As a child, I enjoyed hanging out with my cousins at the Grange Fair in Centre Hall, at the end of every summer. Cousin Beth in 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangers #grangefairandencampment #encampment #glamping #camping #tenting #theoldtentinggrounds #centrecounty #vacation #vacations #holiday #holidays #harvest #harvesttime #endofsummer #changingseasons #centrehall #centrecounty #pennsylvania #1970s #twentiethcentury

My favorite part of summer as a child was going to the Grange Fair and Encampment in Centre Hall with my Grandmother and her family. 1973. #grange #grangefair #grangefairs #grangers #encampment #camping #glamping #campout #tent #tenting #tents #rides #amusements #pretzels #candy #cottencandy #gamesofchance #stands #fairgrounds #centrehall #centrecounty #endofsummer #harvest #harvesthome #harvesttime #family

When I was a toddler, we were allowed to climb on all the farm implements displayed at the Grange Fair, as though they were jungle gyms. Or was this "Madmen-esque" memory implanted in me as a screen to cover an alien abduction? Centre Hall, 1973. #grangefair #grange #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fairs #fair #encampments #display #displays #selling #commerce #farmequipment #tractor #tractors #johndeere #johndeereequipment #johndeeretractors #centrehall #centrecounty #twentiethcentury

The Boal Barn in Boalsburg, Centre County, was home to the State College Community Theatre for over fifty years. I was lucky enough to act with them the final twenty. #community #comunitytheater #communitytheatre #statecollegecommunitytheater #statecollegecommunitytheatre #groupeffort #ittakesavillage #apprentice #apprentices #apprenticeprogram #nunsense #guysanddolls #musicalcomedymurdersof1940 #theheidichronicles #gayrights #bats #centrecounty #nearpsu #nearpennstate #pennstateuniversity

I grew up attending the Grange Fair and Encampment as did my father before me and my grandmother before him. Aunt Ida at the Frazier tent in 1973. #grangefair #grangefairandencampment #grange #centrehall #centrecounty #summer #summerfair #summerfairs #endofsummer #pennstate #psu #farmanimals #rides #food #funnelcakes #deepfriedoreos #family #tenting #familyheritage #tentingwiththegrange #1970s #childhood #childhoodmemories #tent #tents #glamping

The Grange Fair and Encampment in Centre Hall was my Nana's and my vacation destination at the end of every summer in my childhood. We stayed at Aunt Ida's house, and could walk to the fairgrounds. 1973. #grangefair #grangefairandencampment #encampment #fair #fairs #countyfair #countyfairs #regionalfair #regionalfairs #centrecounty #pennsylvania #fun #summerfun #harvestfun #tradition #traditional #traditions #vacation #vacations #holiday #holidays #grandmother #nana #aunt #aunts

The most important aspect of the State College Community Theater in its first fifty years was its summer educational program. Up to twenty teens apprenticed the different departments, and served as tech crew for each production. I was coordinator the final year of this terrific program in 2009. #theater #theatre #community #communitytheater #communitytheatre #statecollege #pennstate #centrecounty #pennsylvania #regionaltheater #regionaltheatre #theaterlife #theaterkids #theatermagic

As Country Kids, we often had to make our own entertainment. Picnics were high on the list. Whipple Dam, 1977. #country #countrylife #countryliving #countrykids #picnic #picnics #picnicking #picnickers #picnicker #whipples #pennsylvania #centralpennsylvania #forest #woods #woodland #pennsylvaniawoodlands #forestanimals #nature #hike #hiking #naturehike #naturelovers #centrecounty #central #eastcoast #vintage #twentiethcentury #1970s #1970sfashion #1970sfashions #1970sstyle

My Great-Grandfather Dan was a farmer/undertaker in Centre County. Nana allowed me to make this scarecrow from his suit, when I was in high school. 1971. #scarecrow #halloween #fall #autumn #1900s #1970s #twentiethcentury #farmer #undertaker #centrecounty #pennsylvania

My Grandmother, my Father, and I all grew up attending the Grange Fair and Encampment in Centre Hall each year. Our tent, circa 1918. #grangefair #grangefairandencampment #encampment #centrehall #centrecounty #pennsylvania #tradition #traditions #family #families #tenting