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Plan your day! Check out the Schedule of Performances and Workshops at Art & Music on the Farm. Only $5 for adults - Children 18 and under are FREE! Great food and drink are available for purchase (please, no coolers). Treat your family to a fantastic Eastern Shore event!
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It’s a Rural Renaissance at the Barrier Islands Center!
Saturday, May 24th
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Welcome to Art & Music on the Farm 2014!
I just can’t get over the high caliber of music right here at the Almshouse Farm! We’ve lined up five award-winning bands from across the state, emceed by two super smart historian-folklorists: Dr. Gregg Kimball and Jon Lohman. Be sure to check out the workshops in our newly renovated Education Building for your chance to learn about the music directly from the masters.
Grants and sponsorships allow the BIC to make this special event available to the community at such a low admission cost. We’re so pleased that the National Endowment for the Arts has awarded the BIC with a Challenge America Fast Track Grant to help underwrite the cost of the music. I’d also like to thank the Virginia Commission for the Arts for their grant. And we’re honored to have the support of many wonderful businesses across the region as our Event Sponsors again this year.
Our main rule here at the BIC is to have fun, so enjoy browsing (and buying!) the best selection of regional art, crafts, flowers and libations while listening to amazing live music all day. Remember to stop by the BIC tent to learn about the third documentary film and the new children’s book, both coming out in June. You’ll soon see why we say that education feels a lot like fun here at the BIC!
Thank you all for sharing in this rural Renaissance!
Laura Vaughan Executive Director
Schedule of Performances
10:00-10:50 a.m.
Mary Smith and Gregg Kimball
11:00 - Noon
Spingfield Exit
12:15 – 1:15 p.m.
Northern Neck Chantey Singers
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Wayne Henderson and Helen White
2:45 - 3:45
Family of Praise
Musician Workshops
(Held in 1910 Education Building)
11:00 - 11:45 a.m.
“Recollections from the Bay: The Lives and Lore of the Menhaden
Fishermen” - The Northern Neck Chantey Singers
(hosted by Gregg Kimball)
Noon - 12:45 p.m.
“Songs of the Sea” - Mary Smith and Gregg Kimball
1:00 - 1:45 p.m. “Virginia Gospel Music from Appalachia to Tidewater”
Family of Praise Choir and Springfield Exit
(hosted by Jon Lohman)
2:45 - 3:30 p.m.
“Roots and Branches of Southern Music”
Springfield Exit, Wayne Henderson, and Helen White
(hosted by Gregg Kimball and Jon Lohman)
Bay Creek
ESLAND
H.M. Terry Co., Inc.
J.C. Walker Bros., Inc.
Jones Zittrain Wealth Management Group of Merrill Lynch
Ocean Cove Seafood
Tankard Nurseries
WHRO
*** Michael L. Sterling - Vandeventer Black, LLP
PNC Bank
Shore Bank
Wilbanks, Smith & Thomas
Wolcott River Gates
Thank you to our
2014 Sponsors
Accomack Title and Settlement, Inc.
Adair Tyler - SunTrust Investments
Atlantic Animal Hospital
BoJangles - Onley
Branscome Eastern Shore
Burger Landscape & Design
Chatham Vineyards
Davis Disposal
Drs. Savage, Sabol & Visser - Orthodontics
Eastern Shore Adventures
Eastern Shore Animal Hospital
Eastern Shore Events and Rentals
Eastern Shore Nursery of Virginia
Hermitage Farms Nursery
H.W. Drummond, Inc.
The Insurance Market, Inc.
Leatherbury-Broache & Co., PC
Rayfield’s Pharmacy
Sharp Energy
Shooting Point Oyster Company, LLC
State Farm Insurance - Bart Holland
Tidewater Insulators
Tommy Arnold, Inc.
Weichert Realtors, Mason-Davis
Wendell Distributing Co., Inc.
Willie C. Randall of Edward Jones
H.M. Terry Co.
Willis Wharf, VA
757.442.7777
www.hmterry.com
H.M. Terry came to the Eastern Shore of Virginia
in the late 1800s to grow ocean salt oysters for Blue
Point Oyster Company on Long Island, New York.
In 1903, the elder Henry Terry established his own
oyster operation, and the Sewansecott brand was
born…
Four generations later, the Terry family is still
producing the quality ocean salt clams and oysters
that made the original Sewansecott brand so
popular...Great salty taste, Quality & Freshness
Guaranteed!
Those wily Hog Island sheep are at it again!
The Barrier Islands Center will debut a second illustrated
children’s book, The Hog Island Sheep in Red, White, and Ewe.
This story features the 4th of July baseball game and picnic held
annually on Hog Island in the late 1920’s. Author Andrew
Barbour once again creates a clever and entertaining tale using
the Hog Island sheep as comical protagonists while drawing on
coastal history and traditions. Children and adults alike will be
captivated by the storyline and the vibrant original paintings by
artist Cameron Waff.
These engaging books are a natural educational tool which
highlight important elements of the coastal heritage that the
Barrier Islands Center seeks to preserve. Visitors to the museum
can explore the Hog Island picnic exhibit, complete with original
recipes, which inspired this story.
The hardcover books will be available for purchase for $19.99 in
late June at the BIC.
Stop in the BIC tent and
Barrier Islands Center presents
Premiere June 4th - 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.
at the Barrier Islands Center
The film, produced by the Barrier Islands Center,
explores the history and culture surrounding fishing in
the waters of Virginia's seaside and Chesapeake Bay.
The 2012 Academy Award nominated filmmaker/
director James Spione will discuss the filming process
with the audience before the screenings.
Offering intimate glimpses into the lives of the
hardworking men and women who struggle to make
their living on the water, Watermen also traces
generations of families and communities which have
evolved around fishing. Despite hardships and an
uncertain future, the film captures the fierce pride and
enduring optimism of the Eastern Shore's watermen.
order your copies today!
Art & Music on the Farm Grants:
and
Virginia Commission for the Arts
“They learned that here at the BIC!”
Those were the words spoken by an Auntie who
accompanied her two 4-year-old nephews on the semester-
long “My First Field Trip” art, history, music and manners
program for Pre-K students. The BIC teacher had just
thanked a little boy for the very nice “please” and “thank
you” she heard during the art lesson. The Auntie nodded
vigorously and said that her boys had begun saying those
same polite words at home… and it all started once the
little boys began coming to the Barrier Islands Center. The
Auntie was so thankful that respect was being shown and
taught at the BIC.
Improving the quality of life can take many forms:
safeguarding the rich culture of the islands, creating a
welcoming place for tourists and community organizations,
training puppy dogs (and their loving owners), or teaching
children to share, take turns and say those magic words
that never go out of style, “please” and “thank you”!
Now it is our turn to thank YOU for making this all
possible.
