News From the Harvest Festival
Festival Day draws thousands
Posted on 09-19-2011by Tammy Burke, Standard Journal Staff writer
MILTON — The day, while cloudy at times, was almost the perfect weather to be out at Saturday’s Milton Harvest Festival. Stands for food vendors and arts and crafts opened at 9 a.m. and the Milton Harvest Festival 5K started at 9:30.
More people competed in the 5K this year than last. According to Charles and Kerri Moscariello, coordinators of the race, 177 runners competed last year while 234 were registered this year with 218 finishing the race. Charles Moscariello reported that the overall winner was Michael S. Espinose with a time of 16:23. The female winner was Tina Bartholomew with a time of 18:54 and the youngest person in the race was 10-year-old Julia Hornberger.
Your A-to-Z guide to the Harvest Festival
Posted on 09-17-2011 By the Standard Journal 
Back again this year to assist the thousands that will flock to Milton this weekend for the annual Harvest Festival activities is the Standard Journal's A-to-Z guide to all things Harvest Festival.
A - Arts and crafts. Visit Broadway and Bound Avenue for dozens of vendors displaying their handy work.
B - Breakfast. St. John's United Church of Christ will host the Harvest Breakfast from 7 to 11 a.m. today along Broadway.
C - Crowds. Get there early today to take a stroll through the arts, crafts and food vendors along Broadway and Bound, then secure a spot for the main attraction - the parade.
D - Dinner. The annual spaghetti dinner is slated from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Masonic Temple along Front Street.
E - Entertainment. Take your pick here. Just show up in Milton and let the festival do the rest.
read more...Lifting their voices
Posted on 09-16-2011By Kevin Mertz, Standard Journal Staff writer
MILTON - Music was in the air Thursday night as 80 adults and 20 youth lifted their voices in song during the Milton Harvest Festival POPS Concert, held at the Milton Area High School.
Ruth Chrismer, concert coordinator, said the adults have been practicing for the concert two times per week since July 25. Youth have been rehearsing once a week since early August.
"People have rarely missed rehearsals," Chrismer said.
She noted that participants love the music involved in this year's concert, particularly a piece that was specially commissioned for the event.
The song was commissioned from a poem, "To Honor Heroes," written by Sharon Craig, of Milton.
Dr. William Cutter, of Boston, a former Warrior Run School District choir director, created the music to go with the piece.
"(Tuesday during rehearsal) was the first time I heard the commissioned piece performed," Craig said earlier this week while preparing for the concert. "It's really beautiful. It was interesting for me to hear what parts of my poem Bill Cutter chose to emphasize in his composition."
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