Thursday, June 20, 2013

Dead Fest

The Fourth Annual Dead Fest is coming up Friday, June 28, from 6 til 10 p.m. at the Brandywine Valley Association on Route 842 (1760 Unionville-Wawaset Road). I was there last year and it was a hoot, with the tie-dyed outfits and laid-back friendliness you'd expect from a crowd that likes Grateful Dead music. Among the bands will be Montana Wildaxe, Mallory Square, the Cameltones and Origami for Addicts. Tickets can be ordered online at http://www.brandywinewatershed.org/2008/template/Bva_main.asp. Proceeds support the BVA's conservation programs.
I wonder if anyone else remembers a program I went to years ago, some time in the mid-90s, at the BVA where storyteller Annie Hawkins performed in front of a hillside field of corn that was planted in the shape of a giant heart?

5 comments:

  1. That would be none other than my dear friend Annie Hawkins!

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  2. YES!!! Thanks for the memory jog!

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  3. Pleased that the spirit of the Corn Heart lives on. The Earth Art & story project was a collaboration w/ W. Gary Smith, landscape architect and artist. Gary designed the Enchanted Woods @ Winterthur and the "art-form" garden in Peirce's Woods @ Longwood Gardens. He is a former resident of Chester County.

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  4. Annie, that was a beautiful (and, obviously, memorable) evening! Thanks for commenting! I used to love your column in the Kennett Paper.

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