On Februray 9th, we had the inaugural Carrie Dickerson Foundation Quilt, Art and Music Festival. Here are some of the details as we prepared for the event:
The
First Annual Carrie Dickerson Quilt, Art, and Music Festival will take
place on Saturday February 9 at Lisa Regan's fabulous Garden Deva
Sculpture from noon to 8 PM. We will have beautiful quilts for sale,
auction or raffle, and show; artists' and crafters' booths; musicians
from the Black Fox Blues days who worked with Carrie to stop the nuclear
plant at Inola, OK, and our more recent activist friends who have so
fantastically supported the Foundation as we continue in Carrie's
legacy. We are thrilled to announce
Susan Herndon, Travis Fite, Rocky Frisco and friends from Cosmosis, M.
Tim Blake, Wheat Penny,Oceanaut, and more lined up to perform! More
musicians on tap to be announced soon. :-)
We will be raising
money for the work of the Foundation, which includes promoting
alternative energy development; supporting the closing of crumbling
nuclear plants and minimizing danger; promoting and supporting rail
passenger service in northeastern OK; standing with the clean energy
activists of OK and the region against the Keystone XL Pipeline and the
dangers of fracking; promoting an awareness and educating children in an
appreciation and love of nature, to help them reconnect with and become
passionate about their place on earth.
We will also be
dedicating a special quilt sale through donation of a beautiful quilt
for the children in Japan who have been endangered and displaced by the
Fukushima disaster. The organization we are contacting is http://www.save-children-from-radiation.org/. Please visit this page to see firsthand reports from Japan.
We will have light food and drink throughout the day, and we invite you
to join us for a celebration of what we can do together as a community
of hearts. We will ask for a $2 donation at the door, but no one will be
turned away! It is going to be a wonderful event, made even better by
your presence! ♥
The day was a lovely success with wonderful music, food, art, craft, AMAZING quilts and beautiful people willing and ready to work together to save our Mother Earth. We had a great day remembering Carrie and her quilting, her courage and her dedication to standing for the planet and her people.
We are already planning next year's event! Watch for date and details announcements!
