Scouts,
students--need some Community Service credit? Contact the
Hampshire Heritage Days Committee to see how you can satisfy those
requirements by helping with the 2007 event!
How You Can Volunteer
Making Hampshire Heritage Days happen each year requires a lot of effort by a lot of people. As the saying goes, "many hands make light work." You, too, can help and meet a lot of great folks in the process. Volunteer to help on a Committee, or just to help for a short time during the Event. Contact the coordinator of the Committee whose activities you are interested in to learn how you can assist.
Next Committee Meeting (all are welcome) Saturday, July 26, 1PM at The Bottling Works/Visitor Center, 426 E. Main St., Romney.
For 2008 Event we currently need:
Town Criers--willing to stroll the streets and call out to passers-by about living history presentations coming up shortly.
Historic Homes hosts/hostesses/docents: Help greet visitors and tell them about the history of the home.
Re-enactors
Antique Market and Flea Market helpers
Artisans Along Main Street
Wine Festival helpers
Parade - Float entries (special Float-building Workshop offered Saturday, July 26 from 9AM to 1PM at The Bottling Works. Call 304-822-7477 for more information. Organizations admission $25 for workshop.
Public Relations/Reception/Info Booth workers
If you'd be willing to do any of those tasks for a couple of hours, please call Debi Wine at 540-896-3489.
Everyone is welcome to any and all Committee planning sessions, but attendance is not required to volunteer. The Heritage Days Committee meets throughout the year at the Visitor Center at The Bottling Works, 426 E. MainSt. Generally meetings are the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Occasionally meetings are held in the evening to accommodate those whose schedule does not permit attending morning meetings. Starting in August, the committee meets more frequently. Call 304-822-7477 to confirm any meeting you'd like to attend.
Some of the tasks you could tackle include:
Publicity
• Post signs and banners
• Distribute fliers and brochures both in-county and in surrounding areas
Encampments/Re-enactors
• Help direct Parking
• Help Crowd Control (during re-enactment)
• Take orders for and arrange delivery of ice to re-enactors
• Deliver Firewood to re-enactors
• Help with Trash pick-up during and after the event
Entertainment
• Help line up sponsors
• Help keep entertainment grounds clean
• Help emcee/introduce performers
Guided Tours
• Train to be a costumed guide
• Offer to help the guide by following up the tour groups
General Festival Activities
• Assist visitors in the Information Booth
• Help direct parking
• Help keep the festival areas clean and neat
Art Show
• Help check in entries at the Art Show
• "Art Sit" during the Art Show
* Help spread the word to prospective entrants
• Help transport and set-up the display panels
• Help check artwork out Sunday at the end of the show.
Artisans on Main & Crafts
• Help identify/recruit demonstrating artisans for Artisan Village
• Demonstrate a heritage craft
• Identify/help recruit craft vendors
•Help set up canopies for Artisan Village
• Help craft vendors locate their "booth" space on check-in
• Host a demonstrating artisan in your place of business (Main St. businesses)
Parade
• Post parade route/no parking signs the day before
• Help get the parade lined up
• Help clean up parade route afterwards & remove signs
Vehicles Shows
• Help spread the word about the event and encourage participation
•Help gather contributions for the goodie bags for entrants (and stuff them)
• Help register
Car and Motorcycle show entrants
Historic Tours & Programs
• Serve as a host(ess) at a tour site
• Be a "docent" or costumed guide at a historic site
• Give a talk on a historic topic
• Demonstrate a colonial-era craft at Fort Edwards
• Train to conduct one of the Candlelight Camp Tours
Fun Run/5-mile Race
• Help arrange sponsors
• Help mark the course
• Register entrants
Bicycle Decorating Contest
• Help publicize the event and encourage youngsters to participate
• Help during the judging
• Encourage entrants to participate in the parade
