The Event of the Year

They call it the "Event of the Year" and I believe it. Our community comes together several times throughout the year with festivals and special events, but this event will be the one that you've got to be there.

Event: Celebrate Cullman
Date: Friday, June 10th
Time: Starts at 2PM-9PM
Where: Several areas located at most downtown merchants

This event was brought to my attention by my friends from Facebook. It is an effort to help the merchants that have been affected by the April 27th Tornado. I perused the list of many activities and live bands. You will have to check it out for yourself.
Celebrate Cullman Event

Just a few special activities available:

Street Performers spread throughout downtown

LIVE MUSIC Includes:
Traditions Bank Stage:

Little Memphis	9:00 pm
Noah Guthrie	8:00 pm
Three Leaf Clover	7:00 pm
Hope Cassity (Nashville Recording Artist)	6:00 pm
CHS Fine Art Showcase	3:00-5:00 pm

First Avenue Stage:

Mean Seeds	5:00 pm
Alaysin	6:00 pm
WESK	7:00 pm
Braver by the 2nd	8:00 pm

Kid Stage:

Two for you

4:00-8:00 pm

Docks:

Tela Washam Band	5:00 pm
Crosshaven Church	6:00 pm
Desperation Church	7:00 pm
Smith and Western	8:00 pm

Street Performers:

Wes Duren	3rd St Promenade
Jim O’Dillon	???
Stan Wakefield	???

Also Performing

Exit 310	At Carlton’s – 5:00pm (this is my doctor's band)
Bimini Road	Berkeley Bob’s 7:00-9:00pm
Brandon Boike	The Downtown Grill 4 :00-6:00pm
Tela Washam	The Downtown Grill 6:00-8:00pm

Food Concessions

5K Group Run at 6:30

Shops and Restaurants open till 9:00pm

Candle light historic walking tours

The Cullman Art Guild selling art at the 3rd Street Promenade, to raise money for tornado victims, and pencil profile portraits by Pam Willingham

Busy Bee selling food, t-shirts and booths from the restaurant

Hero Row at Depot Park to honor local Fire and Police Departments

Kid Activities

Cutie Patooties – Face Painting & Balloon Twisting

Balloon Bazaar – Mini Manicures

Bubble Gum & Blue Jeans – Big Wheel Races

Painting and Crafts

Clowns and Characters

Games for the kids, croquet, horseshoes, hulahoops, jump rope

Bouncies

This is an event you don't want to miss!

I would love to have a pencil portrait of the kids by Pam Willingham for $15.  She is very well known in the community for her work.  She is an awesome artist!  She will be at The Shops at 3rd Street Promenade.  If you want to be there to see her talent, but don't know where the store is located.  Here's the address:

216A 3rd Street SE
Cullman, Alabama  35055
(256) 338-3117

Pam is the mother of Laura Walker, a wonderful book illustrator and art teacher.  She owns an art school called Shop Around The Corner .  I've been wanting to take a class there for some time, but never found anyone serious enough to want to go with me.  Does that make sense?  We would talk about it, saying yeah I would like to take a class, but that's all that would accumulate.  Actually, Laura was Katie's art instructor when she was in preschool at Covenant School. 

I hope to attent this event, even if it's just for a couple of hours. 

I'll see ya there!