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Tickets are now on sale for the eight annual Portsmouth Fairy House Tour, which will take place Saturday, September 15 from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and Sunday, September 16 from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm on the grounds of Strawbery Banke, the Governor John Langdon House, Prescott Park and Peirce Island in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Visitors are encouraged to make note of the new times this year. (Continued below)
Inspired by local author Tracy Kane’s Fairy Houses Series, and produced by Friends of the South End with the assistance of Canoe Harbor Consulting, the Fairy House Tour takes place in the South End of Portsmouth. The annual event attracts an estimated 4,000 families and fairies each year. On display will be dozens of fairy houses built by artists, florists, garden clubs, businesses, families, students and others with vivid imaginations and a keen understanding of what attracts fairies.
Proceeds from ticket sales and sponsorships are donated to the nonprofit organizations, schools and civic groups that participate in the tour. Since the Fairy House Tour began, nearly $125,000 has been returned to the community.

Advanced tickets are now available online at www.prescottpark.org/
Sponsors for the 2012 Fairy House Tour include: Silver level design and print sponsor, Infinite Imaging and media sponsor,Parenting New Hampshire; Bronze level sponsors, Sanders Fish Market and Seaport Fish; and Fairy Friend Sponsors, The Chandler’s Loft, G. Williker’s Toy Shop, Geno’s Chowder and Sandwich Shop, Piscataqua Savings Bank, and Rolling Green Nursery.
Tracy Kane, the Fairy Houses Series author and illustrator will be on hand both days of the Tour to greet ticket holders and sign autographs.
Special performances will occur on both days in
On Saturday in the wooded grove at the Governor John Langdon House, Genevieve Aichele, artistic director of the NH Theatre Project and award-winning recording artist, will read excerpts from Tracy Kane's new audio book Forest Secrets at 9:45, 10:30 and 11:45. On Sunday, NH Theatre Project Junior Repertory Company members Isabel Smith and Van Wile, under the direction of Meghann Beauchamp, will perform scenes from Forest Secrets by Tracy Kane at 11:45, 1:00 and 2:00.
All photos used here courtesy of Barry Kane.
For more information about fairy houses, the 2012 Portsmouth Fairy House Tour or to see photos from previous years, please visit www.fairyhouses.com or www.friendsofthesouthend.org.

About Friends of the South End
The Friends of the South End (FOSE) is a nonprofit corporation in the South End of Portsmouth, NH. FOSE’s mission is to foster a cooperative, neighborly spirit; encourage preservation of the neighborhood's historic character; promote public safety; monitor and disseminate information about important developments in