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Baa Marley
Sponsor & Artist: Rochester High School Art Dept.
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The Golden Fleece
Sponsor: Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Artist: Mary Fortuna
Sheepless in Seattle, But Not In Rochester
Sponsor: Royal Park Hotel
Artist: Lyn Sieffert
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Warhorse
Sponsor: The Macke Group, Inc.,
Pat & Tom McNulty
Artist: Elizabeth Symonenko
Out of Africa
Sponsor: Skeins on Main Yarn Co.
Artist: Connie Korach
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Lady Baa Baa
Sponsor: Studio One Salon
Artist: Dobrila Stefanovski
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Ewe of Oz
Sponsor: Potere-Modetz Funeral Home
Artist: Deb Berzsenyi
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Made In Rochester
Sponsor: Lytle Pharmacy
Artist: Jacqueline A. Rose
Ewe Can Never Have Enough
Sponsor: Haig’s of Rochester Fine Jewelry
Artist: Julie Frontera
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Mewelin Rouge
Sponsor: Paint A Miracle Art Studio & Gallery
Artist: Cynthia Buchanan
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Ewevengers
Sponsor: Penny Black
Artist: Neil Demond and Tom Trevarrow
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Seweperheroes
Sponsor: Rochester Mills Beer Co.
Artist: Tom Trevarrow and Neil Demond
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Shrek
Sponsor: Rojo Mexican Bistro
Artist: Karen Phillips
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Baackdraft
Sponsor: O’Connor’s Public House
Artist: Mark Gorski and Larry Winkelmann
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Baart Simpson
Sponsor: Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick, Inc.
Artist: Linda Monks
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I Love Ewesy
Sponsor: Holland’s Floral & Gifts
Artist: Laurie Mueller
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Dr. Ewess’ The Florax
Sponsor: Bordine’s
Artist: Connie Korach
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Dr. McSheepy
Sponsor: Crittenton
Hospital Medical Center
Artist: Deb Berzsenyi
Captain Jack Spbaaarow
Sponsor: Diana Wolf Abbott, DDS, MS, PC.
Orthodontics
Artist: Gnat Productions
Natalie & Dennis Wetzel
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Ewe Are All a Star
Sponsor: Rochester DDA
Steve Hanson from Sheep Shot
Sponsor: Johnson & Anderson, Inc. & LiquiForce
Artist: James Voges
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Sponsor & Artist:
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Sponsor: Rochester DDA
Artist: James Voges
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In The Trunk
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N. Castell Ave.
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Great American Bake Sale
*Rochester’s
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A River Runs Threwe It
Sponsor: Hubbell, Roth & Clark, Inc.
Artist: Diana Gaisser
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Paint Creek Trail
E. University Dr.
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Rockin’ Rods in Rochester
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Library
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Olde Towne Rd.
Pine St.
Water St.
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N. Main St.
Madison Ave.
Sixth St.
Green Living Festival
June 22-24
Bright Ball
Third St.
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Baano of Ewe 2
Sponsor: Bloomingdale Construction
Artist: Yazmin Gooren
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Pin Ewe Up
Sponsor: Communicare On Canvas
Artist: Kayce Gifford
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Raambo
Sponsor: Quantum Digital
Ventures, LLC
Artist: Jason Brazda and
Russ Herschler
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Blewes Brothers
Sponsor: Main Street Oakland County
Artist: Sherry Pifko
*Traveling Flock
Visit www.facebook/ewerevue to find out where they’re going
on tour!
EWE REVUE 2
CLOSING PARTY
SAVE THE DATE
It’s a Wrap!
Sunday, October 7
Ewe want to own a sheep? Here’s your chance.
Join us as we “bid” farewell to Rochester’s Sheep
Stars at the close of The Ewe Revue 2.
WELCOME TO
EWE REVUE 2
Eleven years ago, The Ewe Revue grazed the
landscapes of Rochester. The event was created to
celebrate the history, pride and spirit of Downtown
Rochester and truly became a ewe-nique experience.
Flash forward eleven years, they’re baaaack, and
they’ve gone Hollywood. Inspired by the Main Street
Can Ewe Spot
the Sheep of
the Week?
Beginning Thursday, May 24, check the Rochester
Post for our weekly Sheep Star. Spot the “Sheep of
the Week” and
ewe will automatically
be entered to win
fabulous prizes from
downtown businesses.
Drawings will be held
weekly through September 2012.
Makeover, The Ewe Revue 2 was born. Once again,
artists, sponsors, and volunteers have rallied around
the flock to make it a huge success. From Lady Baa
Baa to I Love Ewesy, there’s something for everyone.
So take a stroll down the red carpets of Rochester.
This event is already a success because of Ewe!
EWE WONDERING WHY SHEEP?
Rochester, in fact, has a very rich sheep history. From 1850
until 1900, Oakland County farmers had over 100,000 sheep
each year. They hauled the fleeces to the Rochester area
woolen mills each spring. In 1844, Hosea Richardson built
a wool carding and cloth dressing plant on Paint Creek at
the east edge of Rochester. It burned in 1867. J.W. Roberts
bought the plant and rebuilt it, spending $32,000 on the
new brick building and modern machinery. The machinery
was used for knitting yarn, socks and mittens to sell to
residents and more distant markets.
William C. Yawkey, lumberman and business man, came
to Rochester and bought stock in the Western Knitting
Company. He remained with the company after Charles S.
Chapman reorganized it in 1891 and changed its name to
the Western Knitting Mills. William C. Chapman bought
stock in the new company and came to Rochester to
manage the old yarn mill.
The new stone and brick mill was built in 1891 near the site
of Richardson’s mill. The company had 400 sewing, knitting
and tufting machines that used water, steam and electric
power. It employed about 500 people to make wool gloves,
mittens and hose and sold 100,000 pairs a year. It bought
much of its raw wool from farmers in the surrounding
territory.
Another Mill in the area, however short lived; The Stony
Creek Woolen Mill was created in 1866 after Johnson
Matteson bought the twenty year old gristmill of Nathaniel
Millerd and installed machinery to make woolen fabric. His
partner sold out to Philander Ewell in 1868. The mill used
about 16,000 pounds of domestic wool annually. Ewell
traveled from town to town with his sale wagon, staying
overnight wherever a family would take him in. He offered
cloth to pay for his lodging.
Sheep could also be found at the Ferry-Morse Seed
Company, which was located on the east side of Rochester
Road, between Auburn Road and Hamlin Road. A large
sheep feeding barn was built in 1923 that could house up
to 5,000 sheep. The sheep provided fertilizer for the fields
and consumed part of the hay and grain raised on the farm.
The farm has had many as 13,000 sheep during one winter
season.
This is just a sampling of the history of sheep in Rochester.
We invite ewe to join us as we continue the sheep tradition
through The Ewe Revue 2.
Source: A History of Avon Township by Eula Pray
MAY 19 - SEPTEMBER 30
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