Night Time Football

A rainy weekend in Upstate NY; at least it was not a typhoon! A friend told me about a festival occurring in Mansfield, PA; a "1892" Party to celebrate the anniversity of the first night time football game. There was also a festival in the Addison area. Since I had been at Pinnacle State Park the previous weekend, I did not stop.

Not sure how many people stayed until the actual reenactment of the Night-time football game. I stayed to hear two of the many bands during the day. What I would consider the highlights of the event were a group of Red Hatters and the "Historian". The Red Hatters were obviously having a grand ole time. They rode in the wagons to the event, enjoyed the 5 cent lemonade - to which they added a little extra it appeared, and they definitely enjoyed eating the fantastic barbeque. The "historian" was a man whose father had actually been in the football game; if I understood his storytelling correctly! Unfortunately, I did not get any photos of either the Red Hatters or the "Historian".

There were a few good local vendors including one lady from Eastern Texas, now she and her family live in PA, that makes facial/body scrubs. Yes I bought two - one a rock salt base (Orange Vanilla) and the other a sugar base (Chocolate Brown Sugar) scrub. Another stall had home-made/handmade baskets. The unique thing was each basket had the name of the person who made it on the bottom. There was one made by a 11 or 12 year old boy - very nice workmanship! You can even order some special size and purpose baskets.