Free Bluegrass Concert.

news release Main St. Mercantile

On St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17, The Woodshed inside Main Street Mercantile in Carthage will host an all day Bluegrass Show. Starting at 12 noon, a total of 11 bands are scheduled to perform. Local and regional talent will provide the entertainment, which is free to the public.

A variety of activities scheduled throughout the day.

Several demonstrations and vendors will be set up throughout the store to add to the fun. A woodcarver’s club, quilter and candlemaker will be doing demonstrations. Lana Merrick from White Oak Country Store will be sharing her special cookie mixes, Maggie’s Nut Cart and Fruit Smoothies will be there, and the Miller family from Mt. Vernon will have their delicious line of fresh baked goods for folks to enjoy.

Live music with special guest Master of Ceremonies, Boyd Stogdill.

The music will start on stage at noon. Space has been set aside all over the store for groups to play and share their music.

Hours for the St. Patrick’s Day Bluegrass Show are 12 noon to 9 PM.

Spring River Artists in April.

by Robin Putnam, artCentral

We are so happy it is almost spring !! The daffo-dils and crocus are so bright and cheery !!

We are pretty cheery, also......we have had a large, wonderful kiln donated to us by the kind folks at the First Baptist Church !! This is such a dream come true for us !! Our pottery room just wasn’t complete !! We now have a kiln large enough to fire all the clay projects the kids produce at artCamp !!

One of our newest mem-bers has been slaving away in there throwing all kinds of goodies and then had no where to fire them !! Now she doesn’t have to haul them somewhere else !!

We want to offer out heartfelt thanks to them for their generous donation !!

The exhibit we have up now will be here until April 6th. It’s a great combination of paintings and pottery. Very colorful and expressive. Stop by and you won’t be sorry!!

The next show we will have is going to be in April. The opening reception will be April 20th. This exhibit is a group of 8 women artists who exhibit together under the name Spring River Artists. They were the first show we had in the Hyde House back in 99.

This group offers a wide variety of mediums which exhibit well next to each other.

Artists are: Helen Kunze, Carthage, has worked for years in colored pencil but is now producing pastel paint-ings.

Kit Tuck, Lamar, does Terragami, which is paper that is torn and cut and then woven together to form each unique piece.

Trisha Courtney, Joplin, paints beautiful, very colorful oil landscapes with a palette knife which makes the painted surface heavily textured. She has been a regular in the MGA for years.

Margaret Roach Wheeler, Joplin, works with fibers. She is of Chickasaw and Choctaw decent so her woven pieces feature contem-porary Native American designs.

Kim Kissel, Joplin, works in oils and her subject matter usual deals with a solitary, pensive individual.

Nancy Kissel Clark, Joplin, usually works in welded steel or found objects to create her sculptures.

Linda Simpson, Carthage, will show some watercolor paintings and Randy Wright, Joplin, works in sterling silver and pewter.

Such a talented group !! We know you’ll love this gathering of great art !! Remember...April 20th.

More.........next week. 358-4404. 1110 E 13th & www. ozarkartistscolony.com Tues. - Sat 9am - 3pm.

In case ya haven’t noticed, we’re pushin’ for local folks to show up on the Square tomorrow and enjoy an old fashioned get together with lots a music and other entertain’ activities. This is a FREE day of some very good quality local and regional groups.

If ya do a little pickin’ yourself, bring your instrument as I’m guessin’ there will be a good portion of informal jammin’ goin’ on durin’ the day. If you’ve always wondered what folks do at those big time bluegrass festivals, this should give you a good samplin.’

One a the nice things about this one is you can drop by for an hour or so or spend the day. There will be room indoors if the weather is chilly, or if the sun happens to peek out, I’m guessin’ the fun will spill onto the square. Come as you are.

This is some fact, but mostly,

Just Jake Talkin’.

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