During the nine days of Dogwood Festival our community choir will sing, our community theater will perform, our community writers will host a regional workshop, our quilters, carvers and visual artists will showcase their talents, our school music ensembles will entertain us on the court square lawn and in a special 1811 musical performance, an OSU student string quartet will perform side by side with community vocalists. Working with stories and images from the past (in the 1950's gathered by the local History Discussion Group) and imaginings of themselves as they will be in the future, 3rd grade students from throughout the county will create banners celebrating our Dogwood Festival Bicentennial theme 200 years Moving Forward.

HERE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS

Music

COMMUNITY CHOIR SPRING CONCERT  Soli Deo Gloria: the concert marks the 40th annivesery of the choir and features a tribute to Coshocton’s Bicentennial Celebration offering several Early American compositions. 3pm,MAY 1@ the COSHOCTON HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM. adults $10 /students $5

OSU STRING QUARTET &Community Choir Ensemble. Who would have thought Coshocton was as old as Beethoven? And what sort of music was being composed in the USA at the time of Coshocton’s incorporation? Billings and Beethoven @ the Platform in the old PARK hotel lot , Main Street | 6pm, May 6 as part of FIRST FRIDAY CELEBRATION COSHOCTON TOWNE CENTER free

 

Visual Arts

Bi-centennial: Bringing the Generations Together Over 100 quilts will be shown at the Coshocton Canal Quilters Annual Quilt Show 10am-6pm, April 29 & 30; 10am-4pm, May 1 @ AGENTS REALTY  $3

200 YEARS MOVING FORWARD Coshocton County Woodcarvers & Erica Woodrum. Explore the history of Coshocton carved in wood and consider questions about a desired future presented by Woodrum’s photographs. Exhibit Opening. 5-7pm, April 29   @  the POMERENE CENTER free 

HISTORIC MURAL TRAIL  1pm-5pm, May 7. Coshocton is home to many historic murals. See all 9 of them starting @ the Coshocton County Career Center. A guide will be at each location to explain the history. free 

LEARN THE ART OF POSTER MAKING 3pm-4:30pm, May 7 @ Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum Grades 4 & up. Register by May 5  622-8710 free One of the most effective ways to sell an idea or clarify information is through an attractive poster. In the class What Makes a Good Poster?, Steve Mercer, graphic artist and owner of The Signmaker (also our mayor!) will leading the class through the process of creating posters to promote America in Bloom. Finished posters will be displayed around the city and at City Hall through July. Participants must register by May 5th. America In Bloom, a grassroots movement that connects people to plants through education and participation.

 

Theater

MY FAIR LADY ”The perfect Musical”  tale of Eliza Dolittle’s transfomation from her rough and tumble past to passing as a lady.  8pm, May 6, 7  and weekends through the 21st @  TRIPLE LOCKS THEATER. adults $10 /students $5

MAnthology | Gala Dinner Theater 6pm, April 30 @ POMERENE CENTER  Gifted Mime artist and Stephen Chipps performs his one man interpretations of what it is to be a man. Gourmet dinner created by Chef Cichon & the CCCC CULINARY ARTS Program $50 reservations 740.622.0326 or pomerenearts@gmaill.com