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Good
Morning! It is Saturday -- Day 2 of our annual "Pageant of
Steam" Show and starting precisely at 9 AM is our annual SVSGEA
Equipment Auction.
Shown at left is our SVSGEA Auction Crew headed by Calvin Ritter on
the left, along with Tom Cochran, Bruce Feltner, and Kirsten
Cochran.
Shown below left and right are our Auction Office Crew, consisting
of Amy Blue ( who is also our Club Webmaster), Linda Custer, and
Aaron Howell. The Auction Office Crew register the bidders who
participate in the auction. |
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Each year,
we are extremely fortunate to have Brian Hash, shown at left, as our
Official Auctioneer. Not only is Brian Hash a wonderful
supporter of our Club, he is also a past VA State Champion
Auctioneer. Hash Auctions is located in Berryville, VA. |
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Our Arena
Display was full of tractors and assorted equipment this year. |
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| It is 12
Noon. The Steam Tractors in the park begin to blow their loud
steam whistles. Anyone who has a motorized antique tractor or
power unit starts heading for the Tractor Pull Track. It is
time for our annual "Parade of Power" parade! |
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Parade Video Clip
Parade - Antique Trucks |
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The Auction
is over. The Parade has ended and all of the tractors and
equipment have been returned to their display areas. You' re
feeling hot and thirsty. You head on over to the Park and grab
a bowl of Steamed Ham and Bean Soup or maybe a Smoked Sausage with
lots of grilled onions and a cold soft drink. You sit in the
shade and cool off with a delicious ice cream cone.
We aren't done yet!
It's time to get back to those fabulous antique and vintage farm
machine demonstrations beginning with our Belt-Driven Frick
Threshing Machine! |
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Frick Threshing Machine Video Clip
1910 Belt-Driven Hay Baler Video Clip
Steam Engine Video Clip |
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One of our
most entertaining and educational equipment demonstrations each year
is our 1910 Shingle Mill, cutting wood shingles out of blocks of
Cedar Wood. The
Shingle Mill is belt-driven by an early 1900's Aultman-Taylor
Portable Steam Engine, owned and operated by long-time SVSGEA member
Charles Gray.
Visitors watching this
demonstration are welcome to take one of the fresh, just-cut Cedar
shingles home with them.
Steam Engine - Shingle Mill Video Clip
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In addition
to the many demonstrations of our SVSGEA Club-owned vintage farm and
steam equipment, visitors to our Show will also enjoy the
demonstrations of nearly long-lost art forms such as the Coal-Fired
Forge and custom metal-working, what many call old-time
Blacksmithing. Shown at left and below is Mary Shedden of
Gains, PA and several of her friends demonstrating the art of
heating, bending, and forming metal into specific forms and shapes.
Educational? You bet! Look at the pictures of the Show
visitors watching this demonstration and in one photo, a visitor is
actually asked to help!
Blacksmith and Coal Forge Video Clip |
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Did we
mention the "Family-Friendly" atmosphere that we work so hard to
achieve with each of our shows? Did we also mention that kids
can have a great time as well as the parents and grown-ups?
Shown at right and below is
SVSGEA member Mickey Collis who provides the Children's Barrel Train
Rides throughout the Show Park on Saturdays and Sundays of our Show.
Kids Barrel Train Ride Video Clip |
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Did someone
mention something about seeing "some old trucks" parked somewhere
close by? Well they weren't hallucinating. The SVSGEA
members are honored each year to have Mr. Fred Craig (shown below
with his 1957 Kenworth) and several members of his American Truck
Historical Society bring their restored antique tractor-trailer rigs
as well as the many restored pickup trucks, wreckers, delivery
trucks and even a huge hook and ladder fire truck! We
encourage everyone to make plans to attend their annual truck show
in September. Dates and website are shown in the photo at
left. |
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Shown in
photo at left are: L to R:
Mel Fair, Mike Lawry, Webmaster
for the Tri-State Antique Truck Show Website, and Fred Craig,
President of the Mason-Dixon Chapter of the American Truck
Historical Society.
Antique Truck Video Clip 1
Antique Truck Video - Parade |
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| Fred Craig's
1966 GMC Bus -- formerly a Greyhound Scenicrusier and later
converted for a traveling Gospel Music group.
The bus has a 318HP 8V71
Detroit Diesel with a 5-Speed Allison Automatic Transmission. |
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| Saturday
Evening -- What are those horses doing over there on the Tractor
Pull Track? It's time for our annual Horse Pull!
We had a short rain storm a few
hours before this year's Horse Pull but we managed to get the top
mud scraped off the track and the Horse Pull went on as scheduled.
Horse Pull Video Clip |
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What better
way to wrap up Day 2 of our annual "Pageant of Steam" show but to
have a little Bluegrass Music. We were once again fortunate to
have one of the finest Bluegrass Bands in Virginia to close out our
Saturday this year.
Welcome back, Stoney Creek!
Stoney Creek Video Clip
Stoney Creek Bluegrass Band Website |
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