E-Chievement Award
LISTEN to Etown on WNCW 88.7 Sunday night of LEAF 6-7pm on your way home. LEAF's E-Chievement Award presentation is featured just after Ray LaMontagne.
Etown, the popular national radio show, is proud to announce a recent winner of its coveted E-Chievement Award: Jennifer Pickering, founder of Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) and its youth-directed nonprofit outreach efforts, LEAF in Schools & Streets and LEAF International. The E-Chievement is a listener-nominated honor given to individuals working hard to make a positive difference in their communities and beyond. Through outreach programs, LEAF engages festival performers and other artists to bring music education, performance opportunities, instruments, and cultural enrichment into the lives ofunder-served kids in WNC as well as internationally. Since 2004, over 13,000 young people have been reached!
Special thanks to LEAF Members & others who are helping support LEAF Outreach!!
visit Etown & listen to show
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FREE Outreach Shows
FREE Outreach Shows with Grammy-award-winning musician Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience NEXT FRI. OCT. 17 10:30am & 4pm in Asheville!
Are YOU, your family, school group, home school group OR after-school program looking for an OUTREACH PERFORMANCE to experience the Friday of LEAF? Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience will perform TWO, FREE special events NEXT Friday, Oct. 17. For 20+years, Terrance has educated audiences about Creole Zydeco music & dance. Simien's Creole for Kidz, a multi-cultural arts-in-education performance has reached over 60,000 students K-12, parents, and educators across the country. For more information http://www.terrancesimien.com/creoleforkidz.html TRULY a SPECTACULAR program for both youth and adults! Groups and general community are highly encouraged to attend.
1st performance: 10:30am Orange Peel, 101 Biltmore Ave
2nd performance: 4pm Asheville Community Theatre, 35 E. Walnut St
BOTH EVENTS ARE FREE in downtown Asheville! Reservations required at Outreach@LakeEdenArtsFestival.org or (828)686-8742. Donations are welcome!
Terrance Simien and the Zydeco Experience were funded in part by a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council.
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special Vieux & Bob Carlin Event
special COMMUNITY LECTURE & DEMONSTRATION
featuring Music Masters Vieux Farka Toure & Bob Carlin
THURS. OCT. 16, 5pm-7pm
YMI Cultural Center
39 South Market Street
downtown Asheville
Calling all musicians and music enthusiasts! Discover the connections among Malian and Appalachian music and culture with this collaboration of music masters. Vieux plays traditional blues of Mali and is the son of the famous Ali Farka Toure. Bob Carlin is a world renowned clawhammer style banjo player and a member of the late John Hartford's Stringband. Steve Cohen, musician and founder of Music + Art Management, will be facilitating the event.
Make your reservations today or Purchase Tickets at Asheville Area Arts Council- Call (828) 258-0710 or go to 11 Biltmore Avenue (fee is $35).
Sponsored by: LEAF in Schools & Streets & Asheville Area Arts Council. This program is funded, in part, by a Grassroots Arts Program Grant of the North Carolina Arts Council.
To Make Reservations Contact our partner Asheville Area Arts Council!
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Greenlife Country Store
YUM YUM Greenlife style! Food includes tortilla chips, potato chips, salsa, hummus, popcorn, food bars, granola bars, cookies, crackers, peanut butter packets, trail mix, chocolate, candy, raisins, various nuts and seeds.
CLEAN & HAPPY! Supplements and body care items include toothpicks, breath strips, gum, hand wipes, mints, toiletries (shampoo, soap, deodorant, cotton swabs, toothbrushes, toothpaste, lotion), lozenges, Emergen-C, bug spray, sun lotion, aloe, itch relief, supplements for colds, fatigue, emotional upset and stomach trouble, feminine products.
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PACK GREEN
Help LEAF be even GREENer this fall. NO GLASS or STYROFOAM. Pack to be earth friendly (& warm). Bring reusable plates, cups, utensils. Also remember LEAF is SMOKE FREE except at your tent site or die hard smoking areas. As a community we can make a difference!
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Join LEAF Membership!
CELEBRATE at LEAF Members Party Saturday October 18th 4:30-6pm at the LEAF Barns! Meet new people!
CONNECT with LEAF Happenings through NEW LEAF Outreach Newsletter! Stay informed!
CREATE artistic educational opportunities for youth locally and abroad with your support! You are needed!
Great Fun. Great Benefits. Same Great Feelings. Year Round Ticket Discounts, Special EARLY Lodging Reservations, Access and more!
More info or stop by LEAF Outreach Tent at LEAF to sign up!
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