchester, VT. Aug 13:  Robert D. Thum Memorial Concert. WOOD’S TEA COMPANY. 6:00 pm. Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home. A hearty blend of Maritime, American & Celtic folk music Gates open at 5:30 pm for picnicking. Admission. Members Free. Aug 14-17:  Manchester Sidewalk Sales. Aug 14:  Manchester Music Festival concert 6. 7:30 p.m. JOURNEY THROUGH THE ROMANTIC'S MIND'S EYE, Arkell Pavilion at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, 1 mile off West Road, Manchester. Aug 14-30:  June Moon.production. Go to Dorest Theatre Festival. Aug 16:  BIRD WALK. 7:00 am. The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or randy@thevermontbirdplace.com Meet at the Welcome Center parking lot. Free. Aug 18:  Young Artists Concert Series. 7:30 pm. Riley Center for the Arts at Burr & Burton Academy. Manchester. Aug 21:  Manchester Music Festival concert 7: 7:30 pm. JOURNEY WITH THE MAGIC OF THE VOICE. Arkell Pavilion at the Southern Vermont Arts Center. 1 mile off West Road. Manchester. Aug 23-24:  34th Annual Vermont Antiques Dealers' Association ANTIQUES SHOW, 10-5 Sat. 10-4 pm, Sun Hunter Park Pavilion. rte. 7A, 1/3 miles north of blinking light in Manchester Center, VT. VT Antique Dealers’ Association
SEPTEMBER	Sept 6:    MAPLE LEAF HALF MARATHON & 5K Run/Walk.    Maple Leaf Half Marathon & 5k. Sept 7:   JENNIE JOHNSON & FRIENDS.    Classic jazz and blues. 4-6 pm. Barrows House community concert on the lawn to benefit the Food Cupboard. Sept 13:    BIRD WALK.    7:00 am. The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or randy@thevermontbirdplace.com Meet at the Welcome Center parking lot. Free. Sept 13:    “By Today’s Yardstick. Lincoln-Democrat or Republican?”    LINCOLN LECTURE SERIES. 10 a.m. Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home. $2. Members Free. Sept 14:  BOB STANNARD & Friend.   Harmonica blues. 4-6 pm. Barrows House community concert on the lawn to benefit the Food Cupboard.
OCTOBER	Oct 3,4,5:    16th Annual HILDENE FALL ART & CRAFT FESTIVAL.    Hildene Meadows.Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home. For more information call Craftproducers Markets, Inc. at (802) 425-3399. Oct 18:    PUMPKIN CARVING FESTIVAL.    Manchester. 800 362-4144. Oct 11:   BIRD WALK.    7:00 am. The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or randy@thevermontbirdplace.com Meet at the Welcome Center parking lot. Free. Oct 18:    “Lincoln and Habeas Corpus.   LINCOLN LECTURE SERIES. 10:00 am, Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home. Beckwith Room, $2, Members FREE.
NOVEMBER	Nov 13:    BIRD WALK.    8:00 am. The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or randy@thevermontbirdplace.com Meet at the Welcome Center parking lot. Free. Nov 21, 22, & 23:    THANKSGIVING at Hildene    Self-guided tours through the mansion decorated for the harvest. $12/Adult, $4/Children, Members and children under 6 - Free. Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home.
DECEMBER	Dec 13:    IT’S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHIRSTMAS Concert.    7 pm. First Congregational Church on Route 7A opposite the Equinox Hotel. A program of Christmas vocal music to kick off the 2008 Holiday season. $10 adults;$5 children age 5-19. (802) 325-2525. Dec 17:    VSO HOLIDAY BRASS/Counterpoint Concert.     4 pm. First Congregational Church, Manchester. Dec 20:   BIRD WALK.    7:00 am. The Vermont Bird Place & Sky Watch and local birders meet to conduct a survey of the wild birds present on the grounds of Hildene. For more information, please call Randy Schmidt at (802) 362-2270 or randy@thevermontbirdplace.com Meet at the Welcome Center parking lot. Free. Dec 28 & 29:    Hildene Holiday Evenings.     Self-guided tours through the mansion decorated for the holidays. Cider, carolers and a bonfire on the front lawn. 4:30 to 6:30 pm, $15/Adults $5/Youth, Members Free. Hildene. The Lincoln Family Home.

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