Final countdown has begun for Fun! Music! Dancing! Storytelling! Art! Drama! Food! Shopping!
It’s all happening Saturday, October 1, at the 2016 Fall Arts Fest on the square in Fairfield. And it’s Free!
The line-up of festivities includes:
10:45 Kickoff with CSO Lite music & welcoming remarks
11:45 Aggie Wranglers Exhibition Dance Team
12:00 Hank the Cow Dog author John R. Erickson
12:45 Aggie Wranglers Exhibition Dance Team
1:00 Marionette show: STAR WARP: May the Farce Be With You
1:30 Tin Top Road Bluegrass Band
2:00 Hank the Cow Dog author John R. Erickson
2:30 Tin Top Road Bluegrass Band, with excerpts from RING OF FIRE
3:30 Marionette Show: STAR WARP: May the Farce Be With You
4:00 Tin Top Road Bluegrass Band, with excerpts from Always, Patsy Cline
Several songs from TSAC’s RING OF FIRE: The Music of Johnny Cash will be presented at 2:30 — favorites such as “Daddy Sang Bass,” “Folsom Prison Blues,” “A Boy Named Sue” and “Jackson” — by vocalists Scott & Rachel Bossier, Bob & Cynthia Gage, Mark Kramer, Jakari Levels, Matt Mooneyham, Joyce Nichols, Nathan Rikard, Tex & Mary Schutz and Stan Waldrip. Also, a few songs from TSAC’s upcoming January musical, Always, Patsy Cline, will preview during the 4:00 music segment.
“Hank the Cow Dog” books will be available for purchase 11:00-5:00, with autographing by Mr. Erickson 11:00-2:00. An interview with the author can be heard this week on KNES Texas 99 radio.
Children’s art and fun activities will be happening throughout the day, with Make-and-Take craft presented by Le Theatre de Marionette around 1:30.
Other arts and entertainment throughout the day include face painters, balloon twisters, Freestone Critters by FISD students, scarecrow contest, pumpkin house and the opening exhibit of American Landscapes at the Williford Foundation. Food trucks and shops around the square will be open during the entire event.
This event is made possible by Trinity Star Arts Council Patrons, Texas Commission on the Arts, The City of Fairfield, Luminant, Community National Bank, Farmers State Bank, Incommons Bank, Brookshire Brothers, Capps True Value Hardware, Lone Star Chevrolet/Freestone Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Stan Waldrip/Keller Williams Realty. In-kind sponsors include Red Hat Rentals, Texas 99, Fairfield Volunteer Fire Department, Rob’s, Heritage Title & Abstract and Rolando Diaz, along with many other volunteers.
For more information contact 903-388-4765 or www.TrinityStarArtsCouncil.org
