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News & Updates
TLC'S star AMY ROLOFF from "Little People Big World" is our Special Guest at this year's Festival! She will be at the Festival Saturday, March 13th and Sunday, March 14th. We have her appearance schedule for those two days:
Saturday 3/13/2010:
9:00am-10:30am: Amy will be at Burton's Maplewood Farm in Medora. At 10:00 am she will participate in the ceremonial "Tapping of the Maple Tree" and turning on the evaporator.
11:00 am: Amy will be at Medora Community School as a celebrity judge in the Sweet Victory Challenge, presented by King Arthur Flour.
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm: Amy will meet and greet with the public at Medora Community School art room.
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm: Amy will be at Burton's Maplewood Farm in Medora visiting with crowd around the farm.
Sunday 03/14/2010:
9:00 am: Amy will be at Medora Community School attending nondenominational church service in cafetorium (open to public).
10:30 am - 11:30 am: Amy will meet and greet with the public at Medora Community School art room.
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Amy will be at Burton's Maplewood Farm in Medora. She will be at different locations on the farm visiting with public.
2010 NATIONAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED
For the second straight year, the NATIONAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL will mark the start of spring with sweet syrup, good music, historical reenactments, celebrity guests and much more. This national event takes place in MEDORA, IND. on MARCH 6-7 and MARCH 13-14. All net proceeds from the event will benefit the Heads Up!!! Foundation, which will use the money for the Riley Hospital for Children’s “Camp About Face” at Bradford Woods, a summer camp for youths with craniofacial anomalies.
This family-friendly festival involves the entire community and attracts visitors from around the country. Staging for the festival takes place at Medora Community School. From there, visitors will embark on an entertaining and historical journey to Burton’s Maplewood Farm. They will learn not only about maple syrup but also about some of Southern Indiana’s most famous and infamous characters and landmarks. Along with seeing how maple syrup is made, visitors can taste the goodies at Pat’s Snack Shack, visit the Mellencamp Maple House, tap their toes to the bellowing sounds of live blue grass music, meet friendly animals at Old McMaple’s Petting Zoo, and visit the largest historically accurate Native American sugar camp reenactment in the country.
Other festival highlights include:
- A Corn Toss Tournament, Sponsored by the Medora High School Athletic Dept.
- A 5k Walk/Run organized by the Medora High School Cross Country Team.
- A 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament ran by Medora High School Basketball Team.
- The King Arthur Flour “Sweet Victory Challenge” baking and cooking competition with professional and celebrity judges. www.SweetVictoryChallenge.com
- Special Celebrity Guests: Amy Roloff, the mom from the TLC show “Little People, Big World” (Mar. 13-14)
Tickets are available at the event and cost $6 for youth (ages 5 to 15 years old), $10 for adults and free for children 4 years old and under. Anyone who brings a canned good item will receive a $2 discount off the ticket price. The canned goods will be donated to over seven food pantries serving over 7 Indiana counties.
King Arthur Flour Sponsors Sweet Victory Challenge at National Maple Syrup Festival
December 29, 2009 – Norwich, Vt. – Just as maple-sugaring season gets underway in 2010, amateur home cooks and bakers nationwide will have an opportunity to showcase their best recipes using maple syrup at this year’s Sweet Victory Challenge sponsored by King Arthur Flour at the National Maple Syrup Festival in Medora, Ind.
The competition opens at midnight Eastern time January 1, 2010, and is open to both adults (18 and over) and youths (17 and under) with original recipes in one of three categories: Savory (Main Dish), Dessert, and Breakfast. Each recipe must include both King Arthur Flour and 100% pure maple syrup.
A panel of judges will select five finalists in each division/category based on creativity, appetizing description, ease of preparation, and appropriate use of the required products. On the competition days, March 6 for the youth division, and March 13 for the adult division, local volunteers will prepare each dish for final judging. Finalists need not be present to win. First prize for each category in the adult division is $500 cash; second prize is $250 cash. In the youth division, first prize in each category is $250; second prize is $100. Each finalist will also receive a gift basket from King Arthur Flour.
All mailed and online entries must be received by February 19, 2010. Finalists will be notified the following week. Complete rules and an online entry form are available at http://www.sweetvictorychallenge.com.
The National Maple Syrup Festival is an annual event created to celebrate maple-sugaring season and the coming of spring. Hosted each year by Burton’s Maplewood Farm in Medora, Ind., the festival includes demonstrations, entertainment, food, and maple syrup from every maple-syrup producing state in the country. For more information, visit http://www.nationalmaplesyrupfestival.com.
King Arthur Flour is one of America’s best-selling flours, known by avid bakers for its consistent baking performance and lack of chemical additives. A variety of King Arthur’s unbleached flours and additive- and preservative-free baking mixes is available at supermarkets nationwide. King Arthur Flour’s mail-order catalogue offers more than 1,000 professional-grade baking tools and ingredients, available online at http://www.kingarthurflour.com and at The Baker’s Store in Norwich, Vermont. With more than one million bakers having participated in its workshops, seminars and classes, King Arthur Flour is the largest educator of home bakers in the world. King Arthur Flour is America’s oldest flour company and has been employee-owned since 1996.
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