Victor Potato Festival 2014

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POTATO FESTIVAL!

38th AnnuAl

hang around victor for the

SATuRDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2014 | 10 AM - 5 PMPRESEnTED BY

Firemens Field $3 Proceeds Benefit Victor Fire DepartmentFREE! at Village Hall & behind Town Hall

VICTOR DAY

10AM-5 PM

VICTOR FEST

6-10 PMMORE

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HANG AROUND VICTOR 2 FOR THE POTATO FESTIVAL


Why a POTATO FESTIVAL?people have been asking me...

Potatoes are the second most consumed food in America,

second only to milk products. The average American eats

120 pounds of potatoes a year. Thats almost 365

per person, or one a day.

Hang Around Victor Day has always been about showcasing everything thats great about Victor. For our Hang Around celebration this year the chamber harkens back to our roots (pun intended). Babette Huber, Victor Historian, has provided some historical background on the history of Victor as an agricultural community. One of our early specialties was the seed potato.

In the late 1800s farming was a necessity as early settlers needed to be self-sufficient and they accomplished this by farming our fertile land. The product that brought Victor, and especially Fishers, worldwide fame was the potato specifically the seed potato.

Charles Ford, a local potato pioneer, was sent to a farmers alliance convention in Morristown, NJ in 1877. While farmers there were having difficulty keeping potato seed held over until the next planting season, Ford described the hardy potatoes he was growing in Fishers. He promised to send them some of his seed potatoes and continued to do so for the next 50 years. Fords potatoes won gold medals and his catalog advertised

more than 94 varieties of seed potatoes.

At about the same time (1875) Charles Fords company was operating in the Victor area, John Connelly started his seed potato company. After his untimely death his wife Sarah decided to carry on the business. Sarah Connelly grew over 75 varieties of seed potatoes. She named different varieties of their potatoes, such as Andrus Rose, Kaiser and Maggie Murphy. Charles Fords business was closed in the late 1920s about the same time the custom of two weeks of potato digging school vacation was abandoned.

Interestingly, the rich, sandy soil where Eastview Mall now sits was at one time where seed potatoes were grown and harvested.

So while you are visiting Hang Around Victor Day: The Potato Festival, look for potato-based dishes served by our food trucks. Make sure the kids participate in our potato coloring contest by dressing-up our mascots Victor and Victoria. Visit our non-profit agencies and shop for all occasions with our craft vendors. Listen to music by Flint Creek and enjoy everything thats great about Victor!

Mitch Donovan, IOM Executive Director

Victor Chamber of Commerce


DOODlE BuGS KIDS AREA 10:00:00 am to 5:00 pm 40 Inflatable Obstacle Course,

Dunking Booth, Games and Demonstrations

10:00 am to 2:00 pm Gadgets the Clown1:00 pm Magic with Karvell - Childrens Stage

1:00 to 5:00 pm Roscoe the Court Jester ClownWatch Spotlight Theater build Victor and Victoria out of Balloons!

VICTOR FEST Sponsored by Victor Parks & Recreation

6:00 to10:00 pm Music by Soul Express and Orient Express, Food, Drinks and Fun

9:30 pm FIREWORKS!

VICTOR YMCA ACTIVITIES9:00 am Victor YMCA 5K Run

10:00 am Kids Run for Fun & 1 Mile Fitness Walk Starts on Adams Street Behind the Library

10:00 am YMCA 5K Awards Ceremony Entertainment Tent, Mead Square, Main Street

Enjoy Arts & Crafts, Food, Music, Magic, Clowns and Inflatable Obstacle Course. Visit our Community, Schools, Sports, and Church Organizations.

Finger lakes Gaming & Racetrack EnTERTAInMEnT TEnT

11:00 am to 5:00 pm live Music! Entertainment Tent, Mead Square, Main Street

Other entertainment (dance/vocal) will also be provided on the childrens stage throughout the day!

Most of us think there is a limited variety of potatoes. Actually there are over 5K in colors from creamy-white to bright yellow, red, blue

and deep purple. Around the world they are grown in many

shapes, textures, and sizes.

EVENTS!


Enjoy Arts & Crafts, Visit Our Community, School, Sports and Church Organizations.

Vendors listed below are as of time of publishing.

66 Advocare 27 Allora Salon and Spa 50 American Cancer Society 53 American Legion - James Cook Post 37 Auction Direct 79 Beau Monde Salon and Spa 49 Birthright of Victor 65 Bristol Mountain 80 Calhoun Chiropractic 25-26 Canandaigua National Bank 81 Carries Handmade Jewelry 43 Changing Closets 130 Childrens Entertainment44 Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic 124 Cobblestone Arts | Best Foot 91 Community Real Estate Group 144-145 Constellation Brands 70 Core Rhythm Pilates 123 Crafts by Carole 55 Cub Scout Pack 60 118 Cub Scout Pack 6119 Cub Scout Pack 6734 Dance Roots 104 Dars Delights 90 David Majchrzak 105 DeCanns Trading 5 Defense Tactics 125-126 Doodle Bugs 138 East West Alpaca 42 EquiCenter 131 Fairy Tale Princesses 141 Farmington Victor Moms Group 156-157 Finger Lakes Casino151-152 Finger Lakes Community College 69 FL Dental Care of Victor 67-68 Finger Lakes Hematology & Oncology 63 Finger Lakes Partners Insurance 142 FL Technologies Group 18 Fishers Fire Department 1 Five Star Bank 162 Flint Creek Band | Mike Speranza 155 FLTG - TV 51-52 Friends of Ganondagan 114 Friends of the Railroad 149 Frontier Communications 119 Girl Scouts of America - Victor Unit 88 Gleaners Community Kitchen20 Griffen Bakery87 Habitat for Humanity - Ontario County

71 Harolds Popcorn Crafts 120-122 Impact Church 135 Integrity Novelties and Crafts 92 Jamberry Nails 117 Kinder Care 2-3 Kiwanis Club of Farmington - Victor 116 Koalas Lemonade 148 LaBella Associates 129 Ladybug Kisses54 Legacy/Champion Hills 72 Lemongrass Spa Products 73 Liberty Mutual Insurance 136 Lollypop Farm 143 Love Sac 147 Marble Slab Creamery 41 Mark DiMartino DDS 82-83 Mattiacio Orthodontics 101 Megan Wachob Pottery 74 Mendon Village Animal Hospital 150 Messenger Post Media35 Microtel Inn & Suites 40 Next Level Strengthening & Conditioning 77 NY Weight loss 60 Patriot Guard Riders 7-9 PMC Energy Services, Inc. 64 Premier Designs76 Quail Summit 84 RAC for Women98-99 Rotary - Victor Farmington 11-12 S and I Signs 113 Sports Academy of Victor 132-134 Spotlight Theatre 85 St. Johns Lutheran Church 13 St. Patricks Catholic Church 86 Stoney Ridge Farms 100 Sweetiepunk Pendants 108 Tammy Allen Dance Academy 89 Tastefully Simple38 The Pampered Chef33 The Shabby Chic Garden 32 Thirty One Gifts 146 Thompson Health 28 Tiny Fish Printing 29 Tobacco Action Coalition61 Tornado Ts 30 Traveling Vineyard 115 Turning Pointe 140 United Martial Arts Center 75 VF Food Cupboard

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111 Victor Central PTSA 94-95 Victor Chamber 158-161 Victor Chevrolet 139 Victor Child Care Center 46-48 Victor Community Church 31 Victor Democratic Committee 59 Victor Hiking Trails, Inc. 96-97 Victor Historical Society 45 Victor Lions Club 112 Victor Little League 14-15 Victor Republican Committee 103 Victor Robotics 109 Victor Soccer Club 58 Victor Sustainability & Advisory Committee 110 Victor Swim Club 16-17 Victor United Methodist Church 107 Victor YMCA 153-154 Wades 137 Wax Hands Rochester6 Women for Funke 39 WZXV 99.7 Palmyra 106 YMCA 102 Young Life

FOOD VEnDORS I Big Bear BBQ F Chowder Up J Hello Arepa H Joes Pushcart D King Ferry WineryA & B Koalas C Nancys Fried DoughE RocCity Sammich G Salvatores Pizzeria

About 35 billion pounds

of potatoes are grown in the U.S. every year.

VENDORS!


EnTERTAInMEnT TEnT Mead Square Park

ENTERTAINMENT!

11:00 am to 3:00 pm FlInT CREEK

If you love country music and love to dance, this is the band for you!

3:00 to 5:00 pm MIKE SPERAnzA

Enjoy acoustic guitar music!

The Yukon Gold potato honors the

Alaskan Klondike Gold Rush of

1897-1898. Potatoes were practically worth their

weight in gold and valued for their

vitamin C content that miners traded gold for potatoes.

nEW THIS YEAR!FOOD TRuCKS

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Mr. Potato Head was born in Rhode Island in 1952 and was the

first toy to be advertised on television. Mr. Potato Head was married in 1953

to Mrs. Potato Head. Baby Potato Head was born in 1955. Mr. Potato Head has acted in two major films Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2.

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