A new year of fun kicks off with Frontier Festival at Chehaw

The Albany Herald, Ga.
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Jan. 3—ALBANY — The holidays may be over, but that doesn't mean the fun is going to stop at Chehaw Park and Zoo. As we get into the new year, exciting events are already planned and set to bring the community to the park.

Among scheduled events are:

FEEDINGS PROGRAMS EVERY WEEKEND

Saturday & Sunday

10:30 a.m. — Petting zoo feeding ($3/person)

11:30 a.m. — Rhino feeding

1:30 p.m. — Petting zoo feeding ($3/person)

2:30 p.m. — Camel feeding

3:30 p.m. — Wildlife theater presentation

FRONTIER FESTIVAL

JAN. 6-9

Free with Park admission

Step into the past ... Smell the campfires and warm your feet while you watch the day-to-day lifestyle of the pioneers and mountain men of the pre-1840s. Volunteer participants live the weekend as if from that era. Things like blacksmithing, weaving, cooking, moccasin making, hide tanning, and bow making will be prominently featured, along with a host of other activities such as tomahawk throwing competitions and black powder gun shooting demonstrations.

Participants over the weekend, such as vendors and "buck-skinner" campers, come from all over the country to spend the weekend living life how it was lived from the early 1700s through roughly 1840. Buckskinners and traders interested in participating should contact Ed Lunderman at thistle1996@hotmail.com.

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OTHER UPCOMING EVENTS

Park Authority Monthly Meeting — (Creekside) 6 p.m.: Feb. 20, April 17, June 19, Aug. 21, Oct. 16, Dec. 18

Jan. 6 — Cubs Program

Jan. 6-8 — Frontier Festival

Jan. 28 — Chehaw Challenge trail run

Feb. 3 — Cubs Program

March 3 — Cubs Program

April 7 — Cubs Program

May 5 — Cubs Program

June 2 — Cubs Program

July 7 — Cubs Program

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