If you seek some Michigan cherries...

The World's Cherry Capital, that is what they call Traverse City, with its annual 

        Cherry Festival and Blessing of the Blossoms.  

The Grand Traverse region boasts the greatest cherry production in the world.

                        Beautiful cherry queens, like the one pictured, reign each year in exciting,

                         spectacular and colorful festival events, viewed by thousands each July.                

                                                                        -Color by Phil Balyeat 

-Postcard postmarked 1974; distributed by the Color Postcard Co., Traverse City, Mich.

CIRCUMSPICE MICHIGAN was late in posting for this year's Cherry Festival~ sorry!

The 2012 National Cherry Festival will be July 7-14, 2012, in Traverse City.

                                            visit.cherryfestival.org  

Here's a bunch of cherry-related websites, freshly picked from Google:

~ HISTORY OF THE CHERRY INDUSTRY IN TRAVERSE CITY  

      www.traversecity.com/

~ BENJAMIN TWIGGS ~ Legendary Cherry Products since 1966

      www.benjamintwiggs.com/store

~ CHERRY REPUBLIC

      www.cherryrepublic.com

~ CHERRY STOP

      www.thecherrystop.com

~ U-PICK CHERRIES 

      www.traversecity.com/

The U-Pick website and the History of the Cherry Industry website are courtesy of the

Traverse City Convention and Visitors Bureau.  Type topic into their Site Search.

                                 Sweet and sour cherry tree orchards dot the landscape of 

Benzie County.  Considered an ideal location for cherry orchards,

Benzie County is heavily involved in cherry production.

-Photo by Reynold Stafford

-Published by Northlight Studios, Buelah, Michigan

  -Postcard from the 1970s  

Cherry Pie at the Cherry Hut in Beulah, Michigan has been a tradition since 1922.

-Postcard by Penrod/Hiawatha Co., Berrien Center, Michigan

THE CHERRY HUT

www.cherryhutstore.com  

Cute website!

First time visitors:  don't forget to take your Cherry Hut menu with you.

Step outdoors and have yourself photographed with a Cherry Jerry

face while standing in front of the restaurant!  Hundreds do it every year! 

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If you seek some gifted youth...

             Trumpeters in front of Kresge Auditorium, National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan
                   Postcard distributed by The Camera Shop, Traverse City, Michigan, 1960s

                 "Oh, sound the call!"  Interlochen Arts Camp is now open for the 2011 season!
                  Interlochen has been "Guiding America's Gifted Youth" since 1928.

                                                         www.interlochen.org

                         Postcard Photo by Al Hyams, "Captured Moments" Photography,
                         Frankfort, Michigan  49635                   -postcard from the 2000s

                    2011 Concerts and Events at Interlochen:  www.presents.interlochen.org

                                                      RECOMMENDED READING:
                                                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                                                      

     PINE NUTS, Recollections of Summers at Interlochen

by Thom Feild

Copyright 2006, Thom Feild Design, LLC, 

Printed in Michigan,

Paperback, 157 pp., with map

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                                An uproarious and often poignant memoir set in the woods of

                                Northern Michigan, at the most famous and beloved summer

                                arts camp in the world:  Interlochen.  

                                                                                              -back cover of Pine Nuts

                         Click on this link to Thom Feild's website, and read more about Pine Nuts:

                                                             www.pinenutsthebook.com

                         Thom Feild's delightful tribute to the "shrine of the muse divine" features

                         Interlochen's Theatre Arts Department, where Thom spent summers as a

                         camper, and later as an instructor.  It's a nostalgic and fun read, filled with

                         stories "of the theatre clan's backstage business and emotional escapades

                         that make this one truly entertaining playbill".  

                                                                                       -quotation excerpt from back cover

                                      AMAZON is the best place to purchase PINE NUTS.
                               Enter Pine Nuts by Thom Feild into Amazon's website search:

                                                         www.amazon.com/books

                                While at Amazon, read the five 5-star reviews of Pine Nuts:

              "Ahhhh Memories"...  "Pine Nuts left me smiling"...   "lights...campers...Magic!"

              OR... If you are fortunate to be at Interlochen in person:  1) stop in at Scholarship

              (bookstore) and buy a copy of PINE NUTS by Thom Feild;  2) go around the

              corner to the Melody Freeze and pick up a soft serve;  3) find a nearby bench, and

              enjoy a taste of Interlochen.. sprinkled with PINE NUTS!

                                                     Montage of Postcards and a Snapshot 

                                                                      (1940s - 1960s)

                                                                   (click on to enlarge)

                                               Oh, sound the call to dear old Interlochen:

                                                 Land of the stately pine.

                                               Where stalwart hands and loyal ever greet you.

                                                 Faithful to Auld Lang Syne.

                                               Old friends you'll meet,

                                                New ones you'll greet,

                                               A welcome you'll ever find.

                                                So, sound the call to dear old Interlochen!

                                               Shrine of the muse divine.

                    

                                                                       "SOUND THE CALL"

                                                                        Words by T. Henry Francis 

                                                                        Music by Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)

                                                                        Interlochen Bowl March, 1934

                   Photos by Al Hyams -- www.capturedmomentsphotography.com -- card # 107
    Stone Student Center waterfront on Lake Wahbekanetta (Green Lake) provides a beautiful
    recreational setting for the Minnesota Building-- a gathering place for faculty, staff and guests.
    Interlochen Center for the Arts in Northwest Michigan, is home to the renowned Interlochen
    Arts Academy, Interlochen Arts Camp and Interlochen Public Radio.  It is located on 1,200
    wooded acres between Lake Wahbekanetta and Lake Wahbekaness (Duck Lake).

                       The Wishing Well, a popular meeting place on the central campus of the
                                             National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan
                                                  
                                                                   -postcard from the 1960s, Mark K., Inc., Findlay, Ohio

                       Proceeds from the Wishing Well benefit the Interlochen Scholarship Fund.                                                                                       

                                                                        

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