What do you get when several different community groups work along the same lines? A great collection of events planned for Downtown Wallace over the next months!
The Friends of the Depot held a plant sale April 25th, and they are kicking off their annual membership drive May 14th from 5-7 p.m. with a Hot Dog Social at the depot. This is a free event featuring food and entertainment. Jaxie Cavender is excited about this year’s event- they will have cloggers performing, and Mary Hart Blackburn is coordinating a performance by school children. The train room will be open, and the speeder will be running for the event. A Hobo Dinner and Sunset Celebration are also planned for the fall. Wallace-Rose Hill Friends of the Arts is sponsoring a series of “Third Thursdays in the Park” free concerts from May through August at the Wanoca Amphitheater featuring great local entertainment. The first concert is May 21. Visit their web site (http://www.wrhfoa.com) for a full listing of events.
The Long Leaf Arts Crafts Guild is re-setting the gallery, adding items and giving it a fresh new look. A Batik and Acrylics class is scheduled May 23rd. Art at the Depot is planned for October 3rd this year, and Theresa Elias is hopeful that this will be the best year ever for the event. Visit their web site for more info. (http://longleafguild.org)The Farmer’s Market has a new manager this year. Fran Jackson, who was one of the exhibitors last year, has taken on the challenge, and she is full of ideas to make this year at the market exciting!
The 2009 season of the Wallace Farmer’s Market at the Depot gets underway Saturday, May 16th and will run through October. The hours for the market will be from 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. this year. Many of the vendors who participated in the market last year will be returning again, and there are several new vendors joining for all or part of the season. There will be special events planned throughout the season that will include entertainment and contests. Among those planned are cloggers, singers, a watermelon eating contest, and pumpkin carving in the fall. A major event is in the works for July 4th that will involve church and civic groups as well as the vendors.
For more information on becoming a vendor contact Fran Jackson, by phone at 910-289-9289, or visit the Farmer’s Market’s info online at http://wallacefarmersmarket.blogspot.com to view the requirements and print a copy of the application. The blog will also have a special events calendar and information on what’s going on at the market.
Many of the Downtown Merchants are planning a Sidewalk Sale for the opening day of the Farmer’s Market, so be sure and look for bargains there!
The year will finish out with the events sponsored by the Wallace Chamber of Commerce. Christmas at Twilight is planned for November 21st this year. This annual event has indeed become a downtown tradition, and it’s popularity keeps growing!
The Wallace Christmas Parade with all its floats and fun will bring Santa to town December 12th.
Our hats are off to all the community members who have worked so hard and volunteered so much for the past five years to make the dream of a revitalized downtown come true. Many thanks to the Wallace Revitalization Association, the Wallace Women’s Club, The W-RH Friends of the Arts, The Long Leaf Arts & Crafts Guild, The Wallace Chamber of Commerce, The Friends of the Depot, The Friends of the Library, The Wallace Rotary, the volunteers working on the depot shed, the moms and dads who bring their kids out to participate in events, and all of our Chamber of Commerce volunteers.
Please support these events with your attendance!
The Friends of the Depot held a plant sale April 25th, and they are kicking off their annual membership drive May 14th from 5-7 p.m. with a Hot Dog Social at the depot. This is a free event featuring food and entertainment. Jaxie Cavender is excited about this year’s event- they will have cloggers performing, and Mary Hart Blackburn is coordinating a performance by school children. The train room will be open, and the speeder will be running for the event. A Hobo Dinner and Sunset Celebration are also planned for the fall. Wallace-Rose Hill Friends of the Arts is sponsoring a series of “Third Thursdays in the Park” free concerts from May through August at the Wanoca Amphitheater featuring great local entertainment. The first concert is May 21. Visit their web site (http://www.wrhfoa.com) for a full listing of events.
The Long Leaf Arts Crafts Guild is re-setting the gallery, adding items and giving it a fresh new look. A Batik and Acrylics class is scheduled May 23rd. Art at the Depot is planned for October 3rd this year, and Theresa Elias is hopeful that this will be the best year ever for the event. Visit their web site for more info. (http://longleafguild.org)The Farmer’s Market has a new manager this year. Fran Jackson, who was one of the exhibitors last year, has taken on the challenge, and she is full of ideas to make this year at the market exciting!
The 2009 season of the Wallace Farmer’s Market at the Depot gets underway Saturday, May 16th and will run through October. The hours for the market will be from 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. this year. Many of the vendors who participated in the market last year will be returning again, and there are several new vendors joining for all or part of the season. There will be special events planned throughout the season that will include entertainment and contests. Among those planned are cloggers, singers, a watermelon eating contest, and pumpkin carving in the fall. A major event is in the works for July 4th that will involve church and civic groups as well as the vendors.
For more information on becoming a vendor contact Fran Jackson, by phone at 910-289-9289, or visit the Farmer’s Market’s info online at http://wallacefarmersmarket.blogspot.com to view the requirements and print a copy of the application. The blog will also have a special events calendar and information on what’s going on at the market.
Many of the Downtown Merchants are planning a Sidewalk Sale for the opening day of the Farmer’s Market, so be sure and look for bargains there!
The year will finish out with the events sponsored by the Wallace Chamber of Commerce. Christmas at Twilight is planned for November 21st this year. This annual event has indeed become a downtown tradition, and it’s popularity keeps growing!
The Wallace Christmas Parade with all its floats and fun will bring Santa to town December 12th.
Our hats are off to all the community members who have worked so hard and volunteered so much for the past five years to make the dream of a revitalized downtown come true. Many thanks to the Wallace Revitalization Association, the Wallace Women’s Club, The W-RH Friends of the Arts, The Long Leaf Arts & Crafts Guild, The Wallace Chamber of Commerce, The Friends of the Depot, The Friends of the Library, The Wallace Rotary, the volunteers working on the depot shed, the moms and dads who bring their kids out to participate in events, and all of our Chamber of Commerce volunteers.
Please support these events with your attendance!
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