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CaribouFest has fun for everyone

Wild” animals will roam the streets and rock and folk tunes will fill the air this weekend at CaribouFest: An Agri-Cultural Celebration.

Local artists will turn 25 life-size reindeer into funky works of art. The statues will be on display throughout the city and maps showing their locations will be available. In addition to the caribou, an exhibit featuring the work of student and experienced artists will take place at Collins Pond Park.

The festivities also include concerts at Teague Park ranging from rock to folk to Christian pop. On Friday, the Rustic Overtones will perform songs from their new album, “Viva Nueva!” and Relish will round out the mix with their blend of R&B and acoustic rock. On Saturday, folk musicians Odetta, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot and Josh White Jr. will present “Glory Bound,” a tribute to the works of Leadbelly, Woodie Guthrie and Josh White. On Sunday, Wayne Watson and Avalon will take the stage for an afternoon of Christian music. McLaughlin’s Big Band and the Northern Maine Chamber Orchestra will perform Saturday afternoon at Collins Pond Park.

There will be plenty to eat at CaribouFest, including a “tour of the world’s foods,” with booths offering French, Hispanic and Lebanese cuisine as well as a lobster bake. The Lions Club will sponsor a bean-hole bean supper. A strawberry festival will be part of the weekend’s festivities, with fresh strawberry shortcake for sale at the Caribou Recreation Center. The Gray Memorial Church will hold a chicken barbecue on Saturday morning and afternoon.

Other highlights of CaribouFest include: a carnival from Wednesday through Sunday at Teague Park; a display of more than 75 antique tractors; a marionette medley by Dan Grady; the 23-mile County Cycle Classic bicycle race from Van Buren to Caribou; tours of Caribou residents’ gardens; the 5K S.W. Collins Family Road Race, which participants can walk or run; a tail-dragger fly-in at the municipal airport; and a display of Belgian horses at Goughan’s Berry Farm.

Thursday, July 12

Fiesta Shows carnival – 6-11 p.m., near the Teague Park Gazebo

Festival events:

Tail Dragger fly-in – register to participate in landing contest, call 896-5675 or 493-3176, municipal airport; public is invited to view all aircraft

Friday, July 13

Strawberry Festival bake-off – 10 a.m., registration; judging at noon, Caribou Recreation Center

Lions bean-hole beans supper – 5-7 p.m., near Collins Pond Park

Rustic Overtones and Relish in concert – 8 p.m., Teague Park, $15 advance, $20 at the gate

Saturday, July 14

Antique tractor show – 7 a.m.-4 p.m., downtown parking lots

Pilot’s continental breakfast – 8-10 a.m., municipal airport

Strawberry Festival shortcake sales – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Caribou Recreation Center

Gray Memorial Church chicken barbecue – 10 a.m.-2 p.m., (rain date July 15) Gray Memorial United Methodist Church

Marvelous Marionette Medley – 1 p.m., Collins Pond Park

McLaughlin’s Big Band – 2:30 p.m., Collins Pond Park

Glory Bound in Concert – 8 p.m., Teague Park, $15 advance, $20 at the gate

Sunday, July 15

Country Cycle Classic – 8 a.m. registration at Gateway Elementary School, Van Buren; 9 a.m. race from Van Buren to Caribou

S.W. Collins family road race – 8 a.m. registration; 8:30 a.m. kids 1K; 9:30 a.m. 5K walkers; 9:45 a.m. 5K runners, from S.W. Collins parking lot

Antique tractor show – 10 a.m.-noon, downtown parking lots

Strawberry Festival shortcake sales – 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Caribou Recreation Center

Antique tractor parade – noon, downtown loop

Northern Maine Chamber Orchestra – 1 p.m., Collins Pond Park

Contemporary Christian singers Wayne Watson and Avalon in concert – 3 p.m., Teague Park, $15 advance, $20 at the gate.

For information, call the Caribou Chamber of Commerce & Industry at 1-888-722-7648 or check their Web site at www.cariboumaine.net/event.


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