Franconia Notch - Sugar Hill & Easton - New Hampshire
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Franconia Notch Activities
Old Man of the Mountain Festival and Salute
including the Fifth Annual Old Man of the Mountain Profile Awards
Saturday, May 3, 2008Franconia Notch State Park, Franconia, NH
Exits 34B and 34C off I-93Five years to the day after the Old Man collapsed, there will be music and dancing in Franconia Notch as part of a festival tribute to the state icon.
The Wicked Smart Horn Band (WSHB)shares top billing with the Fifth Annual Profile Awards and a lakeside tribute to the much-loved Old Man of the Mountain at Cannon Mountain on Saturday. The band will perform in the Peabody Lodge from 6-9 pm, closing out the event with a light buffet supper and dancing. Admission to their concert is $15, with proceeds to benefit the Legacy Fund. All other events and activities (except for Tram rides) are free. Buy WSHB tickets in advance at Northway Banks in North Woodstock and Littleton, at Woodsville Guaranty Bank in Franconia, or the Village Bookstore in Littleton.
For more information, call 800-346-3687 or 745-8720.3:00 Harp concert, skits, student exhibits, Silent Auction opens, Peabody Lodge
6:00 – 9:00 Wicked Smart Horn Band and Reception (hors d'oeuvres/Cash Bar/Dancing; $15, at Peabody Lodge
9 pm FIREWORKS! Peabody Lodge, FREE
Governor John Lynch has been invited to preside at a tribute to the Old Man at the Veterans Memorial Park on the shore of Echo Lake starting at 2 pm. Other speakers will include George Bald, Commissioner of the NH Department of Resources & Economic Development; and Jane Difley, President/Forester of the Society for the Protection of NH Forests.Cannon Mountain is opening the aerial tramway for rides to the summit of Cannon from 12 – 3:30, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit the Old Man Legacy Fund. Cost is $11 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-12, and children 5 and under free with adult. At the tram base lodge, visitors can see the 17-foot-long model of the proposed monolithic sculpture to the Old Man, and see a short film about the $4.8 million effort to commission an original three-part outdoor monument. Old Man Bobbleheads and books about the state’s most famous image will be for sale at the Old Man Country Store.Dave and Deborah Nielsen, longtime caretakers of the Old Man, will share their recollections with visitors at the Old Man of the Mountain Museum near Profile Lake, which contains many exhibits about the Old Man.The “White Mountain Suite,” an original composition for six harps by Stephanie Curcio, will be performed by students of Curcio and Marilinda Garcia at 3 pm at the Peabody Lodge at Cannon.Short skits, originally written and performed for the Franconia Notch visit of President Dwight Eisenhower in 1955, will be offered by local players. A silent auction, organized by the Lincoln-Woodstock Chamber of Commerce, will also benefit the Legacy Fund. The Franconia-Sugar Hill-Easton Chamber is assisting with promotion, and other partners are assisting with raffles, food concessions, skits, and a bicycle safety demonstration.
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