![]() to 9 p.m.įor a complete list of events and times, go to festival.htm. downtown and a tour of local homes will be from 5:30 p.m. Raffle tickets will be $1.Ī children's tractor pull will be at 12:30 p.m. At the honey plant, Jim Ross will show off a steel tank that holds up to 850 gallons of the sticky stuff.Īlso Saturday, In Stitches Quilt Guild will raffle a quilt. Jim and Glenda Ross will show people how the honey is taken from the hives and bottled in a process not unlike that at a milk dairy. The Ross Honey Plant, built in 1946 by Glenn Gibson at 109 Belle St., will be open for free tours. All foods must include honey instead of sugar. The honey bake-off will be at noon in Minco City Hall, 200 Main St., with judging for first, second and third place. People can bring antiques for $5 appraisals. This year, an antique road show will be included at the senior citizens building, 225 Main St. The main arts and crafts booths, featuring products made in Oklahoma, will be in the National Guard Armory, Pontotoc and Fifth Street. ![]() Walje's Blossom Time Shops building, 205 Main St., formerly the Markle Grocery Store built in 1901, features several arts and crafts booths year-round, and will be open for the event, she said. The number of arts and crafts booths has grown from nine booths in 1990 to more than 90 today, she said. She said local honey plant owner Jim Ross approached the chamber with the idea for a festival that year. Walje has been promoting the event since the first year. Minco is located at the corner of State Highway 37 and U.S. "We just want to boost our town's economy and hope our merchants have a really good day," Malcom said. Saturday's event is a big day for local merchants and cafes, she said. ![]() "It's really special for us that we are one of the state's events to be picked."Ī lifelong Minco resident, Malcom worked five years at the Ross Honey Plant extracting honey from the honeycombs. "We're a small bedroom community," Malcom said. The event was named as an official state Centennial event this year. Saturday.įestival organizers owe thanks to countless dormant bees now hibernating on farms outside the city limits, as well as a couple of busy bodies downtown.ĭeana Walje and Nancy Malcom, both Minco Chamber of Commerce members, are the honey festival organizers who have watched the event grow from a couple hundred visitors in 1990 to more than 3,000 people last year. The 2006 Minco Honey Festival, an Oklahoma Centennial event, is scheduled from 9 a.m. This Grady County city of about 1,700 people doubles in a day. Celebrate the holiday season in Oklahoma December brings a festive mix of light displays. My parents are beekeepers and this song makes me thing of the time growing up in the Minco bee yards.From across the state people make a beeline for the crafts booths, honey-baked foods and quilt shows. The kickoff event will be hosted by the Minco Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by First National Bank. 7, beginning at 7 am with the Shawnee Mills Pancakes & Sausage Breakfast at First United Methodist Church. From hearing the banjo in "Rainbow Connection" to the harmonies and use of brass in "Keep the Customer Satisfied" to the painful lyrics of "Father and Son" these albums shaped me.įind a song of yours on Apple Music that you love and tell us what makes it special. OPENING EVENT The Honey Festival will be held throughout the Town of Minco Saturday, Dec. These albums all had songs or moments that shaped me as a musician. More than 3,500 people from across the state flock to this small town to experience what the land of milk and honey has to offer. Various Artists, The Muppet Movie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Each December, the Annual Minco Honey Festival takes place in Minco, Okla., just southwest of Oklahoma City. Simon & Ga******l, Bridge Over Troubled Water What are your top 3 all-time favorite albums on Apple Music, and why? Why did you choose these three albums in particular?Ĭat Stevens, Footsteps in the Dark - Greatest Hits, Vol. Describe one of your earliest musical memories in detail.įirst performed for an audience at 9 singing Ray Stevens's "The Streak" at the first Minco Honey Festival.
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