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McKENZIE (June 22) — In conjunction with McKenzie’s 150th Birthday, Carroll Arts hosted the Heritage Arts Festival downtown Saturday at Connie’s Place. The event featured artwork, crafts, demonstrations and live entertainment by local contributors as well as a variety of games and ice cream.
Connie’s was filled with paintings, drawings, quilts, embroidery and needlepoint. Contributing pieces were Linda Coleman, Glynda Rich, Meredith Daffron, Lydia Warren, Austin Gant, Paula Watkins, Gerald Warren, Elinor Warren, Rachel Forgy, Fran Musser, Brooxie Burns, Marlene Kreuter, Millie Finley and Chloe Sumrok.
Kathryn Adams of Huntingdon demonstrated the process of carding wool from Jacob sheep to prepare it for other uses such as spinning. She also displayed balls of wool that can be used as a replacement to dryer sheets and a wide variety of handmade soaps. Christina Baril of Jackson spun wool into yarn on a foot-operated wheel.
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