COLTON – The annual celebration Colton Country Day will stage its frog-jumping contest Saturday, July 23, along with a large flea and craft market, an open house at the museum all day, a used book sale at the library, games for kids, a barbecue, and big band music, all in the downtown area around the museum and the Episcopal church.

The Friends of the Colton Hepburn Library Used Book Sale actually begins Friday, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Town Hall, starting up again Saturday morning at 8 a.m. and running through 3 p.m.

Zion Episcopal Church events run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, including a hot dog stand, music, a cookbook sale, a jewelry sale, with the big flea market downstairs.

At 9 a.m. is a muffin walk for kids near the church.

“The kids get in a circle, and there is music, and when it stops, they grab a muffin,” said Country Day coordinator Cynthia Hennessy. It is sponsored by the Colton-Pierrepont Central School PTSA.

At 10 a.m. is the annual frog-jumping contest, BYOF – bring your own frog.

There is a 10-foot circle and the frogs are put in the middle. The human contestants can “touch them with a feather to get them going, or sprinkle water on them, but no stamping on the ground,” and no touching them once the contest starts, Hennessy said.

Games for kids start at 11 a.m., with attractions such as a bouncy tent, and carnival games such as ring-toss. They are run by students from the school.

A chicken barbecue starts at 11 a.m. at the fire station.

And at noon, the Jack Kelley Little Big Band will play, near the church.

Other groups sponsoring the full day of amusements are the Colton fire fighters, the local churches, the Masons, and the Colton Historical Society, said Hennessy.