Arts, Music and Culinary Delights at Lavender Ridge
I've just returned from participating in the Purple Summer Festival at Lavender Ridge, in Reno, Nevada. The Purple Summer Festival has become the top art festival and is held on the third weekend of July, during Artown, when the city of Reno is focused on the arts.
Lavender Ridge is a lavender farm with a setting that is just perfect for a celebration of the arts. Owners Kristy and Mike Harris go all out providing the Reno community with a diverse selection of fine arts, culinary delights flavored with lavender and live music performances under the gazebo.
I've been fortunate to be a vendor with my PhotoGraphic Expressions since the beginning of the Purple Summer Festival. Each year the festival gets better and more exciting.
The highlights of the 2011 festival including the diverse selection of mix media artists was the lavender beer that was so refreshing on a warm summer day and the entertainment by the Gabardine Sisters and their Homespun Harmony Hour.
The Homespun Harmony Hour with the Gabardine Sisters: Joyce Furlong as Dinah Gabardine, Karla Bowman as Tulla Gabardine, and Annie Pinkerton as Nettie Gabardine, perform a "live radio show" with the call letters KQLT from the make-believe town of Cotton Creek. The back-up band House Blend with guitarist Riley Hayes and Hobart "Geezer" Gaddy on upright bass play accompaniment to the three-part harmony of the Sisters.
What a beautiful setting to enjoy the arts while sipping lavender lemonade by the cool waterfall that overlooks fields of lavender flowers. Lavender Ridge is located on 7450 West 4th. Street, in Reno, Nevada. (775) 747-3222.
To contact the Gabardine Sisters:
(775) 722-9877
Joyce Furlong
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it when I am drawn to an area and not knowing what to expect I get
treated to new experiences.
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