Festival promises culture
Music, arts to merge
By Sandy Wright Contributing Writer

HARRISON KEELY/ Sentinel Photo SQUARE SHOPPING: Browsing goods at last year's festival.

"Bring a chair and stay awhile" at the 29th Annual Clay County Historical and Arts Council's " Festival on the Square" on Saturday, July 12th, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, July 13th, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The festival kicks off on Friday night, July 11th at 7 p.m. with a street dance with dance calls by Bob Dalsemer and music provided by "The Dog Branch Cats."

The shaded Hayesville Square provides the perfect background for over 70 artists to display handmade arts and crafts. Choose among unique works of art in various fields such as potter, gourd art, acrylic, oil, and watercolor painting, photography, stained glass, jewelry, and much more.

Continuous entertainment keeps finger snappin' with Saturday's line-up of traditional and bluegrass music by Don Fox and Kerry Warpington, "Mo Buckner and Tim Brown" with great original tunes and voices to match , banjo pickers David Ledford, Kenneth Ledford, and Alvin Ledford in their "Pendland Shopeasy Band", a-cappalla ensemble "Cheaper Than Therapy", and clogging dance troupes " Sweetheart Cloggers, and "John C. Campbell Folk School Cloggers".

Bands "Gnarly Fingers." " Butternut Creek" and duo "Trees Leave" perform foot stompin' favorites on Sunday.

Come with an empty stomach as finger lickin' good barbeque chicken and pork dinners complete with beans and slaw, hot dogs and drinks are available from the Historical and Arts Council.

Arts! Crafts! Dancing! Music! Free Admission! Delicious Food! Gather the family for a weekend of fun at the "Festival on the Square".

Festival Entertainment Schedule

Friday, July 11
7 p.m. - Dancing with Caller Bob Dalsemer
and members of The Dog Branch Cats.
Sweetheart Cloggers
Irons in the Fire & Friends
Saturday, July 12
10:30 a.m. - Sammy Walker
11 a.m.- John C. Campbell Folk School Cloggers
12 p.m. - Don Fox & Kerry Warpington
1 p.m. - Cheaper Than Therapy
2 p.m. - Moe Buckner & Tim Brown
3:00 p.m. - Sweetheart Cloggers
Sunday, July 13
1 p.m. - Butternut Creek
2 p.m. - Knarly Fingers
3 p.m. - Trees Leave

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