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Heritage Center Events
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The Center is open Saturday and Sunday from Noon to 4 pm. It is also open during the week for classes, tours and other special events, the dates and times of each will be announced. The Center can be opened at any time by appointment.
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Mark your Calendar for December 14, 12:00 to 4:00
"Campfire Christmas Stories"
Combine toe tapping western music, a touch of time travel, 19th Century Christmas carols, crafts, a visit from a Frontier Santa, and what have you got? Glad you asked!! It's Frontier Christmas on Saturday, December 14, at the Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center. (The Center is located just inside the Red Gate at the Puyallup Fairgrounds.)
The second in a series of free Community Events, Campfire Christmas includes a variety of entertainment and events.
A Main Attraction every hour on the hour - just plain fun the rest of the time!
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- "How The West Was Sung" starts the entertainment at 1:00 p.m. with a sneak preview, first time ever presentation of the new Spring Show from
the 42 voice Valley Chorale.
The forty-two voice group spends a year producing each annual show, so "How The West Was Sung" is a the first look at the show that will be presented in April at the Sumner Performing Arts Center. "How the West was Sung" includes a glimpse of the old west from saloon gals to wagon trains and, of course, cowboys singing old favorites around the campfire. Tickets will be available in January.
- Time travel commences at 2:00 with an appearance by the Captain of HMS Beaver, William Henry McNeil (portrayed by Ft. Nisqually Reenactor and radio personality Jerry V. Ramsey.) HMS Beaver was the first steamship on the Pacific in bringing goods to the Hudson Bay Company at Ft Nisqually, where Dupont is currently located. A display of pictures of the original HMS Beaver will be available as the result of an intermuseum loan from The Dupont Historical Museum. Captain McNeil appears at 2:00.
Also on the program at this hour are 19th century Christmas carols presented by Jerry Oldfield.
- At 3:00, the afternoon will close with carols and a sing along by the mixed choir from Sumner High School. The choir is directed by Mark Kloepper.
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Doors are open from 12:00 to 4:00. Throughout the afternoon children can visit by the campfire with our frontier Santa, and Mrs. Claus, enjoy Christmas Crafts and meet Center patriarch Fred Oldfield. Note: We are asked how we can be sure our Frontier Santa is authentic. In actual fact, no one else seems ever to have seen a Frontier Santa, and we have. So we know our Santa is the genuine item. (Our Mr. & Mrs. Santa are portrayed by Myrna & Rich Sterbenz who met and fell in love in her classroom- that's a Christmas story.)
Meet and visit with our very special Frontier Santa and Mrs. Claus. Tell them your wishes and hear thier stories.
Hands on Christmas Crafts for the kids to take home.
Fred Oldfield will be selling his new collection of paintings and demos just in time for the Holidays.
Join your friends and come on down to the Heritage Center. Admission and parking are free. The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center is located just inside the Red Gate at the Puyallup Fairgrounds.
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November 9, 2002 12:00 to 4:00 pm
Tribal Journeys
The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center is proud to present A Special Thanksgiving Event, A NORTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION with National Award Winning N.W. Native Media Productions
History Educators Ben and Sue Charles.
This will be an afternoon of celebration with:
- Continuous Showing of Native Media TV Productions: "Tribal Journeys", "Project Kanaka", and
"The Continuing Gift of the Cedar Tree"
- Story telling
- Displays from the Charles' own collections
- Native American singing and dancing demonstrated with audience participation
- Hands on Native American crafts for kids of all ages.
Join us inside the RED GATE at the Puyallup Fairgrounds with Admission and Parking FREE!
Don't forget to bring your favorite story for our Book of Cowboy Humor.
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Show and SALE!
Expo hall -- Puyallup Fairgrounds (Enter through the GOLD Gate).
Open 10 am to 10 pm Friday and Saturday, 10 am to 4 pm Sunday.
Join Fred for a fun filled October weekend! Meet over 100 of the country's top artists and watch as they work.
Come enjoy our down home hospitality and please help us feed the hungry by bringing a can of food to benefit The Emergency Food Network
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Fred Oldfield will be the "Featured Artist" at the Puyallup Fair, located at the Western Washington Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Washington. The Puyallup Fair is ranked one of the "Top 10" Fairs & Rodeos in the United States. Fred’s work will be found upstairs in the Pavilion. He will have a unique display of his original works, as well as his "Paint Like a Cowboy"™, teaching video and his cassette tapes "Campfires and Tumbleweeds"™. Plan on "Doing the Puyallup" in September and enjoying a full day of visual and edible delights. Stop upstairs and meet Fred, see his beautiful artwork, sign up for the Western Heritage Center mailing list and find out about their teaching schedule. The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center will be closed on August 1st to accommodate the Fair this year. It will be open again on October 4, 2002.
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August 2 through 4, 2002
Eatonville "Arts in the Park" Festival
Fred Oldfield will be appearing at this festival. He will have some new "Originals" and his brand newly released "Paint Like a Cowboy"™ teaching video.
The Festival is located in the foothills of beautiful Mt. Rainier in the grassy Glacier Park, in Eatonville, WA. It will feature over 100 Artists and Craftsmen in Action displaying and selling of their works like; paintings, pottery, hand blown glass, wood carvings, stitchery, tole paintings, jewelry, dried florals, leather work, yard art and photography. There will be continuous entertainment, a Kid’s Fair featuring FREE train rides for the kids, Bar BQ beef sandwiches and other delectable treats and a beer garden too.
Enjoy this Festival from 10am to 10pm on Friday and Saturday and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday.
Hope to see you on the road to Paradise for a fun filled weekend!
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August 1 through October 3, 2002
Heritage Center Closed
The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center will be closed on August 1st to accommodate the Puyallup Fair this year. It will be open again on October 4, 2002.
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June 22, 2002
The Fred Oldfield Western Heritage Center Grand Opening Gala
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