
(Greensboro, Ga. – April 10, 2015) Stroll the streets of historic downtown Greensboro at the 17th Annual Southland Jubilee this Saturday, April 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Since its beginning in 1998, Southland Jubilee has been downtown Greensboro's premier event, developing a reputation across the region as a quality heritage arts festival. Visitors from near and far will parade the streets of downtown Greensboro to participate in an array of family-friendly festivities, packed with arts and crafts, food, a classic car show, agriculture exhibits, children’s activities and live entertainment.
Southland Jubilee is excited to welcome many new and returning vendors to this year’s festival.
Southland Jubilee prides itself on delivering the most exclusive and unique vendors which will line the Main Streets with handmade arts and crafts and favorite-festival foods. Over 8,000 festival attendees shop for one-of-a-kind treasures that can only be found at Southland Jubilee. At this year’s festival, visitors can expect to find handmade jewelry, woodcrafts, authentic English toffee, dog treats, handcrafted pottery, children’s clothing, traditional festival food as well as red velvet funnel cake and authentic tacos.
Festival-goers can also enjoy live entertainment throughout the day at the Reynolds Plantation and The Ritz-Carlton Lodge Main Stage. John Dunn and The Jazzmen will kick off the festival by taking the stage, from 9:30am until 10:30am. The James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils (J.A.M.P.), the music academy from Augusta, GA, will take the stage from 11am-noon. The JB Musik Academy will host J.A.M.P. (James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils), a musical, instrumental, initiative year round hub designed for the youth to discover their musical ability to "Staying on the Good Foot."
Live on the Main Stage from 12:30-1:30pm, John Dunn and The Jazzmen will take the stage for their final set. Closing out the day will be The Savannah Webb Band starting at 2pm. Savannah is a native to Greene County and is the 2014 Oconee Idol winner.
The Greene County Fire Department and Greene County EMS will do a live extrication with the Jaws of Life at 10:30am. This demonstration will be held in the Farmers Bank parking lot on South Main Street. During this demonstration, you will be able to watch our local pubic safety worker use the Jaws of Life to open a car that has been in an accident and pull the person out of the car safely.
Not only will there be entertainment on North Main Street and South Main Street, Festival Hall will also house several performances as well. Festival Hall will have the Southern Spice Dance Academy and Greensboro Elementary students performing at 10am and 2pm. These students will dance the day way with their Jazz, Ballet and modern dance moves. At 12pm, Lake Oconee Academy’s (LOA) Jazz Band and State band will delight the audience with some never before heard pieces. The LOA State Band traveled to Thompson High School on March 18th to perform for their State Evaluation and scored all Superior Ratings in all categories. This band will be performing their State Evaluation program as well as many fun and exciting pieces that get the crowd ready to dance and enjoy all the festivities at Southland Jubilee. They will also be performing the public premiere of Let Your Light Shine. This is a piece that was produced by LOA students and the 3 time Grammy winner Deezle Harrison. Deezle has worked with the likes of Lil Wayne, Mary J Blige, and Jennifer Lopez.
LOA Jazz Band. This is a brand new performing group formed at Lake Oconee Academy this year. They will be performing hit songs from across the years. Some songs that will be featured are Crazy Train, It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got that Swing, and the Jazz Classic Moondance.
Back by popular demand, Southland Jubillee’s Signature dish competition will be held by the Greene County High School Culinary Arts students. Stop by Festival Hall from 11am-1pm to taste some delicious food prepared by our local high school. The tiramisu won the title in 2013 and in 2014 Chicken Salad won top awards. Who will be this year’s winner? You must stop by Festival Hall to find out. Festival Hall is sponsored by Farmers Bank.
In addition to the handmade arts and craft vendors, the younger attendees will be delighted with the Children’s Area. This area will include a rock-climbing wall, spider jump, bounce houses, pony rides and crafts of sand art and face painting, sponsored by Greene County Family Connections.
Agricultural exhibits will allow guests to hold small baby chicks, visit the petting zoo and other farm animals including calves, sheep and ducks from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Farm Bureau and 4-H. 4-H students will show off their skills of how to show goats from 9:30-11am and how to show calves from 11:30am-1pm. New in the agricultural area will be the peddle tractor. The peddle tractor will run from 10-11am and 1-2pm.
Take a stroll down South Main Street to view an array of vintage cars at the Georgia Classic Cruisers car show. The car show will feature as many as 150 antique, classic, muscle, hot rod and other special interest cars and trucks, stretching over four blocks long. Registered cars will also have the opportunity to win awards.
Southland Jubilee Headquarters will be located in front of the Greene County Chamber of Commerce office on North Main Street. Stop by to purchase your very own 2015 Southland Jubilee official T-shirt and to pick up the festival map and brochure. Jubilee Headquarters is sponsored by Angela Taylor Creative.
DOCK 103.9FM will broadcast a live remote radio broadcast and for all of your first aid needs, please visit the St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital tent.
Whether it is the live performances, arts and crafts, classic cars, heritage demonstrations, children's activities, your favorite festival foods or agricultural and antique tractor exhibits, attendees will find old favorites and should expect to find a few new surprises at this award winning festival.
With 8,000 people anticipated and Southland Jubilee is continuing to grow each year, it has developed the reputation across the region as a quality heritage arts and family festival.
“Southland Jubilee is the ‘Everything Festival’,” said Kendrick Ward, Southland Jubilee Chair. “Our festival has something for every age and is fun for the whole family.”
This festival is unlike any of its kind. Along with exposing visitors to the charm of Greensboro and providing attendees with a day full of fun, it is also a day that brings the community together.
This festival is possible because of the generous financial support from the local businesses listed below.
Reynolds Plantation, The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Lake Oconee Tourism, Angela Taylor Creative, Lake Oconee Landscape Association, St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital, Farmers Bank, Advanced Disposal, Georgia Power, TenderCare Clinic, Peachtree Pest Control, BankSouth, Dock 103.9FM, Lake Country 94.7FM.Oconee Women’s Health, Standridge Color Corporation, and Goodwin Manor.
For more information regarding the festival, please visit www.SouthlandJubilee.com
About Southland Jubilee
Southland Jubilee is the Everything Festival. A day-long heritage arts festival that takes place in the heart of historic downtown Greensboro. Southland Jubilee is produced by the Greensboro Better Hometown Program and the Greensboro Downtown Development Authority with support from the City of Greensboro. Since its beginning in 1998, this annual spring festival has been downtown Greensboro’s main community event and has developed the reputation across the region as a quality heritage arts and family festival. The festival’s goal is to attract people to Greensboro with the hope that they will return to the community and future events.
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Since its beginning in 1998, Southland Jubilee has been downtown Greensboro's premier event, developing a reputation across the region as a quality heritage arts festival. Visitors from near and far will parade the streets of downtown Greensboro to participate in an array of family-friendly festivities, packed with arts and crafts, food, a classic car show, agriculture exhibits, children’s activities and live entertainment.
Southland Jubilee is excited to welcome many new and returning vendors to this year’s festival.
Southland Jubilee prides itself on delivering the most exclusive and unique vendors which will line the Main Streets with handmade arts and crafts and favorite-festival foods. Over 8,000 festival attendees shop for one-of-a-kind treasures that can only be found at Southland Jubilee. At this year’s festival, visitors can expect to find handmade jewelry, woodcrafts, authentic English toffee, dog treats, handcrafted pottery, children’s clothing, traditional festival food as well as red velvet funnel cake and authentic tacos.
Festival-goers can also enjoy live entertainment throughout the day at the Reynolds Plantation and The Ritz-Carlton Lodge Main Stage. John Dunn and The Jazzmen will kick off the festival by taking the stage, from 9:30am until 10:30am. The James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils (J.A.M.P.), the music academy from Augusta, GA, will take the stage from 11am-noon. The JB Musik Academy will host J.A.M.P. (James Brown Academy of Musik Pupils), a musical, instrumental, initiative year round hub designed for the youth to discover their musical ability to "Staying on the Good Foot."
Live on the Main Stage from 12:30-1:30pm, John Dunn and The Jazzmen will take the stage for their final set. Closing out the day will be The Savannah Webb Band starting at 2pm. Savannah is a native to Greene County and is the 2014 Oconee Idol winner.
The Greene County Fire Department and Greene County EMS will do a live extrication with the Jaws of Life at 10:30am. This demonstration will be held in the Farmers Bank parking lot on South Main Street. During this demonstration, you will be able to watch our local pubic safety worker use the Jaws of Life to open a car that has been in an accident and pull the person out of the car safely.
Not only will there be entertainment on North Main Street and South Main Street, Festival Hall will also house several performances as well. Festival Hall will have the Southern Spice Dance Academy and Greensboro Elementary students performing at 10am and 2pm. These students will dance the day way with their Jazz, Ballet and modern dance moves. At 12pm, Lake Oconee Academy’s (LOA) Jazz Band and State band will delight the audience with some never before heard pieces. The LOA State Band traveled to Thompson High School on March 18th to perform for their State Evaluation and scored all Superior Ratings in all categories. This band will be performing their State Evaluation program as well as many fun and exciting pieces that get the crowd ready to dance and enjoy all the festivities at Southland Jubilee. They will also be performing the public premiere of Let Your Light Shine. This is a piece that was produced by LOA students and the 3 time Grammy winner Deezle Harrison. Deezle has worked with the likes of Lil Wayne, Mary J Blige, and Jennifer Lopez.
LOA Jazz Band. This is a brand new performing group formed at Lake Oconee Academy this year. They will be performing hit songs from across the years. Some songs that will be featured are Crazy Train, It Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t got that Swing, and the Jazz Classic Moondance.
Back by popular demand, Southland Jubillee’s Signature dish competition will be held by the Greene County High School Culinary Arts students. Stop by Festival Hall from 11am-1pm to taste some delicious food prepared by our local high school. The tiramisu won the title in 2013 and in 2014 Chicken Salad won top awards. Who will be this year’s winner? You must stop by Festival Hall to find out. Festival Hall is sponsored by Farmers Bank.
In addition to the handmade arts and craft vendors, the younger attendees will be delighted with the Children’s Area. This area will include a rock-climbing wall, spider jump, bounce houses, pony rides and crafts of sand art and face painting, sponsored by Greene County Family Connections.
Agricultural exhibits will allow guests to hold small baby chicks, visit the petting zoo and other farm animals including calves, sheep and ducks from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., sponsored by Farm Bureau and 4-H. 4-H students will show off their skills of how to show goats from 9:30-11am and how to show calves from 11:30am-1pm. New in the agricultural area will be the peddle tractor. The peddle tractor will run from 10-11am and 1-2pm.
Take a stroll down South Main Street to view an array of vintage cars at the Georgia Classic Cruisers car show. The car show will feature as many as 150 antique, classic, muscle, hot rod and other special interest cars and trucks, stretching over four blocks long. Registered cars will also have the opportunity to win awards.
Southland Jubilee Headquarters will be located in front of the Greene County Chamber of Commerce office on North Main Street. Stop by to purchase your very own 2015 Southland Jubilee official T-shirt and to pick up the festival map and brochure. Jubilee Headquarters is sponsored by Angela Taylor Creative.
DOCK 103.9FM will broadcast a live remote radio broadcast and for all of your first aid needs, please visit the St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital tent.
Whether it is the live performances, arts and crafts, classic cars, heritage demonstrations, children's activities, your favorite festival foods or agricultural and antique tractor exhibits, attendees will find old favorites and should expect to find a few new surprises at this award winning festival.
With 8,000 people anticipated and Southland Jubilee is continuing to grow each year, it has developed the reputation across the region as a quality heritage arts and family festival.
“Southland Jubilee is the ‘Everything Festival’,” said Kendrick Ward, Southland Jubilee Chair. “Our festival has something for every age and is fun for the whole family.”
This festival is unlike any of its kind. Along with exposing visitors to the charm of Greensboro and providing attendees with a day full of fun, it is also a day that brings the community together.
This festival is possible because of the generous financial support from the local businesses listed below.
Reynolds Plantation, The Ritz-Carlton Lodge, Lake Oconee Tourism, Angela Taylor Creative, Lake Oconee Landscape Association, St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital, Farmers Bank, Advanced Disposal, Georgia Power, TenderCare Clinic, Peachtree Pest Control, BankSouth, Dock 103.9FM, Lake Country 94.7FM.Oconee Women’s Health, Standridge Color Corporation, and Goodwin Manor.
For more information regarding the festival, please visit www.SouthlandJubilee.com
About Southland Jubilee
Southland Jubilee is the Everything Festival. A day-long heritage arts festival that takes place in the heart of historic downtown Greensboro. Southland Jubilee is produced by the Greensboro Better Hometown Program and the Greensboro Downtown Development Authority with support from the City of Greensboro. Since its beginning in 1998, this annual spring festival has been downtown Greensboro’s main community event and has developed the reputation across the region as a quality heritage arts and family festival. The festival’s goal is to attract people to Greensboro with the hope that they will return to the community and future events.
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