Arts in the City festival to feature music, ballet
From ballet to blues to Betters, the entertainment at Uniontown’s third Arts in the City festival plans to cater to a wide range of musical tastes. Judy Vrabel of the Uniontown Downtown Business District Authority, which is sponsoring the event, hopes to excite a few people’s taste buds with a lineup of food choirs that includes festival favorites and ethnic treats provided by more than a dozen local vendors.
And they will be easier to find thanks to a new map that clearly indicates where all the artists, demonstrators, entertainers and food booths will be located along Main Street in Uniontown from 11 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24.
The entertainment kicks off at 11:30 a.m. with Snap, a popular band that provided entertainment at the Storey Square Summer Concert Series. The band will perform until 1:30 p.m.
Joel Adams, a local bagpiper, will stroll the streets of the festival from 1 to 2 p.m., and Zen kicks off the afternoon entertainment from 2 to 4 p.m.
Legendary jazz trombonist Harold Betters rounds out the entertainment from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. to end the day’s activities.
The entertainment shifts to the State Theatre on Main Street for a performance of Ballet Lafayette from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
An added addition to the festival this year is the Five County Art Association Incorporated Juried Art Show, which will be held at Trinity United Presbyterian Church located at the corner of Morgantown and Fayette streets.
The association offers regional artists the opportunity to exhibit their work in traditional Pennsylvania settings. The show’s site is in a dedicated in 1896. Former Pittsburgh architect William Kauffman created it in the French Gothic style.
The interior is filled with many handmade embellishments. The most outstanding feature is the award-winning Tiffany windows introduced at the 1893 World’s Columbia Exposition in Chicago.
This is a perfect setting for the unique juried art pieces accepted into the second annual Five County Art Show. Admission to the event and show are free. A special guided tour of the sanctuary will be given from 12:30 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 24. This coincides with Uniontown’s third Arts in the City festival being held in Uniontown.
The food choices should prove just as varied as the entertainment. Among the all-American party favorite, Jeff DiMaio of DiMaio Sisters will be there with his hog dog cart. John Quarrick will feature pizza, fried dough, smoothies and lemonade.
St. George’s Maronite Church will serve grape leaves. The Uniontown Basketball Boosters club will feature cotton candy, candy apples and snow cones.
Angelina’s will serve up hot sausage sandwiches, meatball hoagies, beef sandwiches and salads. Ron Romeo of Romeo and Sons will feature Philly steak and fries.
Anita Romesburg of World Importing will serve up some of her finest foods. Chris Romeo will feature cannoli, cookies, fudge and biscotti.
Cindy Floris and Debbie Hulton will feature stromboli, pepperoni rolls, nut rolls and apricot rolls.
The information booth centrally located on Beeson Boulevard directly across from Main Street from the Children’s Zone will be easy for everyone to find.
A map of the festival area will be distributed from the information booth to show clearly where more than 50 artists’ tents, and the Children’s Zone, the entertainment, hourly craft demonstrations by Touchstone Center for the Art and the food vendors can be found.
Visitors should find ample parking in the downtown parking garage with free parking. Also featured at the information booth is a Chinese auction with donated items from the artists and craftsmen.