Hey all!!
We normally hang around until 10-11 pm at the Arts Festival but this year was different. We had guests from out of town, Dottie had a booth and we were just plain busy and it rained quite a bit, albeit not too serious until the evening.
Since we don’t have a waterproof casing for the digital camera, we shot photos quite early in the morning till’ very early afternoon and called it quits. That being said, here are 39 quick shots we took while roaming the festivities during the morning and afternoon. Luckily this year, we were able to get the Mayor during the opening ceremonies. We normally miss this part of the festival as we are setting up our self.
Thanks to all the folks that dropped by to say HI, Mark R., Barb T. and MANY others.
The 7th Annual Index Arts Festival
Saturday, August 7, 2010
10 am to 6 pm
Live Music from 10 am to 10 pm
Located in Downtown Index, the natural beauty of the area provides
this ideal setting for the 7th Annual Index Arts Festival.
The Festival will offer:
•Arts and Crafts
•Live Music on Two Stages
•Poetry Readings
•Crafts Marketplace
•Food and Beverages
•Children’s Art Activity Area
Index local musician Rib Horst and his band “Spare Rib and the Bluegrass
Sauce” will headline the music offerings. Other featured musicians will be Sea Star, Folkier Than Thou, Gene Anderson, Amy Thurner and Bahkti.
This year’s festival poster features a painting by Index Artist Karen Hultberg.
Local poets will be coordinating the Poetry Reading group.
Children’s activities will include face painting, art activities, a climbing wall
and lots of fun.
Local artists Patrick Woods, Kim Woods, Dean Shepard, Jim Roberts and Peter Olsen will also be exhibiting their art.
Live demonstrations will feature wood carver and Haida artist Ralph Bennett and Ron Swift and his Barnyard Buzzards Model Airplane Club.
For additional information, contact event coordinator Yvonne Lawson at
360-793-4162.
Index is located just one mile off Highway 2 at mp 38 on Index Galena Road, just about ½ hour east of Monroe.
The Index Arts Group Festival is rapidly approaching. This year the festival will be held on Saturday, August 1, 2009 and according to the President of the group, Yvonne Lawson, it will be a bigger and better event than in the past 6 years.
Lawson says there will be over 40 booths set up by artists, woodcarvers, home décor artists and a multitude of other types of art that has not yet been displayed locally. There will also be a surprise guest from New York in attendance. (Hint: the guest is originally from Seattle). “UPDATE”: 07.16.09 – Special guest will not be in attendance due to a conflict in scheduling.
Poetry readings are scheduled for early afternoon at the festival headed by Roy Seitz, a local poet, as well as live bands throughout the day. A total of 14 bands and 60 musicians will be performing.
Various types of food will be available for your dining pleasure, supplied by the Index General Store & Wave Trek (aka “The Riverhouse”). Lawson added that it would not be an Arts Festival without “edible art”, so that too will be on the menu. The festivities begin at 10am Saturday August 1st. Mayor Bruce Albert will be doing the opening ceremony.
Live music until 10pm.
See ya’ there!
In conjunction with the Index Arts Festival on August 1, 2009, there will be a SkyRace. Visit their website to sign up and for further info. www.paddlermagazine.com
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