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FEBRUARY 28, 2002
Augusta hosts first ever Irish Fest
AUGUSTA
John Gallagher, vice-presi
dent of The Augusta Irish
American Heritage Society,
recently announced that the
first-ever Augusta Irish Fest
will be held Friday and Satur
day, Marchßand9,2oo2along
the Riverwalk section of his
toric downtown Augusta. The
two-day event is presented by
The Augusta Irish Dancersand
The Augusta Irish American
Heritage Society.
“Our featured Celtic bands
will kick off the Fest with live
music from 7 p.m. until 11
p-m. on Friday, March 8,” re
ports Mr. Gallagher, who is
serving as Fest coordinator.
“On Saturday, we’ll hit full
stride with even more live en
tertainment — The Augusta
Irish Dancers , Irish tradi
tional and pub music, lovely
Irish harp music, Irish fiddle
playing, Irish storytellers and
much more -- all on three
stages.”
According to John
Gallagher, the family-oriented
entertainment is free. The
Augusta Irish American Heri
tage Society and The Augusta
Irish Dancers will offer an
impressive array of tradition
ally-prepared Irish foods, bev
erages and cheer. Irish ven
dorswill be on hand with Irish
merchandiseand memorabilia,
Gertrude Herbert announces
spring art classes and competition
The Gertrude Herbert In
stitute of Art will be offering
spring quarter classes and
workshops for adults and
children in a variety of media
including drawing, painting,
ceramics and photography.
Torequest afree course cata
log, call the institute at 706-
722-5495.
The main gallery at Ware’s
Folly, 506 Telfair Street, is
running “Beyond the Sur
face: Objects by :Jennifer
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andaspecial “Children’s Tent”
will be set up to provide face
paintingand entertainment for
kids.
Proceeds from the inaugu
ral Augusta Irish Fest will go
toward the support of “Project
Children,” an American-
Northern Ireland partnership
dedicated to showing Protes
tant and Catholic youth that
they have nothing tofear from
each other, and much to gain.
The project places children in
American host family homes
for the summer, with consis
tently rewarding results.
“Project Children sponsors
over 600 kids from Northern
Ireland every summer here in
thestates,” reports Gallagher.
“This summer, we’ll host four
of those children in the CSRA
— two Catholic and two Prot
estant.”
Gallagher notes that his or
ganization was expectingeight
-10kidsthisyear, butthe events
of 9/11 changed everything.
“A great deal of the financial
support for Project Children
comes from New York City,
which has the largest Irish-
Americanethnicpopulationin
the USA,” explains Mr.
Gallagher. “Many of our top
volunteers, including Father
Judge and other members of
NYPD and FDNY, werelostin
the cowardly terrorist attacks
Molsawat” for the last week
through March 8. The
Gertrude Herbert Institute
will next feature the Agnes
Markwalter Youth Art Com
petition at Ware’s Folly, from
March 7 through April 19.
In celebration of National
Youth Art Month, this 23
annual competition and ex
hibition will feature art work
based on the theme “Picture
This” by public and private
school students from Aiken,
Burke, Columbia, McDuffie
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on the World Trade Center.
That is one of the main rea
sons we’re working so hard to
make the Augusta Irish Festa
big success.”
Augusta Irish Fest is spon
sored by the following civic
minded corporations and or
ganizations:
Wachovia Bank, St. Joseph
Hospital, Beasley Broadcast
ing, Beverage South, Comcast,
Delta Airlines, Melwood Spring
Water and Guinness.
For more information, con
tact John Gallagher by phone
at 706-284-3600, or by e-mail
at GallyND@aol.com.
Augusta Irish Fest fea
tured groups and enter
tainment
Bogside Zukes - Featured
performing group from Peo
ria, 111., Augusta Irish Danc
ers, “NAFidleiri” Charleston’s
Irish Fiddle Group from
Charleston, S.C., Castle Kelly
from Augusta, Ga., Hazel
Ketchum from Charleston,
S.C., Gabriell Woeltje -The Au
gusta Seanchai “Folklorests/
Story Tellers,” PJ McManus
fromlreland, The Irish Harp-
Mary Beth Adams from Au
gusta, Ga., Augusta High
lander Bag Pipe Band, Mary
Brooke Quarlesfrom Augusta,
Ga., Amy Mooney from Au
gusta, Ga.
and Richmond Counties. Co
sponsored by the Irish-Ameri
can Heritage Society, the
Markwalter family and
Gertrude Herbert Institute
of Art. An openingreception
and awards presentation will
be held on March 7 from 4:30
to 6 p.m. Free.
Recent works from the
institute’s art classes will con
tinue on exhibit through May
31 at the gallery at Walker-
Mackenzie Studio, 509 Fifth
Street. .
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ASU hosts
Simonton’s
“Sex, Power,
and the Media”
Ann Simonton’s “Sex,
Power, and the Media”
will be held at 7:30 p.m.
on March 4 at the Max
well Performing Arts
Theatreat Augusta State
University.
Simonton, a former
supermodel, confronts
the image of women cre
ated by the media in a
multimedia presentation
that dealswith theissues
of sexual intimacy, vio
lence and dominance.
Thepresentationispart
of the University’s Ly
ceum Series of fine arts.
The presentation is free
and open to the public.
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Museum’s Brown Bag
History Series features
Lee Ann Caldwell
The Augusta Museum of
History will present its
monthly Brown Bag History
Series on Wednesday, March
6, 2002, at 12 noon. The
speaker will be Dr. Lee Ann
Caldwell, professor of history
at Augusta State University.
She will be speaking on “The
Role and Portrayal of Women
in History.”
Dr. Caldwell received a mas
tersdegree, aswellasa Ph.D.,
from the University of Geor
giain Athens. She has beena
professor of history at ASU
since 1991 and before thistime,
shewasan instructor at Paine
College. Dr. Caldwell special
izesinanumber ofareasrang
ing from American History to
British History to American
Women'’s History.
The Brown Bag History Se
ries program is free to mem
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Bring your lunch and the mu
seum will provide a beverage
and dessert. Please call the
Education Department for res
ervations, 722-8454.
The Augusta Museum of
History is located at 560
Reynolds Street in downtown
Augusta. Hours of operation
are Tuesday through Satur
day, 10 am. to 5 p.m.; and
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