Join us as Betty (famed pooper scooper driver) and Dick (the guy in the day-glo orange T shirt) go to work in the WLFE production booth.
| Dick | Hey, Betty, I hear there's more to the Maple Festival than Vermont's liquid gold. |
| Betty | Fun, rides, games, exhibits, continuous entertainment, and more. The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival in St. Albans starts April 27th! |
| Dick | I'll bet there's some Maple Syrup, too. |
| Betty | <sigh> Let's see if we can get in the whole list |
| Dick | Pancake Breakfasts and donuts |
| Betty | A great antique show |
| Dick | Talent show, fiddlers, and Main Street entertainment |
| Betty | Sugarhouse Tours on Saturday |
| Dick | Maple Exhibits and Vermont specialty foods |
| Betty | Carnival Rides and a new climbing wall |
| Dick | All Arts Council exhibit in City Hall and the Craft Show at BFA |
| Betty | the Sap Run Sunday morning |
| Dick | Is there room for anything else? |
| Betty | Dick!!! Don't forget the Parade. Sunday Afternoon at one o'clock! |
| Announcer | The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 27, 28, and 29, is sponsored in part by People's Trust Company, Ben and Jerry's, Key Bank, and WLFE 102.3FM- WWSR 1420AM. For more info, call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 524-2444. On the Web at V-t-webs-dom-com-slash-maplefest. |
| Betty | I've seen you eating maple candy, Dick. Want to see how it's made? |
| Dick | We actually make maple candy on the spot at the Vermont Maple Festival? |
| Betty | Sure. The Maple Exhibit Hall and Vermont Maple store has a great kitchen where we can boil syrup. When it's hot enough we put it in a pig that stirs it with a worm in its nose. Then we pour the cooked syrup into a mold and as soon as it cools it's ready for you to eat. |
| Dick | And I love to stop at the sugar house right in the middle of Taylor Park. You know that they boil sap into syrup right on the spot for people to try. Mmm, mmm. Delicious |
| Betty | The Chamber of Commerce also has a bus tour to Carman Brook Maple Farm in Highgate on Saturday. |
| Dick | All the maple businesses have displays. The maple store sells syrup, maple cream, maple chocolates, and maple vinegar. There are maple creemees at the Main Street booth and the festival sugar house has maple shakes and sugar on snow |
| Betty | I'm pretty sure you said maple often enough. |
| Announcer | Join your neighbors for the North Country tradition that signals the arrival of Spring. The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 27, 28, and 29, is sponsored by Ben and Jerry's, Franklin Lamoille Bank, Maplefields, Key Bank, Northwest Medical Center, Chittenden Bank, People's Trust Company, Pepsi, and WLFE 102.3FM-WWSR 1420AM. For more info, call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 524-2444. Or check online at V-t-webs-dom-com-slash-maplefest. |
| Dick | I just took a tramp in the woods, Betty |
| Betty | I hope you left him there |
| Dick | All the sap buckets are in and all the maple tubing is blown out. |
| Betty | Yup, it's time to celebrate a good maple season at the 35th Annual Vermont Maple Festival |
| Dick | That's this weekend, Friday, Saturday and Sunday in St Albans |
| Betty | The big news this year is that we've gathered a lot of events under one roof thanks to BFA-St Albans and the Abbey. |
| Dick | That means all the maple exhibits, demonstrations, and the Vermont Maple Store are in the BFA Cafeteria. |
| Betty | The Craft Show is in the BFA Gym. The Talent Show and the Fiddlers Show are in the BFA Auditorium and even the Maple Festival office is in the Cafeteria. |
| Dick | I know there's more |
| Betty | The biggest maple syrup contest in the world gives bragging rights and our championship maple cooking contest determines Vermont's Best Maple Cook. |
| Dick | Ooh, ooh. We make maple candy in the cafeteria (thought I'd forget, didn't you) |
| Betty | Darn it, Dick, don't forget the Parade. Sunday afternoon at one o'clock! |
| Announcer | The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 27th, 28th, and 29th, is sponsored in part by the Franklin Lamoille Bank, Maplefields, Chittenden Bank, Pepsi, the Northwest Medical Center, and WLFE 102.3FM-WWSR 1420AM. For more info, call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 524-2444. On the Web at V-t-webs-dom-com-slash-maplefest. |
| Betty | Whew. The 35th Annual Vermont Maple Festival opens today, Dick |
| Dick | I'm not going to miss the Youth Talent Show at BFA tonight. It starts at 7, and it's always popular. |
| Betty | That's for sure. Get your tickets at the Maple Information Booth on Main Street right now! |
| Dick | Betty, can you hear the Main Street stage? |
| Betty | Tim Stetson and His Invisible Friends are playing along with the Kids on the Block-Vermont, the BFA Chamber Singers, Turning Point, and a preview of the Fiddlers Variety Show. |
| Dick | There should be some maple stuff, too, eh? |
| Betty | The Maple Exhibit Hall and Vermont Maple store has the candy making demonstrations, hundreds of contest entries, plus the maple business displays as well as maple mementoes, and syrup, maple cream, maple chocolate, and even maple vinegar. |
| Dick | Cool. What are we doing in this radio booth? Let's get out there right now! |
| Announcer | Join your neighbors for the North Country tradition that signals the arrival of Spring. The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival, April 27th, 28th, and 29th, is sponsored by Ben and Jerry's, Chittenden Bank, Maplefields, Franklin Lamoille Bank, Pepsi, Key Bank, Northwest Medical Center, People's Trust Company, and 102.3 WLFE/AM 1420 WWSR. For more info, call the St Albans Area Chamber of Commerce at 802-524-2444. Or online at V-t-webs-dom-com-slash-maplefest. |
| Dick | Wow! The 35th Annual Vermont Maple Festival is in full swing today |
| Betty | I'm getting ready for the Maple Festival Awards Dinner tonight. |
| Dick | And I'm not going to miss the Fiddler's Variety Show right after. It's always standing room only. |
| Betty | That's means you want to get your tickets for both at the Maple Information Booth on Main Street right now! |
| Dick | Can you hear the Main Street stage yet? |
| Betty | Great young rock and roll band, The Dares, then there's Josh Brooks, the Green Mountain Cloggers, and the country music of South Junction and your Franklin County Medley with the Roxy Dance Studio and the Talent Show winners. |
| Dick | It's a big day all over St Albans with a Pancake Breakfast, the Historical Museum, the All Arts Council Fine Art Exhibit and the Vermont Specialty Foods Show at City Hall |
| Betty | Antique Show and Sale, the Carnival in the parking lot, Maple Exhibits and Demonstrations, that great Craft Show, and the Three Muses at the Kept Writer. |
| Dick | Sugarhouse Tours today only. Gotta go! And Betty, you need to get ready for tomorrow's parade. |
| Announcer | Join your neighbors for the North Country tradition that signals the arrival of Spring. The 35th annual Vermont Maple Festival now through Sunday. Check it out online at V-t-webs-dom-com-slash-maplefest. |