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Greening Up The Mountains Festival CSA's Traditional Heritage Walk Saturday, April 26, 2008 — 10am - 5pm The History of Greening Up the Mountains Festival —Fourth Saturday in April — Downtown Sylva  In 1996, in the shadow of such a new beginning, a dedicated group of individuals sat around a table at City Lights Bookstore, discussing how to combine three ongoing smaller Main Street festivals into one larger Downtown Sylva Festival. The committee included Joyce Moore of City Lights Bookstore, representing the newly formed Sylva Partners in Renewal (SPIR), Amy Ammons Garza and Doreyl Ammons Cain representing Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Inc. and the heritage of Jackson County, and Avram Friedman who represented Earth Day Celebration and the Sustainable Businesses. During the brainstorming, all participants grew excited as a plan to implement this NEW festival began to emerge—a festival that would include a mosaic of music; rides and games for children; traditional heritage demonstrators, contests for adults and children; opportunities for local vendors to sell their wares; ways to enjoy the surrounding environment of Sylva; demonstrations, children contests, displays from the sustainable businesses of Jackson County; and a parade that would spotlight all of the above while conducting a costume contest to “color” the season. Joyce Moore, who had been greatly affected by the climbing green syndrome of the mountains, came up with the name “Greening Up the Mountains Festival!” Thus, history was made. (Photo credit Jennifer Petosa)  Linda Vinson has been a demonstrator in the Greening Up the Mountains Festival since it started in 1996. 2008 brings Catch the Spirit of Appalachia back to Greening Up the Mountains Festival, featuring our "Traditional Heritage Walk" with ten or more exhibit, demonstrations, and sales booths. Located in the Sylva Herald’s parking lot, our traditional heritage demonstrators will be caning, perserving, quilting, carving, and much more. The talents and skills saved from generations of mountain people have been preserved into the hands and hearts of our local men and women. Crafters who demonstrate at festivals such as Greening Up the Mountains are special people, in that they want to pass along to others what has been handed down to them. If you would like to be considered to demonstrate and sell your craft/art, a link is provided below for you to receive the application. http://www.spiritofappalachia.org/doc/2008HeritageWalkApp.pdf See you there on Saturday, April 26, 2008, 10am until 5pm. All inquires: Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Inc. 29 Regal Avenue Sylva, NC 28779 For any questions, please call: CSA Event Planners Amy Ammons Garza 828-631-4587 Email: v.ammons@mchsi.com Etheree Chancellor 828-293-5780 Email: ebcmimi@hotmail.com |
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