Annual Shearing Festival - May 3rd, 2008, 10am -5pm
(A couple of sprinkles won't stop us. Its ON Saturday ! )


What's new for 2008 ?
More parking, more shuttle buses to parking, more registers at each food location to eliminate lines, more activities for kids, more crafts-people, larger viewing area for the shearing area. Please, please Purchase tickets IN ADVANCE online - you will save 20 minutes of waiting when you get here


The 2008 spring shearing festival at Valley Shepherd Creamery...

Our ewes will be all wooly and ready for shearing May 3rd. We will be shearing all day! ...and there will be heritage crafts, musicians and more! Advanced ticket sale started in January. Admission is $10 per adult and $6 per child 10 and under (babes in arms are free).
Buy tickets online here -- AFTER 4/28, TICKETS WILL BE HELD FOR YOU AT THE GATE !!

We want to make sure there is room for everyone to view the shearing, enjoy the music and food, so we will limit ticket sales to our capacity.  

FREE PARKING     -     TWO SHUTTLE BUSSES from LONG VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL


Come spend a day in the country with us !
Step into the main barn to watch the shearing. We have almost 500 to shave down and Don is getting old and cranky but we think that he should be able to clip maybe 100 and beat last year's record.





With over 400 pregnant and due, somewhere in our barn, a ewe will be in labor and maybe you can witness a new arrival.





Enjoy a taste of farmstead cheeses. At least a dozen will be out for tasting. Here is a listing of most of them





Ken Galipeau will be telling stories and singing.The kids will be amazed. open a new page with ken's website





Mike Agranoff is a musician and storyteller. He can be uproariously funny, contempletive, and powerfully emotional in the space of a few minutes. The man will capture your attention, and then your heart. open a new page with Mike's website

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Watch the artisan craftspeople at work. Here are a few.



Several spinners- turning our wool into yarn.





Kevin the Blacksmith, in his own shed, pounding iron into usable stuff.





At the kids crafts table, make something from wool we just sheared and washed, maybe a wooly sheep using a cardboard roll and wool?





The weaver will be working the loom...





The woodcarvers will be making some unique items like steam bent pitchforks, wooden toys and more.





On pasture number 2, watch a dog herding demo !!





Gellato - (the real stuff) will be made on the hour from fresh milk.





Dr. Sam Moyer, Geneticist and the Jersey Jerry Broomsquire will be making brooms!!





Alisa the Caning artist will be demonstrating how baskets are made.






Pig Roast (yum)- Hotdogs - Hamburgers.



More artisans/events to be added.



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