Everyone gets involved Church members do all the work in preparation for the dinner. We do everything from cleaning pots and pans to mopping floors,'' May said. Each family makes a bowl of dressing from the same recipe, which they blend together. Some of the recipes of the original settlers are used, and are collected in a cookbook that is for sale. Crafts are available at a country store set up for the occasion.
Children sell cold drinks and organize a cakewalk and a fish pond.
It is a way of teaching them responsibility early,'' May said. Turkey shoot, dancing In the afternoon, there is a turkey shoot. It used to be a real turkey shoot, but now it is a target shoot at which the winning team wins a turkey,'' May said. Guests may bring their own guns, or borrow one from the neightbors. Ammunition is provided.