ELIZABETHTOWN - The 2010 Maple Sugar Festival will take place on Saturday, April 17 from 9am - 1pm at the Adirondack History Center in Elizabethtown. The day features a pancake breakfast, games and contests.
 
The pancake breakfast is to be served from 9am to 1pm. The cost is $6 for adults, $5 for seniors and children ages 6-12, and $1 for children under 6. Proceeds benefit the museum's programs. The Elizabethtown Kiwanis and the Elizabethtown-Lewis Chamber of Commerce will do the cooking and serving.
 
Contests include a beard contest for men, and a maple dessert contest. The beard contest categories recognize the longest, thickest, greyest, whitest and most distinguished beards. The winner of the maple dessert contest will have their dessert featured at the Deer's Head inn in Elizabethtown.
 
Festival activities include a slideshow of images from the museum's Maple Festival from the past 50 years. Mike Farrell, Northern Maple Specialist and Director from the Uihlein Forest Maple Sugar Field Station in Lake Placid will be available to answer questions. Maple producers are invited to submit samples of their syrup for a judging contest.
 
The Adirondack History Center Museum is located at 7590 Court Street in Elizabethtown. For more information contact the museum at 873-6466 or visit http://www.adkhistorycenter.org.
 
Maple Dessert Contest
 
The Adirondack History Center Museum is hosting a Maple Dessert Contest at its Maple Sugar Festival on Saturday, April 17, 2010. The contest will be judged by a committee of local residents experienced in the preparation and appreciation of fine foods. All desserts are welcome: pastries, cakes, puddings, cookies, pies and more. The only requirement is that real maple syrup, preferably Adirondack syrup, is used in the creation of the dessert. There are three categories of entrants, with a limit of one entry per person. Categories are: child to age 12, youth age 12 - 18, and adult 18 and over.
 
People should bring their desserts to the Maple Sugar Festival by noon on Saturday, April 17. Entries should be protected and enclosed in a cooler or other secure container. Each entry will be judged by an assigned number. The grand prize winner's dessert will be featured at the Deer's Head Inn in Elizabethtown the following week.
 
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