Selma, Ala. Daily Photo: Bobby Horton

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Signs, Signs, 2013 StreetFest

Come on down to StreetFest on Saturday!

StreetFest celebrates "All Things Alabama" and includes arts, crafts, children's

activities, farm-raised produce, a U.S. Farm-Raised catfish fry, live entertainment

all day (Grasshopper String Band, Morgan students' Harlem Shake, Morgan Singers,

Providence Men's Group and the Alabama Symphony

Orchestra with music composer and historian Bobby Horton.

Admission is FREE!

Linking to Signs, Signs and City Daily Photo Blogs

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

REVIVE the Arts

Selma will REVIVE the arts this Saturday with the third annual StreetFest

which celebrates "All Things Alabama." That includes arts, crafts, music,

food and produce!

I took this photo at last year's festival. which is part street fair, part catfish fry

and part classy music concert. This year's evening entertainment will be

the Alabama Symphony Orchestra's "Alabama: Here We Stay" with

Alabama composer and music historian Bobby Horton. Earlier in the day,

The Grasshopper String Band will play, and there are many more activities planned

at the Carneal ArtsRevive corner at Water Avenue and Church Street.

Linking to ABC Wednesday and City Daily Photo Blogs

WELCOME!

Selma is among the oldest cities in Alabama and has the largest contiguous historic district. It is known for its Civil War and Civil Rights history. The Battle of Selma was one of the last fought in the War Between the States, and the town was a center for the Voting Rights Movement in the 1960s. Today, with a population of about 20,000, Selma is the largest town in the western Black Belt region. The Black Belt, named for the color of its soil, stretches across Central Alabama from Mississippi to Georgia.