Wednesday, October 10, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Harvest Faire celebrates the arts
Sisters is an arts town —
and the Sisters Area Chamber
of Commerce’s annual Sisters
Harvest Faire is set to cel-
ebrate that status.
The Harvest Faire runs
Saturday and Sunday, October
13-14 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
both days. The event is located
on Main Avenue one block
north of Cascade Avenue next
to Fir Street Park.
Art takes many forms, and
Sisters Harvest Faire touches
on many of them. Fir Street
Park will be filled with music
from two of Central Oregon’s
favorite performers. On
Saturday, the venue features
Dry Canyon Stampede.
Dry Canyon Stampede is a
seven-piece country and west-
ern dance band. Their mem-
bers hail from all over the
Central Oregon area, including
Sisters. Featuring a stage-full
of talented and experienced
musicians and four vocalists
affords the band the flexibil-
ity to perform a wide array of
country music styles — clas-
sics to contemporary with a
blend of rockin’ rhythms and
moving ballads.
On Sunday, Bill Keale will
transport the Harvest Faire
crowd to Hawaii with his
vast repertoire of songs of the
islands.
From his early introduction
into Hawaiian music, slack
key guitar, pop and folk, Bill
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Shoppers check out the wares at one of booths that lined Main Avenue.
Keale developed a smooth
vocal style that has made him
a favorite in Sisters and across
the region. His unique guitar
styling and vocals are a reflec-
tion of his approachable and
personable interpretation of
Aloha.
Over 150 juried artisan
vendors will be present at the
Harvest Faire selling quality
handcrafted items including
pottery, metal art, photogra-
phy, painting, jewelry, cloth-
ing, furniture, home décor,
specialty foods and more.
For years people from
all over Oregon and the
Northwest have converged on
Sisters to celebrate the chang-
ing season with this festival of
handmade artisan goods and
delicious food. While Sisters
recognizes that it’s still autumn
and not even Halloween, much
less Thanksgiving, artists and
organizers understand that
the Sisters Harvest Faire has
become a destination for peo-
ple who want to get a jump on
their Christmas shopping with
unique, hand-crafted items
that can’t be found just any-
where or ordered up online.
They promise not to make
a scene about it if you don’t.
“The Sisters Harvest Faire
is a great place to find all of
those one-of-a-kind handmade
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Enjoying the 2016 Harvest Faire with her grandma, Hannah Winder admires
some wooden animal art.
items that aren’t available in
stores, and it’s the perfect rea-
son to visit Sisters,” said Jeri
Buckmann, events director for
the Sisters Area Chamber of
Commerce.
The Chamber also invites
festival visitors to meander
through the shops and gal-
leries of downtown Sisters.
Across town and not affiliated
with the Harvest Faire itself,
legendary wildlife and land-
scape painter Dan Rickards
will observe a tradition of his
own.
Dan and Julia Rickards
invite the public to visit their
Clearwater Gallery at 303
W. Hood Ave. on Saturday,
October 13 at 10 a.m., where
they will give away a compli-
mentary print of Dan’s newest
painting to the first 150 people
who turn out.
Dan Rickards will be at
the gallery on Saturday at 10
a.m. to individually sign each
print until they have all been
given away. Limit one per
family. Clearwater Gallery
will be offering special fram-
ing package pricing and a lim-
ited giclée edition on canvas
in conjunction with the new
release.
The painting is entitled
“Green Ridge Trail.”
Many people from across
the Pacific Northwest have
made it a tradition to come
to Sisters for this weekend,
where they can indulge their
taste for music, the culinary
arts and a wide range of the
arts and crafts that have made
Sisters an arts hub of Central
Oregon.