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28th Annual Sherman Arts Festival
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Event Information:
Celebrate ART!
28th year!! Once again the Sherman Municipal Lawn turns into a glorious hub of activity for this annual welcome to autumn. September (tba), 2010. Featuring a Judged Art Show & Sale for ages 18 and up, Youth Art Show, Woodcarving Show & Sale; 5K, 15K and Fun Run, Continual Live Music, Pumpkin Patch, Pancake Breakfast, Used Book Sale, Museum Tours, T-shirt Painting for kids, Food Vendors galore and up to 100 Arts & Craft Vendors. It's a great place to begin your holiday shopping
NOTE: The following information has not been update yet for 2010
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Sherman Council for Arts & Humanities
Phone:(903) 464-9480
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
Web: http://www.shermantx.org
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Festival Schedule of Events
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See the complete lisitng of festival events, times, dates, and locations!
Click 'Forms: Download' below for SAF 2009 Schedule of Events. (The File is in PDF Format.)
Final Schedule uploaded 8/26/2009
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Larry Wall
Phone: 903 464-9480
E-mail: 2009SAF@gmail.com
Contact Name:Sherman Dept. of Tourism
Phone: 903 957-0310
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SCP THEATRICKS
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Live, on Kidd-Key Stage, WILLY WONKA!
Sept. 5, at 2 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Sept. 6 at 2 p.m.
All tickets $10
Box Office opens Aug. 25
For reservations: 903 892-8188.
Sponsored by SCAH & Sherman Cardiovascular Care Associates.
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48 Hour Script to Screen - Short Film Contest
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2009 Schedule
7 PM Friday, Sept. 11 - Kick Off
7 PM Sunday, Sept. 13 - Turn In
6 - 9 PM Friday, Sept. 18 - Film Screening & Awards Ceremony
2 PM Saturday, Sept. 19 - Films will be screened.
All events to be held in Honey McGee Playhouse
NOTE: Link to the 48HourScript2Screen.org website (below) for all necessary FORMS.
Contact Name:Karen Tooley
E-mail: kctooley@msn.com
Web: http://www.48hourscript2screen.org
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Sherman Art League Fine Art Show & Sale 2009
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For original work (artists 18 and older). SAL membership not required to enter. Cash awards.
Pre-Registration (July 1 thru Sep 5); download entry form (Click 'download' below), complete & mail with fee to SAL Exhibition, P O Box 222, Sherman, TX 75091 Art work to be received on Thursday, Sept. 17, 10:30 - 2:30 PM at the Sherman Municipal Ballroom, 405 N. Rusk; judging will take place that afternoon at 3:30 PM. Show Opening and Critique at 7:30 PM, followed by Reception.
Show opens to the public Friday, Sept. 18 and runs 9 AM- 5 PM Friday and Saturday, Sept. 19.
NOTE!: For Email to John, please make Subject="SAL Art Show" or your email may not get through.
Forms: Download
Contact Name:John Robinson
Phone: 903 892 0744
E-mail: johnt1840@yahoo.com
Web: www.shermanartleague.com
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Texoma Woodcarvers Show & Sale
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Categories range from realistic to stylized to mythical and more. There is even a category for the novice, and a junior category for youth ages 8 - 18..
2009 Rules & Registration Form now available - click "Download" below...
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Texoma Woodcarving Guild - Larry Robinson
Phone: 972-632-8402
E-mail: larryrobinson708@yahoo.com
Contact Name:Sherman Tourism
Phone: 903 957 0310
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YOUTH ART SHOW
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Students in grades K - 12 are eligible. No school district/residency requirement. One entry per student. Entries accepted 10 AM - 4:30 PM, Wed., Sept. 16, 2009 at the Sherman Youth Center, 407 W. Washington.
Show open to the public 10 AM- 5 PM, Sept. 18 and 19.
Presented by the Sherman Parks & Recreation Department
Entry form available for in PDF format - Click 'download' below... (Form also available at the Sherman Youth Center.)
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Sherman Parks & Rec Dep't
Phone: 903.892.7344
E-mail: theresah@ci.sherman.tx.us
Web: www.ci.sherman.tx.us
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SEF Arts Festival Run (5K, 15K, Mini-K)
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Slated for the morning of September 19. Early bird fee til Sept. 14! First 100 registrants for 5K or 15K get Technical Shirts! Cash awards for 5K and 15K!
Click "Download" below for the 2009 Registration Form in PDF format.
Or, you may also go to active.com to register on-line.
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Kathy Bickerstaff
Phone: 903 891 6431
E-mail: kbickerstaff@shermanisd.net
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Teddy Bear Parade
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Bear-lovers of all ages are invited to join in the parade! 9:00 a.m, Sept. 19.!
There will be a judged contest for bears belonging to children aged 0 - 13, with awards, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place for these age categories: 0- 5; 6 -10; 11 - 13. Sign up for judging from 8:45 - 9 a.m. in front of Honey McGee Playhouse, located behind (west of) the Finley Theatre Playhouse on 313 W. Mulberry Street.
**NOTE CHANGE in TIME and LOCATION above!
Click 'Download' below for more details and the 2009 Registration Form in PDF Format.
Sponsored by Altrusa International of Sherman
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Barbara Sloan
Phone: 903 815-2673
E-mail: BarbS@Texoma.net
Contact Name:Sherman Dept. of Tourism
Phone: 903 957 0310
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Festival Food!
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Sherman Arts Festival is famous for its food! Festival-goers can enjoy meals and snacks in the shade of the Grayson County Home Health Food Pavilion. We are looking for a variety of great vendors.
Click 'Download' below for 2009 Information and Application Forms. (The 'Forms' File is in PDF format.)
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Sue Malnory
Phone: 903 532 5429
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
Contact Name:Sheman Department of Tourism
Phone: 903-957-0310
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Pancake Breakfast
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Get your festival off to a great start with the annual PANCAKE BREAKFAST starting at 7 AM.
Located across Elm from the Municipal Lawn in the courtyard of First United Methodist Church.
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2009
Carry-out orders welcome! Opens at 7 AM and continues 'till they're all gone!
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Kid Stuff
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Lots of fun activities for kids; some free, some not!
Kids will enjoy T Shirt painting, face painting, fun bouncy houses, clowns, and much more!
Contact Name:Callie Wynn
Phone: 903-744-2950
E-mail: calliecwynn@gmail.com
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Story Telling at Theatricks
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Theatricks once again this year will be hosting story-telling at the Sherman Arts Festival September 19, 2009. The story-telling events will kick off at 10 a.m. inside the Honey McGee Playhouse at 313 W. Mulberry Street in Sherman - right after the Altrusa Club’s Teddy Bear Parade. Storytellers will be telling stories every hour with the last storyteller starting at 12 noon.
This year, traveling storytellers will be going out into the Arts Festival Crowd and improvising stories with the crowd members themselves. So, be sure to come and share a good story with us, and of course enjoy some of the cool air inside the Honey McGee Playhouse.
Contact Name:Webster Crocker
Phone: 903 893-8525
E-mail: webster@scptheater.org
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Gazebo Stage Outdoor Entertainment
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Entertainment from various groups performing outdoors on the Oliver Dewey Mayor Gazebo Stage.
Schedule for outdoor performances can be downloaded now. Click 'Download' below for the 2009 Schedule in PDF Format. (Schedule revised 8/23/09)
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Larry Wall
Phone: 903 464-9480
E-mail: 2009SAF@gmail.com
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Evening Entertainment
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Top entertainment slated for this Year!
Almost Patsy Cline Band -
This dynamic 5 piece is captivating audiences everywhere they go! The heavenly vocal harmonies and extraordinary instrumentation is crowd pleasing until the very last note! Nobody sang with more heart than Patsy Cline. Every note is moving, energetic and sincere.
Reserved seating, $25., Gen. Adm., $15....tickets available at Travel Partners or Fashion Reflections, Sherman, Texas or at the door. To use MasterCard or Visa or for reserved seating, please call Linda Williams at 903.813.2251. Doors open at 6:30 and concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at Kidd-Key Auditorium.
Contact Name:Sherman Dept. of Tourism
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
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Fall Used Book Sale
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The Friends of the Sherman Public Library will once again host their Fall Used Book Sale in conjunction with the Sherman Arts Festival.
You may take the TAPS bus from the Municipal Lawn to the Library, or just drive over to 421 N. Travis for the best selection of books this side of your grandma's attic.
Sale hours:
Opens Saturday, Sept 19 from 8 AM to 4 PM.
Free musical entertainment by The Sweet Traditions in the courtyard in front of the library from 9 'till Noon, Sept. 19. Click "Download" below for more details.
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Sherman Public Library
Phone: 903.892.7240
E-mail: jbanfield@grayson.edu
Web: http://www.ci.sherman.tx.us/publiclibrary_dept.htm
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Grayson Master Gardeners presents...
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Look for the Master Gardener Tent on the festival grounds (it'll be the one that's blooming) and get how-to-grow info; also GO GREEN advice & Dog Watering Station! How cool is that??? Saturday, Sept. 19
Contact Name:Richard Green
Phone: 903-813-4204
E-mail: kprcg@yahoo.com
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Red River Historical Museum
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CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUM
Hometown Art - An exhibit of the watercolors of Ernst “Ernie” Haring
All About Footwear - Shoes and boots from the museum collection
Greetings from Sherman - Vintage post cards from the museum collection showing images of Sherman from the past.
Vintage Toys & Paper Dolls - What Santa brought to good little boys & girls in the past
Grayson County Court House Riot of 1930 - Newspaper clippings and photographs tell the story of May 9, 1930
Grandma’s Attic - Objects you might find in your Grandma’s attic such as vintage dress forms, typewriter, umbrella, a bicycle, hatboxes; and much more!
Museum Map Corner - Copies of maps going back to the 1850’s
AND MANY MORE EXHIBITS!
Come visit us downtown at 301 S Walnut
Contact Name:Marcia Rolbiecki
Phone: 903 893 7623
E-mail: rrhms@texoma.net
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Want to be a Sponsor?
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We are looking for 2009 Sponsors! Contact Larry Wall - see phone and email below....
Major Sponsors for 2009:
Sherman Council for Arts & Humanities (SCAH)
and the SCAH Arts Festival Committee
City of Sherman
Sherman Park & Recreation
Sherman Education Foundation
Texoma Woodcarving Guild
Sherman Service League
Altrusa International of Sherman
Herald Democrat
KXII
AT&T Yellow Pages
American Bank
Atmos Energy
Grayson Home Health
DayCom Solutions WebSites
Texoma Neon
Cable One
Lamar Advertising
Interactive MusicAudioVisual (IMAV)
Want to Celebrate ART? We can add your name or business to the list!
Contact Name:Larry Wall
Phone: 903 464-9480
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
Contact Name:Sherman Dept. of Tourism
Phone: 903-957-0310
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
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Directions to the Festival
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The Sherman Arts Festival takes place on the Municipal Lawn which sits right across the street from Bearcat Stadium. The stadium is right on Hwy 75 so it's a snap to find! Whether coming north or south on US Hwy 75, exit at Washington Street and go east one block. The lawn sits on Rusk Street, one block east of 75 and one block south on Rusk. It is surrounded by Pecan, Elm and Mulberry Streets. The area will be closed off to cars, but there will be ample parking on the side streets.
Almost Patsy Cline Band Concert on Sautrday night will be in the Kidd-Key Auditorium, located on the Municipal Grounds, with adjacent parking.
Other Locations:
☛ The Honey McGeePlayhouse is on Mulberry, facing the north side of the Municipal building.
☛ The Sherman Youth Center is at 407 W. Washington (NE corner of U.S. 75 and Washington St., enter thru the drive off Washington St. for easy access to building. 903-892-7344)
☛ Sherman Public Library, 421 N. Travis (903-892-7240)
☛ Red River Historical Museum, 301 S. Walnut (903-893-7623)
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Arts & Craft Vendors
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Arts & Crafts plus Retail Boutique section applications available - Note: we are no longer accepting applications from jewelry vendors for the 2009 show, watch for the 2010 applications to be posted early next spring.
N O V A C A N C Y !
All available spaces have been filled!
Registration for Art/Craft/Retail vendors is now CLOSED.
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Sue Malnory
Phone: 903 532-5429
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
Contact Name:Sherman Dept. of Tourism
Phone: 903 957 0310
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Opportunities for Clubs & Non-Profits at the Festival
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Area Clubs and non-profit organizations are invited to participate in Sherman Arts Festival - the more the merrier!
Download information below listing ways to participate in 2009.
Forms: Download
Contact Name:Sue Malnory
Phone: 903 532 5429
E-mail: 2009saf@gmail.com
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