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Get Away to Great Past Times During Labor Day Weekend at Powers' Crossroads Festival in Newnan, Ga., Aug. 30 - Sept. 1
8/7/08 (9:49 p.m.) The Powers' Crossroads Country Fair and
Art Festival opens for its 38th consecutive year on Labor Day Weekend with
new entertainment as it continues to celebrate its proud tradition as host
to innovative art exhibitions in this West Georgia community.
"It's a great opportunity for festival visitors to dial back
the hands of time and experience a real country fair set in the rolling
woodlands of this west Georgia community," said Carol Chancy, the festival's
executive director.
Held every year on the 100 acres of historic Powers
Plantation in Newnan, Ga., near Franklin, Ga., the Powers' Crossroads
Festival will open at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 30, and will wrap up at 5 p.m.
Labor Day afternoon, Sept. 1, after a 2 p.m. Miss Coweta County Pageant, a
preliminary event for the Miss West Georgia competition in January 2009.
Festival hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily. Admission is $7 for
adults, $5 for seniors and military personnel, $3 for children ages 5-12,
and free for children 4 and under. Parking is free and complimentary shuttle
service is available from the parking areas.
Visit
www.newnan.com/powers for additional information and driving directions.
With a proud heritage as one of the best events in the
Southeast, Powers brings back again this year its local Rising Star talent
competition on the Festival's opening day.
Beginning at 10 a.m. 30 contestants will vie for the title of
the 2008 Powers' Crossroads Rising Star. Contestants will compete in one of
three age categories: 15-18 years old; 19-34; and, 35 plus.
This year's three celebrity judges for the rising star
competition are "Mid-Days" radio personality J. D. from Midwest Georgia's
music station, Magic 98.1, WMGP-FM in Newnan; Jessica Scott, Miss West
Georgia 2008; and Linda Walker, owner of the talent agency Speer
Entertainment and Really Big Productions, Inc., an entertainment production
company.
They will select a winner from each age group, and from that
group of three, the judges -- with some audience participation -- will
select the 2008 Powers' Crossroads Rising Star.
Each age group winner will receive cash prizes and will
perform an Encore Show Monday, Sept. 1 prior to the Miss Coweta County
competition.
Visitors to this year's festival can also find perennial
favorites in shopping for unique arts and crafts. Each of the more than 200
artisans showcasing their work for sale is selected by judges during the
course of the year.
Judges for this year's art competition are Amanda
Dumas-Hernandez, a Newnan native who is currently an instructor at the
Savannah College of Art & Design's Atlanta campus, and Claudia McDavid, the
Art Partners Program Officer for the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.
This year, visitors may also see a limited viewing of art
purchased by the Festival between 1971-2007.
Each year the Festival art judges select several pieces to
purchase as exemplary of that particular year's offerings at the Festival.
Known as the Purchase Awards, there are currently more than 100 works of art
in this collection.
The Powers' Crossroads Country Fair and Art Festival is
organized and produced by five local non-profit organizations as their
annual major fundraiser with net proceeds divided among the organizations.
They are: Newnan Coweta Chamber of Commerce, Newnan Coweta Arts Association,
Coweta 4H, Newnan Coweta Jaycees and The Pilot Club of Newnan
Presenting sponsors include Buffalo Rock Beverages and Food
Services, Newnan, Ga., West Georgia Technical College, LaGrange, Ga., Toyota
of Newnan.
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