Gear up for the Sixth Annual Arts Weekend! An 1890s Celebration of the Arts will be held in Georgetown October 10 – 12. Lots of fun activities are planned, something for everyone! October 10 & 11 at 7:00 pm and October 12 at 3:00 pm the Stage Left Theatre of Georgetown Community Theatre will perform “Magic Theatre II” at the Cooke Memorial Building, Georgetown College. $5.00 at the door.
On Saturday,October 11, 10am to 4pm, the Scott County Arts Consortium will hold an old-fashioned street fair on N. Water Street in front of the Arts & Cultural Center. Music by the Bullshippers will kick off the event at 10am, followed by the Shack Shakin’ Hoedowners at 11am, storytelling by Cheryl Connelly from 2-2:30, and more. Art demonstrations include weaving, spinning, pottery,and quilting. A magician, a juggler, and stiltwalker will entertain. Free and open to the public. Fun for the whole family! Pinto beans and cornbread, hotdogs, sausage biscuits, and drinks will be available, as well as brownies, cookies, cotton candy, popcorn and more.
Saturday evening a Variety Show will be held at the John L. Hill Chapel, 7:00 pm. $10.00 for adults, children free. Entertainment includes the Georgetown Choral Society, Scott County Children’s Chorus, Shack Shakin’ Hoedowners, Chords of Course Barbershop Quartet, a women’s gospel music trio, storyteller Mary Hamilton, soloists Joe Henderson and Rebecca Campbell, the Spirit Wind Dancers, and dramatic vignettes of Georgetown’s history. This is a lot of first class entertainment for a small fee! So please come on down and support the arts! 502-570-8400.
Sunday, October 12, 1 to 5:00 pm, brings the annual SCAC Tour of Historic Homes. Featured are 444 E. Main, the President’s House, home of Dr. William H. and Jan Crouch, Greek Revival style; 456 E. Main, the home of Bruce & Linda Lankford, Victorian Italianate; 513 E. Main, the darling 1920s bungalow style home of Ken & Mary Susan Kring; 222 N. Broadway, the home of the new Two:Twenty:Two Restuarant – 1840’s original construction with 1880’s addition; 
and last but not least the Arts & Cultural Center at 117 N. Water St., the renovated 1870s historic jailer’s house. Featured is the “United in Art” exhibit; refreshments will be served there. Tickets are $10.00 for the tour, available at the Country Peddler Shoppe, Georgetown Antique Mall, Arts & Cultural Center, by calling 502-863-0909 and from SCAC board members.
All weekend, dawn to dusk, you can visit the Yuko-En on the Elkhorn Japanese American Garden. Many festivities are planned from the dedication of the new Toyota-Tahara Four Seasons Environmental Education Building at 11:00 am on the 10th, to raku firing at the Kentucky Raku Center; sculpture exhibitions by Indiana sculptor Mark Wallis, and the “War Path” series, 4 to 6 pm, by our own Annie Brady. The Sunny Sixteens will offer a photography workshop, 9:00 am on the 11th.
The Scott County Arts Consortium, the arts partners, and so many others are proud to offer this celebration of the arts and artists, musicians, dancers, and performers, so much talent in this great community! We hope you will bring the family and your friends and join in the celebration!For information call Barbara at 502-863-0909.
