Southworks 2008 Performing Arts Festival]

Southworks is another wonderful event at Rocket Field in Watkinsville. Please consider coming to Watkinsville this weekend.

Each year on Memorial Day weekend we celebrate the arts by bringing a variety of art forms to the community.  

Here is a schedule of the performing arts events. Please list/post on your web page or any other calendar or posting you can access. Also, send a note to everyone on any of your mailing lists. Print it out and share it or tape it up somewhere. But most of all, join us for a rocking good time.

SOUTHWORKS 2008
Entertainment Schedule
Portable Stage
Times Saturday May 24 Times Sunday May 25
11:00 Paula Benson - Jazz R&B singer songwriter
http://cdbaby.com/cd/paulabenson 		11:00 Prime Time Jazz - Athens Georgia's Premier Jazz Group. House band for the recent Twilight Jazz Festival Jam Session.
12:00 One L Music – Salsa/Rock www.myspace.com/onelmusic 12:00 Tropical Breeze - the professional extension of the Steel Drum Band at the University of Georgia http://www.uga.edu/music/steel/
1:00 Solstice Sisters – Three women harmonizing old world and new world music www.myspace.com/solsticesisters 1:00 Curley Maple - Acoustic / Folk / Americana
http://www.myspace.com/curleymaple
2:00 JazzChronic - an amalgamation of 5 diverse individuals working to craft you the newest sounds of rock, funk, soul and jazz.
www.myspace.com/jazzchronic
www.sonicbids.com/jazzchronic 		2:00 Would be farmers/Incatepec - Combining musicians from the world of eco-ethnic, poly jazz, and swag rock music. Combination of two local world music groups.
http://www.thewouldbefarmers.com/
3:00 Packway Handle Band - Flagpole Music Award Winner - Best Bluegrass Band 2003-2006 Packway Handle's strength is in its cohesiveness. Vocal Harmonies and string syncopations.
http://www.packwayhandle.com/ 		3:00 The Highballs - Standards to Oldies, 80s; 70s Disco to Rock & Roll
www.thehighballs.com
Sculpture Garden

Times

Saturday May 24

Times

Sunday May 25
11:30 Collateral Relations - Celtic / Acoustic / Folk
www.MySpace.com/CollateralRelations 		11:30 Jeff Soileau - Finger-style Acoustic Guitarist, lyricist
www.JeffSoileau.com
12:30 Sean Arington - Singer/ Songwriter/ Guitarist. Acoustic pop ballads straight from the heart, originals and covers.
www.myspace.com/seanaringtonmusic 		12:30 Porch to the People - Old Time Gospel and Blues duo guitar, harmonica, vocals.
http://www.myspace.com/porchtothepeople
1:30 Rose of Athens - “Professional Theatre; Community Spirit” will perform Snippets of Shakespeare.
http://www.roseofathens.org/
www.myspace.com/roseofathenstheatre 		1:30 Christopher Henderson - Rock Acoustic Folk
vocals, guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, melodica, harmonica, etc.
www.myspace.com/christopherhenderson
2:30 The Corduroy Road – Folk/Americana Kentucky-bred, foot-stomping duo with the sounds of a banjo, guitar and harmonica. Not bluegrass, not rock, not country, but somewhere in between.
www.myspace.com/thecorduroyroad 		2:30 Enghauser McMaken - World Music-upright bass, mandolin, turkish cumbus, appalachian dulcimer, guitar (one half of the Dromedary Quartet)
http://www.dromedarymusic.com/home.html
3:30 Doyle Lightfoot - plays anything from classic rock covers to music from the 20's. Stuff like Beatles, Jim Croce, Toto, Hank Williams.
www.myspace.com/doylelightfoot 		3:30 Justin Mark Caudill - Acoustic / Rock / Alternative
www.myspace.com/justinmarkcaudill

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