Shirt Style & Sizes

Short Sleeve $12.00 Long Sleeve $17.00 3XL Short Sleeve $14.50 3XL Long Sleeve $19.50

These are quickly becoming collector's items for those "Rampers" who follow the festival circuit each Spring! One even auctioned on eBay for $70! Last year all but 5 T-Shirts sold before the second day of the festival. Each shirt is made of heavy weight cotton. Available this year in both long and short sleeve adult sizes up to 3XL. There will be a limited supply available.
 
Order now to secure your shirt and have it ready for pick-up at the festival or contact us to have one shipped. Don't miss getting yours at a discounted price for early bird buyers.
 
 
Basic Tee - 12.00
Long Sleeve Tee - 17.00 
 
add $2.50 for 2XL and 3XL Sizes
 

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When picking ramps be sure to harvest only 1/3 of the crop. This will allow for future generations to enjoy them as well.
 
We hope to see all of you at the Ramp Festival in a few weeks!
 
Give thanks for all the bounty we have been given.
 
 

Genesis 1:29 (NIV)
Then God said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. 
 
Hebrews 6:7
Land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is farmed receives the blessing of God.
 
Proverbs 15:17
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred.
 
Psalm 103:1;5
Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name… who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
 
Spring is a time when the Earth seems to come alive again.  Winter's browns and grays are exploding into a vibrant burst of color.  We see the trees and flowers blossom, and a spring harvest is being cultivated in every forest and field if you know where to look.  As we partake of the bountiful buffet that God has provided from the very beginning, let us give thanks that He satisfies our desires with good things, and lovingly share our blessings with those around us.
 

Native American Interest -
Powwow Coming to Our Area with Great Entertainment
 
The Second Annual Buffalo Nation Powwow will be held at the Woodland Zoo in Farmington, Pennsylvania on June 19th - 21st. This year Grammy Award Winner Bill Miller will be performing as part of the event.
 
A Mohican Indian from northern Wisconsin, Bill Miller has long been one of the most admired figures in the Native American music arena and beyond. As an award-winning recording artist, performer, songwriter, activist, and painter, he's been a voice for the voiceless, a link between two great and clashing civilizations.
 
Bill Miller’s “The Last Stand” commemorated the Battle of Little Bighorn of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77 and premiered April 2008. Released in 2004, Spirit Rain and Cedar Dream Songs, exemplify Miller’s artistry by blending the Native American and western folk/blues traditions in something wholly new. These are works of a man who knows first-hand life's keenest joys and sorrows, a man who distills experience into a potent musical style. Cedar Dream Songs brought Bill great recognition by winning this 2005's Grammy Award for Best Native American Recording. This instrumental CD contains nine beautiful songs which, as the subtitle suggests, are perfect examples of 'Musical Portraits on the Native American flute.'
 
Digging deep with music and art is nothing new to Bill Miller. With music, he discovered a way out of the entrenched poverty of the reservation, and he has used his talent to build bridges where ever he goes. The son of Mohican-German parents, Bill grew up amid the streams and woodlands of the reservation (his tribe is properly called Mahicanuk, which means People From Where The Waters Are Never Still). Even then, water made a deep impression. "I've always been connected to water," says Bill. "My reservation was in northern Wisconsin, so I grew up near lakes and rivers. There's a mystical energy in water. Every Native creation story has water in it."
 
Music was an also essential part of life, and Bill (whose Indian name, Fush-Ya Heay Ka, means "bird song") learned traditional songs at an early age. "We didn't have much," he recalls. "There was nothing but woods, trout and a Zenith radio that picked up AM stations across the country. I'd hear Barbra Streisand, The Beatles, Stones, B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan. I became a fan of all kinds of good music and the emotion it can capture."
 
At age 12, Bill got his first guitar. Although he played in teen rock bands for a few years, he soon tired of it. Trading his electric guitar for an acoustic, he began to play folk music and bluegrass, as well as taking up the Native American flute, which he came to master. "With the flute, the breath speaks for you," says Bill. "It's a faith instrument, a spirit instrument." For Bill, the turning point came when he attended a Pete Seeger concert shortly after leaving the reservation to study art at the Layton School of Art and Design in Milwaukee (he later attended the University of Wisconsin at LaCrosse). The experience inspired him to move to Nashville to pursue a career as a singer/songwriter.
 
His long recording career includes such landmark albums as Loon Mountain And Moon (1991), Red Road (1994), Reservation Road, Raven In The Snow (1995), Ghost Dance (1999), and The Art Of Survival (2000). His song "Tumbleweed," co-written with Peter Rowan, was included on the 1990 album Dustbowl Children. Ghost Dance brought Bill some long-deserved recognition at the 2000 Native American Music Awards. He took home five Nammys that night, including Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Song of the Year. With up to 200 days a year on the road, Bill and his band continue to make friends across the country and around the world. It may sound grueling, but for Bill Miller it's all about the joy of sharing music.

With his new album's, Bill hopes to further inspire fans, both present and future. "My faith in my Creator leaves me content with the gifts I have," he says, "and I use them to enrich the world through His blessings. I choose to bless people rather than curse them, to be a peacemaker rather than a warmaker."
 
Contact Bill Miller at:  http://www.billmiller.net
 
 
 
For more details see their website at www.buffalomessengers.org .

April Recipe of the Month - Ramp Ham & Potato Soup
 
 
1/2 pound of Ham cubed
4 slices of Bacon
3 teaspoons of bacon drippings
1 Tablespoon of real butter
4 cups trimmed, chopped ramps, including greens (see note)
4 to 5 cups red potatoes, unpeeled, diced into small cubes
3 tablespoons flour
4 cups chicken broth
1 cup heavy cream
Fresh Parsley to taste
Salt and freshly ground black pepper.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. In a large Dutch oven over medium heat fry bacon with 1table spoon of butter until crispy. Remove bacon and set aside on paper towls to remove grease.
 
2. Add additional bacon drippings and ham frying until ham is nearly done but not browned. Add ramps and potatoes to ham and sauté over medium heat until ramps are tender, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with flour and stir to mix.
 
3. Stir in chicken broth. Cover and simmer until potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in cream and heat until steaming; do not boil. Salt and pepper to taste.
 
4. Dish soup into bowls. Crush crispy bacon into bits, sprinkle on top with fresh parsley and serve.
 
Makes 4 to 6 servings.
 
 

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Set up is FREE at all of our Festivals. It is on a first come first serve basis with preference given to those loyal participants. Space is limited so please contact us for details. We do our best not to duplicate products through vendors so the competition between participants is avoided to the best of our ability.
 
Your performance at our Festivals is not a paying gig unless otherwise stated. You are however welcome to bring any related merchandise for you or your group to be sold (CD's, T-Shirts, Buttons, etc...) These items are often requested by the public.
 

 

 
 
     Thurs Jan. 1  New Years
     Mon Jan. 19 M. L. King, Jr. Day
     Tue Jan. 20 Presidential Inaug.
 
     Mon Feb. 2 Groundhog Day
     Sat Feb. 14 Valentine's Day
     Mon Feb. 16 President's Day
     Tue Feb. 24 Mardi Gras
     Wed Feb. 25 Ash Wednesday
 
     Tue Mar. 17 St. Patrick's Day
     Fri Mar. 20 First Day of Spring
 
     Wed Apr. 1 April Fool's Day
     Sun Apr. 12  Easter
     Wed Apr. 22 Earth Day
     Fri. Apr. 24 Arbor Day, U.S.
 
     Tue May 5  Cinco De Mayo
     Sun May 10 Mothers Day
     Sat May 16 Armed Forces Day
     Mon May 25 Memorial Day
 
     Sun June 14 Flag Day
     Sun June 21 Father's Day
     Sun June 21 Summer Begins

     Sat July 4 Independence Day
 
     Mon Sep. 7 Labor Day
     Tue Sep. 22 First Day of Autumn

     Mon Oct. 12 Columbus Day
     Sat Oct. 31 Halloween
 
  Sun Nov. 1 Daylight Savings Time
     Wed Nov. 11 Veteran's Day
     Thur Nov. 26 Thanksgiving
 
     Mon Dec. 21 First Day Winter
     Fri December 25 Christmas Day
 

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The Moon is in particularly fine form this month. It stages close encounters with all five of the naked-eye planets -- Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn -- as well as the stars Regulus and Antares. On the morning of the 13th it will cover up Antares as seen from Hawaii and parts of Mexico, and on the 22nd it will cover up Venus as seen from most of the continental United States. The Moon even cooperates for the Lyrid meteor shower; at the shower's peak, the Moon is a thin crescent in the pre-dawn sky, so there's little moonlight to interfere with the show.
 
April 5- Regulus, the brightest star of Leo, stands a little to the left or upper left of the Moon at nightfall. The planet Saturn is below them.
 
April 6- Saturn, which looks like a bright golden star, aligns quite close to the Moon this evening, with Regulus above them.
 
April 12- Antares, the brightest star of Scorpius, huddles close to the Moon tonight. It is close to the Moon's lower left as they rise after midnight, and even closer at first light. As seen from Hawaii, the Moon will briefly cover up Antares on the morning of the 13th.
 
April 18- The brilliant planet Jupiter stands a little to the lower left of the Moon at first light. They are low in the southeast.
 
April 21- The Lyrid meteor shower is at its best tonight.
 
April 22- The Moon, Venus, and Mars congregate low in the east at first light. The Moon will pass across the face of Venus, briefly hiding the planet from view.
 
April 26- The Moon, the Pleiades, and the planet Mercury align low in the west-northwest as night falls. The Pleiades star cluster is a little below the Moon, with Mercury about the same distance below the Pleiades. Mercury looks like a fairly bright star. Binoculars will enhance the view.
 
 
 
 
This information provided by Stardate.org. Learn more at http://stardate.org/nightsky/almanac/