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Cumberland County Fair

Friday, September 17th, 2010 | Posted By: Janine West | Entertainment | No Comments

The Cumberland County Fair has officially begun! Crown Coliseum is holding their 20th annual Cumberland County Fair this year running from September 16 to September 26th. They are anticipating more than 45,000 visitors to come and check out the exhibits, contests, rides and food vendors!

Tickets are $20 for entry admissions and you receive unlimited rides and more than $25 in coupons for free food and drinks at the fair! What you can expect once you get in is: an interactive petting zoo, a trout fishing pond, the Star Family Circus, Diaper Derby and Parent Olympics, Cape Fear Cheerleading contest, Cumberland County Invitational Step Show and more. Additional events include; two nights of motor cross racing, professional wrestling, two nights of professional bull riding and lots of talented local singers, dancers and karate groups! Phew…now that’s a whole lot of entertainment to handle!

Military and family members get a discount on Sept. 21st!

So come on out to celebrate the 20th annual Cumberland County Fair and all of the fun, exciting things it has to offer this year!

Rolands Dance Studio

Tuesday, September 7th, 2010 | Posted By: Stacy Strauss | Entertainment, General Interest | No Comments

I had the BEST date night ever on Friday night! My boyfriend and I went to Roland’s Dance
Studio to learn how to salsa and ballroom dance and had an absolute blast. It costs $10
per person for the night to get group lessons and dance the night away. It’s also a great
way to meet other couples! Sometimes we changed partners so we would learn different
techniques from each person we danced with.

I got to personally dance with Roland himself, and learned that the dance studio has been
in his family for 48 years. Dancing with him was the most magical experience, which words
can’t describe. I felt like I was gliding across the floor so eloquently, when really he
was leading me and doing all of the work!

They have gift certificates available too, which I would recommend getting for someone
who is getting married. My boyfriend and I are going to continue to go back and learn
different kinds of dances and show off our moves when we go to formal events!

Fayetteville’s Fourth Friday

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 | Posted By: Melody Foote | Entertainment, General Interest | No Comments

My 10-year-old daughter, Erinn, and I attended Fourth Friday in Downtown Fayetteville last Friday night. I was attracted to the presentation by the Cape Fear Mineral and Gem Society at the headquarters branch of the Cumberland County Public Library & Information Center, and Erinn had an interest in the Recycled Art Show. In the end, we didn’t make it to either, and I’m not even sure there was a Recycled Art Show, but we had a great time anyway.

We started the evening wandering Maxwell Street, we read the sidewalk art, explored vendors’ offerings and found ourselves in Cape Fear Studios. It was a busy place! Potters and painters were demonstrating their crafts and an artist creating glass beads. We spent a lot of time watching Stephanie Crieder create her beads – she even let Erinn pick out colors and designed a bead for her. By far, this was the highlight of Erinn’s evening.

While we waited for the bead to cool, we made our way to Hay Street. On Hay, we visited a bead store with peace sign beads (again, Erinn was very happy) , saw belly dancers, sampled some delicious red velvet cake at Just Deserts and wandered to the Market House to watch the drum circle. As we watched, Erinn nudged me to turn around and look behind me. Someone was juggling fire just outside the drum circle, and it was pretty cool! A few minutes later Erinn broke my hypnotic trance (how often do you see fire juggling?) and reminded me her bead MUST be done by that point.

Once back on Maxwell Street, we stopped to watch several kids painting on an easel outside of Greg’s! Art Pottery & Gifts. Once the kids moved on , Greg Hathaway handed Erinn a paintbrush and invited her to go to town. He explained that the picture currently full of peace signs and aliens started out as dogwood flowers on a branch. I don’t think the content mattered to the kids – but I know they enjoyed creating art.

Once we finally made it back to Cape Fear Studios , Erinn picked up her bead and cradled it in a tissue all the way home. That wasn’t the only treasure from 4^th Friday – one of the antique stores had what looked to be a hand-made paperweight with a foot etched into it. Perfect for the Foote family.

As we walked back to the car, Erinn said “You mean this happens EVERY fourth Friday?” Indeed.

If you haven’t been to Fourth Friday, be sure to get there a few times a year. No month is the same as the one before. In September, the International Folk Festival coincides with 4^th Friday so events will most likely have an international flavor.

Here’s a video of our adventure. I am not only an extremely amateur videographer, but I am also an indulgent mom – so you’ll see lots of Erinn and hear lots of me. My hope is it will give you a sample of Fourth Friday.

For more information on Fourth Friday visit the Arts Council website.

For information on other things to see and do throughout Cumberland County, go to WWW.VisitFayettevilleNC.com . We highlight hundreds of happenings each year.

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