KINGFIELD – The town’s 200th birthday celebration continues with a Halloween inspired festival this Saturday beginning at 4 p.m. The Bicentennial committee has been working for four years now to organize events to recognize the town’s milestone. The events have ranged in style and purpose, from historical reenactments to a harvest dinner and barn dance.
This month’s event, The Ghost Walk, was organized by Jane Daly and several sub-committees. The evening will kick off at 4 p.m. with a reenactment of the flooding of 1869, which carried hundreds of pumpkins from their fields down into the Carrabassett River and over the falls. Children attending the festival can drop their pumpkins into the river and watch as they get carried downstream and over the falls at the Centennial Bridge.
“The only problem is we don’t have a lot of river at the moment,” Daly said.
Following the pumpkin show, attendees can rendezvous at the Herbert Hotel for the start of the Ghost Walk tour. The tour will kick off with members from the Maine Ghost Hunters group holding a discussion in the lobby of the hotel. The walking tour will wind its way through the neighborhoods of Kingfield learning about the different ghostly tales the town holds. Groups will be entertained along the way by several different stops, including a fire dancer and a talking pumpkin.
The evening will conclude with a walk through the Riverside Cemetery, where more of Kingfield’s spooky history will be revealed, as well as a street dance held by local “witches.”
“Kingfield has been extremely supportive and helpful,” Daly said of planning the event. “We’ve gotten a lot of donations and help in various ways.”
Despite predicted rain, Daly said the event should have a good turn out.
“We’ve put a lot of information out there,” she said.
Sounds like fun . Is there a meeting place, and who can we contact to find out if its canceled due to the rain .
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coming from Farmington