QUAKERTOWN ALIVE!
presents
2008
MAY 17th
THIRD and W. BROAD STS.
QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951
Nearly 100 fine artists and crafters, food, live music, carriage rides, strolling entertainers & more!
Images of Arts Alive! in Quakertown, PA
Thank you to our artists, crafters, performers, sponsors, supporters and volunteers!
Photographs courtesy of Jason Moffett, Bonnie Houptand James Henry Wilson.
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 performancesmade 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 QNB and Univest
The Day's Events
- Nearly 100 Juried Fine Artists & Crafters displayed their work right on W. Broad Street, between Front and Fourth Streets, and at the Quakertown Train Station
- Food, fun, and community group booths were interspersed among the artists throughout the downtown, along W. Broad Street from Fourth Street to the train station
- Local retail stores and restaurants were bustling with foot traffic
- The Childrens Courtyard: 224 W. Broad Street, Sponsored by QNB Community Bank and Univest, featured 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
- The annual Bill Baker Memorial Senior Art Show, Sponsored by LifeQuest, was at the new location for the Katie Stauffer Memorial Art Center, 223 W. Broad Street
Senior Art Show Held at Katie
Stauffer Memorial Art Center
- $2 Horse-Drawn Carriage Rides, sponsored by QNB Community Bank, boarded at Third and W. Broad Sts.
- Strolling Performers: Giggle Mill Improv Troupe, Tootsie the Clown & friends and Juggler Extraordinare Dick Grainer delighted young and old
- Lion Around Books hosted multiple Book Signings from local Children's Book Authors at 302 W. Broad St.
- Bucks County Community College brought its Art Mobile Exhibit on the history of thread in our cultures
- The high school had its final day of the Student Art Exhibit on Park Ave.
- A Free Afternoon Oil Painting Workshop was run by New England artist Michele Randell for students age 11-15 at Studio 116, 116 E. Broad Street
- New Automobiles from the Faulkner-Ciocca Dealerships were at the Train Station, at Front and W. Broad Streets
- Radio Station B101 provided BuzzBee and the Bee Crew at 211 W. Broad St. from 2-4 PM
- An In-Door Flea Market was hosted by the Quakertown Fire Company #1, W. Broad St. near Fifth, 9 AM-4 PM
- Miss Cindy's School of Dance performed jazz numbers on the stage and later in the street at the Broadway Cafe, 241 W. Broad Street
