Wow Barry, my home town of Chardon, Ohio has a Maple Festivle every year also!
It's always the weekend after Easter and I always go for the maple stirs!

A maple stir is real maple syrup that you get in a little bowl and a wooden "spoon". You stir and stir it until it gets thick then you eat it.
Sounds funny I know, you'd have to experiance one to understand it!

Hope the rain holds off for you Barry!