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Community involvement has been constant over the years

By JACKIE MAJERUS

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BRISTOL — Though the Mum Festival is celebrating its 50th anniversary and things have changed since 1962, one constant is the spirit of the festival.

“The community involvement has stayed the same over the years,” said Linda Lubrico, who has been involved for 17 years and chaired the festival in 2004, 2008 and 2009.

This year, the Mum Festival Committee invited everyone who served as festival chairman in the past to take part as a parade marshal, and at least 14 are making the effort.

“We’re going to have a floatful on Sunday,” said Darlene Sawe, this year’s chairman.She said she’s excited about having so many past chairmen, including a couple from out of state, taking part.

“It’s an honor for all the past chairmen to be recognized on the 50th anniversary,” Lubrico said, adding that she’s happy to be riding on the committee’s float alongside her uncle, Wayne Fuller, another past chairman.

“I’m looking forward to meeting some of the chairmen from years

What: The 50th Anniversary Chrysanthemum Festival When: Sept. 23 Oct. 9. Three weekends of activities around the

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past,” Lubrico said.

One of them, Jack Walsh, served as chairman in 1970, when the festival theme was “Happiness Is …” and the Mum-a-thon road race was first held.

Walsh has fond memories of the festival. “It was so vibrant. The city came alive, it seemed,” he said. “The nurseries were in full bloom. We had a really terrific festival.”

Walsh, who now lives in Oxford, is looking forward to attending this year’s festival.“The tradition lives on,”

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The first weekend, Sept. 23 - Oct. 2, includes the Miss Mum pageant on Friday night at Bristol Central High School; entertainment, crafts and food booths on Saturday and Sunday on the grounds of Memorial Boulevard Middle School and a big parade through downtown on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. Throughout the weekend there will be a private carnival operating nearby on the former mall lot. Saturday evening is an Oktoberfest at the German-American Society at 38 Barlow St. and a free outdoor showing of the movie Back to the Future on Main Street.

The second weekend, Oct. 1 and 2, includes a special Saturday and Sunday sale of mum plants at the site of the old Bristol Nurseries at 50 Pinehurst Road. In addition, on both days, the Witch s Dungeon Classic Movie Museum opens with a special appearance of the Batmobile at 90 Battle Street and the Imagine Nation children s museum is hosting a family farms weekend at Roberts Orchard on Hill Street.

Saturday night is a dance, Bristol Stomp II, put on by Team Bristol at the Bristol Polish Club at 541 North Main St. The last weekend, Oct. 7 to 9, features Mum Bingo sponsored by the festival committee at St. Ann s Church Hall on West Street on Saturday at 5 p.m. On Sunday is the 42nd annual Mum-a-thon road race at Healthtrax at 842 Clark Ave. Where: Various locations in Bristol, Connecticut Admission to most events is free or nominal.

Parking: Available on the street and in various lots in downtown Bristol or at the off-site location.

More information is available online at www.bristolmumfestival.org.

he said. “They’re doing a wonderful job.”

Walsh said he’s most eager to reconnect with other past chairmen. “We had so much fun working together,” he said. “It was a team effort.”

Lubrico said she loves being involved in the community and especially being able to provide free activities for local families. The festival itself has grown over the years, said Lubrico, who said it started Hill and has evolved into a three“We’ve changed with the times,” said Sawe. at Bristol Nurseries on Chippens weekend extravaganza.

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Two weeks of festivity begins with Miss Mum pageant

By JACKIE MAJERUS STAFF WRITER

BRISTOL — The Mum Festival turns 50 this year and celebrating in style.

Darlene Sawe, chairwoman of the Mum Festival Committee, said more than 60 booths — food vendors and nonprofit organizations — will take over the field at Memorial Boulevard Middle School.

“We seem to get more every year,” Sawe said. “People just want to be involved.”

The festival gets under way with the Miss Mum pageant Friday night at Bristol Central High School. Most of the official action is this weekend, but the festival continues through Oct. 9 and there are many other community events during that time as well that are in tandem with the festival.

All day Saturday and Sunday there will be entertainment on stage on the Memorial Boulevard field, said Sawe, except for Sunday afternoon during the parade,

scouts, civic groups, Shriners in funny hats and tiny cars, beauty queens, twirlers, firefighters, fancy and antique cars, floats of all kinds, dancers, martial-arts students, fife and drum corps and politicians in convertibles, on floats and on foot.

Bristol Mayor Art Ward said he’s looking forward to participating in all the activities through the weekend.

“It’s part of the fabric of Bristol,” said Ward. “It’s great for the community.”

The festival is a way for the people of Bristol to demonstrate their pride in the city, the mayor said.

Sawe said people are so busy today that the festival has to compete just to get people to attend.

“It’s harder to get people to come out now,” Sawe said.

But she still expects a big crowd.

The committee has been visible Mike Orazzi | Staff all year, and the 50th anniversary Memorial Boulevard was bustling with Mum Festival events last year. celebration will have a lot of spewhen organizers want all eyes on entertainment after the parade The parade itself will reflect cial extras. the parade. and hopes that people will come the city and the spirit of the festiOn Saturday morning, a hot air val, with soldiers, veterans, bands, Sawe said there will be lots of to the field to see it.

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Mum Parade Sunday will be a highlight of the events

BRISTOL — The Mum Parade is all set and ready to go Sunday as part of the Bristol Chrysanthemum Festival’s 50th anniversary celebration.

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1:30 p.m. from Race Street.

North Main Street, from Center Street to Route 6, Valley Street and Race Street will be closed by 11:30 a.m. for parade setup.

All other streets along the parade route will be closed off by 1 p.m.

There are two drop-off places for parade participants: near Dunkin’ Donuts on North Main and Center streets and the entrance to Burger King near Best Cleaners.

In addition to all the usual awards for floats, marching units,

musical units and more, special to the parade this year will be a new award, the Parade Chairperson Float Award.

Nutmeg TV has supported the Mum Festival by filming the parade for many years and will be

filming it again this year.

Viewers can catch the parade rebroadcast in Bristol on Comcast Channel 95 and AT&T U-Verse Channel 99 on Oct. 1 at 7 p.m., Oct. 5 at 6 p.m., Oct. 17 at 6 p.m., and Oct. 23 at 6 p.m.

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The route the Mum Parade will follow.

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MUM FESTIVAL

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BRISTOL — Child Care Resources of Central Connecticut will be holding its 25th annual Harvest Auction on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Memorial Boulevard School in conjunction with the Bristol Mum Festival.

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Sierra Reed, 10, holds a duck during the 2010 Mum Festival.

Oct. 6 Bristol Boys and Girls Club Imagine Nation Preschool Learning Center 1 Pleasant St.

CCRCC consists of in-home family child-care providers serving the greater Bristol area. Auction proceeds, according to news release, will go toward education, children’s activities and programs, and to help low-income families in

the surrounding communities for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Former Mayor Bill Stortz, the event’s longtime auctioneer, will preside again, auctioning items that have been donated by area businesses.

Mum Festival parade parking:

The following streets will be closed beginning 6 p.m. Friday and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday: ■ Main Street at Memorial Boulevard, traffic allowed to NAPA parking lot for business purposes; ■ Memorial Boulevard entrance at the intersection of Riverside Avenue and Down Street; ■ Mellen Street is closed at South Street and at Riverside Avenue so there is no traffic on Mellen; ■ East is closed at South Street and at Riverside Avenue so there is no traffic on East; ■ Willis Street between South Street and Memorial Boulevard.

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Pageant kicks off three weekends of fun

balloon pilot will offer tethered rides from the Memorial Boulevard Middle School field for a $3 charge. Proceeds will be donated to a local soup kitchen, Sawe said.

The events this weekend aren’t supposed to make money, said Sawe. They’re supposed to help Rob Heyl | Staff pay the bills, but also to give back Miss Chrysanthemum 2010, Aubrie to the community.

Sunday morning will feature a Przybysz. special breakfast at the American appoint anybody.”

And neither will all the other Legion hall on Hooker Court to honor the festival’s “Hometown Heroes,” Dave Carello and his son, Matt Carello. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the Mum Festival Committee’s booth or at the door.

Some things, like a free concert planned for Saturday evening on the stage at the school field, will remain a surprise.

Sawe wouldn’t divulge who or what group will perform.“We TOLL want people to come down and be surprised,” Sawe said, but promised, “The festival won’t dis-

community events taking place in tandem with the festival.

Many are family-friendly and are either free or low cost, including free admission at the American Clock and Watch Museum Saturday.

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An Oktoberfest is set for

Saturday at the GermanAmerican Society on Barlow Street, with German food and music for a $5 admission. That same night, Bristol Rising is offering a free outdoor screening of the movie “Back to the Future” on Main Street.

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Quilt for two Heroes

Patti Zipp Slason, left, and Judy Morris give quilts to Matt Carello, second from left, and Dave Carello, this year s Hometown Heroes, during a recent ceremony.

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015171

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