Ponca City Herb Festival Seminars

8:30	Opening Exercises Honoring Ponca City’s Mayor Homer Nicholson. The Mayor will officially open the Herb Festival with the “Cutting of the Vine.”
9:00	Mary Anne Potter, Ponca City Herb Festival Founder, “Mama Mia! I’ve Planted Spaghetti....Herbs! Now What?”
10:00	Vivian Tackett, Kay County Master Gardener, “Composting”
11:00	Susan Henning, District Manager of the Kay County Conservation District. “Kay County’s New Eco Trail”
11:30-1:30	Kitty McGinnis, Iris Club President, Pie-Baking Contest Check-In Under Large Tree In Front of the Cann Home
12:00	Miss Suzi’s Singing School, Ponca City Youth Performing Musical Numbers
12:00	Susan Henning, Presenting a Children’s Puppet Show (near the Muchmore Family Gazebo)
1:00	Jim Eck, Former Ponca City Superintendent of Parks and Newspaper Columnist, “Gardening in Oklahoma” and answering festival attendees’ gardening questions.
2:00	Pie-Baking Contest Judging, Conducted by Iris Club President, Kitty McGinnis
2:30	Dawn Mills, Heartland Of The Prairie Dutch Oven Society, “Dutch Oven Cookery: Black Pot Magic”!
3:30-4:00	Announcement of Winners and Awarding of Prizes, Free slices of pie will be distributed to festival attendees following the awarding of prizes.
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY AREA Children, With The Assistance Of Adults, Will Fashion Stylish Garden Hats Out of Paper, Tulle, Ribbon, Beads, and Boas. They Will Also Be Able To Plant Flowers In Paper Pots To Take Home With Them. Entertaining Throughout The Day In The Muchmore Family Gazebo, Wisconsin’s Inkapirka Pan Flute Band Free Admission! Free Seminars! Free Entertainment!