Come join in an Eastern Shore cultural celebration with the Eleventh Annual Blessing of the Combines. With local shops to peruse, children's activities, arts and crafts, and a show of combines and tractors, the town of Snow Hill, MD, only half an hour from Ocean City, will celebrate local farming and bless the combine for a successful harvest.
Festivities begin at 10:45 with a performance by Pam Ward’s Snow Hill Dance Studio. Exhibits and displays are set up along Green and Pearl Streets, including a Petting Barnyard, face painting, tie-dye, sand art, a soy bean pit, and a moon bounce, with additional activities for children by Lollipop the Clown. Hayrides and carriage rides will be available. The Program Stage will feature talented local young people between 11:00 and 11:30, when the arrival of the Parade of Combines signals the beginning of a brief program, featuring keynote speaker Nelson Brice and Combine Blesser Rev. Rick Edmund. At 12:15 Mike Short Jr. and his musical group will provide an afternoon of entertainment. Festival food vendors on Bank Street join Harvest Moon, The Emporium, The American Legion and The Palette in offering a wide selection of delicious treats. Further down Bank Street craft vendors join Lost in the Country, Artique’s Gallery by the River, Bishop’s Stock, Adcock Studio Gallery, Pages and Pearls, Snow Hill Flower and Gifts and The American Art Gallery. The Wheels That Heal Car Club will host a car show along the Pocomoke River. At 3:00 the festival ends as the combines leave Green Street.
Children can pet rabbits, chickens, pigs, goats, calves, a donkey and horses at the Barnyard; then hop aboard a wagon for the hay ride. There will be children’s games, the popular children’s tractor pull, pie eating contest, great food and much more!
