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| The Daily Jeffersonian
Residents who attended the Arts and Music Festival on Saturday seem to all agree that it’s good to see entertainment return to downtown Cambridge.
“It’s great to see events like this in downtown again,” Lori Wilson said. “I miss seeing all the activity downtown so it’s good to see it again.”
The Arts and Music Festival, hosted by Cambridge Main Street, featured a variety of live entertainment, artists and community service agencies showing their work and providing information.
Beverly Kerr and Robert Jones, members of the Salt Fork Arts and Craft Festival, provided children with sidewalk chalk so they could create their artwork beside sidewalk chalk artist and art educator Hilary Frambes.
The board members were also giving children who participated in drawing on the sidewalk an entry ticket into an hourly drawing for a prize basket full of a variety of arts and craft supplies.
Mary Briggs, an annual attendee at the Salt Fork Arts and Craft Festival, said she was glad that the festival was being held and glad that some of the vendors were able to set up at the event.
For Gloria Knoff, owner of Mudpie Pottery, the event was a good thing as she was having a good day with event attendees stopping to make purchases.
Community service providers such as Guernsey County Children’s Service Board, Guernsey County Right to Life, and People to People were at the event to provide the community with information on their services. Guernsey County Right to Life handed out Miracle of Life coloring books to children attending the festival.
Area businesses such as Teresa’s Tupperware, Usborne Books and More, Note to Self, and Ashley McCrory, an independent consultant for ColorStreet Nails, had customers stopping by their booths. Teresa’s Tupperware and Usborne Books were handing out boxes of crayons and coloring pages for the children.
Alisha Blair, an independent consultant for Usborne Books, saw the event promoted on social media and decided it looked like it would be a good event for her to set up at.
Amanda Barbour, said she likes coming to events like this and that it’s a really good way to visit the local businesses and see what creativity is out there.
“It’s a good way to support small businesses and it’s a good way to support the community,” Barbour said.
Live entertainment included performances by Tracy Lingafelter, Dirty Mule and Lock 17.
Many in attendance, like Petra Severance, came out to see the live entertainment.
“I just love to dance,” said Severance, who was up in front of the band dancing. “I just wanted to get out and enjoy the day.”
The original plans for the festival also included food trucks, which they were unable to get for the day, with the exception of Rock Dawgs Exceptional Weiners.
This is the first time for the Arts and Music Festival, and according to Mary Beth Sills, executive director of Cambridge Main Street, whether it will become a yearly event depends on how this one goes.
“We did this one to kind of fill in where we haven’t been doing anything, just to keep a presence in the community,” Sills said. “I’ve been happy so far with the turnout. We have had a steady crowd. It’s not been overwhelming. People have been staying safe and staying apart, so I’ve been happy with it.”
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