The 15th annual Greening Up the Mountains festival will be held Saturday, April 28, 2012, on Main and Mill Streets in historic downtown Sylva. A project of the Downtown Sylva Association, this is Jackson County’s largest annual event. The event is held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and draws approximately 10,000 to 12,000 visitors each year. This annual spring festival, named for the way the “spring green” creeps up the mountainsides, began as a celebration of Earth Day and has now evolved into a celebration of our local economy, sustainability, and traditional heritage crafts. Three full music stages will feature Jackson County bands, children’s performances, and heritage dance, along with the annual Youth Talent Show and more. Children’s activities include storytelling, face painting, an inflatable slide, the recycled materials Superhero Costume Contest, volunteer projects and more. This year’s event also hosts the annual Greening Up the Mountains 5K Run, sponsored by the Jackson County Recreation and Parks Department, and for the first time ever, a cornhole tournament which will raise funds for local charities. Vendor applications are still being accepted. Each year’s event centers around the theme of supporting local businesses, providers and residents as the best way to create a sustainable economy, and invites demonstrations, booths and educational displays from environmental groups, “green” initiatives and those focused on learning and sustaining traditional mountain crafts and arts. Local businesses and nonprofit groups are encouraged to utilize the festival as a way to build support in the community. Last year, vendor spots were sold out quickly, so complete your application soon! Applications will be accepted through April 15, but space is limited, and early registration offers a reduced application fee. This year’s sponsorship packages have been redesigned to encourage participation from small local businesses who want to maximize their advertising dollars and support the economic benefits realized by such an event. Sponsorships are being accepted through April 15. Vendor applications, sponsorship forms, 5K registration forms, talent show registration forms are all available on the DSA website at www.downtownsylva.org. Printed forms may also be picked up at the Town of Sylva offices, the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, and Signature Brew Coffee, all in downtown Sylva. For more information, please contact the event coordinator at greeningupthemountains@gmail.com or 828-586-1577 .

2012 5k Registration Form

2012 sponsor form

2012 vendor application

The 2012 Father Daughter Dance will be held Friday, February 24, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. The dance is sponsored by the Downtown Sylva Association and Sylva First United Methodist Church. Preregistration is preferred. For more details please contact the DSA or Sylva FUMC. The registration form is below. Please make checks payable to the First United Methodist Church of Sylva.

Father Daughter Dance 2012 Registration Form

Click here for additional details and sponsor information.

Father Daughter Dance Flyer 2012

The Father Daughter Dance will be held Friday, February 24, 2012 from 6:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. Please see the registration form below.

Father Daughter 2012 Registration Form

Please click on the link below to download the 2012 GUTM vendor form.

If you so choose, send us an email to have a form sent to you, call DSA at 586-8134, or come by town hall or Signature Brew Coffee Shop in downtown to pick one up.

2012_GUTM_vendor_final

This year’s parade was a wonderful success! Thank you to Paige Roberson and The town of Sylva, Sylva police and fire departments. Thanks to the volunteer board of directors of DSA and thanks to everyone who participated and put this whole event together.

Here is a link to a video by Sylva’s Jesse Romine. Jesse wrote, filmed and produced the video of the parade and was assisted by his Brother James Romine.

Enjoy!

http://vimeo.com/33481824

Santa will visit downtown Sylva on SATURDAY DECEMBER 10th (one week later than last year) beginning at 1pm. Folks may get their picture taken with Santa for a $10 donation to the Downtown Sylva Association. Photos will be at City Lights Cafe at at 3, E. Jackson St. from 1-3pm. At 3pm Santa will hitch a ride with Sylva Police to get to his float. The Christmas parade “Winter Wonderland” will travel it’s new route, from Chipper Curve Road to Mark Watson Park by way of Main St. at 3pm. Visit downtown early and shop around!!

The Community Table, a long-running Sylva nonprofit organization dedicated to serving nutritious meals in a welcoming environment for those in need, serves meals at its downtown location four days each week and provides food boxes for home use.

The organization has two fundraising events scheduled soon:

4th Annual Fall Festival
Saturday, November 12th from 11-2
The Community Table

Garage Sale, Bake Sale, Food Drive, Live Music, and Kids’ Activities, and a Raffle for a Massage from Fusions Spa. We’re accepting donations to our garage and bake sales (no clothing, please).

Olive Bar Fundraiser at City Lights Café
Saturday, November 19th from 3-5
City Lights Café
Join us for an afternoon of great food, music, and company for a great cause! Tickets are $20 and include your choice of one pound of assorted olives, cheeses, and antipasti, plus a live string trio, hors d’oeuvres, and cash bar.

Tickets available at Signature Brew Coffee Company in downtown. 828.587.6300

The Jackson County Public Library will host a daytime music program on the first Friday of every month, beginning Friday, November 4th from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., featuring the “The Lady and the Old Timers Band.”

The monthly performance by the band enables people who may not want to venture out at night to hear live music from local musicians. The Lady and the Old Timers Band is composed of one lady and 7 self–described old timers, 5 of whom are over the age of 80. They play gospel and traditional country tunes. Members include vocalist Delia Sears along with Fred Kirkland, Jim Hite, and Jim Brown on guitar; Carl Sears on bass; “Wild Bill” Jackson on harmonica; Robert Bradley on mandolin; and Roy Ramsey on dobro.

The group will play from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and looks forward to meeting Jackson County fans. The band plays regularly at the Macon County Library, but the First Fridays concerts will be their first regular Jackson County appearance.

For more information, please call the Jackson County Public Library at 586-2016. This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.

The Jackson County Public Library will host a performance by the Frog Level Philharmonic on Thursday, November 10th at 7:00 p.m. in the Community Room.

The group plays Dixieland Jazz, with a mountain flavor. Founded by Charles Alley, in 2005, the band over the years has featured many members of the Haywood Community Band. Playing with the Philharmonic are Mark Raines on trombone, Charles Alley on the clarinet, Jim Boyer on drums, Pat Stone on piano, Otis Sizemore on cornet, Jim Juhnke on tuba, and Mike Pilgrim on banjo.

Much of the music the group performs is from the early decades of the twentieth century, up through the 1930s. “We enjoy preparing and performing musical antiques,” quips Alley.

For more information, please call the Jackson County Public Library at 586-2016. This program is co-sponsored by the Friends of the Jackson County Public Library.

Join us Saturday, November 19th at 2 p.m. as we celebrate the new edition of
Camping and Woodcraft by Horace Kephart. Included in the new edition are over
40 historic photgraphs taken by Kephart and George Masa.  Many of these images
were recently discovered and never before published.  Also included is a
wonderful new cover image featuring the work of Elizabeth Ellison and a
80-page introduction by Kephart scholars George Ellison and Janet McCue.
Local historian George Frizzell will join George and Elizabeth Ellison for the
celebration at City Lights.

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