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Eilen Luft, of Wesley Chapel, enjoys an afternoon at the Farm Fest & Quilt Show held at the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village, near Dade City. Here, she peruses some of the 91 entries on display in the Mabel Jordan Barn. (Fred Bellet)

Hundreds of people headed to the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village, in Dade City, for the 32nd annual Farm Festival and Quilt Show.

The event, on Feb. 6, featured the Southern Draft Horse Association’s Draft Horse Pull and a quilt show, including 91 quilts.

Visitors also could check out a clothing show; purchase quilts and supplies; watch  cane-grinding and syrup-making; and, see demonstrations by a blacksmith and traditional crafters.

Beyond the attractions, visitors could listen to music and purchase pulled pork dinners.

To find out about upcoming events at the museum, at 15602 Pioneer Museum Road, visit PioneerFloridaMuseum.org.

Published February 17, 2021

Masked volunteers, from left, are 15-year-olds Ashley Cvetanovic, of Wesley Chapel; Vivian Chanler, of Land O’ Lakes; and, Anna Ortega, of Wesley Chapel. As a precaution against COVID-19, they each were wearing a mask.
Feisty ‘Louie’ and ‘Bud’ get jumpy at the start of the draft horse event, as a team member for Jason Abrell, of Russell Springs, Kentucky, gains control of the work horses competing in the Southern Draft Horse Association’s Draft Horse Pull.
Colby Gordon, a winter resident from Maine, has his hat over his heart during the Pledge of Allegiance and ‘The Star-Spangled Banner,’ which opened the Southern Draft Horse Association’s Draft Horse Pull, during the Farm & Quilt Show at the Pioneer Florida Museum & Village.
Dawn Matthew, shows her mother, Marguerite Stutzman, both of Zephyrhills a pattern on a footstool.
Most of the contestants were men, but Lori Root, daughter of draft horse competitor Francis Root of Bolivar, New York, guided ‘Henry’ and (not pictured) ‘Fred’ to the start of another heat.

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