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  • From: Heather LaGarde <heather AT barnstarvintage.com>
  • To: Sax06ca2 AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Randy Whitt & the Grits in Saxapahaw
  • Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 09:19:37 -0400

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.



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