The Athol Recreation Centre

Glen Wallis As Richard Stephens

Letitia Youmans (centre aka Carlotta Rutledge) flanked by Carol King and friend.

Athol Recreation Secretary Janet Davies and Treasurer Lily Lee

Some brought their own furntiure from home to enjoy the live music.

The audience listening to E.Z. Country South

Yummy cherry ice cream form the 4H club

Cheryl, Bob and Linda serving yummy pizza.

Carol King who help co-ordinate the old fashioned games.

Angelo Bean and Karen who served the wonderful sausages for the Long Table Lunch

Donna Kaye who co-ordinated the Old Fashioned games.

Cherry Valley residents: Glen Wallis, Billy Munnelly, Kevin O’Connor, Brian Conway and John Mc Kinnon.

Don Montgomery hanging up the sign.

Having fun in the sack race

Kato Wake (Athol Rec. Chair) and Billy Munnelly

Long Table Lunch

Locavore Lunch!

Long Table LUnch Servers Gerry Jenkison and John McKinnon.

Volunteers in Historical Costume

Kevin O’Connor as Squire Asa Werden, Kat O’Connor as his daugther Amelia and Lesly Hadrill as his wife Elizabeth.

Athol Vice Chair Susan Wallis in historical costumes as Jane Williams heads the annual Scavenger Hunt and Historical Walk.

Cherry Valley Women’s Institute

Dancing away to Little Bluff

Evening dance in Town Hall

Bruce our Town hall super and his wife.

Bar at the Little Bluff Dance

Live music, a locavore long table lunch, wood oven pizza, scavenger hunt \ historical walk, old-fashioned games followed by an evening dance featuring Little Bluff.  This is what the Cherry Jubilee was all about this year.

The Long Table lunch started about noon with a delicious lunch coordinated by Athol Rec.  Chair Kato Wake and an enormous crew of volunteers.  The lunch featured sausages from Angelo Bean, Pyramid Ferments Sauerkraut, potatoe salad made by volunteers and a cherry tart made by the Pink Lunch Pail.  80 people enjoyed this wonderful lunch served by volunteers dressed in historical costumes and personas organized by Athol Vice Chair Susan Wallis  with costumes supplied by Carlotta Rutledge of the Mount Tabor playhouse.

At 2:30 pm the old-fashioned games started coordinated again this year by Cherry Valley residents Donna Kaye and Carol King.

History played an important theme throughout the day’s events with a self- guided historical walk and scavenger hunt throughout the village.  Historical characters such as Alva Stephens (aka Brian Conway) and Letitia Youmans (aka Carlotta Rutledge) were seen wandering the small hamlet.  The public was also invited to see for the 1st time on display the ledger of Alva Stephens, a 200 year old artifact.

All this to the back drop of the music by E.Z.  Country South.

The day wrapped up with a rockin’ dance in the hall featuring the local band Little Bluff.