Cracker Country, a rural Florida living history museum, will host its annual Fall Rural Life Festival on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cracker Country is located on the grounds of the Florida State Fairgrounds between U.S. 301 and Orient Road, near Interstate 4.
Every year Cracker Country celebrates the fall season through historical interpretations, hands-on activities and crafts. Guests will be stuffing, grinding, twisting, and tending as they learn what life was like on an historic Florida homestead.
"Most big projects on 1898 farms needed lots of hands to complete, so that meant a gathering of family, friends and neighbors to share news, stories and work," said Dan Marshall, Cracker Country's museum operations manager. "Families will discover the duties of a Florida pioneer through crafts, chores, and tastings," Marshall added.
Guests can enjoy the many hands-on activities, such as open-fire laundry, printing on an antique printing press, churning butter, making corn husk dolls, stuffing scarecrows, and grinding cane syrup. Explore Cracker Country's 13 original buildings, while learning about the history of fall chores and crafts.
New this year, Cracker Country will host a fiddle competition sponsored by the Pleasant Family Old Time String Band. Those with fiddling experience are encouraged to contact Cracker Country staff to enter the competition. The winning fiddler will be invited to play on Cracker Country's Center Stage during the 2012 Florida State Fair.
"This is an opportunity for guests to hear the sounds of rural Florida while sitting under our grand oak trees" Marshall concluded.
For information on Cracker Country, call (813) 627-4225 or write to dan.marshall@freshfromflorida.com..
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