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 July Events
3 Thursday  
  All Day 145th Anniversary Re-enactments in Gettysburg
All day Gettysburg 145th Anniversary USCC Living History Days The USCC will be joining forces with local churches, youth groups and college students from Campus Crusade for Christ to carry on the tradition of the original USCC. 242 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg - Daily events are planned to minister to the Gettysburg 145th Anniversary visitors and the community of Gettysburg.  http://www.usccgettysburg.org
     
4 Friday  
All day Gettysburg 145th Anniversary USCC Living History Days The USCC will be joining forces with local churches, youth groups and college students from Campus Crusade for Christ to carry on the tradition of the original USCC. 242 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg - Daily events are planned to minister to the Gettysburg 145th Anniversary visitors and the community of Gettysburg.  http://www.usccgettysburg.org
  Call Musical Event School House Rock Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such beloved “Schoolhouse Rock” songs as “Just A Bill,” “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly” and “Conjunction Junction.” Patriot Point Village, 717-337-0080 www.patriotpoint.us
  Call Theater Event The Underpants Steve Martin’s adaptation of the original wardrobe malfunction play by Carl Sternheim appears at Totem Pole Playhouse. Louise and Theo Markes’ conservative existence is shattered when her bloomers fall down in public and Louise becomes an overnight celebrity. Totem Pole Playhouse. 9555 Golf Course Road - 717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org
  10 am Yankee Doodle Days Come join us for an All-American family-fun celebration of American Craftsmanship. Boyd's Bear Country 75 Cunningham Road. Gettysburg, PA. 1-866-367-8338 www.boydsbearcountry.com
  7:30 pm Concert Event Favorite Melodies of the North & South The program is dedicated to the memory and in recognition of the sacrifices of all the soldiers and townspeople who were impacted on by the battle in the summer of 1863. G.A.R. Hall
53 East Middle Street, Gettysburg. For concert and ticket information please call 717-334-5185 or 518-734-5655.
     
5 Saturday  
  7 am Gettysburg Farmers Market The Gettysburg Farmers Market is open Saturdays, mid-April to Late-October 7:00 AM until Noon. Lincoln Square
All day Gettysburg 145th Anniversary USCC Living History Days The USCC will be joining forces with local churches, youth groups and college students from Campus Crusade for Christ to carry on the tradition of the original USCC. 242 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg - Daily events are planned to minister to the Gettysburg 145th Anniversary visitors and the community of Gettysburg.  http://www.usccgettysburg.org
  10 am Yankee Doodle Days Come join us for an All-American family-fun celebration of American Craftsmanship. Boyd's Bear Country 75 Cunningham Road. Gettysburg, PA. 1-866-367-8338 www.boydsbearcountry.com
  1 pm Free Summer Concert at the Winery Come enjoy a free concert, a bottle of chilled wine, and great food from 1-5pm at Adams County Winery’s farm winery. Adams County Winery. 251 Peach Tree Road. Orrtanna, PA, 717-334-4631 www.adamscountywinery.com
  Call Musical Event School House Rock Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such beloved “Schoolhouse Rock” songs as “Just A Bill,” “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly” and “Conjunction Junction.” Patriot Point Village, 717-337-0080 www.patriotpoint.us
  Call Theater Event The Underpants Steve Martin’s adaptation of the original wardrobe malfunction play by Carl Sternheim appears at Totem Pole Playhouse. Louise and Theo Markes’ conservative existence is shattered when her bloomers fall down in public and Louise becomes an overnight celebrity. Totem Pole Playhouse. 9555 Golf Course Road - 717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org
  5:30 pm Concert Event Favorite Melodies of the North & South The program is dedicated to the memory and in recognition of the sacrifices of all the soldiers and townspeople who were impacted on by the battle in the summer of 1863. G.A.R. Hall
53 East Middle Street, Gettysburg. For concert and ticket information please call 717-334-5185 or 518-734-5655.
  7:30 pm Candlelight at Christ Church Candlelight at Christ Church: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital. Through authentic Civil War music and readings from various sources, true stories are told of the many that worked valiantly to aid and provide shelter to the soldiers in the church which serviced 140 wounded men. Christ Lutheran Church. 30 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg. 1-888-882-1541 There is no charge for this program which is open to all.
www.christgettysburg.org/candlelight
     
6 Sunday  
All day Gettysburg 145th Anniversary USCC Living History Days The USCC will be joining forces with local churches, youth groups and college students from Campus Crusade for Christ to carry on the tradition of the original USCC. 242 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg - Daily events are planned to minister to the Gettysburg 145th Anniversary visitors and the community of Gettysburg.  http://www.usccgettysburg.org
  10 am Yankee Doodle Days Come join us for an All-American family-fun celebration of American Craftsmanship. Boyd's Bear Country 75 Cunningham Road. Gettysburg, PA. 1-866-367-8338 www.boydsbearcountry.com
  6 pm Music, Gettysburg! Presents Cormorant’s Fancy with Baritone Wayne Hill
     
7 Monday  
  6 pm Annual Thurmont Annual Carnival
     
8 Tuesday  
  6 pm Annual Thurmont Annual Carnival
  8 pm Theater Event The Underpants Steve Martin’s adaptation of the original wardrobe malfunction play by Carl Sternheim appears at Totem Pole Playhouse. Louise and Theo Markes’ conservative existence is shattered when her bloomers fall down in public and Louise becomes an overnight celebrity. Totem Pole Playhouse. 9555 Golf Course Road - 717-352-2164www.totempoleplayhouse.org
     
9 Wed  
  6 pm Annual Thurmont Annual Carnival
  7 pm Strawberry Hill Guided "Dusk Discovery" Nature Walk - After the heat of the summer day has passed, come explore the cool, shady stream valleys of the Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve near Fairfield, Pennsylvania.

This is a walk to experience the special time of the day when the daytime animals are starting to wind down their activities and the nighttime animals are starting to emerge. This transition is a great time to hear the final songs of birds for the day, as well as the initial calls of owls.

The event, which is open to the public and appropriate for all ages, is free for Strawberry Hill members, $3.75 for non-members. Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. Please register by July 8 by calling Strawberry Hill at (717) 642-5840. Strawberry Hill is located at 1537 Mount Hope Road, three miles outside Fairfield, Pennsylvania. visit www.strawberryhill.org.
     
10 Thursday  
  6 pm Annual Thurmont Annual Carnival
  4 pm Summer Pottery Workshops at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve. Designed for children ages 5 and up as well as adults, each class will focus on a different project using raw red-ware clay and natural decorative accents.

On Thursday, July 10, workshop participants will learn how to make a vase and a tile. On July 17, projects will include a coiled basket and wall basket. On July 24, students will make a mask. Each class will meet from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in Strawberry Hill's outdoor pavilion, located at 1537 Mount Hope Road, three miles outside Fairfield.

The fee for each class, including clay and firing, is $15 for Strawberry Hill members, $20 for non-members. Interested students may sign up for one class or all three, but space is limited, so register early by calling Strawberry Hill at (717) 642-5840.  Please visit www.strawberryhill.org.
     
11 Friday  
  6 pm Annual Thurmont Annual Carnival
     
12 Saturday  
  7 am Gettysburg Farmers Market The Gettysburg Farmers Market is open Saturdays, mid-April to Late-October 7:00 AM until Noon. Lincoln Square
  8 am Spirit of Gettysburg 5K a. More than 1,200 runners and spectators will assemble at the YWCA Gettysburg & Adams County on Saturday, July 12th, to participate in this exciting community event. Gettysburg YWCA, 909 Fairfield Road, Gettysburg, 717-334-9171 The Annual Spirit of Gettysburg 5K Run, 1-Mile Fun Run/Fitness Walk, & Kids' Runs is one of the largest road racing events held in South Central Pennsylvania www.ywcagettysburg.org
  1 pm Free Summer Concert at the Winery Come enjoy a free concert, a bottle of chilled wine, and great food from 1-5pm at Adams County Winery’s farm winery. Adams County Winery. 251 Peach Tree Road. Orrtanna, PA, 717-334-4631 www.adamscountywinery.com
  6 pm Annual Thurmont Annual Carnival
  7:30 pm Candlelight at Christ Church Candlelight at Christ Church: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital. Through authentic Civil War music and readings from various sources, true stories are told of the many that worked valiantly to aid and provide shelter to the soldiers in the church which serviced 140 wounded men. Christ Lutheran Church. 30 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg. 1-888-882-1541 There is no charge for this program which is open to all.
www.christgettysburg.org/candlelight
     
13 Sunday  
  7 pm Concert Event Shippensburg German Band The Shippensburg German Band will perform at the Gettysburg Recreation Park Amphitheater on Sunday, July 13th at 7:00 PM. In the event of inclement weather or soggy ground, the concert will be held in the Assembly Room of the Charlie Sterner Recreation Building. Gettysburg Rec Park, Long Lane. Gettysburg, PA
717-334-5006 Free Admission!
www.adamscountyartscouncil.org
     
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15 Tuesday
     
16 Wednesday  
     
17 Thursday  
  4 pm Summer Pottery Workshops at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve. Designed for children ages 5 and up as well as adults, each class will focus on a different project using raw red-ware clay and natural decorative accents. On July 17, projects will include a coiled basket and wall basket. Each class will meet from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in Strawberry Hill's outdoor pavilion, located at 1537 Mount Hope Road, three miles outside Fairfield.

The fee for each class, including clay and firing, is $15 for Strawberry Hill members, $20 for non-members. Interested students may sign up for one class or all three, but space is limited, so register early by calling Strawberry Hill at (717) 642-5840.  Please visit www.strawberryhill.org.
  7 pm PA Mountain Voices with Bruce Young - Lively Pennsylvania Voices - Stories, Songs and Rhythms. Bruce Young will present an interactive program of traditional and period music on fiddle, banjo, guitar and dulcimer. Audience members will be encouraged to join in! Gettysburg Library, 140 Baltimore Street, Gettysburg. Presented as a part of Lively Pennsylvania Voices - Stories, Songs and Rhythms, a series of summer family programs. Presented in the USS Eisenhower Room of the Adams County Library System.
www.adamslibrary.org
     
18 Friday  
  8 pm Clean Voices of Comedy With special guests Nancy and Spencer Reed. The Poconos musical couple Nancy & Spencer Reed have been performing together for some 30 years, with Spencer's first rate jazz guitar and Nancy's bass. Both are featured on vocals. Majestic Performing Arts Center
25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg. 717-337-8200 Clean Voices of Comedy, a three-member troupe that delivers a fast-paced, hysterically funny performance free of four letter words. Featured comedians are Todd Charles, Mike Cabot, and Jack Swersie. Tickets: $22, $19, $16
http://www.gettysburgmajestic.org
     
19 Saturday  
  7 am Gettysburg Farmers Market The Gettysburg Farmers Market is open Saturdays, mid-April to Late-October 7:00 AM until Noon. Lincoln Square
  1 pm Free Summer Concert at the Winery Come enjoy a free concert, a bottle of chilled wine, and great food from 1-5pm at Adams County Winery’s farm winery. Adams County Winery. 251 Peach Tree Road. Orrtanna, PA, 717-334-4631 www.adamscountywinery.com
  7:30 pm Candlelight at Christ Church Candlelight at Christ Church: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital. Through authentic Civil War music and readings from various sources, true stories are told of the many that worked valiantly to aid and provide shelter to the soldiers in the church which serviced 140 wounded men. Christ Lutheran Church. 30 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg. 1-888-882-1541 There is no charge for this program which is open to all.
www.christgettysburg.org/candlelight
  All day Annual Adams County Irish Festival Enjoy a full day of Irish music, dancers, food, merchandise and more. The festival offers wholesome family fun, while benefiting the Children’s Friendship Project for Northern Ireland (CFPNI) as well as the long-term goal of establishing a national Irish history museum and library in Adams County. Gettysburg Moose Park located conveniently on US30, approximately 1.5 miles east of the US15 intersection. 717-337-3500 http://www.adamscountyirishfestival.com/
     
20 Sunday  
  7 pm Apple Core Band The Apple Core Band will perform at the Gettysburg Recreation Park Amphitheater on Sunday, July 20th at 7:00 PM. In the event of inclement weather or soggy ground, the concert will be held in the Assembly Room of the Charlie Sterner Recreation Building. Gettysburg Rec Park
Long Lane, Gettysburg, 717-334-5006 Free Admission!
www.adamscountyartscouncil.org
     
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24 Thursday
  4 pm Summer Pottery Workshops at Strawberry Hill Nature Preserve. Designed for children ages 5 and up as well as adults, each class will focus on a different project using raw red-ware clay and natural decorative accents. On July 24, students will make a mask. Each class will meet from 4:00 to 5:30 p.m. in Strawberry Hill's outdoor pavilion, located at 1537 Mount Hope Road, three miles outside Fairfield.

The fee for each class, including clay and firing, is $15 for Strawberry Hill members, $20 for non-members. Interested students may sign up for one class or all three, but space is limited, so register early by calling Strawberry Hill at (717) 642-5840.  Please visit www.strawberryhill.org.
  8 pm Song & Stories of the Civil War. This multi-instrumentalist is dressed as a 19th-century performer and using period musical instruments, Horton explores the stories of both the North and South through music. Horton was featured in the sound track of the 1993 movie "Gettysburg." Majestic Performing Arts Center, 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg.
717-337-8200 - http://www.gettysburgmajestic.org
     
25 Friday  
  8 pm Song & Stories of the Civil War. This multi-instrumentalist is dressed as a 19th-century performer and using period musical instruments, Horton explores the stories of both the North and South through music. Horton was featured in the sound track of the 1993 movie "Gettysburg." Majestic Performing Arts Center, 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg.
717-337-8200 - http://www.gettysburgmajestic.org
     
26 Saturday  
  7 am Gettysburg Farmers Market The Gettysburg Farmers Market is open Saturdays, mid-April to Late-October 7:00 AM until Noon. Lincoln Square
  1 pm Free Summer Concert at the Winery Come enjoy a free concert, a bottle of chilled wine, and great food from 1-5pm at Adams County Winery’s farm winery. Adams County Winery. 251 Peach Tree Road. Orrtanna, PA, 717-334-4631 www.adamscountywinery.com
  1 pm Introduction to Pastels - Spend an enjoyable weekend learning the art of pastel drawing with accomplished painter and pastel artist Holly McCabe at the Imagination Station this July 26 and 27, Saturday and Sunday, from 1-4 p.m. McCabe, who holds a BA from Gettysburg College in Art History and Studio Art, a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in Studio Art from the State University of New York, will guide students through the basics, including different pastel drawing techniques such as smudging and layering color. Weather permitting, you’ll move outdoors for plein air sketching of landscapes, with McCabe guiding you through ways of looking at light, shadow, color, and drawing from observation and images. Students should bring paper and chalk pastels. Oil pastels are optional. Fee is $71.25 for arts council members; $78.75 for non members. Classes are held at the Adams County Arts Council’s Imagination Station, 18 Carlisle St., Ste 201, Gettysburg. For further information call 334-5006 or register online at www.adamsarts.org.
  7:30 pm Candlelight at Christ Church Candlelight at Christ Church: Songs and Stories of a Civil War Hospital. Through authentic Civil War music and readings from various sources, true stories are told of the many that worked valiantly to aid and provide shelter to the soldiers in the church which serviced 140 wounded men. Christ Lutheran Church. 30 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg. 1-888-882-1541 There is no charge for this program which is open to all.
www.christgettysburg.org/candlelight
     
27 Sunday  
  11:30 am Old Fashioned CornFest Come and enjoy corn roasted in the husk over an applewood fire, BBQ chicken, pulled pork, peach sundaes, apple dumplings, and more! Historic Round Barn Cashtown Road, Biglerville, PA. 717-334-1984, 17-677-8842
Free entertainment provided by The Orchard Boys, a local bluegrass band that combines traditional bluegrass with progressive for their own unique sound.
www.roundbarngettysburg.com. Free Parking/No Admission Fee
  1 pm Introduction to Pastels - Spend an enjoyable weekend learning the art of pastel drawing with accomplished painter and pastel artist Holly McCabe at the Imagination Station this July 26 and 27, Saturday and Sunday, from 1-4 p.m. McCabe, who holds a BA from Gettysburg College in Art History and Studio Art, a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in Studio Art from the State University of New York, will guide students through the basics, including different pastel drawing techniques such as smudging and layering color. Weather permitting, you’ll move outdoors for plein air sketching of landscapes, with McCabe guiding you through ways of looking at light, shadow, color, and drawing from observation and images. Students should bring paper and chalk pastels. Oil pastels are optional. Fee is $71.25 for arts council members; $78.75 for non members. Classes are held at the Adams County Arts Council’s Imagination Station, 18 Carlisle St., Ste 201, Gettysburg. For further information call 334-5006 or register online at www.adamsarts.org.
  7 pm Ray Owen Ray Owen will perform at the Gettysburg Recreation Park Amphitheater on Sunday, July 27th at 7:00 PM. In the event of inclement weather or soggy ground, the concert will be held in the Assembly Room of the Charlie Sterner Recreation Building. Gettysburg Rec Park, Gettysburg. 717-334-5006 Free Admission!
www.adamscountyartscouncil.org
     
28 Monday  
  6 pm “Aloha! Your K-5th grade child is invited to experience Vacation Bible School at Fellowship Baptist Church in Fairfield, PA. VBS will be held at Fellowship, July 28-Aug 1 from 6-8pm and we are located at 110 Mount Hope Road. If you would like more information or for transportation needs in the surrounding community, please contact FBC at 642-6767, M-F, 9-3:30. Hope to see you there!”
     
19 Tuesday  
  6 pm “Aloha! Your K-5th grade child is invited to experience Vacation Bible School at Fellowship Baptist Church in Fairfield, PA. VBS will be held at Fellowship, July 28-Aug 1 from 6-8pm and we are located at 110 Mount Hope Road. If you would like more information or for transportation needs in the surrounding community, please contact FBC at 642-6767, M-F, 9-3:30. Hope to see you there!”
     
30 Wed  
  6 pm “Aloha! Your K-5th grade child is invited to experience Vacation Bible School at Fellowship Baptist Church in Fairfield, PA. VBS will be held at Fellowship, July 28-Aug 1 from 6-8pm and we are located at 110 Mount Hope Road. If you would like more information or for transportation needs in the surrounding community, please contact FBC at 642-6767, M-F, 9-3:30. Hope to see you there!”
     
31 Thursday  
  6 pm “Aloha! Your K-5th grade child is invited to experience Vacation Bible School at Fellowship Baptist Church in Fairfield, PA. VBS will be held at Fellowship, July 28-Aug 1 from 6-8pm and we are located at 110 Mount Hope Road. If you would like more information or for transportation needs in the surrounding community, please contact FBC at 642-6767, M-F, 9-3:30. Hope to see you there!”