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MAY

Thru Harness Horse Racing, Scarborough Downs Sept. 25 Scarborough 15 2nd Annual Rocky Coast Road Race Boothbay Harbor 15 Community Auction Festival Rockland 15 Baked Bean Supper, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Naples 15 Trade Day Winter Harbor 16 Machias River Canoe Race, Maine State Cham­ pionships, 18 mile wildwater open boat Robbinston Kennebec Journal Garage Sale, Civic Center Augusta 16 Pony Club Show, Hollis Equestrian Park Hollis 16-18 Maine Coast Artists Great Old Time Firehouse Sale, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Russell Ave. Rockport 19- 22 All State Music Festival, Memorial Union, University of Maine Orono 20 Plant & Food Sale, Hope Farm, Harrington Road, 10:00 a.m. Bristol 20- 26th 23 Annual District One Altrusa International Con­ ference, Holiday Inn Downtown Portland 21 Harry James & His Orchestra, Civic Center Portland 22 Harry James & His Orchestra, Cabaret Dance, Civic Center Augusta 22 Bowdoinham Library Plant Sale, Town Hall Bowdoinham 22 Wilhelm Reich Museum Friends Outing 9:00 a.m. Rangeley 22 Fashion Show: “ Hill Designs” , Episcopal Church, 2 - 4 p.m. Rangeley 22 Baked Bean Supper, 5 - 6:30 p.m. Naples 23 York County Riders Horse Show, Hollis Equestrian Park Hollis 23 Baton & Dance Competition & Beauty Contest, Mu­ nicipal Bldg. 8:30 a.m. Eastport 23 Upper Dead River Canoe Race, 14 mile wildwater open boat Kingfield 23 “ Charter Nite Dinner” , York Rotary Club, Stage Neck Inn, 7 p.m. York Harbor 23 Seacoast Comm. Chorus Spring Concert, High School Auditorium York 25 Championship Wrestling, Civic Center Portland 27 Baked Bean Supper, 5:30 p.m., Peoples United Methodist Church Woodland 28- Harness Horse Racing, Bangor Raceway July 31 Bangor 29 Food Sale, Foodland, 10:00 a.m. Rangeley 29 Parade, 1:30 p.m. Kittery 29 Draft Horse Pull, Hollis Equestrian Park Hollis 29 Pot Luck Supper, Fire Barn Naples 29 Bridgton Arts & Crafts Society, Open House Depot Street, 10-4 Bridgton 29 Perennial Plants & Food Sale, Gemmes Market, 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Naples 29-30 Faye Taylor Memorial Art Show and Mason Museum Open House Bethel 30 Androscoggin River Canoe Race, 25 mile wildwater open boat Mexico 30 4th Annual Rangeley Road Race, Lakeside Park, 3:30 p.m. Rangeley 30 Memorial Day Parade, Main Street, 2 p.m. Rangeley 30 “ Backside Ride” bike race, 1:30 p.m., Harbor House Southwest Harbor 30 Memorial Day Exercise, 1 - 3 Beals 30 Memorial Weekend Fly-In, 10-4 Owls Head 30 Memorial Day Service, Denmark Community Church Denmark 30 Maine Coast Marathon Kennebunk/Biddeford 31 Memorial Day Parade Brunswick/Topsham 31 Memorial Day Parade, Main Street Cherryfield 31 Memorial Day Parade Milo 31 Memorial Day Parade, Sweden Street Caribou MAY 31 Kittery Trading Post Annual Memorial Day Canoe Race, Spruce Creek Kittery 31 Memorial Day Parade & Activities Camden Rockport/Lincolnville 31 Parade, Village Square Buckfield 31 Memorial Day Parade, Cemetery Union 31 Memorial Day Parade, 10 a.m. Woodland

JUNE

2-6 . Ringling Bros, Barnum& Bailey Circus, Civic Center Portland 4-6 Maine Draft Horse& Ox Assn. Litchfield Fairgrounds Litchfield 5 Spring Fest, Hollis Community Facility Building Hollis 6 1st Annual Maine Celebrity Horse Shoe Tourna­ ment, 1 p m., Barn House Tavern North Windham 6 Shelby Auto Club, Six State Regional Meet. Trans­ portation Museum, 10 - 4 Owls Head 6 7th Annual Fort Kent Fish River Canoe Race, 4.1 mile wildwater open boat Fort Kent 6 Mattawamkeag River Canoe Race, 8 mile, wildwater open boat Mattawamkeag 6-27 Maine Coast Artists 4th Annual Juried Exhibition Rockport 11 Maine Invitational Rugby Tournament, Portland Area Soccer Fields Portland 11 Arrival of the M/V “American Eagle” Rockland 11-12 ISMA Baton Twirling Championships, Bangor Audi­ torium Bangor 12 Rotary Club Auction, City Hall, 8 - 3 Ellsworth 12 The Great Maine Race on the Androscoggin, 12 mile, marathon flatwater Brunswick 12 Old Port Festival, Old Port Exchange Portland 12 Junefest, Street Festival, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m., Lisbon Street Lewiston 12 Pot Luck Supper, Country Dance, Community Center, Rte. 27, 5 p.m. Belgrade Lakes 12 Sailebration 350 Yacht Race, Eastern Promenade & Portland Harbor % Portland 13 10K Road Race Camden 13 Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast Auburn 13 Triathlon, 3-event relay race Lewiston-Auburn 13 2nd Annual 6.5. mile Les Femmes d’Acadia foot race for women, 4 p.m., Harbor House Recreation Center Southwest Harbor 13-14 Miss Teen All-American Pageant, Junior High School Lewiston 16 Opening of the Scarborough Marsh Nature Center, Pine Point Road Scarborough 16-18 Maine Bridge Tournament, Bass Park Bangor 16-Aug. 28Planetarium Show: “ Nights Downeast,” Wingate Hall, University of Maine, Tues. & Wed. 2 p.m., Friday, 7 p.m. Orono 17 Eric Clapton in Concert, Civic Center Portland 18 Open House: Tate House, Victoria Mansion, Wadsworth-Longfellow House Portland 18- 20 & “ Oliver” musical, 8 p.m., Wieden Auditorium, Univer- 25-27 sity of Maine Presque Isle 19 Maine Dancers, Hancock County Auditorium, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 19 Spring Fun Run, 9:30 a.m. Kennebunkport 19 Antique Auto Show & Parade, Main Street, Athletic Field Bar Harbor 19 4-mile Road Race, Union Trust Co., State Street Ellsworth 19- 20 Maine Trail Riders Spring Ride, Fairgrounds Litchfield 19-20 4th Annual Sheep & Woolcraft Festival, Fairgrounds, 10-5 Cumberland 20 Father’s Day Flying Festival, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head 20 York County Riders Horse Show, Hollis Equestrian Park Hollis 20 Triathalon Race Waterville 20 Woodworking Exhibit, a demonstration and exhibit on quilting, Old Town Museum Old Town 21 21 st Annual Hope Firemen’s Frolic Rt. 105 Hope 24 Coffee & Sale, Willing Workers Hall, Route 130, 9 a.m. New Harbor 24- 27 8th Annual Heritage Festival at Washburn-Norlands Living History Center Livermore 25 Bingo Game, 7 p.m., Lincoln High School Vinalhaven 25- 26 Miss Maine Scholarship Pageant & Banquet, Brewer Auditorium Brewer 25-26 Strawberry Festival So. Berwick JUNE 25-27 2nd Annual North Atlantic Festival of Storytelling, Rockport Opera House: 25th, 1 - 10:30 p.m.; 26th, 9 a.m. - 10:30 p.m.; 27th, 9 - 4 p.m. Rockport 25- 27 175th Anniversary Celebration Palmyra 26 Waterfront Events at the Spring Point Shoreway, campus of Southern Maine Vocational Technical Institute So. Portland 26 Aces at the Aerodome Portland 26 Orland Field Day & Raft Race Orland Village 26 2nd Annual District One Conference, University of Southern Maine Portland 26 Daily Boatride along the Kennebec River, Percy & Small Shipyard Bath 26 12th Annual Saco Sidewalk Art Festival, Main Street, 9 - 3 Saco 26 Sand Castle Building & Sculpture Contest York Beach 26 Food Sale: American Legion Aux., 9 a.m. - noon, Lakeside Theatre Rangeley 26 Concert: Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts, Har­ rington Church Bristol 26 Bath Heritage Days Canoe Race on the Kennebec, 6 mile marathon flatwater Bath 26 Warren Day Warren 26- 27 Midsummer Festival: 1:00, Maypole; 5:00 & 6:30 supper at the Community Center followed by Swedish Dancing New Sweden 26-27 Laser Regatta, North End of China Lake China 26-July5 5th Annual Acadian Festival Madawaska 27 York County Riders Horse Show, Equestrian Park Hollis 27 Maine Rose Society’s 21st Annual Rose Show, Cheverus High School, 267 Ocean Ave., 1:15- 4:30 p.m. Portland 27 New England Marathon Canoe Championship on the Kennebec, 14-mile Marathon flatwater Augusta 27 Firemen’s Field Day ParadeS Muster York Beach 28 Arrival and Visit of Training Ship “ State of Maine” Portland 30-July 3 Beals Community Festival, Beals Elem. School Beals

JULY

July & Sebago-Long Lake Music Festival, Bridgton Acad­ August emy Chapel, Tue. & Thurs. Eves. N. Bridgton July & Band Concerts, Jr. High School, Wed. Eves August Bridgton July & Beano: Mon. - Spednic Club; Wed. - American Legion August Hall; Thur. - Odd Fellows Hall Woodland 1 Miss Houlton Pageant, High School, 7 p.m. Houlton Bay Chamber Concert, Opera House, 8:15 p.m. Rockport 1 Fireworks Ogunquit 1-3 Annual Summer Fair, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church North Windham 1-5 Old Fashioned 4th Celebration Houlton 1-5 4th of July Celebration Eastport 1-5 Bath Heritage Days, Downtown Bath 1-Sept. 21 Sunken Garden of Tuberous Begonias, 169 Camden Street, Daily 8 - 5 Rockland Blue Grass Festival, Houlton Arena, 7 p.m. Houlton Colonial Breakfast, Willing Workers Hall, Route 130 New Harbor New England Salty Dog Bluegrass Festival Cambridge Aerobatic Show, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head Old Hallowell Day Street Dance Hallowell Children’s Day Parade, Main Street, 1 p.m.; Cookout, Lakeside Park, 4 p.m.; Chicken Barbecue 5 - 7 p.m. Rangeley A Day on the Common Gardiner Annual Fireworks Display, Lakeside Park, 9 p.m. Rangeley Demonstration by Local Artists, Sands Pavillion, 2 - 5 p.m. York Beach 4th of July Celebration, Parade 10 a.m.; Fireworks at Dusk Jay/Livermore Falls Fireworks Display, Houlton Community Park, 9 p.m. Houlton Battle of the Country Bands, Houlton Arena, 9 p.m. Houlton Craft Fair, Peavey Memorial Library Eastport Bowdoinham Barbecue, Community School Bowdoinham 3 3 3-4 3-4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 ChestervilleTown Parade, Town Hall Parade, Town ChestervilleTown 4 3-10 3-5 JULY 6 Machias Bay Chamber Concert, Maine Machias High Machias Maine Concert, Bay Chamber Machias 6 9- 10 13th Annual Book Sale, 1 -4 p.m., Elementary School p.m., Elementary 1 Sale, -4 Book Annual 13th 10 School Sharon New Chorus, 9- Festival Freedom p.m.8 Auditorium, ,Wieden Girl” Spangled Star “The g 8- 11 Days Home Old Harrison Flyers, Flexible & Rudd Roswell 8- 10 Concert: RFPA 8 p.m. 1 College, Community Bangor Parade, 5 -0 ida Od oe as Hg School High Days, Home Old Windham 9-11 of House University 9-11 Opera p.m., 8 7:30 Festival, Folk Concert, Band Elem. 9-10 Kent Ft. g g Vocational Maine Southern &Crafts, Arts p.m. Northeast 8:15 House, Opera Concert, 8-11 Chamber Bay 8-11 8 8 Astral” “ ketch Navy US 11 the of visit and Arrival 7- Athletic 7 Street, Main Festival, Seafood 6- & 8 Parade p.m. 2 - 9:30 Church, Episcopal 5 Market, Flea 5 5 0 eerto 5, t Wlim, hr Road Shore Williams, Ft. 350, Celebration 10 10 10 10 0 t nul reo Fsia, aae 0 a.m. 10 Parade Festival, Freedom Annual 6th 4 - 9 Inn, Rangeley Sale, & Show Antique 10 10 p.m.10 8 House, Opera Camden Chorus, Windjammer 10 Block Dance, Village School School Village Dance, Block Limestone Annual Parade & 4th of July Celebration July of &4th Parade Annual Limestone Fun on the 4th Road Race, Town Hall Hall Town Race, Road 4th the on Fun iyBn ocr, iy al 8 p.m. 8 Hall, City Concert, Band City ■£> ^ 5 5 4th of July Celebration, Street Dance & Fireworks on & Dance Fireworks Street Celebration, of July 4th 5 4th of July Parade, Main Street Street Main Parade, July of 4th Celebration July of 4th Lot Parking Town a.m., 10 Day, Tag Annual School Village Supper, Hole Bean enbc ie Ayhn-o-a-ade Race, Anything-You-Can-Paddle River Kennebec Union Raft Race Race Raft Union Festival Crafts Rotary Annual 8th Auction u o h t eerto, an St. Main Celebration, 4th the for Fun Celebration Centennial Roosevelt Delano Franklin Celebration Day Independence Annual Celebration July of 4th 4thof JulyCelebration, Community Park Park Community JulyCelebration, 4thof Sesquicentennial Celebration Celebration Sesquicentennial Founder’s Day Events, Common Common Events, Day Founder’s Celebration Ball Fireman’s 100th Festival Oyster Church Cong. Festival, Strawberry 1 Rte. Fair, Firemen’s Parade, & Celebration 4th Sesquicentennial Celebration Celebration Carnival, Sesquicentennial Parade, Celebration, Day Independence ol’ Fset ose ot Races Boat Lobster Fastest World’s 4 on the 4th Road Race, Jr. High, Depot Street Depot High, Jr. Race, Road 4th the on 4 Crafts Festival, Saddleback Motor Inn 10 - 3 - 10 Inn Motor Saddleback Festival, Crafts 4th of July Celebration Celebration July of 4th Lobster/Clam Bake, Town Hall (High St.) Late After­ Late St.) (High Hall Town Bake, Lobster/Clam noon, Fireworks at dusk dusk at Fireworks noon, aiy u HreSo, olo rn, 0 a.m. 10 Arena, Houlton Show, Horse Fun Family 10 mile, marathon flatwater flatwater marathon mile, 10 Dusk at &Fireworks Band Concert Dance, Patriotic Rally,Bangor Community College College Community Rally,Bangor Patriotic Ossipee Valley Agricultural Society Fair Fair Society Agricultural Valley Ossipee 4th; and Parade on 5th 5th on Parade and 4th; Technical Institute Institute Technical Winners, Competition, p.m. 8 Church, Street Centre Solo-Orchestral School tion Museum, 10 - 4 - Transporta­ 10 Rally, Museum, Vehicle tion Sport & Interest Special Parade & Festival Festival & Parade Paul Bunyan Marathon Marathon Bunyan Paul Field Field Maine, Auditorium Auditorium Maine, Maine of University p.m. 8 Church, Episcopal Limestone, Loring AFB Loring Limestone, 11 Brunswick/Topsham a.m. apblo Island Campobello Jonesport/Beals arsn Village Harrison ae Elizabeth Cape Orono/Bangor o Windham So. Damariscotta rsu Isle Presque Farmington New Sharon New Thomaston e Sharon New Cherryfield Vinalhaven Bar Harbor Bar ws Head Owls . Portland S. Thomaston Thomaston Rockwood Pembroke Rockport Hodgdon Denmark Rangeley So. Hiram So. Freeport Denmark Ellsworth ot Kent Fort Rangeley Rangeley Rangeley Bridgton Bridgton Rangeley Rockport Augusta Houlton Portland Machias Camden Portland Camden Sanford Brooks Naples Bangor Bangor Bangor Bethel Union Union York Milo Bath

JULY 10 Maine Dancers #2, Hancock County Auditorium, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 10 St. Joseph’s 4th Annual Auction, 5:30 p.m. Ellsworth 10 Arts & Crafts Festival, Downtown Mall Caribou 10 Tidal River Canoe Race, 2:30 p.m. Kennebunkport 10 6th Annual 6.2 mile Southwest Harbor Days Foot Race, 9 a.m. Southwest Harbor 10 Folk Festival, 2 & 8 p.m., Opera House Rockport 10 Lady Lions Summer Fair, LionsClub, Eldridge Road, 10 a.m. Wells 10 “An Evening on the Green” Dinner Dance, Westbrook College, Stevens Avenue Portland 10 Contra Dance, 8-11 p.m., Live Band, Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor 10 Foods, Arts & Crafts Plus White Elephant Sale, Village Green, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Naples 10-11 Quilt Show & Sale, Chickadee Quilters, Town Hall, 10-5 Bridgton 10-11 2nd Annual Downeast Dulcimer Festival, Village Green Park, 12-5 p.m. Bar Harbor 10-11 6th Annual Tennis Tournament Camden 10-11 Stockholm Home Town Weekend Stockholm 10-11 “ Southwest Harbor Days”, Harbor House Recreation Center Southwest Harbor 11 Annual Freedom Festival Family Picnic, Recreational Field New Sharon 11 Fire Dept. Fishing Derby, Messalonskee Boat Launch, Rte 27 Belgrade 11 Model Festival, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head 11 Band Concert, Village Green, 6:00 p.m. Naples 11 Androscoggin Canoe Marathon, 20 miles Bethel/ Rumford 11 2nd Annual Southwest Harbor Days Triathlon: Run­ ners, Rowers, and Cyclists, 2 p.m. Southwest Harbor 11 Parson Smith Homestead Open House Windham 11 Schooner Open House Camden 12- Belfast 17 Bay Festival Belfast 13 Machias Bay Concert, The Vermeer Quartet, Centre Church, 8 p.m. Machias 13- 20th 15 Annual Windjammer Days Boothbay Harbor 14 City Band Concert, City Hall, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 14- Maine 18 Potato Blossom Festival Ft. Fairfield 15 Christmas in July Fair, 11-5, Memorial Gym Sanford 15 Bay Chamber Concert, 8:15 p.m., Opera House Rockport 15 Luncheon & Church Fair, Naples United Methodist Church, 10-2 Naples 15 35th Annual Open House & Garden Day Camden/Rockport 16 Loring AFBOpen House LoringAFB, Limestone 16 Old Hallowell Day Dance Hallowell 1 6 -1 7 Old Home Days - Buxton & Hollis, Weymouth Park Bar Mills 16-18 Acadian Scottish Festival Trenton 16-18 3rd Annual New England Sidecar Rally Norridgewock 16-18 Lively Arts Festival, Bridgton Elem. & Junior High School Grounds Bridgton 16-18 Historical Quilt Show:“ MaineQuilts,’82” , University of Southern Maine Gorham 16-18 Clam Festival Yarmouth 16-18 “A Wild Mountain Time” Water & Logging Carnival, Rangeley Village & Lakeside Park Rangeley 16-18 Truck Rodeo, Glen Rollins Field Concord 16- Arrival 19 and visit of the US Coast Guard’s training bark, “ Eagle” Portland 17 Alfred Festival Alfred 17 Old Hallowell Day Hallowell 17 Camden-Lincolnville Canoe Race, 9 mile marathon flatwater Camden 17 Historical Craft Fair, Main Street Cherryfield 17 Sidewalk Sales Day Bridgton 17 Downeast Fair & Auction, Church of Our Father, Hulls Cove Bar Harbor 17 Lion’s Auction, Bristol School, Rt. 130 Bristol 17 Mollyockett Day Festival, Village Common Bethel 17- Bridgton 18 Arts & Crafts Society Summer Fair, Sat. 10-6; Sun. 10-4 Bridgton

1 7 - 1 8 Antique Show, High School Gym Camden 17-18 Food & Yard Sale, Fire Barn Naples 18 Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, TwinTownTrailerSales Oxford 18 6th Annual Arts & Crafts Show, Bok Amphitheater, 9 - 6 Camden JULY 18 ’Roostook River Raft Race, Aroostook River Caribou 18 Waterfront Events, Long Pond Belgrade Lakes 18 Old-Time Fiddler’s Contest, Rangeley inn Green, 12:30 p.m. Rangeley 18 Horse Show, Cherryfield Fairgrounds Cherryfield 18-25 The 6th Annual Franco-American Festival, Kennedy Park Lewiston 20 Machias Bay Concert, Centre Street Church, 8 p.m. Machias 21 City Band Concert, City Hall, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 21 Annual Fair and Luncheon, First Cong. Church, Elm Street, 10 a.m. Camden 21 Graceland Ramblers, Hancock County Auditorium Ellsworth 21-23 Quarter Horse Show, Bass Park Bangor 22 Annual Craft Fair& Luncheon, Willing Workers Hall, Rte. 130, 10 a.m. New Harbor 22 Rummage Sale, Episcopal Church, 10-2 Rangeley 22 Bay Chamber Concert, 8:15 p.m., Opera House Rockport 23 Guild Bazaar, Town Hall Bridgton 23 4th Annual Great Schooner Race Rockport 23 New Sweden Founder’s Day, noon, museum New Sweden 23-24 Art Show, Main Street, Village Green Bar Harbor 23-24 MSGA Golf Tournament, White Birches Hancock 23-25 Pittston Fair Pittston 23- Antique 25 Shows Boothbay Harbor 24 Church Fair, Our Lady Queen of Peace Church Boothbay Harbor 24 Bed Race, Bangor Fire Dept. Bangor 24 Waterboro Old Home Days Waterboro 24 Sale-A-Bration, Cong. Church, 10-2 p.m. Rangeley 24 Book & Bake Sale, Naples Public Library 9:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Naples 24 Church Fair & Luncheon, St. Saviours, Mt. Desert Street Bar Harbor 24 Elmer Yoray Modern Dance, Hancock County Auditorium, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 24 Central Maine Egg Festival Pittsfield 24 Museum Society Annual Chicken Supper, Grange Hall Belgrade 24 Maine Trail Riders Fun Show, Fairgrounds Litchfield 24 Ellsworth Falls Cong. Church Auction, City Hall, 9 - 3 Ellsworth 24- 25 Obsolete Auto Show Boothbay 24-25 Re-enactment of the Bombardment of Old Falmouth Portland 24-25 Craft Show, Mount Desert Island High School, 10-5 Bar Harbor 24-25 Harvest of the Sea’82 Lobster Boat Races, blessing of the fleet, and a lobster bake, E. Promenade Portland 25 2nd Annual Traditional Clambake, Wilhelm Reich Museum, noon Rangeley 25 “ Donkey Baseball,s’ 1 p.m. York Beach 25 Auction of Antique Enginesand Related Mechanical Americana, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head 25 Ellsworth Lions Club Horse Show, Fairgrounds Blue Hill 26-31 Tuna Tournament Bailey Island 26-Aug. 1 Deering Oaks Festival, Large Cookout Portland 28 City Band Concert, City Hall, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 28-29 Potato Feast Houlton 28-31 A.C.A. Whitewater Open Canoe Championship, Lower Dead River, 22 mile, Slalom open boat/wild- water open boat West Forks 29 RFPA Concert: Beriozka Balalaika Orchestra, Orgonon, 8 p.m. Rangeley 29 Bay Chamber Concert, 8:15 p.m. Opera House Rockport 29-30 Antique Show & Sale, Lake Region High School, Rte. 302 Bridgton 29-31 Sidewalk Sale-A-Bration, Downtown Caribou 29-31 Casco Days Casco 29-31 Kiwanis Auction, Kiwanis Bldg. Forest Ave. Orono 29-31 Summer Theatre Production, “ The Boyfriend” Univ. of Maine Auditorium Fort Kent 29-31 Friendship Sloop Days Friendship 29-Aug. 1 Winslow Lions Club Fair Waterville 29-Aug. 1 “ Wait Until Dark” , 8 p.m., Wieden Auditorium, Univ. of Maine Presque Isle 29-Aug. 1 14th Annual Canusa Games, Brewer Auditorium Brewer JULY 29- Aug. 7 Bangor State Fair, Bass Park Bangor 30- 31 Annual Frenchman Bay Friendship Sloop Regatta Bar Harbor 30-Aug. 1 Durham Old Home Days Durham 30-Aug. 1 Kingfield Business Alliance Weekend Kingfield 30- Aug. 7 Downtown Merchants Annual Sidewalk Sale Ellsworth 31 Senior Citizen “ Golden Age Party” , Fort Halifax Park » Winslow 31 Art Festivaal Waterville 31 Jackman-Moose River Annual Field Day Moose River 31 Concert: 20 piece Mandolin Band, evening, Opera . House Rockport 31 5th Annual Ferry Village Summer Fest S. Portland 31 Dinner Dance, Saddleback Ski Area Base Lodge, Al Corey Orchestra Rangeley 31 Yankee Pedlar Day, Pownalborough Court House, 10-4 Wiscasset 31 Ram Island Dance Company, Hancock County Audi­ torium, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 31 Pops Concert, Bristol School, Route 130 Bristol 31 29th Annual Bean Hole Bean Festival, Fairgrounds Oxford 31-Aug. 1 St. Mary’s Church Fair, EldredgeRd, 10 a.m. Wells 31-Aug. 1 10th Annual H.O.M.E. Craft Fair, Falls Road Orland

AUGUST

1 Band Concert, Village Green, 6:00 p.m. Naples 1 York Day York 1 Old Home Day, Union Church Mercer 1-7 Night Harness Horse Racing, Fairgrounds Skowhegan 1-7 International Festival Calais 1-8 Tuna Tournament Boothbay Harbor 3 Machias Bay Chamber Concert, Centre Church, 8 p.m. Machias 3- 5 Antique Shew & Sale, City Hall Ellsworth 4 KVM Club Annual Fair, Grange Hall, 11-3 Belgrade 4- 8 Waterville Summerfest Waterville 5 Bay Chamber Concert, Opera House, 8:15 p.m. Rockport 5 Summer Fair, Episcopal Church, 9:30 - 1:30 p.m. Rangeley 5 Sidewalk Art Show, Main Street, 10-4 Rangeley 5 Chicken Barbecue, Episcopal Church, 4 - 7 p.m. Rangeley 5 St. Thomas Church Summer Fair, Chestnut Street, 1 0 - 3 Camden 5 RFPA Concert: Penn. Singers, Episcopal Church, 8 p.m. Rangeley 5- 7 Seacoast Festival Kennebunkport 5-7 Camden Antiques Show, Elem. School, 11-7, Sat. 11- 6 Rockport 5 - 7 Wesserunsett Valley Fair Athens 5- 8 Cochnewagen Agricultural Association Fair Monmouth 6- 7 Gilbert & Sullivan Production: “ Patience” Hancock County Auditorium, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 6-8 Maine Festival Of the Arts, Bowdoin College Brunswick 6-8 The Fifth Annual Great Kennebec River Boat Race, National Power Boat Competition Bath 6-8 Bazaar, Main Street, St. Bruno’s Church Van Buren 6-8 Maine Seafoods Festival Rockland 7 Field Day Monson 7 1st Annual Downtown Portland Bed Race, Federal Street Portland 7 Rotary Lobstertime & Auction Boothbay 7 Church Fair & Auction, Holy Redeemer Church, Mr. Desert Street Bar Harbor 7 Jala Racing Arabians Open House, Rte. 16 Brownfield 7 Annual Bean Hole Supper & Craft/Flea Market Sale, Fairgrounds Litchfield 7 Maine Trail Riders Swap & Shop, Fairgrounds Litchfield 7 Oxford County Extension Service Field Day, Carter’s Middle Intervale Farm Bethel 7 Bean Hole Supper, 5 - 7 p.m., Community Center Belgrade Lakes 7 “Harbor House Annual Auction”, Harbor House Recreation Center, 2 p.m. Southwest Harbor 7 Rotary Auction, 10 a.m. Rangeley AUGUST 7 Nature Exploration, Wilhelm Reich Museum, 1:30 p.m. Rangeley 7 Annual Street Fair& Flea Market No. Windham 7 26th Annual Chicken BBQ, Federated Church, Main Street Norridgewock 7 Kennebec-Lincoln 50 on the Kennebec Canoe Race, Caratunk to Norridgewock Caratunk 7 175th Annual Montville Field Day Center Montville 7 Annual Pops Concert, New England Music Camp Waterville 7 Olde Home Day, Common & Village Square 7 Food Sale, Village Green Naples 7-8 Fort Halifax Days Waterville/Winslow 7-8 St. Joseph’s Summer Festival Ellsworth 7-8 Old Bristol Days Muster, Ft. William Henry Grounds Pemaquid 8 Tremont Firemen’s Auction Bass Harbor 8 Ceremonial Day, Pleasant Point Reservation, 2 p.m. Perry 8 Band Concert, Village Green, 6:00 p.m. Naples 8 Giant Birthday Party in the Park E. Millinocket 8-14 Topsham Fair Topsham 9 Craft Show, Main Street, Village Green Bar Harbor 10 Maine Coast Artists Art Auction, Opera House, 8 p.m. Rockport 10 Machias Bay Chamber Concert, Centre Street Church, 8 p.m. Machias 10-12 Antique Show & Sale, Bath Jr. High School, Lincoln Street Bath 12 Ladies Aid Fair, 11-3 p.m., Old South Church, Rte. 135 Belgrade 12 Flea Market, Episcopal Church, 9:30-2 Rangeley 12 RFPA Concert: Kennebec Valley Chordsman, Epis­ copal Church, 8 p.m. Rangeley 12 Songo River Queen Ride, Towndock, 9:30 a.m. Naples 12-21 Skowhegan State Fair Skowhegan 12-22 Northern Maine Fair Presque Isle 13 Blueberry Bazaar, 1st Cong. Church Wilton 13 Used Book Sale, Cong. Church Camden 13 Garden Club Food Sale, 10 a.m., Trask House, Rte. 8 No. Belgrade 13 Horror Film Festival, Hancock County Auditorium 6 - midnight Ellsworth 13-14 Oxford Firemen & Auxiliary Field Days Oxford 13-15 White Birches Blueberry Open Golf Tournament Ellsworth/Hancock Area 13-15 Celebration 350 Hot Air Balloon Festival, Maine Mall S. Portland 13-15 United Maine Craftsmen Fair, Fairgrounds Cumberland 14 Annual Transportation Rally, Transportation Museum, 1 - 4 Owls Head 14 Lumberman’s Museum Bean-Hole Bean Supper, noon - 5 Patten 14 Blueberry Festival, Cong. Church Winslow 14 Annual Lobster Festival Winter Harbor 14 Hobby & Craft Sale, Naples United Methodist Church, 10 a.m. Naples 14 Garden Club Auction, Opera House, 9 a.m. Rockport 14 City Band Concert, City Hall, 8 p.m. Ellsworth 14 Nature Exploration, Wilhelm Reich Museum, 1:30 p.m. Rangeley 14 Rotary Club Annual Pancake Breakfast, City Hall Ellsworth 14 Maine Society of Mayflower Descendants, Civic Center Augusta 14 Grand Willey 10K Road Race, High School 9:30 a.m. Ellsworth 14 3rd Annual Antique Wooden Canoe Show. Seminars, 8 a.m., Hancock Hall; Displays 1 p.m., University of Maine Orono 14 4th Annual Scottish Games & Festival, 9:30 - 4:30 Newcastle 14 , Grand Parade, 11 a.m. E. Millinocket 14 Flea Markets Craft Sale, Naples Fire Barn Naples 14 Bake Sale, Union Church, 9:30 - 1:30 Naples 14 or 21 St. Croix Valley Garden Club, Flower Show, Perry School Perry 14-15 Dancelebration 350, Maine Movement Dance Center Portland 14-15 Sudbury, Canada Days Heritage Festival, Moses Mason Museum Bethel 14-15 Monhegan Island Yacht Race Monhegan/Portland AUGUST 14-22 Sesquicentennial Celebration Lee 15 Annual Chicken Barbecue Benefit, Aurora Volunteer Fire Dept. Aurora 15 Aerobatic Show, Transportation Museum Owls Head 15 Mad Witch Half Marathon Road Race, Brewer Audi­ torium Brewer 16 Summer Reading Program Party, Naples Library, 11:00 a.m. Naples 17 FFA Day, Northern Maine Forum Presque Isle 18 Outside Sidewalk Art Show Ogunquit 18 Historical Society HouseTour, 10-4 Woolwich 19 RFPA Concert: Baruch Memorial Concert “ Fiddler on the Roof’, High School, 8 p.m. Rangeley 19 Annual Blueberry Festival, Rangeley Inn Green, 10-2 Rangeley 19-20 Book Sale, Library Pemaquid 19-21 Madison-Anson Summer Festival & Father Rasle Celebration Madison 19-21 American Ivy Society Convention, Merry Gardens Rockport 19-22 “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way tothe Forum”, Wieden Auditorium, Univ. of Maine, 8 p.m. Presque Isle 19- 22 World’s Fair Association Agricultural Fair N. Waterford 20 Flower Show Boothbay Harbor 20- 21 Art Show, Village Green Bar Harbor 20-22 Blueberry Festival Machias 20- 23 Arrival & Visit of Tall Ship, “ Pride of Baltimore” Portland 21 Blueberry Pancake Breakfast, Masonic Hall Bar Harbor 21 “ Publick Fare” , Old Gaol & Emerson Wilcox House, 10-5 York 21 WCSH Sidewalk Art Festival Portland 21 Parade, York Village, 12:30 p.m. York 21 Rummage Sale, Episcopal Church, 10-2 Rangeley 21 Annual Retired Skippers Race Castine 21 Nature Exploration, Wilhelm Reich Museum, 1:30 p.m. Rangeley 21- 22 Air Show, Naval Air Station Brunswick 22 Auction of Antique, Classic & Special Interest Autos, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head 22 Band Concert, Village Green, 6:00 p.m. Naples 22 42nd Annual Exhibition, Maine Gladiolus Society, St. Anne’s Church Gorham 22 Firemen’s Lobster Festival Bass Harbor 23-28 Union Fair Union 26 Coffee & Sale, Willing Workers Hall, Rt. 130, 9 a.m. New Harbor 26-28 15th Anniversary Seacoast Crafts Fair, St. Christo­ pher’s Auditorium York Harbor 26-29 Morgan Horse Show, Bass Park Bangor 26-29 Piscataquis Valley Fair Association Agricultural Fair Dover-Foxcroft 26- 29 Acton Fair Acton 27 State of Maine Blueberry Festival, Fairgrounds Union 27 Square & Round Dance, Expo. Bldg. Portland 27- 28 6th Annual Downeast Jazz Festival, Opera House Camden 27- 29 8th Annual Central Maine Bluegrass Festival, Tid­ well’s Farm Cambridge 28 Annual Log Day Skowhegan 28 Short Ships Race Rockport 28 Great Wayne Fair, Ladd Recreation Center Wayne 28 Food, Craft&White Elephant Sale, 9-3 Naples 28 Skowhegan Logging Days Canoe Race, 2 mile, wild- water, open boat Skowhegan 29 Flying Farmer Aerobatic Show, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head 28- 29 Rangeley Lakes Gun Show, Regional School (Sat. 8 - 6; Sun. 9 - 2) Rangeley 29- Sept. 6 Windsor Fair Windsor 30- Sept. 5 Disney World on Ice, Civic Center Portland

SEPTEMBER

2- 5 Arabian Horse Show, Bass Park Bangor 3- 5 Maine State Firefighters Convention Madawaska 3-5 Annual Bluegrass Festival, Thomas Point Beach Brunswick 3-6 Blue Hill Fair Blue Hill 3-6 Springfield Fair Springfield 5 Labor Day Weekend Fly-In Owls Head 5 “ Parade”, noon York Beach SEPTEMBER 6 Parade, Firemans Muster, Antique Autos & Chicken Barbecue, Village Square Buckfield 6 Annual Frog Jumping Contest Norridgewock 6 Kittery Trading Post Septemberfest Canoe Race, 5 mile marathon flatwater Kittery 9- Clinton 12 Lions Club Agricultural Fair Clinton 10- 12 Litchfield Fair Litchfield 10-12 Oxford Fair Oxford 11 Lewiston Day, Street Festival Lewiston 11 Annual Harvest Fair, Municipal Bldg., Rt. 1 Perry 16-18 In-the-Water Boat Show, Spring Point Marina S. Portland 17-19 Bangor Gun Show, Bass Park Bangor 18 Maine Trail Riders Fall Ride, Fairgrounds Litchfield 18 Game Night, Bar Harbor Club, West Street Bar Harbor 18 5th Annual Bar Harbor 13-miler Road Race, Athletic Field Bar Harbor 18 Dance, Fire Barn Naples 19-25 Farmington Fair Farmington 23- Junior 26 League Show, Bass Park Bangor 24- Antiques 26 Show, Auditorium Bangor 24- Common 26 Ground Country Fair Windsor 25 Bethel Homecoming Day, Moses Mason Museum Bethel 25 Kingfield 10K Road Race, 11 a.m. Kingfield 25 Miss Maine National Pre-Teen Pageant, Civic Center Augusta 25- Fall Oct. Foliage 11 Art Show, Sugarloaf Base Lodge Kingfield 25-26 New Portland Lions Club Agricultural Fair No. New Portland 25-26 Annual Fly-in, Gaddis Airport Bingham 25-Oct. 3 Fall Foliage Days Rangeley 25- Fall Oct. Foliage 9 Excursions Bethel 26 Special Homecoming Reunion service, West Parish Cong. Church Bethel 26 Sugarloaf Uphill Climb, 10 a.m., Sugarloaf Mountain Kingfield 26- Cumberland Oct. 2 Fair Cumberland 29-Oct. 1 Business Systems & Services Exposition, Bass Park Bangor

OCTOBER

2 Annual Greek Ball, New Shrine Hall Bangor 2 Annual Bean Supper Wells 2 2nd Annual Canoe Festival Old Town 2 Maine Trail Riders Fun Show, Fairgrounds Litchfield 2 Old Town Foliage Canoe Race, Penobscot River. Marathon Flatwater Old Town 2- 3 Autumn Celebration, Washburn-Norlands Living History Center Livermore 3 Maine Trail Riders Judged Ride, Fairgrounds Litchfield 3- 10 Fryeburg Fair Fryeburg 8-11 12th Annual Fall Foliage Weekend & Country Fair Boothbay Harbor 9 Sock Hop, Samoset Rockland 10 Fall Foliage Fly-In, Transportation Museum, 10-4 Owls Head 10 5th Annual Harbor House Fall Foliage 5.5 mile foot race, 1 p.m. Southwest Harbor 10 York County Riders Fun Show, Hollis Equestrian Park Hollis 13 Harlem Globetrotters, Auditorium Bangor 17 Casco Bay Marathon Portland/Yarmouth

NOVEMBER

14 “ City Cars From Round the World”, Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport 27-29 United Maine Craftsmen Fair Brewer

DECEMBER

4-5 “Christmas-At-Norlands,” Washburn-Norlands Living History Center Livermore 5, 12, 19 “Christmas at the Trolley Museum,” Seashore Trolley Museum Kennebunkport 11 New England Christmas Crafts Market, Expo Bldg. 239 Park St., 10-6 Portland