GREENLIFE'S OWNERS OPEN UP THEIR BURNSVILLE MAPLE CREEK FARM FOR PUBLIC MAPLE SYRUP TOUR

Yes, Burnsville has North Carolina's only commercial maple syrup farm. (It is also the southernmost maple syrup operation in the United States.) Come out on February 20th or 21st to the farm at 1641 Lickskillet Road for tours from 11:00 a.m to 4 p.m. Cost is $5 per adult; children - 12 years and younger - are free.

Watch and learn about the cooking process and sample the fresh maple syrup. Visit with farm animals, hike through the sugar bush, and visit the farm store for maple syrup, apple cider, grass-fed lamb, free-range eggs, antibiotic-free pastured pork, organic produce and other farm products.

The financially self-sufficient farm is managed by Richard Sanders (Master Degree in Forestry from Duke University and former manager of a 600-acre forest for Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa) and his wife, Molly Nicholie, who also works for the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project.

Be sure to see the lengthy article on this Burnsville farm in the February issue of Our State magazine, pgs. 140-146.

For more information or directions call: 828-682-0297 or visit their website at:
http://www.maplecreekfarm.net/

To learn more about John and Liz Swann's natural foods Greenlife stores in Asheville and Chattanooga: http://www.greenlifegrocery.com/

RIDDLEFEST - SAT, FEBRUARY 20TH

This event is not be be missed! There will be standing room only, so get there early!
Saturday, February 20 Tickets:$10 6:30 PM Doors Open at 5:30 Burnsville Town Center
The Traditional Voices Group Presents:
A Musical Tribute to MIKE SEEGER & LESLEY RIDDLE
Featuring, from The Carter Family,
Dale Jett with the Hello Strangers Band
with Jim Arrendell (‘Esley in the Parkway Playhouse performance),
Danny McIntosh, Rhonda Gouge and Mitchell Cannon, Ronnie
Robinson with Debbie Phillips, Ron and Minnie Powell and the Lucky Streak Band, Terry McKinney with Sergio Cassanego, The Griffith Chapel Choir

For more information on our hometown legend, Lesley Riddle:
http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/node/212. and http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090801/ENT05/908010315/1005/ENT<

For more information on Mike Seeger: http://mikeseeger.info/

A MUSIC EXTRAVAGANZA WEEKEND

BRING THE LOVE! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19TH
ASHEVILLE BLUES AND JAZZ SINGER, KAT WILLIAMS, TO PERFORM BENEFIT FOR SHORTBUS STUDIO IN BURNSVILLE

Shortbus Studio, an art program serving adults with developmental disabilities from Yancey, Mitchell, Madison and Buncombe Counties, is proud to announce the fabulous Kat Williams performing at our Bring The Love Fundraiser! The event costs $20 per person with all profits going towards the purchase of an adaptive van for non-ambulatory artists. Great food will be available at the show, held at the Burnsville Town Center Friday, February 19, 2010. The fundraiser starts at 6pm and ends at 8pm-ish. For more information or to purchase tickets in advance, check us out at www.shortbusart.com

(http://main.nc.us/calendar/events/1264294764.html)

For more information on the Shortbus Studio:
http://www.shortbusart.com/index.shtml

For more on Kat Williams:
http://www.thejazznetworkworldwide.com/profile/KatWilliams