from noon until sunset will be the closing day with the First People Art Festival celebration.  Click on www.plumtreemarketplace.blogspot.comfor current information on vendors & items.

American Indian artisans (pottery, wampum jewelry, textile art. carved dough bowls, watercolors, photography, First People Heritage print,  etc.) will set up at the Market Place where Tuscaroran Chief Hunt, Ms. Coharie and Teen Miss Coharie, dressed in regalia,  will be greeting visitors. Flutes, drums, and dancers will be demonstrating and inviting you to join in the dances at the grassy lot across the street.  
 
Local artists from the market will fill the porch at Plum Tree Bed & Breakfast (109 South George Street) with baskets, pottery, textile art, homemade soap etc. Produce vendors will provide special food items throughout the day.  We are grateful to the Arts Council of Wayne County, who will help sponsor the event through a grassroots grant from the Arts Council of North Carolina.
 
Grandpa's Children, Inc. under the direction of Dreamweaver offers the farmers' market and community gardens as a community project.  Plots for gardening and vendor spaces with canopies, tables, and chairs are offered at no charge  to any interested Wayne County resident.  Local produce, fine arts & crafts, and home produced items are sold. Currently, the Wayne School of Engineering is preparing 10 plots for their Fall gardens.
 
The Arts Council has only 2 more events celebrating American Roots Music in the New
 Harmonies exhibit from the Smithsonian.  Thursday, Sept. 16, 7:00 - 8:30pm speaker Willie Nelms gives an entertaining program called America's Music Down to It's Roots.  Saturday,
Sept. 18, 1:00 - 3:00pm bid farewell at the closing ceremony with refreshments. The exhibit and accompanying programs have been a brightly colored feather in Goldsboro's cap.  If you have missed the opportunity, please don't let this week pass without visiting the Arts Council.
 
Welcome and Good Luck to New Business:  NEUSE RIVER REPAIR & CAR CARE, located at 158 Old Mount Olive Highway, just off 117 at Mar-Mac.  Tune-ups, oil changes, brakes, inspections plus all car detailing services are offered between 7:30am to 5:30pm.  Repair phone 919-429-1261 Detailing  919-396-4681  Will pick up and deliver.  Towing services also available.  Whenever the farmers' market has an opportunity to help one of our customers with a plug, we are happy to do so.