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2019 Winners Little Miss Woodchip, Susanna Van Ambera, 8, and Little Mister Woodchip, Kayden Jolicouer, 8, ride in the Logging Parade with chaperone Hailey Medoff. (Liz Pimentel photo)
RANGELEY — The Maine Forestry Museum has received a $3,000 grant from the Maine Expansion Arts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation to help sponsor the Little Miss and Mister Woodchip Contest and events associated with the museum’s annual Logging Festival Days.
The event will be held at 7 p.m. July 16 at the Rangeley Inn.
“This grant will help continue the 35-year tradition of providing children the opportunity to perform the recitation of poems, or, singing of songs before a local audience,” said Mark Beauregard, museum president. “The winners will be featured in the annual Logging Festival Parade the following day. The contest has allowed children to expand their skills and develop confidence in spoken word and song.”
He added, “The grant will help secure uniquely talented bluegrass musicians and clogging entertainers to perform the folk-art traditions of music and dance found in the logging culture.”
The nonprofit Maine Forestry Museum was founded in 1979 with a mission to preserve the rich heritage of forestry and conservation in Maine. Its focus is to educate visitors about the historical and present-day contributions logging families, logging practices and forest management have made to the cultural and economic development of Maine.
For more information visit www.maineforestrymuseum.org or call 207-864-3939.
