August Activities/Opportunities

As we enter August, there's more opportunities for artisans and visitors alike. On Tuesdays and Saturdays, visit or vend at the Republic Community Market 9 am-3 pm in Patterson park. Call Liz at 509-775-2968 or Chris or Steve at 509-775-8015 for more information. This activity will continue thru the 19th of September..

"Business is like riding a bicycle. Either you keep moving or you fall down."
JD Wright


Friday Farmer's Market in Curlew, WA
10 am-4 pm June through September
Featuring home-grown produce, handcrafts and handspun and healing arts!!

Healing Arts Seminar August 8, 2009 9 am-8 pm $25.00
Lots of workshops! Call Feather for more information: 509-732-4301

We want to thank The Saw SHop Boys and The Sharecroppers, both bands of Republic, WA, for representing our town so well when they entertained 300 people for the Oregon Bicycle Inc group in Republic on July 27th. Comments from the crowd were wonderful and it was nice to hear folks saying "These groups made the trip worthwhile"!! The entertainment was arranged through Stone Soup/Shop the Frontier; so if you're looking for good entertainment when your group visits the area, call Shop the Frontier at 509-775-3217 and they'll work with you to make your event a time to remember!!

July Fini, August Rising!

Here's hoping everyone will attend the July 26 Picnic in The Park sponsored by the BPA and PUD of Ferry County during a planned power outage from 11 am- 5 pm. Vendors- if you want to vend, call Jayne at 775-3325! There will be hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks provided, with fun events for the kids.

Check out what's happening for August at the Republic training center by visiting www.stftrainingcenter.weebly.com.

Greg Pritchett of Kettle Falls, WA will be having a showing of his art through August at the SanPoil Gallery inside Shop the Frontier at 600 So Clark in Republic.

Free Dance Education Workshop in Republic:
From Cave to Cult to Community Hall:
An Introduction to Bellydance
Sunday, August 23, 5 pm-7:30 pm.
Training Center for Arts, Commerce and Technology
600 So Clark, Republic, WA
The ancient and ageless dance created by women for women and the heart of music!!
If you’ve always wanted to “shimmy like your sister Kate”, come learn about the various styles of bellydance in America- there really IS a style for everybody!!
Discover how modern forms developed from traditional raks beladi, how to recognize the different music that goes with each form and which costumes go with which dance style. Then, learn how you, too, can learn danse orientale!!
See video examples of the various dance forms, photographs of the various costume styles and hear music examples from the various styles.
Discover how bellydance is used today for health, fun and entertainment. After all, if you’re going to exercise, why not have fun doing it?!?
Optional: Bring water and brown bag snack. Refrigerator and microwave on premises.
Minimum 3 participants for class to run. Registration by August 20 REQUIRED.
To register, call 509-775-3217 Tuesday-Saturday

June Retrospective, July in Ferry County

Whew! Where did the time go?

June saw Prospector Days with a much wider range of activities than in the past few years. The city of Republic allowed Shop the Frontier to close off part of a street and Lyndi Grove (Thanks Lyndi!!!!) set up an arts activity for children- and the young at heart- to explore all aspects of free process art. Murals, fingerpaints, face painting, collage, crafts- all were enjoyed. Lyndi Grove will be creating this same new art space for next year as it was a resounding success. Dave Blanck and Cec Hamilton worked many hours together to make a special event even better. The "Main Street shoot-out" act was bigger this year, the can can girls performed, the parade once again brought the child out in everyone. The mining and logging exhibits were well-attended, children worked hard to turn out their animals for exhibit, and overall, the weekend was a celebration of good old-fashioned America, with many people from the town putting in time and energy to create the event.
Store fronts competed for "Best Dressed" windows (first place went to Tagg's Raggs, a local clothing store, for its historical display and second place went to Shop The Frontier, a local non-profit that supports rural artists in the region.

Then, on June 26-June 28, motorcycles roared into town for the second annual Motorcycle rally in Ferry County. Put this event on your calender, especially if you're a biker! Though the event is small compared to some motorcycle events, you won't find a friendlier town!

July has a lot of activity in store, also!
First Friday is celebrated by two local art galleries: Gold Mountains Art Gallery and SanPoil Gallery inside Shop the Frontier. Artists featured this month are Charlene Payton-Holt at the SanPoil Gallery, and Melody Laine Ferne at the Gold Mountains Gallery. These galleries offer a late night event the first Friday of each month, from 5-7, so be sure to stop by.

The big Fabulous 50s Sock Hop and Car Show takes place July 18 at the Wauconda Community Hall. Call 509-486-0709 for more information. Food, fun, music and more!
www.waucondahall.org/sockhop

Also catch the Friday farmer's market in Curlew, WA and the Tuesday and Saturday farmer's Markets in Republic.

Be sure to visit www.stftrainingcenter.weebly.com for classes and workshops offered each month at the Republic Training Center!

Oh- and for those who plan on visiting, be aware that there will be a scheduled power outage for the area on July 26, Sunday- but that's okay, because the local PUD will be hsoting an event in the park, with hot dogs, hamburgers and drinks, fun events, vendors.. this is a great opportunity to join in a real community picnic, so come one and all!! Vendors: to reserve your place, call Jayne at the PUD at (509) 775-3325.