SATURDAY 2/23: Eastern Shore Heritage Celebration Features Music, Crafts, Literary Open Mic

The Eastern Shore Community College Foundation will host the 12th Annual Eastern Shore Heritage Celebration 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 23.

Activities include lectures and live music performances by the ESO Arts Center.

Local artists and craftsmen will demonstrate their skill and many will have items available for sale.

The college student photography club, SNAP, will have an exhibit, and food will be sold.

Writers from all literary genres (poetry, fiction and nonfiction) are invited to read their work (3 minutes) at the Open Mic Reading from 12:30-2:30 p.m. in Room A-46.

The 2013 American Honey Queen will speak about the importance of honeybees to Virginia agriculture and how honeybees are worth billions in pollination.

Heritage Celebration participants include: Ale’s Country Treasures; Carl Allums; Barrier Island Center; Beekeepers Guild of the Eastern Shore; Peggy Christian; Coastal Crafts by Carmie; Copper Creations; Diana Davis; Department of Veterans Services; Jose’ Dovis; Eastern Shore Historical Society; Eastern Shore Quilt Guild; ESCC – Archaeology; ESCC – Electronics Program; ESCC – Race to GED; ESCC – SNAP Photography Club; ESCC – Veteran’s Services; ESCC – Welding Program; Kit Fechtig; Gertraud Fendler; Heather Marie Gladden; Sue Henry; Hickory House Publishers; Elizabeth Hunt; Ralph Killmon; Ed Kuhn; Carol Ann McGarrity; Patrick Morrison; Mary “Mama Girl” Onley; Paparazzi Jewelry; Dorothy Perrucci; Plan B Jewelry/Studio 107; Pungo Creek Mills; Jean Savage; Jenny Sommers; Armando Suarez; Martha Toner; United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Vets; Voter Registration; Mary Waldron; Waste Watchers of the Eastern Shore; Waterman’s Heritage Foundation of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, Inc.; Cecil Watts, Jr.; Kathern Welsh; Rehba Wharton; Gary E. Williams; and Vesna Zidovec.

Admission to the event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Laurie Swain at 757-789-1797.