RTP-area local music and culture

[Heather LaGarde <heather AT barnstarvintage.com>]

Only 4 more Saturdays in Saxapahaw left this year!
The summerlong three ring community celebration ends at the end of  
August for the season (and then we wait till Oktoberfest October 20th.)
And every week we have another great band coming to play on the  
Haywagon Stage!  This week it's -

 Randy Whitt & the Grits
A singer-songwriter from the American Southeast, Randy Whitt combines  
all of that region's root elements of country, gospel, and blues to  
produce a unique sound that is on one hand wistful and lonesome, and  
on the other jubilant and light. Randy stays within these established  
genres, while sounding fresh and original. Avoiding formulaic  
writing, Randy manages to retain continuity throughout his work. His  
voice and guitar provide the consistent thread for the many moods  
that he conveys.

"You'll find two flavors of Randy Whitt on stage: one leads the honky- 
tonking Randy Whitt and the Grits, and the other occupies the rootsy  
and rugged end of the singer-songwriter spectrum, equally comfortable  
backed by a pedal steel or a laid-back horn section. Same talented  
dude, different shades of twang." - Rick Cornell Independent Weekly

Don't Miss Them!

At the Farmers' Market,  Lots of ready-to-eat delicious goods and  
we've got Locally Lovingly Produced Wine from Benjamin Vineyards-and  
now we have Fish! Shrimp, Scallops Salmon and Mussels from The Shrimp  
Man  - Flowers- Honey-, Fresh Grilled Corn, strawberries,  heirloom  
pork, cheese, foccacia, cookies, breads, and treats, eggs, fresh  
veggies and produce and delicious jellies, chutneys, honey and more!  
The Barbecue Joint has set up shop and will be with us EVERY WEEK  
this summer selling a wide variety of dinners including vegetarian  
options AND this year we have a growing artisan market with beautiful  
handcrafted items including  toys and crafts for kids, pottery,  
jewelry, wooden toys, birdhouses and furniture.

In the Kid's Area  CERES sets up exciting events and activities for  
children including the Famous Zipboat ( a kayak on a zipline - low to  
the ground) the Environmentally Engineered Slip-N-Slide, created in  
the shape of the Haw River this year complete with tributaries, a new  
children's musical village, face painting, children's arts & crafts.   
The weekly kid's parade is just wonderful as the kids travel across  
the hills humming tunes and laughing it up! Children's Activities  
made possible by www.Bioallies.com


Festivities take place in central Saxapahaw next to the Post Office  
and across from the Saxapahaw Rivermill every Saturday from 5pm-8pm  
through the end of August.  Admission is free though donations are  
appreciated, organizers pass around a "Swan Bucket" each week for the  
band.

The series is sponsored by the Saxapahaw Rivermill and by local  
businesses including Anderson Homes' Haw Village,  Open Eye Cafe,   
Fifth Season Gardening, Townsend Bertram and The Barbecue Joint.

Saturday events take place outside in downtown Saxapahaw next to the  
Post Office.  The Farmers Market and Children's Activities run from  
5-8 and bands play on the Haywagon Stage at the Meadow Amphitheater  
from 6-8.  For more information, a schedule of bands and farmers,  
directions, pictures and more please visit www.rivermillvillage.com  
or call 336 376 5694.  COME ON OVER TO SAXAPAHAW!

Saxapahaw Rivermill Farmers' Market & Music Series -
Saturdays in Saxaphaw  - July 28th, 2007 Market 5-8 pm  Music 6-8pm

Around Town:
Visit the Mosaic Thrift Shop in Saxapahaw - open Saturdays with great  
finds for everyone and for a good cause - supporting programs for  
youth in our area! Located in the back of the Rec Center by the Bridge.
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AND -Famed Love Canal Environmental Activist will speak
in Saxapahaw, NC  FREE public event !
Nationally-acclaimed environmental leader Lois Gibbs, Executive  
Director,

Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ)


 Lois Gibbs will be in North Carolina to discuss the importance of  
community activism in fighting polluting industry. Lois is known as  
the "mother of Superfund" for her groundbreaking victory in 1980  
relocating 900 families away from the Love Canal, the site of a  
former toxic chemical waste dump. Families with children living in  
the Love Canal district experienced birth defects, miscarriages,  
cancers and health problems.

Sunday, August 19, from 1-4 p.m.

River Landing Inn, 5942 Whitney Road, Graham, NC 27253

(*just across the bridge from Saxapahaw)

Live music by MEBANESVILLE ~ PICNIC pickins!



The event is being sponsored by the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense  
League (BREDL), Center for Health, Environment and Justice (CHEJ) and  
BE SAFE, NOT SORRY of Alamance County. Leaders from local community- 
based organizations in Alamance, Orange, Guilford and Granville  
Counties who will be speaking about their current challenges fighting  
polluting industries include:

Martha Hamblin, GASP for Clean Air:  Stericycle medical waste  
incinerator;
Pat Dodson, Be Safe - Not Sorry. South Atlantic steel galvanizing  
plant and polluting industry ordnances;
Nancy Holt, Neighbors Opposing Bio-Sludge (NO-BS). Health risks of  
land application of sewage sludge;
Linda Moore, Watchdogs in the Southeast (WISE). Neighborhoods united  
to stop an asphalt plant;
Mike Holland, Coalition for Environmental Responsibility & Education  
through Synergy (CERES). Protecting & preserving the quality of life  
in the Haw River Valley.

And more.…for an afternoon of discussion, activism, music, and  
picnicking at the beautiful River Landing Inn on the Haw River. The  
Inn will offer rooms at a 10% discount for the event. For more  
information call Sue Dayton/BREDL: 336-525-2003 or sdayton AT swcp.com.