May 16, 2008 Visitors Residents Business Committees

 

Artist's Booths Line Broad Street

QUAKERTOWN ALIVE!
presents

2008

 


MAY 17th / 10 AM - 5PM

THIRD and W. BROAD STS.

QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951

[See our Visitors Page for driving directions.]          

RAIN or SHINE: (Rain location: Strayer Middle School, 1200 Ronald Reagan Drive, Quakertown)

Come Celebrate the Arts in Upper Bucks County

Nearly 100 fine artists and crafters,
food, live music, carriage rides,
strolling entertainers & more!

Live Stage Performers

W. Broad Street Stage  

(Third & Broad Streets)

Miss Cindy's School of Dance 10-11 AM

Original Musical Artists:

Wayne Scott Farley 11 AM-1 PM

Laura Higgins 1-3 PM

Matt Duke Band 3-5 PM

W. Broad Street Stage performances
made possible by

QNB Community Bank and

Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

Sound engineered by D. Freeman and Sonlight Productions


Children's Courtyard Stage

(224 W. Broad Street)

Jonathan Swift, Magician 11-11:30 AM

O'Grady-Quinlan Academy Irish Dancers 11:30 -12

Wagstaff & Company, Puppeteer 12-12:30 PM

Jonathan Swift, Magician 12:30-1 PM

Wagstaff & Company, Puppeteer 1-1:30 PM

Wagstaff & Company, Puppeteer 2-2:30 PM

Children's Courtyard performances
made possible by

QNB and Univest


The Day's Events

  • Nearly 100 Juried Fine Artists & Crafters will be displaying their work right on W. Broad Street, between Front and Fourth Streets, and at the Quakertown Train Station (weather permitting)
  • Food, fun, and community group booths interspersed among the artists throughout the downtown, along W. Broad Street from Fourth Street to the train station on Front Street
  • Stop in the local retail stores and restaurants for Arts Alive specials or just to see what they have
  • Childrens Courtyard: 224 W. Broad Street, Sponsored by QNB Community Bank and Univest, featuring arts & crafts for children age 12 and under, plus the magic of Jonathan Swift, the puppeteering of Wagstaff & Co., Irish dancing from the O'Grady-Quinlan Academy, and Q-Bot character from QNB
  • Annual Bill Baker Memorial Senior Art Show, Sponsored by LifeQuest, at the new location for the Katie Stauffer Memorial Art Center, 223 W. Broad Street

Performers On Stage

 
 
 
 
 
Original artists entertain the stage audience at Third and W. Broad Streets
  • $2 Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides, sponsored by QNB Community Bank, boarding at Third and W. Broad Sts.
  • Strolling Performers: Giggle Mill Improv Troupe, Tootsie the Clown & friends, Juggler Extraordinare Dick Grainer
  • Children's Book Author Book Signing, Lion Around Books, 302 W. Broad St.
  • Bucks County Community College Art Mobile, Third Street
  • Student Art Exhibit, Quakertown High School, Park Ave.
  • Free Oil Painting Workshop, Michele Randell, (Ages 11-15) at Studio 116, 116 E. Broad Street (across the RR tracks), 1-4 PM
  • Automobiles from the Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships, Train Station, at Front and W. Broad Streets
  • Radio Station B101 BuzzBee and the Bee Crew, 211 W. Broad St., 2-4 PM
  • In-Door Flea Market, Quakertown Fire Company #1, W. Broad St. near Fifth, 9 AM-4 PM
  • Impromptu dance performances by Miss Cindy's School of Dance at the Broadway Cafe, 241 W. Broad Street
Dick Grainer Entertains the Crowds
 
 
 
 
 
 
Juggler Dick Grainer demonstrates the ups and downs of juggling

 

Sponsors

This day made possible by the work of our Events Committee volunteers, the Quakertown Alive staff and the contributions from the following organizations:

QNB

Your Community Bank

 

Bucks County Commissioners
 Borough of Quakertown
Univest              St. Luke's Hospital
Harleysville National Bank       
LifeQuest
Bucks County Herald    
Penny Power
               
        
 The Free Press
The Intelligencer      
Sonlight Productions Sound Engineers
PrimeTime A&E
Bux-Mont Awards
Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships  
GTS-WELCO

 


 
Quakertown Alive!