Giant Pumpkin Regatta [147]

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10/11/09: The 2nd Annual Giant Pumpkin Regatta transformed the Burlington Waterfront Sunday with crowds of cheering fans and a bevy of floating pumpkin vessels.

The New Fab Format of Seven Days

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10/5/09: Don Eggert, Creative Director of Seven Days, talks about the new magazine-style format Vermont's alt weekly is switching to October 7th, this Wednesday.

Music: Missy Bly, Clean Bee, "She N' Me"
La Strada, "Flying"

Location: Burlington, VT to North Haverhill, NH

The Vermonter [146]

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138th Tunbridge World's Fair [145]

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9/19/09: The tiny village of Tunbridge (population 1,400) gets quite a boost each summer when 50,000 people visit the Tunbridge World's Fair during their four day run.

Dana & Katie Get Married [144]

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9/12/09: September 1st it became legal for same sex couples to wed in Vermont. Dana & Katie said their vows in front of a large crowd of supportive family and friends at Trapp Family Lodge Saturday.

Featuring:
http://www.smittens.com/danaandkatie/

Music:
The Smittens, A Little Revolution, "Jeans and Mittens" The Coolest Thing About Love, "One Hundred Roses," "One for Me"
http://www.smittens.com/
Dana Julie Kaplan, "Year of the Lake"

LOCATION: Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe, Vermont
http://www.trappfamily.com/

Great VT Corn Maze [143]

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9/5/09: Get lost in the "a-maizing" Great Vermont Corn Maze in North Danville.

Thunder Road [142]

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8/27/09: Thunder Road Speedway celebrates its 50th anniversary this year and Eva stopped by the renowned short track in Barre to meet racing greats like Ken Squier, "Tiger" Tom Pistone, Ken Ragan and newcomers like NASCAR's Rookie of the Year David Ragan.

Featuring:
http://www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com/
http://www.davidragan.com/news_articl...

Music: Chuch, Juarez, "Intro"
http://www.myspace.com/chuchtheband

http://www.7dvt.com/

Riding in a Pace Car at Thunder Road

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8/27/09: Eva hitches a ride in the Pace Car at Thunder Road and interviews its driver, Bob Bigelow.

Featured:
http://www.thunderroadspeedbowl.com/

http://www.7dvt.com/

VT State Parks [141]

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8/23/09: There are 52 State Parks in VT bringing the great outdoors to thousands of visitors each year.

Missy Bly [140]

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Michael Jackson Tribute Night [139]

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7/24/09: Michael Jackson fans packed a sold out house Friday to show Who Was Bad in a karaoke contest and dance party.

Featuring: http://7dvt.com/one-glove

Location: Higher Ground, South Burlington Vermont

Flynn Garden Tour [138]

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7/19/09: The 13th Annual Flynn Garden Tour drew over 400 people to the Champlain Islands last Sunday for a peek into some spectacular secret gardens.  

Featuring:
http://www.flynncenter.org/

Music: La Strada, "Flying"
http://www.myspace.com/lastradanyc

Location: North Hero, South Hero, Grand Isle Vermont

http://7d.blogs.com/stuckinvt/

The Champlain 400 Parade [137]

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7/11/09: The Burlington International Waterfront Festival celebrated 400 years since the arrival of Samuel de Champlain with The Champlain 400 Parade.  Despite the pouring rain, the tough performers put on the parade of a lifetime.

Featured:
http://celebratechamplain.org/
http://abenakination.org/
http://www.breadandpuppet.org/
http://www.ridethedragon.org/
http://www.renaissonics.com/h/index.html

http://www.7dvt.com/

Lake Champlain Walleye Assoc. [136]

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7/4/09:  Lake Champlain Walleye Association and Vermont Fish & Wildlife have been working for decades to increase the population of walleyes in the lake and its surrounding rivers.

Thursday they harvested a St Albans pond of 12,500 walleye fingerlings which will be making their way into the Winooski River.

Featuring:
http://www.lcwalleye.org/
http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/

http://www.7dvt.com/

Wiffle Fest [135]

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6/27/09: For twelve years now, CJ Spirito has been gathering his friends and family for Wiffle Fest.  But unlike previous years, this World Series has an unlikely outcome.

Location: Rock Point School, Burlington Vermont

Pete's Greens [134]

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6/23/09: Pete's Greens is a four season organic vegetable farm in Craftsbury. Eva talks to Pete and Meg about the current farming trend, local food as the new growth industry in rural areas and the idea that VT could one day feed itself.

Music: The Jazz Guys, A Blessing in Disguise, "The $6,000 Million Dollar Man"

Greg Davis, Curling Pond Woods, "Brocade (Rewoven)"

Location: Pete's Greens Four Season Organic Vegetable Farm, Craftsbury, VT

Editor's Note: For the record, I've been a member of Pete's Greens' Good Eats CSA since the winter of 08.

Green Mountain Opera Festival [133]

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6/12/09: The Green Mountain Opera Festival is in its fourth year in the Mad River Valley.  This year they bring Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro to the Barre Opera House.

Featuring:
http://www.greenmountainoperafestival.com/

Location: Valley Players Theater, Waitsfield, Vermont

Ava Bishop [132]

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6/8/09: Fashion in VT?  Local designer Ava Bishop is making it stylish to be a Vermonter.

Featuring:
http://www.damnfinepants.com/

Music: Missy Bly, Missy Bly 3, "Handmade Love"
http://www.cleancitysoap.com/

http://www.7dvt.com/

Vermont Joy Parade [131]

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5/31/09: All abooooard for some old timey music, theatrics and good times.  Vermont Joy Parade is a collective group of musicians and performers traveling across the country in a bus fueled by vegetable oil waste.  Don't miss your chance to see this circus when they come to your town!

Featuring:
http://vermontjoyparade.com/
http://www.myspace.com/vermontjoyparade
http://www.myspace.com/httpwwwmyspacecomannapardenik
http://www.radiobean.com
http://bitemeorganicpizzavt.blogspot.com/

Locations: The Rambler House, Radio Bean, Bite Me Organic Pizza, Burlington Vermont

http://www.7dvt.com/

Burlington Farmers' Market [130]

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5/23/09: City Hall Park is THE place to be Saturdays this summer where over 50 vendors/farmers sell their food, plants and produce to the masses.

Featuring:
http://www.burlingtonfarmersmarket.org/
http://www.arethusacollectivefarm.com/
http://boucherfamilyfarm.blogspot.com/
http://www.straycatflowers.com/
http://users.gmavt.net/lcfarm/
http://www.dragonflysugarworks.com/

Music: La Strada, "Flying"
http://www.myspace.com/lastradanyc

http://www.7dvt.com/