46th annual Cedar Valley Arts Festival

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On: April 19, 2010

The 46^th annual Cedar Valley Arts Festival is coming up this weekend on Saturday, April 24 and Sunday, April 25 at historic Peek Park in Cedartown. A 5K amd fun run will kick things off on Saturday. Registration will begin at 8 a.m., the 5K at 8:30 a.m. and the Fun Run at 9:15 a.m. The cost for either race is $20 April 10 through race day. Early registration guarantees a T-shirt. Applications can be downloaded at www.cedartownjsl.org, or register online at www.active.com. Also, paper applications are available at First Baptist Family Life Center. For more information, call 770-714-2952.

The entertainment line-up is as follows:

Saturday, April, 24th, 2010

10:00 AM Road Race Presentations

10:30 AM Northside Chorus

11:00 AM Author: Ronda Friend

12:00 PM Second Steps Dancers

12:30 PM Sole Mates Line Dancing

1:00 PM Lundy Academy Performers

1:20 PM Children’s Art Presentation

2:00 PM Second Baptist featuring Michael Longshore

3:00 PM Roman Festival Brass

4:00 PM Dog Show

Sunday April 25th, 2010

1:00 PM Cole Chambers (gospel/country singer out of Nashville )
2:00 PM First Baptist Ensemble

2:30 PM The McVines Trio (Mellisa McCray Vines and Randy Vines and Joyce McCray)

3:00 PM Pleasant Valley South Orchestra

3:30 PM Author: Ronda Friend

4:00 PM Laci Longshore

WGAA will be there all day to bring you the sounds of the festival. Stay tuned throughout the week for more information regarding the arts festival.

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