Enjoy apples and old fashion fun along with specialty shopping downtown historic Burlington, Thursday through Saturday, September 25-27, 2008 where there will be bushels of fun. It’s the 2^nd Annual Apple Harvest Days downtown event.  Red apples, red balloons, and scarecrows decorate the quaint historic district with unusual shops in historic buildings: the setting for old fashion fun, apple delights, shopping, and even a Scarecrow Contest.

Bring the family and enjoy the many little shops that will be offering fun in the form of I Spy Apple Hunts, Guess the Weight of the Apple Basket, drawings for prizes, and special discounts. “Everyone is invited to our beautiful historic downtown for this fun, music, apples and special days of shopping,” said Mary Brensinger, “as well as the Thursday Farmer’s Market and 5 different unique Museum tours.” 

 On Saturday the live Scarecrow can be seen walking around pulling her wagon throughout downtown again this year selling delicious Fresh Apples from Ela Orchard.  Old fashion scarecrows will be posted at shop entrances, so bring your camera. 

           Apple I Spy challenges customers visiting the participating stores to locate the apples with letters on each one. The goal is to unscramble the letters to spell a word making you eligible for a prize or drawing.

Special tasty apple items include the Grater Tater’s warm spiced apples to accompany your baked sweet potato, Apple Carmel Cheesecake Dessert at Zumpano’s, cider at a variety of shops, apple pie and fresh taffy apples at the Sci-Fi Café, and Brightonwood Orchards apples at many locations. Always good treats from Trinity United Methodist and St. Joseph’s Parish bake sale.

 Saturday sidewalk games are extra fun for all. Pine Street Curiosities Shop’s pick a duck game, What’s your Art shop’s make and take, hopscotch games on many sidewalks, Spinning Top Museum’s challenging fast action top spinning game to try, and the Logic Puzzle Museum’s apple puzzle are all old fashion fun.

Apple Harvest Day visitors are invited to guess the weight of the bushel basket of apples at Burlington Footwear, Allison in Wonderland and other shops; then estimate the weight, and enter their guess in the contest. The closest estimate is eligible for a prize.
            Saturday’s street performers include musicians Greg Clark, Terry Murphy, Jeff Peterson, and returning from last year is Jeff Kramer’s CloverLic Mountain Laurels playing old time banjo & mandolin.

            Art by the Gathering will be displayed in front of Burlington Flowers  & Interiors shop and artists Kathryn Storey and Chris Bull will have art for sale in front of Exclusively Yours Floral.  Jewelry by Karen Weidner and special items from downtown shops add to the fun shopping days.