HARVEST COUNTRY FAIR SEPTEMBER 16, 2006
Rea's Farm, West Cape May, NJ

9 am - 6 pm

Please scroll down past the art class information to see a detailed schedule of events, trolley schedule (to and from Cape May's Washington Street Mall), directions, and a map to the farm.

Friday night weather update: the forecast is only a slight (30%) chance of a light shower before noon, with highs in the 70's, which means a beautiful day. We're on for Saturday. Come on down!

(The above forecast is from the National Weather Service's website:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/forecast/MapClick.php?CityName=Cape+May&state=NJ&site=PHI&mp=0

Please note that The Weather Channel's forecast combines all of Cape May and Atlantic Counties, so storms that pass far north of us and leave us sunny are still incorporated into their percentages. That's why we use the National Weather Service, which does a more specific "point" forecast.)

FALL ART ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS

Center for Community Arts (CCA), in partnership with the Nature Center of Cape May, announces a wide range of art classes for adults beginning October. Three-week classes begin the second week of October and again the first week of November, and there are several one-day workshops as well. Classes meet week days and weekends, mornings, afternoons and evenings, so there is an opportunity for artistic expression to fit anyone’s busy schedule. Most sessions meet at the Nature Center of Cape May, 1600 Delaware Avenue. Fees are on a sliding scale, with discounts for CCA members, seniors and others on fixed incomes. Advance registration is required; for a detailed brochure and registration form, call CCA at 884-7525 or email info@centerforcommunityarts.org.

In addition to visual arts classes and craft workshops, art for adults includes Dance and Movement, and Fun with Hand Bells. Three-week sessions are Basketweaving, Let’s Draw!, Seascape Sculptures, Painting on Silk, Watercolors on Chinese Lanterns, Watercolor Landscapes, Black and White Photography with Hand Tinting, Creative Designs with Flowers, Fall Foliage, Painting with Acrylics and Oils, and Prints from Nature.

One-day workshops include Portrait Drawing, Silk Suncatchers, Edible Art, Art as Meditation, and Yule Log Workshop.

Teachers include Judy Ballinger, Cheryl Crews, Sharon Fruchtman-Laffey, Mary Federici, Tina Giaimo, Betsy Heegard and Carol Obligado, Laurie Schiffelbein, Shannon Sterner, and Jody Swope.

Sessions at the Nature Center of Cape May are accessible to users of wheelchairs.

Center for Community Arts received a Citation for Excellence from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. These programs are made possible in part by grants from the Lower Cape Alliance, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and many generous businesses, families and individuals.

Center for Community Arts is a multicultural educational nonprofit organization whose arts and humanities programs foster creativity, community building, and appreciation for the rich diversity of our world. For further information, visit www.CenterforCommunityArts.org

YAP KICKS OFF FALL WITH SEPT 9 SCARECROW PARTY AT REA's FARM

The Center for Community Arts Youth Arts Program (YAP) kicks off its fall program with a scarecrow-making party at Rea's Farm in West Cape May on Saturday, September 9, 2006, from 6pm - 9pm.

All Cape May County students in grades 5-8 are welcome. The event is free, and includes a light supper.

Materials will be provided, but participants may also bring old clothes and other items to creatively accessorize the scarecrows.

The scarecrows will decorate the Rea's farm for CCA's Harvest Country Fair on Sept. 16.

Participants are asked to call CCA at 884-7525 by noon on Saturday to sign up.

The Rea's Farm is at the intersection of Bayshore Road and West 4th Street in West Cape May.

YAP participants are invited to volunteer to help with younger kids' games and a food booth at the Harvest Country Fair on the 16th.

On September 23, there will be a free day trip to Philadelphia to visit its many murals on a walking tour. The bus will leave early in the morning from Lower Cape May Regional High School in Lower Township and Cape Assist in Wildwood -- to claim your seat on the bus and get a permission slip (required in advance), call 884-7525 or email info@centerforcommunityarts.org.

YAP continues the theme of Public Art on Saturday, September 30 in Cape May at Lyle Hall and in Wildwood at the Kare Center, Cape Assist, 6 pm - 9pm. Residents of Lower Township and other Cape May County communities are invited to attend either location.

On Sunday, October 8, there will be a free bus to the Noyes Museum of Art for a reception in honor of the Summer YAP and Kids Art Camp exhibit, "Rock, Scissors, Paper, Shoot," with works by the summer program's participants. The reception is from 2-3 pm; call 884-7525 for details on the bus pickups.

On Saturday, October 14, YAP will resume at three sites: The Millman Center in Lower Township, Lyle Hall in Cape May and Cape Assist in Wildwood, all from 6 pm - 9pm. The free program includes supper and all art materials. The fall theme is Public Art, with mural making, sculptures, gardens, mosaics, pumpkin carving and more. For a detailed schedule, call 884-7525 or email info@centerforcommunityarts.org.

Harvest Country Fair, September 16, 2006 (Rain date: Sept. 17) at Rea's Farm in West Cape May, New Jersey. Directions at the bottom of this post.




CCA’S HARVEST FAIR PROMISES FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY


The Center for Community Arts (CCA) Harvest Fair returns to Rea’s Farm from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 16 (rain date: Sept. 17). The Fair is fun for the entire family, and offers antique, art, craft and food vendors galore, farm-grown produce and plants, and a wide array of kids’ games and activities.

New this year are: Kid-Oke (ala Karaoke) with Terry O’Brien (1:30-3:00), a Celebrity Dunk Tank, Pie Eating Contest, Mural Painting, Tomato Toss, and Face Painting.

The Fair will again include pony, kiddie train and hay rides around the Rea’s farm fields, watermelon eating and grape spitting contests and games for kids with prizes. Admission is free. The farm is at Bayshore Rd. and Stevens St. in West Cape May.

Lunch and supper vendors include Caribbean Jerk Chicken, JB’s Barbeque, Dawn’s Delights (baked goods, sandwiches and pies), Rosie’s Lemonade, and the Smoothie Chicks. In addition, the Center for Community Arts Youth Arts Program and Boy Scout Troop 84 will be serving hot dogs, hamburgers and corn on the cob.

There is plenty of free parking, and a *free* trolley service between the Fair and the Washington Street Mall, departing the Mall at noon, 2:00, 4:00 and 5:30 p.m.

Your picnic supper will be accompanied by the live music of Black & Tan from 4-6.

Begin your holiday shopping early! The Fair’s vendors will be selling antiques and collectibles, arts and fine crafts, clothing and flea market items, along with CCA’s own large “yard” sale.

Proceeds from the Fair will benefit CCA’s arts and cultural programs, including the Youth Arts Program, the Community History Program and the Franklin Street School Rehabilitation Project. CCA is celebrating eleven years of community building through the arts and humanities.

CCA will provide nonprofit organizations with free space for an information table, and vendors can still register for a selling space. For more information about the Fair or the Center’s programs, call 884-7525 or visit CCA’s website at www.CenterforCommunityArts.org.

CCA’s Harvest Country Fair is an event of the Cape May Food and Wine Festival, sponsored by the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC). For further information about the Food & Wine Festival, call MAC at 884-5404 or see http://www.capemaymac.org/.

CCA’s programs are supported in part by grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, the New Jersey Historical Commission, the New Jersey Historic Trust, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Lower Cape Alliance, Swain’s Ace Hardware, the Whale’s Tale, Sturdy Bank, and other generous donors.

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Above, Diane Rea is assisted by volunteers Maddie Craig, Lily Mullock and Emaleigh Kaithern as Rea’s Farm in West Cape May gears up for the annual Center for Community Arts Harvest Fair, Saturday September 16 from 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. The Fair is fun for the whole family, with art and antique vendors, kids games, hay, pony and train rides, contests and food. For more information call CCA at 884-7525.

Below, Map to Rea's Farm for the Harvest Country Fair in West Cape May, New Jersey, Saturday, September 16, 2006 (Rain date: Sunday, September 17)

If rain threatens as we draw closer to Sept. 16, there will updates on this blog regarding whether or not the event is postponed to the 17th.

FREE ADMISSION. Free parking.

Rea’s Farm, Bayshore Road & Stevens Street, West Cape May

Free Trolley Service Departs Washington Street Mall @ Ocean St.
at noon, 2, 4 & 5:30. Returns 12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 5:45.


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

9 am - 6 pm Vendors: Antiques, art, crafts, food, seasonal produce and bedding plants, pumpkins, and flea market, including CCA’s own large White Elephant Sale.

10 am - 4 pm Kids Games & Activities with Prizes
Pony Rides

10 am – 6 pm Mural Painting
Jersey Fresh Photo Booth

10:30 am - 3:00 pm Kiddy Train Rides

10:30 am - 4:30 pm Hayrides

11 am – 6 pm Celebrity Dunking Booth


11:30 Watermelon Eating Contest, free entry, prizes in 3 categories: 6 and under, 7-11 years; 12 and up.

12:30 pm Grape Spitting Contest, free entry, prizes in 3
categories: 6 and under, 7-11 years; 12 and up.

1:00 pm Pie Eating Contest, entry, prizes in 3
categories: 6 and under, 7-11 years; 12 and up.

1:30 – 3:30 Kid-Oke (ala Karaoke) with Terry O’Brien


4:00 pm Cape Island Scarecrow Contest Winners Announced


4:00-6 pm Picnic Supper with Live Music with Black and Tan.

NEED MORE INFORMATION? Call 609-884-7525.

Directions to the Harvest Country Fair at Rea’s Farm in West Cape May:

Farm is at intersection of Stevens St., Bayshore Rd. and 4th Avenue in West Cape May, NJ 08204.

Click on this link for a map:

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=Bayshore+Road+at+Stevens+Street&csz=West+Cape+May%2C+NJ++08204&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=

From Cape May: Go South on Lafayette Street till it ends, at Collier’s Liquor Store. Turn right—the road twists and turns briefly and is called Jackson, then Perry St. Perry Street curves to the left and becomes Sunset Blvd. at second light. Continue on Sunset to Bayshore Rd. (Rt. 607). Turn right on Bayshore Rd. If you miss the turn, two rights later turn onto Stevens St.

From Garden State Parkway: Take Parkway till it ends. Parkway becomes Lafayette Street. Follow signs to “Center City” (not “Beach”). Continue until Lafayette Street ends. (see From Cape May, above).

Or: From Garden State Parkway: Exit Right at light at Mile 0, following blue sign towards Cape May Ferry. Pass light at Tranquility. Take jug handle on right to continue towards Ferry. Left at next light onto Broadway (also called Seashore to the right of intersection). Bear left to go over bridge. Turn right onto 4th Ave. Continue until end of 4th Avenue. If you miss 4th Avenue, turn right at light onto Sunset Blvd and continue as in “From Cape May,” above.

From Rt. 47 South Bound: As you approach Rio Grande, turn right at light onto Seashore Rd. Seashore Rd. becomes Broadway. After light at Rt. 109, bear left to go over bridge. Turn right onto 4th Ave. Continue until end of 4th Avenue. If you miss 4th Avenue, turn right at light onto Sunset Blvd and continue as in “From Cape May,” above.

Sept. 2 Update:

All Plein Air Oil Classes are cancelled due to the weather (the teacher drives in from an hour away).

However, the Photography Walking Tour at 10 am will go if it is not raining. The teacher is local and will be at 712 Lafayette St. at 10 am unless it is raining.

Similarly, the 11 am African American Heritage Walking Tour is on if it is not raining. It also meets at 712 Lafayette St.

As of 6pm, there is a 30% chance of rain at 10 and 11 am.

Sept. 9 Update:

YAP, the Youth Arts Program for grades 5-8, will kick off with a scarecrow-making party at the Rea's Farm in West Cape May on Sept. 9 at 6pm. for details and to sign up please call 884-7525.