30^th ANNUAL REDBUD FESTIVAL TO KICK OFF WITH
ANNUAL BEAUTY PAGEANTS

        The 27th  annual Honaker Redbud Festival Beauty Pageants will be held Saturday, April 9, 2011 at the Honaker High School Auditorium. The Princess Pageant will begin at 4:00 p.m. and the Jr. Miss, Miss Redbud &  Ms. Redbud will follow, but will not start before 7:00 p.m.  The pageants are open to girls from all areas. The Princess Pageants are from ages 1 day up to 12 years old. The Jr. Miss Pageant is ages 13 to15 years old & the Miss Redbud Pageant is for ages 16 to 21years old. Both of these pageants are for girls who have never been married. The Ms. Redbud is for married women ages 18 thru 21 and married or single women 22 years and older. No floor length formal gowns will be allowed in the Ms. Pageant. 

        Entry fee for each pageant is $30.00. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students. Entry forms will be available at area schools & businesses. 

        For more information call: (276) 873-4375 or (276) 873-7393 or (276) 873-4748.

        The Honaker Redbud Festival will sponsor the First Annual One Mile Fun Run and Family Walk on Sunday, April 10th at 3:00 p.m., at the Honaker High School Football Field. The event will be held rain or shine. This event will benefit Splash Ministries.

        Individuals can pay a $5 entry fee and families a $10 entry fee, or can donate 5 cans of food (individual) or a grocery bag of food (family). All funds raised and food collected will go to provide food to needy local children.

        To register, e-mail redbudfunrun@gmail.com and fill out the registration form and return, or simply print out a form and bring the completed form with you to the event. Dogs and strollers are welcome.

        For  more information, call (276) 873-5187.


        Area bluegrass fans are in for a real treat at the 6th Annual Redbuds and Bluegrass Mountain Music Festival being held as part of the 30th Annual Honaker Redbud Festival on Friday, April 15, 2011. Hello Stranger w/ Dale Jett, the Jeff and Tony Brown Band and Uncut Grass will be appearing this year. The event will start at 7:00 p.m. at the Honaker High School Auditorium. Southwest Virginia is where America’s music began, and this year’s Redbuds and Bluegrass Mountain Music Festival offers a world-class lineup for your enjoyment.

        This year’s Festival is proud to have Hello Stanger with Dale Jett appearing as the feature act. Dale Jett is a third generation member of the legendary Carter Family. The son of Jeanette Carter and the grandson of A.P. and Sara Carter, Dale’s roots are heavily steeped in the rich Carter Family heritage. His group, Hello Stranger, includes his wife, Teresa, on bass and friend Oscar Harris on guitar, mandolin and autoharp. With Dale’s unique guitar style and his powerful vocals, Hello Stranger will provide songs that echo strongly of the hills and valleys of Southwest Virginia.

        Also performing will be Russell County’s own Jeff and Tony Brown Band, featuring Jeff on guitar, Tony on banjo and Erby Jewell on mandolin and fiddle. These guys have played with the likes of Blue Highway, Larry Sparks and the Country Gentlemen, and are some of the most talented musicians in the region.

        The third group on the playbill for the 2011 Festival is Uncut Grass of the Coeburn, Virginia area. This is a group that originally performed as the Brickey Brothers Band and reformed as Uncut Grass with two of the founding members, Millard Edwards and Darrell Brickey. Of special interest to area folks is the group’s fiddle player, young Jason Blankenship. At 16, Jason is carrying on the tradition of his great grandfather “Fiddling” Ted Powers, one of the best known old time fiddle payers in the region. “Fiddling” Ted and his son Hubert played all around the region as Ted and Hubert Powers, and Ted actually played some with Cowan Powers of the legendary Fiddling Powers Family of Russell County.

        Tickets are $10.00 at the door. Come out and support the Honaker Redbud Festival and this music. The show will be held in Honaker High School’s newly renovated auditorium with new comfortable seating and better acoustics. New Peoples Bank is sponsoring this year’s Redbuds and Bluegrass Mountain Music Festival.
        
          Call (276) 889-1778 for more details.



        The Bethany Baptist Church AWANA is sponsoring a Redbud Festival Breakfast on Saturday, April 16,2011, from 7:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Honaker High School Cafeteria. The fee for this All-You-Can-Eat buffet breakfast is $9.50 at the door, $7.50 in advance. Call 873-5875 for advance tickets, or they can be purchased at David's Grocery, McFaddin Associates, and Wallace Hardware.

        Get started on a full day of Redbud Festival fun with a big country breakfast, including biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, sausage, bacon, cooked apples and fried potatoes.

 

 

        The Ninth Annual Honaker Redbud Festival Bird and Wildflower Walk will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011, at 7:30 a.m. Participants are asked to meet at Slate's Campground to register and begin the Walk. Slate's Campground is located on Route 672 between Honaker and Blackford off State Route 80.

        The Russell County Birding Association will once again lead the walk.  Over the years walkers have sighted several raptors, including an Osprey, an American Kestral and a Red-tailed Hawk, as well as a Great Blue Heron, Wood Ducks, a Pileated Woodpecker, Pine Siskins and Yellow-throated Warblers. And wild orchids, columbine, jack-in-the- pulpit, blood root, and wild asters added more color to the morning splendor.

        Bring your binoculars, cameras and bird and wildflower books and join the fun.

 

 

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        The Twenty-fourth Annual Redbud Festival Arts & Crafts Show will be held Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 9:30 a.m. until Dusk at the New People's Bank in Honaker. The event will be held outdoors on the Bank grounds. Bring your chairs to spend the day. If you enjoy crafts and unusual gift items with good food available, this is the place to be.

        There will be a set-up fee of $35.00 for non-food vendors for a 12' x 12' space and a $60.00 fee for food vendors for a 12 foot by 24 foot space. Additional 12 x 12 spaces are available for $25.00 per space if paying before March 19. 2011. There will be an additional fee after March 19. Vendors should bring their own tents, table, chairs and cooking source, if needed. No electrical or water supplies are available.

        If you need further information, please contact Carolyn at (276) 873-4275.

 

 

         The Twenty-fourth Annual Honaker Redbud Festival Car and Truck Show will be Saturday, April 16, 2011 at the New Peoples Bank-Honaker. Registration will begin at 10:00 a.m. and close at 3:00 p.m. Entries after 3:00 p.m. will receive a dash plaque, but will not be eligible for judging or trophies. Winners will be announced at 4:00 p.m.

        All model cars and pick-up trucks will be accepted and judged. A special trophy will be given for Farthest Driven. Entry fees will be $15 on the day of the show. Vehicles can preregister for $12.50 by April 10, 2011. Please send your pre-registration fee to Jim Taylor, P.O. Box 1476, Honaker, VA 24260.

          For further information call 276-873-7304 or 276-873-4211.

 

 

  
        Come and bring "Man's best friend", and the rest of the "children" with paws, claws, beaks, feathers, hooves, fur and scales for the Redbud Festival Pet Show on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at the New Peoples Bank in Honaker. It's a fun show with classes for Adults and Children to show off their beloved pets. There will be classes for every pet. Registration will start at 10:15 and for a small fee of $5.00 you can enter as many classes as you would like for one price per handler. We will have a fashion class (dress up in costumes to catch the judge's eye). Other classes are Relationship, Most Unusual Pet, Special Needs, Trick, Obstacle Course, Hound Dog, Expression, Pet Owner Look a Like, Obedience, and Face Only A Mother Could Love. The Judges Favorite Award is for a pet that has caught the Judge's eye during the show. Trophies and ribbons will be given.

        Bob and Marcia Horne of the Siberian Husky Assist Rescue based in Bristol, VA will have a booth set up between 10:00 to 4:00 to talk about sled dogs and how to adopt Siberian Huskies. Some adoptees will be present. One of the dogs, "Cruiser", has run in the Iditarod in Alaska. The Blue Ridge Dryland Sled Dog Club is a branch of the Husky Assist and will have a demonstration using a scooter.

         For more information contact:  Diane Fuller 276-873-4411, Linda Fogleman, 276-889-5871 or www.siberianhuskyassist.com 
 

        The 24th Annual Redbud Festival Gospel Sing will be held on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. on the grounds of New Peoples Bank in Honaker. Arts and Crafts and food vendors will also be set up for the Sing.

          Admission is free, but contributions will be accepted.

          Bring a comfortable chair and join us for a great afternoon of gospel and praise music.

  

        The Twenty-Seventh Annual Honaker Redbud Festival Homecoming dinner will be held on Sunday April 17, 2011, at 12:30 p.m. at the Honaker High School Cafeteria. All area residents and friends, past and present, are invited to share in a great meal and a lot of fellowship. Cost of the meal is $8.00 per plate at the door, or $6.00 in advance. Advance tickets are available at Wallace Furniture and McFaddin and Associates.

        Winners of the 2011 Essay Contest will be recognized.

        The Redbud Festival committee will have several items on sale, including postcards, caps and T shirts, stickers and the new Redbud Essay book, True Tales from the Past, Volume 6, featuring Redbud essay winners from 2005-2010.

        Come and enjoy the good food and fellowship and renew acquaintances!


        The Thirtieth Annual Honaker Redbud Festival Canoe Race will be held on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.  Registration begins at 1:30 p.m.  The race will begin at the Blackford Canoe Access Area and. Canoes and kayaks will end at the Puckett's Hole Canoe Access Area on the Clinch River. The flat bottom boats will end at Karla Herndon Park. An entry fee of $10.00 per person will be required.

        This years race is a Poker Run with a $100 prize for best hand and a $25 prize for the worst hand. The race will end at 6:00 p.m. If a boat has not reached the finish line by 6:00 p.m., a final card will be drawn for it and winners announced.

        The Blackford Canoe Access Area is on Route 80 three miles south of Honaker and three miles north of Rosedale and US Route 19.  The Puckett Hole Access Area is about 6 miles west of Blackford off State Route 652, just north of its intersection with State Route 640. Karla Herndon Park is located about 2.5 miles south of Honaker on State Route 651 near the Hubbard Hole.       

        For more information, call Ray at (276) 873-5953 or Jim at (276) 889-1778.

Come join the fun!