It is also a time to remember their own roots. 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.