The Festival, founded by the Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce, will be held Friday and Saturday, Sept. 10-11, on N.C. 62 and several of its side streets. The Archdale-Trinity News is the premier sponsor.
“I’m so pleased that the community has supported this event for 25 successful years,” said Beverly Nelson, president of the Chamber and a past chairman of the festival. “I think it’s because we’ve been careful to preserve the feeling of community and put strategies in place to protect and ensure the local presence of vendors and entertainers.
“We believe in the spirit of this community and that the Bush Hill Heritage Festival embodies this.”
That spirit will be alive at the Friday night event, which includes a new component — a free concert sponsored by the Archdale-Trinity Merchants Alliance. Nash Vegas, which fuses country, rock, soul and blues, will play at 7 p.m. at the corner of Bonnie Place and W. White Drive.
Friday night fun isn’t just for adults. Children will enjoy the Big Wheel Race, sponsored by Allred and Co. Realtors, and a bike rodeo by Safe Kids Randolph County. Children should bring bicycles and safety helmets to the rodeo.
“With all the donations the kids will each probably get a helmet, but they should definitely bring their own to the rodeo,” said Zeb Holden, code enforcement officer for Archdale and the Festival committee member helping coordinate the rodeo.
The Archdale Bass Club will sponsor Casting Kids, a fishing game that teaches young and aspiring anglers one of the most important things — how to cast that line.
The Friday night line-up includes pizza by Domino’s Pizza in Hillsville as well as other food vendors.
On Saturday, in addition to all the vendors, festival-goers can enjoy music at three stages — the main stage on W. White Drive, the gospel stage at North State Communications and the children’s stage at Archdale Elementary School. The Part Time Party Time Band will again headline the main stage.
Not all the fun is on stage. Festival-goers may enter or just enjoy a quilt show, car show and 5K run.
The third annual Bush Hill Quilt Show, which showcases the area’s heritage, will be held in the historic Hammond-Ragan House, home to Ed Price & Associates, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The eighth annual classic car and truck show includes two new categories — import cars and antique tractors. The show will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the front parking lot of Sechrest Funeral Service.
The annual Bush Hill 5K Run, Walk & Talk, sponsored by the Carl & Linda Grubb Family YMCA of Archdale-Trinity, will be held prior to the festival on Saturday.
In celebration of the 25th year, the Archdale-Trinity News will offer a special section on the history of the festival. To advertise in this section, call Donna Prawel at 888-3596.
“In a time where we are encouraged and tempted daily with interactions outside our community, it’s important to remind people of what we have here — good opportunities, good places, good businesses, good folks,” Nelson added. “They all converge in this event we call the Bush Hill Heritage Festival.”
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Bush Hill car show expands to imports, tractors
The Bush Hill Heritage Festival Classic Car & Truck Show added two divisions this year — antique tractors and imports.
The official name is now the Classic Car & Truck, Import Car & Antique Tractor Show, all slated for the Festival set from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, in the heart of Archdale, along N.C. 62 between Main Street and Archdale Road.
The car show will circle Sechrest Funeral Service.
In the Classic Cars & Trucks division, Top 10 prizes will be voted on by peers. The division also includes awards for Mayors’ Choice and Best of Show. Kenneth Payne of Thomasville won the Best in Show award last year for his 1970 Ford Mustang.
In the antique tractors division, open to pre-1976 tractors, prizes that will be awarded include Best Restored, Most Unique and Most Votes by Peers.
In the Import Cars division, prizes will be awarded for the top three.
Dash plaques will be given to the first 75 to register.
Jerry and Connie Culler, members of Let’s Talk Cars, are co-chairs of the event.
For an application, visit www.bushhillfestival.com or call the Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce at 434-2073.
Wilson Insurance Co. in Archdale, along with Sechrest Funeral Service, sponsor this event.
Bush Hill Writers’ Block
includes Scott Forrester
Scott Forrester of Trinity has written “He Still Holds Tomorrow,” a compilation of inspirational Christian poetry.
Forrester graduated from Trinity Senior High in 1973 and joined the Marine Corps Reserves in 1976. He works for North State Communications and his wife, Elizabeth “Libby” Forrester, is a retired teacher from Archdale-Trinity Middle School.
They and their two sons, Dan and Sam, attend Life Tabernacle Pentecostal Church in Archdale.
About three years ago, Forrester woke up at 2 a.m. with inspiration for his first poem. Ideas kept coming, sometimes at inopportune times, until he compiled 65 works into his debut book. “He Still Holds Tomorrow” was officially released June 15 and is available at amazon.com.
The works range from poems about life choices and contemporary issues, like the struggles of modern youth and the homeless, to songs of praise.
Forrester will be one of the local authors featured at “Writers Block” at the Bush Hill Heritage Festival on Sept. 11.
Forrester has written more poems that may lead to a second book.
Writers Block is sponsored by Costa & Grissom.
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