Arts in Bloom Spring Festival!

Arts in Bloom Spring Festival!

 at Butterfield Park on East River Street in Orange

Saturday May 5

12 – 5 pm

Sponsored by WJDF FM

Orange/Athol Lion’s Club

and Lowe’s Home & Garden in Hadley.

Come celebrate Spring with traditional May Pole weaving, local performers, local food vendors, local artisans and children’s crafts.

v   Face Painting and Balloon Art!

v   Free Performances!

v   Children’s Crafts!

v   Blacksmith Demonstrations!

v   Youth Hour with Dancing, May Pole Weaving, Lowe’s Home and Garden building kits and more!

v   RAFFLE!!!  - Prizes including Gift Certficates and more from: Serendipity Ice Cream, House of Wax, Eagle Peak Fitness, Friendly Town Pizza, The Hairport Beauty Salon, Trail Head, Miller’s River Café, Hand Crocheted Hat & Scarf Set, T-shirts, Keep in Touch Postcards, Wooden Calendar, Gopher Livery Service

Performance Schedule

12:00 Who’s In Tune—Orange—Lester Scafidi, Tom Deam, Charlene Deam & Liz Warder

12:30 Chuck Berube—Petersham & Judy Johnson--Orange

1:00   Derrick Drowne--Athol

1:30   Richard Chase—Orange

2:15   Children’s Hour featuring Inside/Out Dance Troupe, Lowe’s Home & Garden building           kits, Children’s Raffle & Maypole Weaving—Orange

3:00   Cosmic Moxa—Winchendon Springs, MA

3:45   Linda Piragis & Norman Duguy—Orange

4:15   Diane Lincoln—Royalston

4:45   Larry Drown—Orange

       Vendors

Silver Lace Treasures—handmade jewelry—Orange

Peters/Ross Creative Photography—photography—Erving

Re-Elect Denise Andrews Campaign—political—Orange

Gopher Livery Service—airport shuttle/business travel—S. Deerfield

WJDF FM Radio—media sponsor—Orange

Jeanne Rogers—hand-knitted Am. Girl doll clothes—Rindge, NH

Orange Blossoms—flowers & gifts—Orange

Lions Club—sponsor and food service—Orange/Athol

Bohemian Kitchen—food service—Orange

Mary Hakkinen—balloon art & face painting—Orange

Periwinkle Place—clothing boutique—Orange

Photos from the Valley—photography—New Salem

Rachel’s Everlastings—plants, jewelry, flowers & smoothies--Orange

Petersham Leathers—leather garments, belts, bags, etc—Petersham

Tracy Ellen Studio—mixed media artwork & jewelry—Orange

Nystrom’s Village Blacksmith Shop—blacksmithing demonstrations & products

Popple Camp Alpaca—Alpaca wool, mohair & soap products—Petersham

Broken Stitches—hand bags & hand-quilted items—Templeton

Lowe’s Home & Garden—children’s building kits—Amherst/Hadley

St. Mary’s Pop Corn—freshly made pop corn--Orange

Arts in Bloom Spring Festival is being sponsored by the Performing Arts Collaborative (PAC), which is a division of Art for Life and is supported by the non-profit organization, CFPals.   They seek to showcase music, theater, dance and spoken word through a variety of entertainment experiences that both engage and educate.  http://artforlifenorthquabbin.blogspot.com/

The Performing Arts Collaborative would like to thank all the sponsors that have stepped up to help in this endeavor:  WJDF FM Radio, Orange/Athol Lion’s Club and Lowe’s Home & Garden in Hadley.