2008 Cream Cheese Festival Schedule    11:00 AM- 6:00 PM

All Contestants must sign up at the information booth
the day of the event.

Cream Cheese Festival Games & Events

Cream Cheese Recipe Contest/Bake-Off - $200 Prize for 1^st Place in each Category (1:45pm Winners Announced)
Got a favorite recipe containing cream cheese?  

For the fourth year in a row, a Cream Cheese recipe contest will be one of the featured events
at the Cream Cheese festival.  If you would like to sign up for the contest (or know someone
who would like to sign up), people can bring in a copy of their recipe (must be labeled with
their category, name and phone number) to the Main Office at Kraft Foods (7388 Utica Blvd
in Lowville) on Thursday and Friday, September 11th and 12th from noon - 4:30 pm. Kraft will provide the cream cheese. (Limit to one entry per person.)  Winners will be awarded on the
day of the Cream Cheese Festival in two categories: dessert and non-dessert, based on
appearance, originality and taste. $200 prize for first place in each category.

Cream Cheese Mural-  Family participation for FUN- All Day!!!

Anyone can assist in painting with cream cheese!  There will be a variety of colors for you to choose from.  Come and have fun! 

Fill Your Friend’s Face Contest- $200.00, $100.00, $50.00 to the top three teams.
(Team of 2 people; no age limit) – 12:30-1:30 PM
Eater:  Position yourself at the table.  Your teammate will be feeding you cheese cake without being able to see your face (from behind).  The person eating the most cheesecake in a period of 3 minutes wins!
Feeder:  You will be standing behind your teammate.  Your arms will be under their arms and look like their own hands/ arms.  You will feed your teammate as much cheese cake as you can in a 3 minute period. 

Mini Tractor Pull-  $75.00, $50.00 and $25.00 prizes for each age category.

Each child will be riding a pedal tractor with a wagon on the back holding weighted ‘bags of feed’.  The child for each age group to complete the task of pedaling the feed from the beginning of the line to the end, loading it into a wheelbarrow and delivering it back to the beginning of the race in the fastest amount of time will win.

Cream cheese Bingo- ½ of the money taken in for each round will be the prize awarded.
1:00-5:00 PM-(no age limit) 
Take part in our unique bingo game.  You can take part in tossing a ball of cream cheese to the 6x4 foot BINGO board to determine what number is to be called.  Rather than drawing balls, we are throwing them!  Nothing like this has ever happened in this neck of the woods or anywhere else as far as we know!

Giant Bowling Game-  $200.00, $100.00, $50.00 to the top three individuals.
1:45-3:15 PM
Entrant will be bowling with a very large ball between hay bales (the lane) to knock down extra large bowling pins.  The contestant with the highest score in three tries is the winner.  Be prepared as there may be a ‘bowl off’ to determine the winner.  Practice up!  

Milk the Cow Contest-  $75.00, $50.00 and $35.00 prizes for each age category.
Ages 12 and under- 2:45-3:45 PM.
Each child will be required to run a short distance and ‘milk the cow’ (squeeze milk out of a rubber glove placed under a wooden cow) into a metal bucket.  The child who gets the most milk in a 3 minute period is the winner! 

Scarecrow Contest-  $150.00, $100.00, $50.00 to the top three winners in each category.  3:30 4:30 PM
There are TWO categories this year: 
CREATE IT HERE - you use only the items that are available for use at the festival.
PLANNED AHEAD - you brought some of your items to assemble at the festival.
(no age or number in group limit) A “T”, hay or straw and electricity will be provided.  If you choose to participate, you will have 45 minutes to build your very own scarecrow.    Miscellaneous items such as clothing, bags, bailer twine, duct tape, hammer, nails, screws, screw-gun, hot glue and hot glue gun will be available for use.  NOTHING THAT YOU BRING AND USE CAN BE PRE-ASSEMBLED.
The scarecrows are judged on creativity, originality and the final product to determine the winner.  The scarecrows are then used to decorate the town with throughout the months of Sept. and Oct. as weather permits

Farmer Green Jeans- $75.00, $50.00 and $25.00 will be awarded for each age category.  Age categories-  7-8, 9-10, 11-12    4-5:30 PM
Each contestant will be required to complete a dressing task at each interval before moving on to the next stop.  These tasks will be: 
Put on the plaid shirt provided (button three buttons) and place a straw hat on your head.
Put on green pants with suspenders.
Put on rubber boots.
Run to the last stop and ring the bell for the cows to come home.
The “dressed farmer” to complete this task in the fastest amount of time wins the contest! 

Cream Cheese Toss- $200.00, 100.00, $50.00 to the top three teams.
4:30-5:30 PM  (no age limit; team of two)
One team member will be the thrower and one team member will be the catcher.  You are given 3 minutes to complete this task. 
Thrower:  If a ball of cream cheese larger than your hand is used, your team will be disqualified!  There will be three lines to throw from.  The closest line receiving the fewest points and the furthest receiving the most points.  If your partner catches the ball that you threw in the bucket privided, you receive the points awarded for the line that you threw from. 
Catcher:  Cover yourself with the bag provided- you’ll need it!  There will be a bucket hooked around your waist.  You may not use your hands to catch any of the cream cheese with or to direct the bucket with.  You must only use the bucket or your chest to catch with.  If you are able to shake a ball of cream cheese off of your chest into the bucket… it counts! 
The team with the most points wins!

PARTICIPANTS WILL NEED TO SIGN UP FOR THE EVENT THAT THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DAY OF THE FESTIVAL AT ONE OF THE CCF EVENT INFORMATION BOOTHS.  There are two sign up booths…  one for children’s events (north end of the street) and one for adult events (south end of the street). 

All participants will need to sign a waiver and those under 18 years of age will need to have a parent/guardian signature to be able to participate.   

Parental Consent Form

David Allyn    11 AM to Noon and 12:30 to 1:30 PM
An acoustic country music artist playing covers and original music. David lives in Ava , NY and is a favorite in northern Oneida and Lewis Counties and the Syracuse area. As a one man show, David will have you singing and dancing! Check out his web site at http://www.davidallyn.net/

Tanglefoot    2 PM to 3:30 PM
Stan Rogers meets Van Halen” is how one fan described them, and Tanglefoot is indeed a potent brew of full-throttle energy, musical agility and exquisite vocal polish. They are one of Canada 's busiest acoustic/roots bands, and since 1998 have maintained a relentless touring schedule across Canada , the United States and Britain .

They’re also a noteworthy group of songwriters, “...masters of the storytelling tradition, (with) elegant, sensitive musicianship and an impressive range of talent”, according to BBC Yorkshire, while the Chester Chronicle exclaimed, “The huge impact of their adept songwriting, spectacular vocal harmonies and strong instrumental accompaniment is hard to resist.”

Tanglefoot has played multiple times in Lowville at the Lewis County Historical Society winter concert series. They have proven a huge fan favorite in Lewis County . This high energy, exciting group of musicians is sure to please the crowd in a large outdoor venue. Check out more information about the band at http://www.tanglefootmusic.com.

Bad Weather Blues Band    4 PM to 6 PM
Hailing from the fabulous city of Binghamton , NY this blues sextet features the best of Traditional and Modern blues. From covers of Elmore James and Muddy Waters to Johnny Lang and the Vaughn Brothers. Toss in some Jump Blues, Swing, Soul and Funk and you get an entire evening of almost every blues genre to date. Remember, “the blues is the roots, all the rest is the fruits.” This Band loves to play the Blues and its obvious they have as much fun as their fans.

Bad Weather Blues plays regular at the big joints in Binghamton and throughout the southern tier. They can also be seen at the Dinosaur Barbecue in Syracuse and they are following up their Cream Cheese Performance with a night show at the Pine Tree Inn in Brantingham. You will love this band and you can catch them twice in one day in Lewis County !! Check out the band at their website at http://badweatherblues.homestead.com.

Voices of the River    3 PM at Presbyterian Church
Voices of the River is a sixty member all male chorus from northern NY. All of the participants hail from the region including the 1000 Islands, Boonville, Baldwinsville, Croghan and everywhere in between. The group has been singing one to two concerts per year for eleven years. The chorus offers an eclectic program of music under the tender guidance of Mel Chalker and Rod Ventura. If you have not seen them before, wrap up Cream Cheese Festival day with a 7 PM performance in the Lowville Academy auditorium.