Saturday, August 14, 2010 10 AM to 5 PM, SLO Mission Plaza
This year marks the 36th year of Day with Creative Women, sponsored by the Women’s Community Center of San Luis Obispo County and joined this year, by the SLO County Commission on the Status of Women.
WCC welcomes the return of its regular vendors this year and looks forward to meeting new creative women who are joining us for the first time!
Music is always a large part of this event, and this year is no exception.
Opening the day’s festivities is the Carol Lowell Group, a singing and playing trio; also new to the line up for Day with Creative Women this year is Maheyla & the Ritual, performing a wide variety of roots and genre music.
Returning to the Mission Plaza amphitheater stage for a repeat performance will be the Central Coast Celebration Chorus, an a Capella women’s four-part harmony choral group that encourages community participation as they sing in the Barbershop tradition; the “Fun Flutes”, led by Bonnie Richan, and a local women’s drumming group, led by Kathleen Deragon.
The music turns to jazz with pianist Dawn Lambeth, whose specialty is danceable music, and who has performed at the Monterey Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Smithsonian, and clubs throughout California. The afternoon line up also includes Middle Eastern belly dance, world music performers and a steel drum duo.
Rounding out the afternoon is Swing and Rock music band Chick Tuesday. When they’re not singin’, they’re laughin’, and they’ll put a harmony on anything that moves! Band mate Sharon “Buffy” Doran on guitar and dulcimer is joined by song bird Karen Wilkins and the lovely miss Sarah Jane Weiss on flute, vocals, and guitar. This ensemble promises lots of toe tappin.’ melodies and a lingering happy vibe.
Day with Creative Women provides an opportunity for women artists and artisans to display their talents and sell their wares.
This event has graced the Mission Plaza in San Luis Obispo on the second Saturday in August for the last 36 years. If you create art or hand-crafted items, you are invited to display and sell your works. Nonprofit organizations are invited to provide the community with information about their services.
Business women interested in promoting their services may also secure a spot for this celebration of all types of creative women. Booths are still available but are disappearing fast! If you want to be part of this event, call the Women’s Community Center now at 544-9313 or download the application from wccslo.org.
Day with Creative Women is a fundraising event to benefit the Women’s Community Center of San Luis Obispo County, dedicated to the empowerment of women, and the SLO County Commission on the Status of Women, serving as the voice for women to the County Board of Supervisors.
For more information, visit their websites: http://www.wccslo.org, and slowomen.org.
As with all major events open free to the public, volunteer work is needed behind the scenes to make the event a success. WCC appreciates the efforts of all its volunteers both during the planning phase, and on the day of the event. If you see someone in a yellow T-shirt, that’s a volunteer!
We’re all looking forward to Saturday, August 14, for a fun filled day under the elms in San Luis Obispo’s Mission Plaza.
Whitney Diaz
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