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Charlotte County
EARTH DAY is joining our Celebration! Join us on May 9, 2009! ![]() See the Earth Day schedule! See the Arts Guild activities (even more!) scheduled for 2009 photos from A Celebration of the Arts May 13, 2006 April 28, 2007 April 26, 2008 |
and Celebration of the Arts sponsored by Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce and Charlotte County Arts Guild and Village Arts and Crafts and the Museum of Charlotte County Last updated February 2009 |
will be in the gymnasium and cafeteria at Central Middle School Charlotte Court House, VA PLAN NOW FOR May 9, 2009 10 miles west of the intersection of Routes 15 and 360 in Keysville |
Return to Charlotte County Museum Page |
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the Guild? Click here. The Charlotte County Visual Arts Guild, newly
formed in 2006, is dedicated to celebrating the creativity of
Charlotte County citizens. Please add your work to our show! Click here for exhibit information. |
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Friday, May 8, afternoon-set up, 4 - 7 PM Saturday, May 9, morning early-set-ups completed.
10:00 AM - Celebration begins
Work by students and adults on display Craft shows and sales Bedding plant sales (Horticulture classes) Demonstrations of various craft work Drama and Dance (RHHS Students) CMS and RHHS Chorus performs 11:00 AM -lunch sales, Band Boosters 12:00 noon - 3:00 pm Band performances 4:00 PM - Art Guild Celebration ends |
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Is the "Place to Be" 1. The county has an aquarium - at the local convenience store,
stocked with live minnows. 7. No social events are scheduled when the middle school cafeteria
is being repainted. |
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Link to: SLIDE SHOW FROM 2006 CELEBRATION |
9. There are three local doctors' offices - and your neighbor
will be glad to help you figure out what caused that funny rash. 10. There are seven local fire departments, all volunteer, as is the county rescue squad. 11. There are four branches of the county library. 12. The local bank never failed during the Great Depression. 13. The local high school was built in 1939 by the PWA, as a showplace for the state.14. There are no stoplights in the county. 15. You don't signal turns because everybody knows where you're going, anyway. 16. You call a wrong number and they will supply you with the correct one. |
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17. Traffic jams are caused when a farmer drives through town on his combine. 18. When two pickup trucks meet on a secondary road (one going east, one westbound), the drivers stop and chat about the weather, the crops, or where the wild turkeys are (Charlotte County's Information Highway). 19. There is also a public-access electronic Information Highway at the college and the libraries. 20. The average age of students at the local community college is 32. High school students are also earning college credits before they get their high school diplomas. |
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SLIDE SHOW FROM 2006 CELEBRATION |
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21. You can live in a house, with trees and grass in the yard, on a beginning salary. 22. You can buy a car and safely park it in front of your house. 23. The best source of news is to visit the local eatin' spot for breakfast or lunch. 24. You can order two kinds of iced tea, sweetened or unsweetened. 25. Café au lait means you put a packet of creamer in it. 26. The best source of great food is a church Homecoming. 27. You can have a conference with your child's teacher in the baked goods aisle of the grocery store. 28. The county newspaper is published weekly. 29. People read the paper to see if the editor got the facts right. |
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30. The classified section is only two pages. 31. The first New Year's baby was born in February. 33. The Amish farmers still plow with horses, shock their oats in the fields, and travel the roads in a buggy or buckboard. 34. After dark, go out and look up. Depending on the season, you can hear the frogs peeping, the birds calling, or even hear the corn growing. And the night sky is so large and bright - you know that whatever God that made you, holds you in the hollow of His hand. |
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Join us on May 9, 2009!![]() See the activities (even more!) scheduled for 2009 |
Central Middle School Charlotte Court House, VA PLAN NOW FOR May 9, 2009 |
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![]() Return to Museum of Charlotte County Page |
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