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| By Erin O'Connor Staff Writer WESTFIELD The city of Westfield resembled a colonial village celebrating the harvest on Sept. 30 during the Third Annual Colonial Harvest Day sponsored by Westfield on Weekends (WOW) Organization. Musicians, vendors, crafts people and locals were encouraged to dress in colonial garb to enjoy clog dancers and autumn sunshine. The Westfield Green was home to musicians, folk singers and dancers, a children's story teller, a number of local antique dealers exhibiting their wares, food vendors and local non-profit organizations promoting their programs and services. A tractor-drawn hay wagon, pumpkin -carving and pie-making contest were also part of the event culminating in a community contradance with caller Jim Fownes and friends. "With Heart and Hand" had colonial demonstrations, face painting and pumpkin carving in front of their store location at 51 Court St. Demonstrations included a blacksmith, a potter, a spinner, a cabinet maker, a doll maker, a chair caner, a stencil artist, fiber artist, an herbalist and two Woodland Indian Interpreters. Antique appraisals were conducted at the Westfield Women's Club by the Western Hampden Historical Society. Performances included "Three of Cups"; Davis Bates; Zoe Darrow and "the Fiddleheads"; and "Maple Run," a dancing troupe of the Small Planet Dancers. Members of the 25th Regiment reenactment society strolled through Westfield fully clothes as 1700 Revolutionaries. The Regiment had a colonial encampment in front of the Atheneum explaining what life was like during the Revolutionary War period. "We pulled a lot of men from Massachusetts," Sergeant Vincent Gioscia of the regiment said to Reminder Publications. Please see Festival on next page |