2008 Harvest Classic to benefit Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation

October 24 - 25, 2008 - The Harvest Classic has been recognized by the readers of Ride Texas Magazine. Organized by Central Texas Motorcycle Charities, this gathering of Classic and European motorcycles raises money for Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation. We welcome anyone who enjoys classic motorcycles (from any country!) and scooters and above all, a good time. Our goal at CTMC is to have the Harvest Classic be the best rally you've ever attended and, most importantly, raise as much money as possible for this very worthy charity.

This year’s event includes:

All the fun of Luckenbach, www.luckenbachtexas.com.

Bike Show - On Saturday, the Harvest Classic bike show welcomes Vintage and Classic motorcycles and scooters of all origins. The judging is by popular vote and top finishers in each class win coveted one of a kind handmade glass trophies created and donated by one of the Rally’s Gold sponsors, Blue Moon Glassworks. We award the trophies Saturday evening.

Raffle & Auction for the kids - Make sure you get plenty of raffle tickets which are available throughout the day from Rally staff and volunteers. Tickets are $20 for 5, or $5 each. You must be present at the drawing held Saturday afternoon. On Saturday afternoon, take some time to view the prizes donated by individuals and businesses to help raise money for this wonderful cause

Bike Portraits - Also on Saturday, don't miss your opportunity to get a portrait of you and your ride taken by professional photographer David Omer.

Saturday Dinner & Moto Movie - For the first 500 folks (including all pre-registrants), rally admission fee includes a tasty home-cooked meal. All the food is cooked onsite in the biggest barbecue pit that you have ever seen-everybody loves the food at the Harvest Classic! After dinner, stick around and watch some fine moto-cinema on a 20' by 40' screen, courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse Rolling Roadshow!

Harvest Classic Charity Challenge - Come test your riding skills in the Harvest Classic Charity Challenge Trials Event and raise some money for a good cause! Registration for this fun event is open to all rally participants. However, this is an AMA sanctioned event and all competitors must be AMA members. If you are not currently an AMA member, you will be able to join the AMA at the event. Choose your level of difficulty—there'll be classes for all skill levels from Rookie to Expert (Rookie, Novice, Vintage, Amateur, Intermediate, Advanced & Expert.) Awards will be given to the rider with the lowest score in each class.

Sunday Morning Breakfast Ride - Depart at 9:30am for a short ride to the Alamo Springs Cafe, where we can finish off the rally with a nice hearty feed. Bring your wallet, because this meal is not included in the rally admission fee.

For more information or sponsorship opportunities, please contact info@harvestclassic.org.

2008 Texas Metal Arts Festival

WHAT: "Texas Metal Arts - A Festival at Gruene"

WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, September 13 & 14, 2008 from 10am-5pm both days

WHERE: Gruene Historic District at New Braunfels, Texas

ADMISSION: FREE

From red-hot steel to polished gold, you will find a full range of imagination and craftsmanship in the artwork at the FIFTH ANNUAL TEXAS METAL ARTS - A FESTIVAL AT GRUENE. Artistic Metal Work including fine jewelry, decorative art pieces, sculpture, fun and funky garden pieces and functional objects will be presented at this art show and sale.

• Forty Texas Artists, including blacksmiths, bronze sculptors, tinsmiths, silversmiths, steel sculptors and goldsmiths will present their creations for your shopping pleasure.
  
  
• Ongoing demonstrations will reveal the wide range of intricate skills, techniques, and tricks used by metalworkers to transform raw metal into Fine Art, Jewelry, Furniture, Folk Art and Functional Everyday Objects. These demonstrations will include metal working processes that have been handed down through the ages, as well as materials and methods from the space age. From sophisticated to practical to radical, it will be a "Red Hot n' Hammered" weekend!

• Visitors will be able to watch the jewelers cut, form and assemble metal into wearable art, a blacksmith making functional objects with a hot forge, hammer and anvil, and sculptors cutting steel and assembling large works of art for the home or garden.
  
  

The Festival will be held in the heart of Gruene Historic District at New Braunfels, Texas, on the banks of the Guadalupe River. Be sure to visit the unique stores, dine at a variety of local restaurants, and kick up your heels at Gruene Hall, Texas' oldest dance hall. The E Flat Porch Band will play on the festival grounds both days. Gruene is located in New Braunfels just off IH 35. Take IH 35 to Exit 191 (Cayon Lake, FM 306), go west 1.5 miles and turn left at the traffic light on to Hunter Road and go one half mile to Gruene.

First Ever Tug of War, "Tournament of Champions"

Tug Of War - Louise Hays Park October 18th at 5 PM
Sponsored By:
Clear River Advocates Inc.
The Rose Radio, Simpson Homes,
Hill Country Happenings Magazine
& Revolution FM
Put your six member men, women, teen and children teams together for Kerrville’s first ever…Tug Of War
“Tournament of Champions”

For information or to register a team
Call: 830-377-9838 or E-mail clearriver1@yahoo.com
Come to Louise Hays Park and see teams pulled through the mud. Put together your own team $ 10.00 per person.
The winning team members
Will receive Great Prizes
Free to the public


Teams may be made up of family or any association with origination. Proceeds go to C.R.A. for their on going efforts to keep the Guadalupe River clean. The winning teams have the bragging rights as Tug of War Champions of Kerrville.

Become a Cowgirl…if only for a Weekend!

The Silver Spur Guest Ranch in Bandera, TX - home of the one and only and original "Cowgirl's Weekend" - is very happy to announce the next event:

September 19 - 21, 2008!
A great weekend filled with fun and entertainment for mothers, daughters, sisters and friends, including: Trail Rides, Horsemanship Clinic, Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Western Entertainment, Saloon Night, Wrangler's Surprise Game, Rodeo Roping, Dutch Oven Cooking and Homemade Meals, Comfortable Accomodations.

All inclusive, plus tax and gratuity; for the entire 3 days/2 nights weekend: $325.00 per person. "Early Bird Special": Register by 8/16 and save $25.00 per person.
Minimum age is 11 years; maximum weight per rider is 220 pounds.
Call now for your reservations; space is limited!
Call 830-796-3037 or see www.silverspur-ranch.com for more information.

Billy Mata, Quebe Sisters bring on the swing to Pioneer Museum

One of the most dynamic music acts in Texas will make its debut in Fredericksburg at the next Roots Music concert at the Pioneer Museum on Saturday, August 16, 2008.

Organizers are anticipating the largest crowd yet for this show - even more than the record-breaking attendance at the July bluegrass concert - because the Quebe Sisters are bringing their red-hot act of western fiddle and harmonies to town. Considered a cross between the Andrews Sisters and Bob Wills, the Quebe Sisters are capturing attention across the nation for their vintage harmonies, triple fiddle riffs, and high-energy show.

The young Fort Worth-based sisters Grace, Sophia, & Hulda Quebe have performed professionally since 2000. They have already won fiddle contests, music awards and appeared on shows and festivals across the nation. This will be their first performance in the Fredericksburg area. Texas residents may remember them for the vintage TV commercial for HEB.

The evening will be topped off by Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition. Mata has performed traditional honky-tonk and western swing for more than 30 years. He fronts a traditional western swing band with true country fiddles, steel guitar, and a swinging rhythm section. The dance floor will be set up so his avid followers can two-step all evening to the classic songs of Bob Wills, Johnny Bush, Ray Price, and Asleep At The Wheel. Mata has been named the top Male Vocalist and Entertainer of the Year by the Academy of Western Artists.

Grounds will be open early for the return of the free jam sessions. Musicians of all abilities are invited to bring their acoustic instruments out from 2 to 5 p.m. for playing under the shade trees inside the museum grounds.

Gates for the evening show open at 5 p.m., with the concert from 6 to 10 p.m. Admission is $10, with tickets sold at the gate. Students age 17 and younger are free.

Catered meal for purchase from 5:30 until it is gone. Guests can also enjoy beer, wine, soft drinks, and water. Commemorative half-bottles of wine - with the popular 2008 logo - are also for sale for $10.

The Pioneer Museum is located at 309 West Main Street in Fredericksburg. Guests can bring lawn chairs or use folding chairs that are provided.

The final concert in the 2008 Roots Music series will be on September 27, and will feature Celtic & New World with the Blaggards.

Proceeds support the mission of the Gillespie County Historical Society. More information is available by calling 830-997-2835.

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Grace, Sophia, & Hulda Quebe will bring their close harmonies and western swing fiddle licks to the Pioneer Museum in Fredericksburg on August 16 for the next Roots Music concert. Billy Mata and the Texas Tradition also perform for the western swing-themed Saturday night concert.