17th Annual
Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival
(Saturday) October 4th, 2008 & (Sunday) October
5th, 2008
Featuring ³Native American Salmon Bake² (on both days),
&
the ³Mount Hood Scarecrow Championship²
(on both days)
&
³Mount Hood Scarecrow Fashion Show² (on both days)
~ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday/10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on Sunday~
Mt. Hood Village, 65000 East U.S. Highway 26,
near the historic Village of Brightwood,
Oregon
No Admission! Free Parking!
Two of the Northwestıs
greatest bounties are the Salmon and Wild
Mushrooms, which are the honored celebrities at this festival, is featured
at
this 17th annual event. This two-day, family-oriented event is held
during the month of October to welcome home the
return of the Salmon to the
streams of Oregonıs Mount Hood and the Wild Mushrooms to its forested
landscapes.
Featured is Native American storytelling, original Folk music,
arts and crafts, exhibits on Salmon and Wild Mushrooms (including
Mushroom
identification), and great food. There is a Native American Salmon bake and
Salmon Habitat Walks, and
Wild Mushrooms on sale. A scarecrow-making
contest will take place on both days. Free admission! Free
parking!
For Information: Call (503) 622-4798; Email: cgsmthood@onemain.com.
Website:
www.members.com/cgs-mthood.
The majority of the annual Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival will be
held indoors,
with the remainder beneath shelters and two large tents, so
weather conditions will not be a dependent factor. This
is the place to
come to escape the unpredictable Autumn season, to have a good time, and to
listen to some great original
Folk, Pop, Light Rock, and Blues music
performed by some incredible singer-songwriters from the Portland
Metropolitan
Area, most of whom are associated with the Portland Songwriters
Association.
The Mount
Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival celebrates our rich bounty of
Nature. It features exhibits on Wild Salmon, Wild
Mushrooms, and other
natural resources. In addition, on hand will be experts from the Oregon
Mycological Society
to help identify Wild
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Mushrooms and discuss the preservation of habitats for this important
natural resource
and wild food.
There will be plenty of opportunities to purchase a Native American
cooked Salmon
dinner as well as other delicious Salmon and Wild Mushroom
dishes and more. Salmon and mushroom dishes, as well as
other special
creations, will be served between Noon and 6 p.m. or until sold out.
The activities
of the Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival are suitable
for the entire family. Besides the Salmon Bake and
other foods, activities
include a scarecrow-making contest, arts and craft booths, folk and
contemporary music,
books on history and Nature, Salmon habitat walks, and
Mushroom identification and safety, as well as information on the
Northwest's
Salmon and Wild Mushrooms.
The Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival allows people of
all ages the
opportunity to spend the afternoon listening to some incredible original
music for free. On the "Great
Northwest Music" stage, there will be some
of
the best original Folk music around as the featured entertainment.
A number
of singer-songwriters from the Portland Metropolitan Area, associated with
the Portland Songwriters Association,
will be performing from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. on Saturday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, and will be selling their
CD's
during that time.
Special ³Salmon Habitat Walks² will take place on both Saturday and
Sunday
at Noon and 2 p.m. A naturalist will lead people on a educational
and fun excursion along the Salmon River to learn
about the natural
environmental elements needed for Wild Salmon. There is no cost to
participate.
Native American storytelling will take place around Noon on Sunday.
Storyteller, Michael P. Jones, will share traditional
Indian myths and
legends about Coyote, Raven, Wolf, the Wild People, and other creatures. He
will be accompanied
by flutist Cyndi Hubb.
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Also featured at the Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival
will be the
ever-popular Wild Huckleberry Milkshakes and Huckleberry Tarts, as well as
Huckleberry Barbecue Sauce, Huckleberry
Vinaigrette, Huckleberry Coffee,
Huckleberry Tea, and a variety of Huckleberry Candy, and much more.
Under the Cascade Geographic Society unique lable, there will be some
very unique foods for sale. There will
also be Huckleberry Jam and other
Wildberry jams like Pacific Coast Cranberry and Wild Blackberry. In
addition,
there will be Huckleberry Sauce, Huckleberry Barbecue Sauce, and
Huckleberry Vinaigrette, all featuring a beautiful photograph
of a close-up
of Wild Huckleberries in a Native American basket with a tipi in the
background. All of these products
have proven themselves to be popular and
will be available at the Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival.
Due to the emphasis on food at the Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom
Festival, flavored mustards will also be featured.
The Cascade Geographic
Societyıs own label will include "Mount Hood Herb & Garlic Dijon",
"Cascade
Extra Hot
& Sweet Habanero", "Waterfall Orange & Ginger Honey",
and "Sandy
River Honey Hot-Sweet", which are ideal for
sandwiches and for cooking
whether you broil, bake, or barbecue.
With the coming of the Autumn
season and cooler temperatures, there are
also two hot drinks made of the Huckleberry available at the Mount Hood
Salmon
& Mushroom Festival. These are Huckleberry Coffee and Huckleberry
Tea, both of which are gaining in popularity as they
are discovered by more
and more people looking for something uniquely different with a wild-natural
taste.
Each year in the Pacific Northwest, people are made ill or even die from
eating non-edible and posionous Wild Mushrooms.
As a direct result, a major
emphasis of the Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival will be on Mushroom
safety.
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Once again, this year's Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival will have
a large tent for arts and crafts vendors, in
addition to those stationed
indoors with the music, and special exhibits. With these special
facilities, rain
will have a difficult time dampening the spirits of this
special Indian Summer gathering.
The
Mount Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival is the place to be if you want
a delicious salmon bake, good 'ol down-home music,
booths featuring
mushrooms, a cookbook featuring delicious and very unique and creative
Salmon and Mushroom dishes,
arts and crafts featuring natural resources from
the Pacific Northwest, photographic displays, educational exhibits, and
much
more.
The Year 2007 marks the Sixteenth year of Cascade Geographic Society's
Mount
Hood Salmon & Mushroom Festival, which calls attention to the rich
heritage of our natural resources. For further
information, contact the
Society at (503) 6224798; email us at cgsmthood@onemain.com; or, please
write us at:
P.O. Box 398, Rhododendron, Oregon 97049. And, be sure to
check out our website for any updates or changes
at:
members.tripod.com/cgs-mthood.
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