From music to pumpkins to alpacas, the IPE grounds was the place to be on Thanksgiving weekend.

The weekend kicked off Saturday with the 18th Annual Harvest Pumpkin Festival in Armstrong.

Activities started at 9 with a pancake breakfast that benefitted the Armstrong food bank and pop-up Artisans market began shortly after. There were plenty of activities for the whole family including face painting, a petting zoo and mini catapult building. But, the staple event was the great pumpkin catapult.

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鈥淭his event has been going on for 18 years,鈥� said Patti Noonan, event organizer and executive director of the Armstrong Chamber of Commerce. 鈥淭his year we have two teams competing in the pumpkin launch 鈥� some year鈥檚 we鈥檝e had as many as six teams. It鈥檚 our big event and everyone watches it but how many teams sign up really gets down to what people are doing for the Thanksgiving weekend.鈥�

Noonan said the event, which was held in conjunction with the farmer鈥檚 market saw an average of 500 to 600 people.

Two teams competed in the pumpkin launch this year but Noonan said that they hope to have more teams compete in future years. Organizers are considering running a workshop to teach people how to make Trebuchets 鈥� a type of launcher 鈥� so more people can participate rather than watch.

The Harvest Festival is held every thanksgiving on the IPE grounds in Armstrong. But, if you missed it don鈥檛 worry, there鈥檚 always next year.

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