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THE ISLANDER, APRIL 13, 2009, PAGE 15
Annual Crawfish Festival scheduled April 24 & 25
The City of Woodbine will hold the
24th Annual Crawfish Festival on Fri
day, April 24 and Saturday, April 25.
The Crawfish Festival is a fam
ily oriented event offering children's
amusements, arts and crafts, doggers,
square dancers and live bands.
Entertainment is offered on Friday
night from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the
Satilla Waterfront Park Stage.
Saturday's entertainment begins at
9 a.m. and continues throughout the
day at the waterfront stage as well as
the gazebo stage located in the Arts
and Crafts Area.
A children's amusement area pro
vides activities and games on Friday
night and all day Saturday. The Craw
fish Parade begins Saturday at 10 a.m.
at the comer of U.S. 17 and E. 10th
Street.
Crawfish Food concessions will offer
mouth watering treats as Crawfish
Boil, Crawfish Woodbine (Etoufee),
Fried Chicken Dinners, Red Beans and
Rice, Homemade Desserts, Barbecue,
Funnel Cakes, and Ice Cream and will
be available Friday night and all day
Saturday.
The Woodbine United Methodist
Chinch will sponsor a breakfast on
Saturday morning beginning at 6:30
a.m. The church is located at the comer
of E. 4th Street and U.S. 17.
The Arts and Crafts show includes
quality hand crafted items from wood
working to quilts. Arts and Crafts will
be located along the winding path of
the Riverwalk. This area will be open
Friday night from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Parking is available along Bedell
Avenue (U.S. 17) and all side streets
from 4th Street to the southern city
limits. Any vehicles parked on private
property or blocking private drives will
be towed at the owner's expense.
Pet owners are encouraged to leave
their pets at home. For information:
www.woodbinecrawfish.com.. □
An Evening Ceilidh
at Ashantilly
On Saturday, April 18 from 6 p.m.
to 8 p.m., the Ashantilly Center in
historic Darien will host a Scottish cei
lidh (Kay-lee), a celebration of Scottish
music and dance.
Nationally renown and award-win
ning Celtic Rock band Rathkeltair will
perform. Voted best Celtic Rock Band
in 2006 in the annual Music Magazine
People’s Choice Awards, Rathkeltair
provides a unique blend of modem
jam-rock fused with Celtic musical tra
ditions including bagpipes.
The Highland Braemer Dancers
also will perform. The event will be
held on the front lawn of the historic
Ashantilly home, the winter residence
of famous southern planter, statesman,
and Darien resident Thomas Spalding
in the 1800s.
Guests should bring lawn chairs and
local food vendors will be present. All
proceeds go to benefit The Ashantilly
Center and The Garrison of Fort King
George. A $15 donation is requested.
For more information, call 912-437-
4770 or 912-437-4473. □
'Spring into Health'
The Glynn County Health Depart
ment will hold their annual health
promotion event, 'Spring into Health'
on Tuesday, April 21, from 8:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. at the office located at 2747
Fourth Street in Brunswick.
Free screenings will be available.
There will be 30 - 40 local and district
vendors participating in this event.
For information, contact the Health
Department at (912)-264-3964. □
LAHS to meet April 16
The Lower Altamaha Historical Soci
ety, will hold their monthly meeting on
Thursday, April 16, 7 p.m. at Fort King
George Historic Site in Darien.
Jack Ferguson (“Benjamin Franklin
— The Enterprising American and the
Founding Father”) returns with a pro
gram entitled “Happy Birthday, George
Washington.” The program presents a
summary of Washington’s family com
ing to the New World and a biographi
cal sketch of the life and personality of
the youth, the man, the General, and
the President.
Ferguson was bom and raised in
Atlanta, attended Emory University
for two years and completed his under
graduate work at Duke University
with a degree in Mechanical Engineer
ing. He retired in 1987 after 36 years
with Lockheed. He became interested
in geneaology and joined the Sons of
the American Revolution. He makes
historical presentations and has cur
rently more than 50 different talks on
individuals and events of the Colonial
and Revolutionary times. □
Plein Air Paint-Out
Plein Air artists will paint in various
locations throughout the Golden Isles
beginning Thursday, April 23 through
Saturday, April 25. On Sunday April
26, Glynn Art Association will hold the
Plein Air Affair where the paintings
will be on display and auctioned for
charity. The event will be catered by
Straton Hall. Ticket prices are $50.00/
member, $65.00/non-member. Plein Air
Artists will exhibit works during May.
A reception at the Gallery on Mallery.
will be held May 7, from 5 - 7 p.m. “I
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Ninth Annual Glynn County High
School Students' Juried Art Show
The best of local high school artists
will be displaying their talents in the
Ninth Annual
Glynn County
High School
Students’ Jur
ied Art Show.
This annual
event is spon
sored by the
Jekyil Island
Arts Associa
tion and runs
from April 21
— 30. The art
ists’ reception
will be held
on Sunday,
April 26 from
1:00 - 3:00
p.m. in Good
year Cottage
located in the
Jekyil Island
Historic Dis
trict. This
will be a “for
exhibit only”
show; there-
Self Portrait by Glenda Mosley
fore none of the artwork will be for
sale.
This outstanding exhibit highlights
the work of students enrolled in a
formal art program in the public and
private Glynn County High Schools.
The schools that will be represented
are Bmnswick High School, Frederica
Academy and Glynn Academy. There
will be about 100 pieces of artwork
from grades 9 through 12 featuring a
variety of mediums on display.
Approximately 400 works by local
high school students were juried ini
tially by the schools' art teachers.
They chose the best student work
from this school
year to be exhib
ited in the show
at Goodyear’s
Gallery. Judges
from the Jekyil
Island Arts Asso
ciation will jury
the final show
to determine the
best of the best
to be awarded
ribbons and cash
prizes.
According to
Jim and Theresa
LaPean, show
coordinators for
the Arts Associa
tion, the students
do excellent
work, but there
is more to the
exhibit than just
some pretty pic
tures. Research
is proving what
art teachers have always known -
that art is extremely important to the
development of our youth. And this
exhibit affords the students the oppor
tunity to share with the community
the life skills they have gained through
their participation in the arts.
The public is invited to attend the
exhibit and the reception. Admission
is always free but donations are wel
comed at Goodyear’s gallery and shop,
where regular horn’s are M-F noon - 4
p.m. and weekends 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. For
more information call 635-3920. □
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