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2008 PA State Laurel Festival
Tentative
Schedule of Events [pdf]
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Photo Copyright Bob Blair
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Every year in mid-June the community of Wellsboro celebrates the blooming
of our State flower with the annual PA State Laurel Festival. Plans are
already underway for the 67th PA State Laurel Festival to be held June
14-22. The week-long event will include a juried arts and crafts fair,
queens pageant, firemen's carnival, bicycle and foot races, a gospel sing
and several musical concerts, a pet parade, as well as the traditional
two-hour Laurel Festival Parade on Saturday, June 21. This is always a
great week packed full of fun for the entire family - you are sure to
find something for everyone's taste.
The Laurel Festival is truly a "State" festival. Miss Lindley
Henderson, of Shunk, the 2007 PA State Laurel Queen, will return to Wellsboro
to reign over the Festival and crown the 2008 PA State Laurel Queen from
among the beautiful young ladies chosen to represent high schools from
throughout Pennsylvania.
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Photo Copyright Wellsboro Gazette
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Our parade traditionally features high school bands, drum and bugle
corps, Shriner's units, horse units, floats, clowns and more from throughout
the state, joined by several of our friends and neighbors from New York
state as well.
The Festival was first held in 1938, and was the brainchild of a local
businessman named Larry Woodin, who was hoping to boost a sagging economy by
promoting the beautiful Pennsylvania Grand Canyon. The festival was originally
organized by the Lions Club, but today's festival is sponsored by the Wellsboro
Foundation Inc., administered by the Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce, and is
organized by a committee of volunteers who work year round to ensure its
success.
Over the years, the Festival has grown and expanded and has become known far and
wide. A big part of our success is due to the friendly hospitality of our area.
We invite visitors to enjoy not only the fun of our festival in June, but plan
to return for our Dickens of a Christmas in December. Please take time also to
enjoy our majestic mountains, the forestland abloom with laurel, our beautiful
lakes and the Pennsylvania Grand Canyon.
For additional information regarding the Laurel Festival, please contact the
Wellsboro Area Chamber of Commerce, 114 Main Street, Wellsboro, PA 16901,
phone 570-724-1926 or email info@wellsboropa.com.
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