The 2009 Music Schedule features:
12:45 - The Village Band
1:30 - Gilbert Neal
2:30 - Skeedaddle
3:30 - Nikki Meets the Hibachi
4:30 - Will McFarlane Band
5:40 - Tim Smith Duo
Other Activities
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Public Works Display
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Fire Department Display
1:00 - 6:00 p.m. - Police Display
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Plant Exchange
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Library Book Sale / Bake Sale
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. - Mother Goose
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Carrboro History (AV Room)
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Family Crafts
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. - APS Dog Drill Team
3:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Family Games
3:00 - 3:45 p.m. - Youth Poetry (Board Room)
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. - Poetry Readings (Board Room)
About the Poetry
Continuing a tradition that began in 1995, our Carrboro Day celebration will feature several distinguished local poets.
This year, the poets will gather in a circle, along with the audience. Each poet will read for about three minutes. Once everyone has read one time, the circle of readings will continue. The idea of reading a few short poems at a time is good for poems that form clusters or that would get lost if you read just one at a time. There will be at least three rounds, and more if everyone is having fun!
This year’s poetry reading will also feature a special ceremony recognizing the voices of Carrboro’s youngest notable poets, the winners of the Carrboro Youth Poetry Contest. Of the roughly 50 poems received, 5 winners were chosen from elementary, middle, and high school levels. During the poetry session, the young poets will be invited to read. The winning poems will be published in an upcoming edition of The Carrboro Citizen.
The poets will include Neal McTighe, Donna Spring Gulick, Nancy Kenney Connolly, Grey Brown, Catherine DeVine,
Maura High, William Stott and Ricky Garni.
Carrboro Day 2008
Carrboro Day 2008 couldn't have been a more beautiful day, with weather in the 70's and loads of great music and fun. We celebrated this glorious day with music featuring the Village Band, Oscar Begat, Password to Larkspur, the Obies, Stormfront, Gigi Dover and Big Love, and Grimball & Long. There were fire engine and firehouse tours, a public works display, an APS Drill Team performance, poetry, crafts for kids, games, Carrboro history, magic from Josh Lozoff, a visit from Mother Goose, a free plant exchange, the book and bake sale to raise funds for the Carrboro Branch Library, and our Community Art Project exhibit inside Town Hall. |
