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Little House family festival
highlights pioneer days
By Melissa Wilfong
The day proved to be warm, sunny, by the Frontier Culture Museum of chalk and mini-blackboards in a mock
and busy as children and other visitors Staunton, Va. Two representatives, classroom. The highlight was a short skit
tried out all the fun activities and Alexandria and Mikayla, showed put on by the Chesterfield Children’s
learning opportunities at Enon Library’s children how to dress in period Theatre.
Little House Day. costumes. Mikayla led a day in the life Little House Day was a success.
Chesterfield County Public Library as a school marm, and the children used Children flitted from games to the
organizer Lonnie Elliott said Saturday’s petting zoo and made crafts as they
event was purely an educational learned about the times from more than
opportunity. “We want people to be able 100 years ago.
to come and see what life was like all
those years ago,” Elliott explained.
The event drew more than 300
visitors and included a variety of fun
activities. There were pioneer games,
crafts including making yarn dolls and
clay pottery stamped bowls, dance
calling, a petting zoo, displays of farm
equipment, and costumes for dress. “We
were so pleased to see so many kids
come in costumes,” Elliott said.
A special treat was participation
CHESTERFIELD CHILDREN’S THEATRE
PERFORMED A SHORT SKIT OF LIFE ON
THE PRAIRIE. SISTERS JULIE, EVA AND LYDIA JONES IN
THEIR PIONEER DRESS.
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL
Steak & Ribs & a Baked Potato Bar
PETTING all for $ 10 95
ANIMALS,
CRAFT
MAKING,
AND
DOLL
MAKING
WAS PART
MIKAYLA AND ALEXANDRIA FROM THE OF THE
FRONTIER CULTURAL MUSEUM. DAY’S
ACTIVITIES.
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DAYS. Buffet from Monday to Friday 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. is $8.50 per person. Friday and Saturday dinner buffet from
5 p.m. to 9 p.m. is $10.95 per person. Drinks are $1.99. Sunday Brunch from 10-:30-2:30 is $9.95
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