VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

For August and September leading up to the Festival:

During August while others are getting geared up and working on the grounds and museum:

· Simple sewing and repairing of costumes

· Helping at the museum during open hours/days for answering the phone, door-greeter, tour guides

· Collecting any clothing from garage sales, etc that can be used for costumes

· Helping to clean up the grounds and ready for any set up on the grounds

· Recruiting other volunteers, we can Never have enough people helping

· Scouts are MORE than welcome and can earn points as well as school students for their community service hours

The weekend of Festival:

· Grounds clean up

· Answering phone and greeting at the door

· ‘Floor walkers’ inside the museum for assisting tours

· Grounds walkers to assist vendors/demonstrators/vistitors

· Grounds walkers will also be needed to ‘go-fer’ and assist  for bathroom and meal breaks

· Helping to dress/costume the volunteers and visitors

· Tables, booth set up assistance

· Serving at the tables at the grill

· Directing parking

· Taking money at the gates

· Clean up of the grounds after the festival- MUCH needed

We will need floor walkers inside the museum at All times. We also prefer to have enough volunteers to switch every two hours so no-one will miss out on anything or stay inside for too long.

There are more duties that we’ll need help with, but this is a start. If you have a special interest and it’s not listed, please, feel free to include this in your sign-up.

And, we THANK YOU for your time and efforts in getting this huge under-taking!

EVERYONE IS TO BE IN PERIOD COSTUME- VOLUNTEERS WHO SIGN UP AND ARE THERE TO PARTICIPATE WILL NOT BE CHARGED RENTAL FOR YOUR COSTUME IF YOU STAY YOUR APPOINTED TIMES.

NAME ___________________________________________________________________

ADDRESS _________________________________________________________________

EMAIL ________________________________________PHONE ______________________

I WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER TO : ____________________________________________

Jason Offutt, Author and ‘home grown’ Ray Countian will be our guest at the Ray County Museum, Saturday,April 24^th, 2010. His new book “What Lurks Beyond: The Paranormal in Your Backyard” ( A New Odyssey Series) will be available in April, 2010 and available through Amazon.

This is just one of the many books that Jason has written among:

• The Shadow People Among us

• Haunted Missouri: A Ghostly Guide to the Show-Me-State’s Most Spirited Spots

• What Lurks Beyond: The Paranormal in Your Backyard (New Odyssey Series) - April

• Ghost Hunting Missouri

So, bring your books and have Jason sign them for you along with refreshments and meeting the author!

Jason’s Blog-

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^{September 24 & 25 2010}

If you have a period skill and would like to be a demonstrator/vendor or a volunteer, please contact me.

COSTUMES (1800′S) ARE MANDATORY

Landis Light Artilliary

Coffee’s 6^th Missouri Cavalry

1^st person characters on the grounds

Living history, demonstrations on

1800’s way of life

Friday,September 24, characters teaching

The school children/classes the ways of the

1800’s

Saturday:

Demonstrators and re-enactors

Details coming soon

If you’re a vendor/demonstrator in this venue

And would like to donate your time and talents and/or monetary,

Please contact me at:

raycountymuseum@yahoo.com

Much more will be going on this weekend- Details to follow soon.

(The re-enactors are MCWRA sanctioned, this event is not sanctioned by the MCWRA. Maybe Next year!?)

COSTUMES (1800′S) ARE MANDATORY

Living History participant:
Due to the overwhelming success we had with the former Old Trails Folklife Festival, and a lot of requests, we are, again, putting on a Living History Festival October 2, 3 and 4th, 2009. It will be hosted by the Ray County Historical Society, Richmond Missouri on the grounds and on the fairgrounds.
Please mark your calendars for this event!
The groups will celebrate the rich cultural and historical heritage of the county by providing an overview of early rural lifestyles through a broad spectrum of skills, customs and period costumes. Demonstrations will include a wide variety of the lost arts of the 1800s.
A cordial invitation is extended to you to participate in demonstrating your period skills and talents.
There is no charge to set up and those with wares or heritage crafts to sell may do so without commission or fees.* If you know of any other individuals or groups who would be interested in participating, please have them contact us. No gas-powered motors on the history grounds, please.
Space for self-contained camper parking is available at a minimal fee for electricity and water.

First come, first serve and will be given by post-mark or email date.

Fires for cooking, blacksmithing, etc are allowed. The event will be advertised extensively. If you are interested in joining us, please fill out the following form and return to
Living History in Ray County

c/o Ray County Historical Society

Karen Windsor-Bush
PO Box #2
Richmond, Missouri 64085

Email-raycountymuseum@yahoo.com

816-776-2305
This is your invitation and application for September 2010. Please return it to us as soon as possible.
* A free will donation would be more than appreciated to defray our costs.

Name ________________________________________________________Phone __________

Address __________________________________________________________

City: __________________________State ______________________Zip: _______________

Email: _______________________________________________________________________

Demonstration/Craft: __________________________________________________________

Items for sale: Yes _______No __________ Description of item: ____________________

Size of area ___________________________________Electricity: Yes ______ No ______

Other: _______________________________________________________________________
We are not responsible for theft, fire or flood, accidents.
This event may be cancelled at the discretion of the Ray County Historical Society due to weather conditions.

ICE CREAM SOCIAL!
COME OUT AND HAVE A GOOD ‘OLE TIME WITH US
PLENTY OF CAKE, ICE CREAM AND OTHER GOODIES
OLD FASHIONED GAMES IF YOU’D LIKE TO JOIN IN

METAL HOOP AND STICK

MUSICAL CHAIRS
HORSE SHOES
CROQUET
OLD TIME PHOTOS ON-SITE
RAFFLE FOR GOODIES
Of Course tour our wonderful museum, bring the kids!
COME ON OUT, FREE WILL DONATION
6:30 PM
JUNE 12, 2009 SATURDAY

RAY COUNTY MUSEUM

HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1-816-776-2305

EVENTS 2009

JUNE 27, 2009

ICE CREAM SOCIAL

(on the museum grounds)

ON THE SQUARE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2009

VETERANS PICNIC

(on the museum grounds)

OCTOBER 3, 4^TH

RE-ENACTMENT

(fair grounds/museum grounds)

A NEW feature in our grand museum!!

Old Time Photo in the parlor at the Ray County Museum in sepia tone or color.

Dress in our authentic looking costumes of the era or wear your own and step back in the past.

Bring your family and make a memory.

Two sizes of photos are available on high quality photo stock.

Wouldn’t this be a great Christmas card or to make memories with your class reunion?

We have children’s to larger sized costumes available with accessories for a small additional charge.

Please call for your reservation.

Ray County Museum

816-776-2305

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The Ray County museum will be open for entertaining in the parlor with Christmas refreshments and tours on Christmas Eve until 3:30 p.m. Be sure to bring your family and friends to see Your museum in all of her glory.

All of us have those before  and after -Christmas blues so come on up and  clear out the cob-webs of your hustle and bustle and enjoy a nice quiet stroll through the past and a parlor repast.

Christmas Eve, December 24th,  11:00- 3:30 p.m

December 26 & 27, 10:00- 4:00

Complimentary cider and other refreshments.

Free tours.

www.raycountyhistoricalsociety.com

816-776-2305

901 West Royle, Richmond

OIN us in our 36th Ray County Historical Society’s Annual Meeting. Sounds boring, it WON’T be!

Bring a dish (side or dessert) and join us for a friendly supper, followed by the election of our new board members and officers and a special program by Rod Fields on the Ray County Poor Farm.

As a member, you can participate in nominating for the board members and also elections.

If you’re not a member,…why not? We have different scaled levels of membership, so join us, now and be a part of the Ray County community and preserving our history!

Remember, all members have an automatic 10% discount on purchases from the museum, gift shop, costume rentals and publications.

Try a gift certificate this Christmas or any time for that special person!

See you there!