Lakeville’s 3rd Annual Arts and Music Festival will be Different
Get ready! Bring your lawn chairs and mark your calendar! The third Annual Lakeville Arts and Music Festival will take place Saturday, September 29, 2007, rain or shine, between 10AM and 4PM at the Junctions of Routes 105 and 18 and Precinct Street! It is the community event of the season!
This year the festival organizers have a treat for everyone. There will not only be music filling the air, there will also be street performers on hand to delight and entertain. A roving character; Barbara Michaels, is an actor and playwright skilled in physical improvisation with audience interaction. Enchanting Celtic Harp, Flute, Recorder, Pennywhistle, Bowed Psaltery, Guitar and Beautiful Vocal Harmonies will transport you to another place and time. Enjoy music from the Celtic lands with The Harper and the Minstrel, who are the husband and wife team of Jay and Abby Michaels. There will be two street painting artists. Michael Macaulay, a native of Manlius, NY, Michael has extended his art education in acrylics, watercolor, chalk, charcoal, color pencils, as well as sculpture and photography which he uses to inspire others through his love of art and sports. He not only excels at his work on paper and canvas, but has created his art on wood, sleds, walls and even sidewalks. Joel Yau of CA. is a successful commercial artist, who brings to his fine art a wealth of visual knowledge and a curiosity to explore new ground. He works primarily in oils but is equally accomplished working with pastels and acrylics. And though the subject and medium may vary, Joel's well-honed skills as a draftsman and designer are evident in all of his work. “Game Shows To Go”, an interactive game show, will also be staged.
The many musical performers include acoustical guitarist and composer Chief Noda, female singer/songwriter of rock, blues and folk music Les Sampou, songwriter and acoustic singer Don Hammontree, the Classic Rock’n Roll group Dale and the Duds, the Classic Blues Rock group Darkhorse, the Frankenstein Consort featuring pianist Erik Lindgren, the hammered dulcimer group Starry Night and the talented jazz group, Bela Sarkozy Trio.
The festival is FREE! To keep the festival possible every year, the Organizers are seeking business sponsors as well as any individuals and/or families who would like to have their names listed in the 2007 Event Guide. Sponsorships are tax deductible. Anyone interested in joining Water Filtration Services, Rick and Cindy Benard, Virginia Murdoch, Catalano Plumbing and StopandShop among others, as a sponsor, please contact the Organizing Committee at lakevillefestival@hotmail.com or call Joanne at 508-763-3008.
Some other activities throughout the day to check out: There will be over forty artisans selling their many beautiful hand-made wares such as jewelry, ceramics, weavings, metal and wood sculptures, shell craft, photography, hand-blown glass, needle felting, stained glass, and wreaths.
The Lakeville Free Public Library will be featuring children’s art the entire month of October in the new Great Ponds Gallery and the showing begins on September 29 at 10AM. The United Church of Christ will be selling food such as clam chowder and tasty chili to keep you refreshed and full during your visit. The Lakeville Arts Council will be offering “Drawing for a Prize” chances featuring the wares of participating artisans and a silent auction.
There will also be cultural demonstrations in the old Town Hall with live music. One demonstrator will be a potter demonstrating how to hand build with clay the basic methods are with coils, slabs, pinching and combining them together. There will be several local non-profits on hand outside the old Town Hall such as TEAMS, the Lakeville Garden Club, the Lakeville Historical Commission, Habitat for Humanity and more.
Be sure to bring a lawn chair to be comfortable while you listen to the music that will play on the outside stage.
Be careful where you park! The Assawompset School Parking lot is available and the Soccer field parking lot at Ted Williams Camp. Please do not park on private lawns and not around the library rotary for emergency reasons.
This event is supported in part by local businesses and family sponsors as well as from a grant from the Lakeville Arts Council and the Middleborough Arts Council, both are local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. The Lakeville Arts Council is again seeking applications for the 2008 cycle and would like to encourage individual Lakeville artists with particular projects in mind, to apply. Information and forms are available on-line at www.massculturalcouncil.org, and are due Oct. 17, 2007.
Proceeds from the 2007 Arts and Music Festival will help to fund this year’s festival as well as year-round support for the arts and cultural efforts through the Lakeville Art Council for Lakeville and surrounding communities. Some of the projects funded this year by the Lakeville Arts Council include Theatre One Productions, the 2007 Cultural Presentation Series at the Lakeville Library, Lakeville Haunted House, Lakeville Garden Club Small 2007 Standard Flower Show, and the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra 2006-07 Season.
If you have any questions or would like to volunteer on the day of the festival, please contact the Organizers through their email at Lakevillefestival@hotmail.com.
