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Harvest of
the Arts and
Holt & Spicy
Salsa
competition
The Holt
Community
Arts
Council's
4th annual
Harvest of
the Arts is
Saturday,
September
17, 2011
from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at
Veterans
Memorial
Gardens,
located at
2074
Aurelius
Road, in
downtown
Holt.
As part of
Harvest of
the Arts, the Holt &
Spicy Salsa
making
competition
is back for
a second
year. Don't
miss out on
all the fun! |
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Harvest of
the Arts is
a hands-on
art
experience
for
families,
offering
opportunities
to create
art, as well
as browse
and purchase
the works of
local
artists. The
focus of the
event is exposing our
community to
new,
exciting
forms of art
and
fostering
the creative
spirit and
will include
performances,
workshops,
activities
and artist
exhibitors.
Visit the Harvest of the Arts page for the
schedule of events and a listing of featured
artists and hands-on activities.
State grant to help with 'Music in the
Garden' 2011
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The Holt Community Arts Council
is pleased to announce that it
has been awarded a $1,000 grant
from the
State of Michigan Council for
Arts and Cultural Affairs
and the
Arts Council of Greater Lansing.
The money will help fund the
Holt Community Arts Council’s
concert series, Music in the
Garden. The popular summertime
event enters its fourth season
this year. Concerts are planned
for Thursday evenings in July –
July 7, 14, 21, and 28 – in
Delhi Township’s Veterans
Memorial Gardens Amphitheater. |
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This grant money will help the
Holt Community Arts Council
bring a variety of first-rate
musical entertainment to our
friends and neighbors in Holt
for another year without
charging our audience admission.
Music in the Garden is truly a
community event. It gives people
a chance to get to know their
hometown better and to see what
Holt has to offer. |
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Above: Root Doctor
performing on the
Veterans Memorial
Gardens Amphitheatre
stage in 2009. The
famous blues band
will be back for
Music in the Garden
2011. |
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Community support for Music in the Garden
continues to grow at an impressive rate.
Not only has concert attendance increased,
financial support from the community has
increased as well. Last year, businesses
and individuals donated $2,900 – more than
double the amount donated in 2009.
Last year, Music in the Garden benefitted
from donations from the following local
businesses: Holt Auto Alignment; Holt
Veterinary Clinic; Leightronix, Inc.; Dart
Bank; Culligan Water Conditioning of
Lansing; Holt & Dimondale Agency; Karyn’s
Dance Place; Mid-Michigan Business
Solutions; Sweet Sensations; and Vivid Ink
Tattoo. The Delhi Township Downtown
Development Authority is the series’ main
underwriter.
The concerts are planned and staffed
entirely by unpaid volunteers, so without
community support in the form of donations
of time and money, Music in the Garden
wouldn’t happen.
Permanent Sculpture
The Holt Community Arts Council
commissioned Delhi Township's
first major permanent public artwork.
The nine-foot high stainless
steel sculpture was created
by Lansing artist Tom Sheerin.
He developed the original design
based on the theme
"living,
working, and playing in Holt."
The pillar-like sculpture has
three sides, with each side
representing one aspect of life
here.
Sheerin included artifacts in
the sculpture that represent
life in Holt. These items
are inside the sculpture and
visible through plexiglass
windows. Sheerin, who
often works with repurposed
materials, collected objects
from the community for inclusion
in the sculpture. He then
altered the objects as needed to
make them fit inside the
sculpture as well as fit with
the sculpture's theme.
"The
Arts Council worked hard to find
a sculptor who would create a
piece that reflects Holt in
particular,"
Arts Council President Kara Hope
said. "Tom’s
design is unique and
interesting. It takes on
added meaning from the objects
that are included inside."
The sculpture was installed in
December 2009 in the new park at the corner of
Holt and Aurelius roads.
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