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WHAT: 2011 Kansas Sampler Festival
ANNUAL TIMES: 22nd annual
WHERE: Ray Miller Park, 4201 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, Kansas 66048
WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. & Sunday, May 8, 2011, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHY: The festival is designed to provide the public a sample of what there is to see, do, hear, taste, buy, and learn in Kansas.
WHO: More than 200 communities (of 627 incorporated) in the state are represented. They come from every corner of the state and every size attends from the smallest rural town to the largest metro area.
HOW MANY: Public attendance at the 2010 event was 8,500 people.
WHAT: Primarily this is a travel show to educate the public about what every corner of the state has to offer. Kansas made products are showcased and sold in one tent and scattered throughout other tents. Kansas entertainers and historic performers take the stage at different venues. Food vendors sell Kansas ethnic or specialty foods.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Expect tent after tent of exhibitors placed in geographical regions promoting tourism attractions. Food booths and entertainment stages are placed around the grounds. There are little pockets of surprises such as a row of historical performers, someone on a stump asking Kansas questions, artists at work, a petting zoo, blacksmith demonstrations and who knows what else.
WEB SITE: www.kansassamplerfestival.com. List of exhibitors will be found on web site. News releases will also be on this web site.
CONTACT: Keyta D.Kelly , Director; 512 East Fourth
Street; P.O. Box 664; Tonganoxie, Kansas
66086-0664; Phone: 913.417.7575; E-mail: kssamplerfestlvco@sunflower.com
; local information: http://www.visitleavenworthks.com/
TICKETS: Adult admission, $5. Children 7-14, $3. Children under 6, free. Week-end pass-$8 adults; $4 children
PARKING: Shuttles help bring people from designated parking lots to festival entrance.
RULES: No dogs and no smoking allowed on the festival grounds.
FESTIVAL FOUNDER: The festival is a project of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. A public non-profit based out of Inman with a mission to preserve and sustain rural culture.
FESTIVAL HISTORY: The pre-cursor to the Kansas Sampler Festival was a book- signing party in 1990 for Mil and Marci Penner's book, Kansas Weekend Guide. The event was held on the Penner Farm near Inman with one tent full of exhibitors. The event was such a success it was given the name, Kansas Sampler Festival.
FESTIVAL ON FARM: The festival was held for eight years (1990-1997) on the Penner Farm near Inman.
MOVING FESTIVAL: The Kansas Sampler Foundation decided to take the festival on the road to expose more people to the exhibitors and purpose of the festival. Hosts are picked through an application process and host for two years. Hosts have been Pratt (1998- 1999); Ottawa (2000-2001); Independence (2002-2003); Newton (2004-2005); Garden City (2006-2007) and Concordia (2008-2009) Leavenworth is the host in 2010 and 2011.
NEXT HOST: The host community for the 2012 and 2013 festival will be announced August 2010.
ANNUAL TIMES: 22nd annual
WHERE: Ray Miller Park, 4201 S. 4th St., Leavenworth, Kansas 66048
WHEN: Saturday, May 7, 2011, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. & Sunday, May 8, 2011, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
WHY: The festival is designed to provide the public a sample of what there is to see, do, hear, taste, buy, and learn in Kansas.
WHO: More than 200 communities (of 627 incorporated) in the state are represented. They come from every corner of the state and every size attends from the smallest rural town to the largest metro area.
HOW MANY: Public attendance at the 2010 event was 8,500 people.
WHAT: Primarily this is a travel show to educate the public about what every corner of the state has to offer. Kansas made products are showcased and sold in one tent and scattered throughout other tents. Kansas entertainers and historic performers take the stage at different venues. Food vendors sell Kansas ethnic or specialty foods.
WHAT TO EXPECT: Expect tent after tent of exhibitors placed in geographical regions promoting tourism attractions. Food booths and entertainment stages are placed around the grounds. There are little pockets of surprises such as a row of historical performers, someone on a stump asking Kansas questions, artists at work, a petting zoo, blacksmith demonstrations and who knows what else.
WEB SITE: www.kansassamplerfestival.com. List of exhibitors will be found on web site. News releases will also be on this web site.
CONTACT: Keyta D.
TICKETS: Adult admission, $5. Children 7-14, $3. Children under 6, free. Week-end pass-$8 adults; $4 children
PARKING: Shuttles help bring people from designated parking lots to festival entrance.
RULES: No dogs and no smoking allowed on the festival grounds.
FESTIVAL FOUNDER: The festival is a project of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. A public non-profit based out of Inman with a mission to preserve and sustain rural culture.
FESTIVAL HISTORY: The pre-cursor to the Kansas Sampler Festival was a book- signing party in 1990 for Mil and Marci Penner's book, Kansas Weekend Guide. The event was held on the Penner Farm near Inman with one tent full of exhibitors. The event was such a success it was given the name, Kansas Sampler Festival.
FESTIVAL ON FARM: The festival was held for eight years (1990-1997) on the Penner Farm near Inman.
MOVING FESTIVAL: The Kansas Sampler Foundation decided to take the festival on the road to expose more people to the exhibitors and purpose of the festival. Hosts are picked through an application process and host for two years. Hosts have been Pratt (1998- 1999); Ottawa (2000-2001); Independence (2002-2003); Newton (2004-2005); Garden City (2006-2007) and Concordia (2008-2009) Leavenworth is the host in 2010 and 2011.
NEXT HOST: The host community for the 2012 and 2013 festival will be announced August 2010.
FOUNDATION STAFF: Marci Penner is the executive director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation. marci@kansassampler.org; WenDee Rowe LaPlant is the assistant director who oversees the festival. wendee@kansassampler.org
978 Arapaho Rd
Inman, KS 67546
Phone: 620-585-2374
Phone: 620-585-2374