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IF IT’S SUMMER THEN IT’S TIME FOR THE OLDE TYME COUNTRY FAIRE IN SODUS POINT ON JULY 19 & 20, 2008!

The Olde Tyme Country Faire will be held this year on Saturday and Sunday, July 19 and 20th. Created by the Sodus Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by the Great Sodus Bay Association, this year's faire will be bigger and better than ever! Vendors made up of arts and crafts, non-profit organizations, food vendors and all types of businesses will be located at the Oscar Fuerst Ball Field on Greig Street in downtown Sodus Point rain or shine!

Fun activities for the whole family! This year we'll have:

"THE BOUNCE HOUSE"
a Duck Pond for the little ones
a "Potty Toss" game
FREE Balloons and Facepainting
THE BUBBLE LADY..
an inflatable BOXING RING and an opportunity to put on some gloves and go a round
3:00 p.m. on Saturday, there will be a Middle Eastern Dance Performance
1:00 p.m. on Sunday - bring your pets for the PET PARADE!
4:00 p.m. on Sunday - Raffle drawing for prizes!
ice cream, food & beverages will be available on the fairgrounds and on the sidewalks of downtown Sodus Point
Look for specialty items for sale by local shops along the sidewalk

Here are only some of the Vendors that will be present at the faire July 19 and 20th, 2008:

Bible Baptist Church of Sodus: Information and activities for community and youth
THE BUBBLE LADY: Children and Adults play with Bubbles

C and R Creations: Italian Charms, Magnetic Jewelry, Healing Stones

Cookie Lee Jewelry: Necklaces, Bracelets, and Earrings

Country Candles: Candles, Pillows, Glass Blocks, Popourri & more

DeCann's Enterprises: T-Shirts, Die Cast Collectibles

Family Designs: Handmade crafts

Great Sodus Bay Assoc: Maps, Information, Business Directory, FREE BALLOONS & FACE PAINTING

Giai's Gifts: Jemstone Jewelry and Home Decor

Hear for You

Hymn and Her Originals: Matted and Framed Photographs

Log Cabin Crafts: Crafts
M&M Custom Made Lawn Ornaments: Lawn Ornaments

Mae's Country Hardware

Natures Impressions: Cement Leaf Castings

Rochester Eye & Tissue Bank: Table Display & Info about organ, eye & tissue donation

Rothenburgh Sales: Fired Dough, oreos, twinkies, cakes, etc.

Sodus Chamber of Commerce

Sodus Democratic Party: Information and events

Stone Age Handcrafted Jewelry: Hand-crafted jewelry with gemstones & Swarovsky crystals

Touch of Kountry Crafts: Candles, Yard & Home Decor

Woodrow Woodchuck Woodworking: Custom Country Furniture

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It was a fine, fair weekend for a Faire in 2007:

Could we be setting a new record this summer of 2007?  Once again we were blessed with another weekend chock-full of events and no rain! The Sodus Chamber of Commerce partnered with the Great Sodus Bay Association to provide a family fun-filled weekend, and no one missed last year’s torrential rains and hurricane-like winds. The annual Pet Parade, hosted by Cracker Box Palace Farm Animal Haven (www.crackerboxpalace.org) on Friday night kicked off the event, and it was the best-attended ever. Dozens of kids and their pets were dressed in all kinds of costumes, with Moms and Dads making last-minute alterations before they strutted down Main Street in the Village of Sodus.  Leading the parade was the beautiful “Noah’s Ark” mural painted by the Sodus High School Art Club in 2006 for the Cracker Box Palace farm, followed by every shape and size of pet:  hamsters, guinea pigs, and bunnies were pulled in little wagons, safely tucked away in their cages.  Perhaps the most unusual pets were from the Gates family:  two White’s Tree Frogs were lovingly carried by Joey Gates in a small plastic box that had just enough water to make sure they were comfortable; Amber held her tiny Water Dragon Lizard and Rebecca made sure their Pomeranian-Poodle “Little Bear” supervised the rest of the family’s pets during the parade.  There were Yorkies and Labs and everything in between, all in wonderfully creative costumes.  Cracker Box Palace’s horses were a real treat for everyone.  Brewster, a Belgian new to the farm made his debut pulling a wagon full of farm staff and volunteers.  Walt Roloson and Elaine Vanderzille drove Bucky, a Welsh pony cross, and farm volunteer Katie Schneider did a great job in a sulky driving Spit, the farm’s beloved Shetland pony; Katie has only driven Spit a handful of times and definitely is on her way to becoming an expert!
The SCS Board of Education busily filled dishes heaping with ice cream sundaes while the “main event” was being staged in the street…the Golden Wheelbarrow competition!  Three-person teams representing Curves, Reliant Community Credit Union, the Town of Sodus, Village of Sodus, Sodus Town Ambulance Corps, and Rascals paced around their wheelbarrows and planned their strategy.  The format was for one person, blindfolded, to ride in the wheelbarrow while two others pushed.  They raced down Main Street, having to stop and have the blindfolded rider pick marbles from three dishes; what the riders didn’t know was that the dishes were also filled with whipped cream, spaghetti, and seaweed!  Yuck!  After capturing their marbles they raced to the finish line, where they turned the relay over to another team to race back.  Team STAC and Team Rascals out-wheeled the rest of the field to claim the Golden Wheelbarrow trophy. The Sodus Chamber raffled off a surround system, which was won by Amber Curtis, and Daniale Brown won a Radio/CD Player.
A sea of colorful tents covered Oscar Fuerst Field in Sodus Point on Saturday at the Olde Tyme Country Faire.  Dozens of vendors had displays of everything from beautiful nature photographs to sandals that stuck to the bottom of your feet to feathery dream-catchers and handmade jewelry.  Delicious aromas from the many food vendors filled the air.  Both the Great Sodus Bay Association and Sodus Chamber had loads of raffle items along with cash raffles, and winners included Shirley Hurley, Jennie Sedore, Val Burditt, Debra Gallagher, Ruth Olschewski, Nancy Fiorentino, Bob Herman, Steve Bates, and Judy DuBois.
A big thank you goes to the Great Sodus Bay Association and the Sodus Chamber for their efforts in putting the Faire together and bringing so many visitors to the Sodus area!

Article by Alice Irwin for the Sun and Record