Texas Heritage Living History Day!

UPDATE: Texas Heritage Living History Day on September 25 honors September as Hispanic Heritage Month and as the birthday of the Father of Country Music, Jimmie Rodgers!

KERRVILLE, Texas—The Texas Heritage Music Foundation is proud to announce that the 22^nd annual Texas Heritage Living History Day (formerly the Jimmie Rodgers Jubilee) will be presented on Friday, September 25 at the Robbins-Lewis Pavilion on Schreiner University campus in Kerrville from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event, billed as “Another Way of Learning Using Stories and Songs,” will be open to the public and admission will be free. From 4-6 p.m. in the historical Union Church on the festival grounds the Texas Folklore Society and THMF will co-host a panel on the songs of Texas. All events are free and open to the public.

For Living History Day, more than 50 performers and presenters will be spread throughout the park surrounding the pavilion to both entertain and educate, including Aztec Dancing, Hispanic Heritage Tribute with Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox, chuck wagons and cowboy cooking demonstrations, teepees with Native American exhibits and stories, Texas heritage demonstrations, storytellers and oral historians, Texas singers and songwriters and many, many more. Central to the event will be the annual noon tribute to former Kerrville resident and “Father of Country Music” Jimmie Rodgers. Joel Guzman will add his accordion to this special tribute! Come and listen to the stories of Jimmie Rodgers as told by Tony Navarra while area musicians play Rodgers’ legendary songs on stage. Food and drinks will be available for sale at the event. A take home educator’s packet will be available to all teachers.

Friday evening at 7:30 Located at Luckenbach the THMF will pay tribute to Hispanic Heritage Month by showcasing the music of Joel Guzman and Sarah Fox. Recently featured at the 28^th Annual Conjunto Festival in San Antonio, Joel brings an original perspective to this music so important to our state’s musical history. Mexico and Texas have interchanged land, language, and music since the beginning of the distinction “Texas.” This performance will be a fundraiser for the Wayne Kennemer Scholarship Fund, and we are inviting other organizations to join us in this celebration! Call 840-792-1945 for more information. Terri Sharpe, songwriter now singing in Spanish and paying tribute to Lydia Mendoza will also perform. Joel will also be featured at the first THMF coffeehouse on September 2 at Schreiner University.

For more information about Texas Heritage Living History Day, go to the foundation website at www.texasheritagemusic.org. This event is co-sponsored by THMF and Center for Innovative Learning at Schreiner University.

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Texas Metal Arts at Gruene

WHAT: Texas Metal Arts - A Festival at Gruene

WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13, 2009

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 6TH 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.

• More than 30 select 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. Items vary from sophisticated to practical to radical and everything in between!
  
  
• 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 enjoy free music in that daytime at Gruene Hall, Texas' oldest dance hall. The E Flat Porch Band featuring Rudy Littrell & Duane Brown will play on the festival grounds both days. Gruene is located in New Braunfels, just off IH 35. Take IH 35 to Exit 191 (Canyon 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.

Terrace Grill at Riven Rock Ranch

The Terrace Grill-OPENING!

This is an exciting time for all of us at the ranch. The Terrace Grill & our Native Plant Garden Center is going to be open for business Friday, August 28th for lunch & dinner. This will be a "soft" or "introductory" opening with samplings from our full menu offered. This soft opening will be open for lunch (11:00--2:30) & dinner (5:30--9:00) on Friday, Saturday & Sunday, the 28th, 29th & 30th. Beginning in September we will be open on Fridays through Sundays for lunch and dinner during the same times. The Terrace Grill is located in our beautiful Native Plant Garden Center, complete with Koi pond, waterfall & by The Terrace Grill, a small water fall & stream which flows beside the covered & well fanned dining area. Our cuisine is designed to use the freshest Texas home grown ingredients (whenever possible)--some directly from the ranch's vegetable & herb gardens. Our chef, Joseph Brantley, has created menus to maximize the use of our outdoor wood burning oven & grill. This fun culinary experience enables diners to watch the process & smell the delectable aromas. Please join us for a delicious dining experience! For reservations, please call the main ranch number: 830-995-4045 or check us out at www.rivenrockranch.com.

Sunset Dinners

For the months of July & August we suspended our usual 2nd Tuesday Sunset Dinner. Our staff has been thoroughly occupied finishing up the new kitchen at The Terrace Grill, stocking it, working up and testing the menu items (we like to get everything "just right") so it seemed like a good idea to concentrate on that for these months. The good news is you'll be able to come up to the ranch for dinner in August at the end of the month anyway. We'll keep you informed regarding the future of the Sunset Dinners at the ranch.

New Look for our newsletter

Dear Friends of Riven Rock Ranch, (This is how I have always started my e-mails to you, so even though we have this whole new "face," I don't want to loose our personal touch.) The really nice thing about our new newsletter is that I can share photos with you. I'm always more interested in reading stuff with pictures since I'm a visual person and I hope you like pictures too. Please share your thoughts with me: What do you want to hear about? What would you like to see? What can we do to make your visit with us more enjoyable? What are we doing right? (that's the fun one for me!)

Hope to see you at Riven Rock Ranch and/or The Terrace Grill very soon!

Elaine

P.S. And, hey look! We were awarded the Fodor's Choice award again, for 2009! Isn't that wonderful?

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End of Summer New Braunfels Getaway...

It has been a long hot summer, but now it's almost over. We wanted to let you know that Schlitterbahn will remain open through Sunday, September 20. The weekend of August 21-23 is the annual Texas sales tax break weekend, making New Braunfels a perfect getaway. Hill Country RV Resort & Cottage Rentals is less than a 15 minute drive to San Marcos, home to Tanger Outlet Center and Prime Outlet Mall. Labor Day is Monday, September 7. We still have plenty of cottages and RV sites available that weekend. Please call now to reserve one before we sell out! Gruene Hall has plenty of good live music to offer in August and September. In spite of unusually dry weather this summer, the Comal and Guadalupe Rivers still provide tubing opportunities. For up to date river conditions, please contact these river outfitters directly: Rockin' R, Texas Tubes and Gruene River Company. Whether you already have taken a vacation to New Braunfels or still are pondering one, we hope you will consider a last minute trip to our resort and stay in either one of our furnished cottages or RV sites.

Thanks so much for reading this newsletter and feel free to call Bryan at 512-750-2714 for more information or to reserve a cottage. Sincerely, Hill Country RV Resort & Cottage Rentals www.hillcountryrvresortnb.com

Gruene Music & Wine Fest

23rd Annual Gruene Music & Wine Fest

to be held October 9-11, 2009

WHO: Presented by Gruene Hall and
KNBT 92.1 FM Radio New Braunfels

WHAT: 23rd Annual Gruene Music & Wine Fest

WHEN: Friday - Sunday, October 9-11, 2009

WHERE: Gruene Historic District in
New Braunfels, Texas

Proceeds will benefit

The United Way of Comal County.

Meet 'n' Greet & photo-op with Pat Green Catered dinner by The Gristmill River Restaurant & Bar Dinner entertainment by Pat Green Silent auction Wine tasting with special guest wineries The Great Guitar Auction -- Feel the energy and excitement in the Hall when guitars autographed by the very best Texas & Americana artists will be auctioned to the highest bidder. Limited seating -- Ticket price also includes admission to the evening concert. Proceeds will benefit the United Way of Comal County.

12:00 pm - 6:00 pm in Gruene Historic District Come spend a relaxing Saturday afternoon with us. Enjoy tastings with more than 40 Texas vintners, craft vendors and food producers and enjoy tunes at the Wine Tent. Admission price includes a Gruene Music & Wine Fest souvenir wine glass and five wine taste tickets. Additional taste tickets will be available for purchase at the event. Products sampled will be available for purchase. Wine is available for purchase by the glass, bottle, and case as well as select beer and sodas. Proceeds benefit the United Way of Comal County. Anytime during the weekend, visit The Grapevine wine store, located in Gruene Historic District, featuring the largest selection of Texas wine in the state for daily tastings.

1:00 pm - 10:00 pm We're offering a full slate of the best in Texas and Americana music, festival food at Gruene Hall, as well as a specialty beer tasting event & craft market on The Grapevine grounds. Tickets purchased for the Gruene Hall event include admission to The Grapevine grounds, or you can purchase a ticket for admission to The Grapevine grounds only. Proceeds benefit the United Way of Comal County.

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House Pasture Cattle Company at Frio Country

The House Pasture Cattle Company is located in the Frio River Valley of Concan, Texas. It's the center of entertainment famous for our mesquite grilled steaks, down-home hospitality, and Texas music entertainment. The House Pasture Cattle Company is a part of Frio Country Resort offering the following services and entertainment: Live Texas Music Venue and Entertainment Restaurant & Grill Cabins and lodges on the Frio River 18 hole championship golf course HP Caterings, Weddings & Special Events Private party services High Speed Internet

Concan is a year-round resort community. However, most area restaurants close for winter. Our grille at The Club at Concan is open daily until 5 p.m. We are also proud to offer private party services anytime for groups by reservation at 830.232.6580 or by e-mail: Bradley Hart brad.housepasture@gmail.com Come have the summer of your life on the Frio with the best people, the best music, the best in real Texas fun!