First Annual Lamar Fall Folk Festival Photos!

The first annual Lamar Fall Folk Festival was a huge success! Here are some pictures:

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The Art Show

 

 

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The Music

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Fun for the Kids

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Missouri Second Cavalry

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The Vendors

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Thanks to everyone who played a role in making the first annual Lamar Fall Folk Festival a grand success! We can't wait for next year!

Don't Miss The First Annual Lamar Fall Folk Festival!

The Arts Council of Barton County and the 10th Street Community Farmers Market are Proud to Present

The First Annual

Lamar Fall Folk Festival!

When: Saturday, October 23^rd, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM

Where: Under the Moore Pavilion, 10^th & Poplar, Lamar, Missouri!

Featuring Blue Grass Music by

The Drywood Bluegrass Band

Vern Young and Joe Smith

Storytelling with Ralph Williston

Art Show Featuring Lowell Davis

Magic by Dennis Wilson and Tom Richards

Breakfast & Lunch to benefit the St. Mary's Catholic Church Rebuilding Fund - Lunch Featuring Chili Cook-off Champions Dixie & Jr. Johnson's Famous Firehouse Chili!

Plus: 10^th Street Community Farmer's Market!

Square Dancing demonstration, craft vendors, traditional skills demonstrations, lots of children's activities including face painting, pumpkin painting, build-a-scarecrow and more! Trick or Treat Safety with the Lamar Police Department! 100^th Anniversary of Boy Scouting! Civil War History and Antique Weapons Display! And much, much more!

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Admission is FREE!

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Craft Vendors: NO RISK! Set up is FREE. Pay 10% of actual sales to the Farmers Market. Call 417-682-6990 to sign up!

Folk Artists: SHOW YOUR WORK! Call 417-214-5458 for details.

TRADITIONAL SKILLS: Can you demonstrate quilting, spinning, weaving, woodcraft, blacksmithing, corn shelling or other traditional country skills? Call 417-214-5458!

Saturday at the Farmers Market

Despite the extreme heatwave we have been experiencing this past few weeks, the 10th Street Community Farmers Market under the Moore Pavilion in Lamar is going strong! This is our second year, and the market is growing by leaps and bounds, both in the number and variety of vendors, and in the number of shoppers visiting the market every week. For those who are interested in becoming vendors at the farmers market, it's become easier this year. You can set up for the day with no setup charge. If you're interested, email me at Peaceacre@Ymail.com.

We are so glad to have become members of this farmers market. We have fun every week. We sell a lot, of course, but its not all about commerce. We have made many great friends and have had the opportunity to meet all kinds of awesome people in the community. It's like attending a festival every weekend! Here are some pics from a typical Saturday:

 Farm Fresh Produce from Queen Family Farm

Awesome Dip Mixes from Queen Family Farm

 Lesa Queen's Hand Made Dishcloths

 Doyle Robinson's Cabbage

Doyle's Tomatoes

Lendy's Day Lilies. Lendy Davis sells a huge variety of lilies, and they're all beautiful!

Darlene Megli and Danell Howard Demonstrating How to Use a Spinning Wheel.

Darlene raises fiber sheep. This is an example of her dyed wool.

 Peaceacre Herb Bread - New This Season! I still have all the soaps, balms, lotion bars etc. And some new stuff you might want to check out!

Janet Dermott's Handmade Candy

Our farmers market rocks! I hope to see you Saturday!

Farmer's Market Season Begins - ETC...

The 10th Street Farmer's Market opened today, with lots of bedding plants, along with fresh breads, spring onions, spinach, lettuce - and, of course, Peaceacre! We met a lot of cool out-of-towners today, and we had a lot of people ask how they can find Peacecare products when they go home. I am working on getting more of my market items into the Peaceacre-Artfire online store. One that IS currently listed is the herbal healing balm, which I sold out of at the market this morning (I have more for on line sales). This is one of the most popular products that I make. I'll be making more for local sale soon. We've had really good feedback on this balm. Other new items this year include Spa Salt Bars with French clay, Orange Cream Whipped Lotion in a tin, Pure & Natural Laundry Soap bars, and tea rose scented and "healing hands" herbal lotion bars. Last year's favorites are back, too, of course, inlcuding all the varieties of soap you've come to expect from Peaceacre. I have plenty of surprises planned for this year's Farmer's Market season, so expect good things to come.

Since Peaceacre is really NOT all about commerce, please note that we WILL NOT be at the market every weekend. In May, we will be there the 1st, 8th and 22nd. If we add more dates, we'll let you know.

In other news... I'm working on a number of projects for the Arts Council, including, this month, a FREE kids class for Earth Day on making art from recycled materials. You can find more info on that class in the "peacecare art" section of this website, and also at acobc.org. I am also planning adult classes soon at Peaceacre studio on making herbal balms, herbal teas, and maybe needle felting, too, so watch this space for announcements.

Thanks everybody for a great first day at the Market, and a lot of positive commentary. We look forward to a great season!

Open Mic Night on the Courthouse Lawn

Despite the intense August heat, a lot of musicians, poets and other great peformers showed up for our town's monthly open mic night. Thanks to Ann Killmon for organizing these entertaining monthly events. If you live near Lamar, Missouri, and have a song to sing or a poem to read, email us at Peaceacre@Ymail.com and we'll let Ann know to add you to the roster. Or if you just want to come down and hang out and hear some great music, poetry and more, check out Ann's MySpace page for dates and times at MySpace.com/aectunes.