Welcome to the Annual Milford Oyster Festival

Annual Milford Oyster Festival
OttoLand
The place for family fun
Saturday August 16, 2008


Connecticut's
Beardsley Zoo

Presenting interpretive
artifacts and crafts
Beardsley Zoo

Fishing Pond

Cast your reel in OttoLand's
magnetic fishing tank and try
to catch  a sea creature.
Aquaculture exhibit brought to the Festival by

 SoundWaters

The USCG Ausiliary Flotilla 24-03 will be distributing Boating Safety Information at the base location on Helwig Street during the Milford Oyster Festival. Stop by and pick up copies of the latest available boating, canoe & kayaking information including bothe State of CT & Federal Regulations. Information regarding Boating Safety classes and Vessel Safety Examinations will also be available.
Oyster Shell Painting

Oyster Shell Painting

Kids can paint oyster shells as a memento
of their visit to the Milford Oyster Festival
at Milford Landing.
NOAA touch tank

Touch Tank

Touch a live oyster, feel a live starfish and many other critters from the Long Island Sound.
Presented by the NOAA Fisheries Lab.
Otto 'the talking oyster' Otto 'the talking oyster'

Come and listen to Otto 'the talking oyster'.

Shell Decorating Contest
Milford Oyster Festival Shell Decorating Contest

Annual Milford Oyster Festival in conjunction with Coquille Catering is sponsoring an oyster shell decorating contest.

The top three winners in each age group from each camp going to the final city wide judging and display at the Oyster Decorating Booth at Milford Harbor Lisman Landing at the Annual Milford Oyster Festival.

Final Judging will be provided by The Milford Fine Arts Council.
Prizes will be awarded at 6:45 p.m. at Friday Night at the Festival.  Prizes will be awarded to the top three winners in each age group.  Prizes are $100 - $50 - $25 gift certificates, and ice cream coupons too!

Over 600 children at The Milford Recreation Department's Summer Playground Program will participate at Meadowside, JFK, Calf Pen, Live Oaks, Mathewson and Orange Avenue Elementary Schools. Camps will be provided with oyster shells and supplies to create their oyster work of art.



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