Feast Fest: A Weekend-long Arts Festival
September 14-16
Come to the Feast
Fest!
September
14-16
Mark your calendar in big red letters for September 14
to 16. Northaven UMC will host a weekend-long arts festival featuring Freddie
Jones, Dallas’s preeminent horn player, and his jazz ensemble; a Book Fair
benefiting the Northaven library; coffee house music played by such musical
stars as Eric Folkerth, Jack Kennedy, and Rick O’Connor; a silent art
auction; a painting workshop for adults and children to create a dynamic visual
display; a performance of playwright Vicki Cheatwood’s “Jonah and
God” starring some of Dallas’s most celebrated actors. But
wait—there’s
more!!!
Friday, September 14,
6:30 to 9
p.m.
Acoustic
coffeehouse" featuring Northaven's Jack Kennedy and Eric Folkerth in Northaven's
sanctuary. Enjoy great acoustic music, coffees and desserts, as you sit around
round tables and candles in the classic "coffeehouse"
tradition.
Silent Art Auction on the upstairs
gallery overlooking the atrium.
Book Fair with
hard- and- soft-cover books, DVDs, and CDs donated by Northaven members and sold
at moderate prices on the second floor outside the
library.
Saturday, September 15,
12 noon to 5
p.m.
Performances
by some of Northaven’s many talented musicians in the
atrium.
Silent art auction
continues.
Book Fair
continues.
Food and drink available in the
atrium.
1 to 4
p.m.
An art
workshop directed by Northaven artist Joan Hogge inspiring families, adults,
youth, and children to paint canvases and a mural to hang in the upstairs
gallery.
6:30 to 8
p.m.
The one and only Freddie Jones Jazz
Ensemble creating their unique brand of music in the
sanctuary.
Food and drink available in the
atrium.
Sunday, September 16, 11
a.m.
Feast of Beginnings
service
Silent art auction
continues.
Bookfest
continues.
5:30 to 7
p.m.
Feast of Beginnings
dinner
7:15
p.m.
Silent art auction
closes
Book Fair
closes
7:30 to
8:30
“Jonah and God”
performance in the sanctuary.
Final
announcements and dismissal
Many creative
Northavenites have already signed on to help make this exciting and ambitious
weekend successful, but more help will be needed. Listen and watch for
announcements and volunteer signup sheets in the next few
weeks.
For now, please start perusing
your book shelves for printed material, DVDs, and CDs that you can donate to the
Book Fair. We’ll begin accepting your donations starting August 12, the
week after Vacation Bible School ends.
Posted: Wednesday - August 01, 2007 at 02:51 PM
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