Market Weekend: Part Two

Throngs of shoppers flood Canton

Over a Million visitors flooded the town below us, but only a few thousand ventured up this hill.  That's in part due to the fact that most of what happens up here, happens at night.  However, low crowds during the day are also due to the fact that the word about the place is not getting out, any more. That's part of the role we've assigned ourselves... 


You've all witnessed how we have fallen in love with this sandy bump in East Texas.  We can't let it lose its identity as "The Best kept Secret in Texas".  No, sir, and we ask not for one dime, we just want the word to get out; we want stale and out-of-date websites that still draw hits at the top of search engines, to be replaced by hits that filter through this blog, by you, our faithful followers.  After all, this is about getting your attention, and trusting that if it moves you to do so, you'll not hesitate to pass it along to your own networks.  Hey, that's what a blog can do...


But for all of the ones that found their way up here...

LZ putting the final touches on her evolving dream

TWIRL! a Photography Boutique premiered this weekend and I watched, grinned and even twirled my-own-self as the vision that was only last Market Days referred to by its central story line: "Miss Lilly's Closet", metamorph'd, in serendipitous fashion, to become 'Twirl'.  Feathermaye Multi-Media even zipped together a really cool sign with Laurie's script design in lights that made the joint pop even more.  


Like a magnet people were drawn to the elaborate Zebra Tree set, wondering what, oh what, could this be... Then, about sundown on Friday, it took off as the first set of girls flooded in, chose outfits and got to twirling while The Divine Mz. Z, feathermaye, and even a reserve photographer (Becky Mottolese) put their creative eyes behind Mz. Z's designs and directions, and as spectators stood agape in the street watching, the dance that is 'Twirl!' flowed, organically, magically.  By 9:00pm Saturday, the artists were spent, dragging...


Be sure to check out Part Three in the next issue!


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Market Weekend: Part One

That's right, we rented this little Red School House, right
here on The Mountain: Current HQ for
feathermaye multimedia

IF you're just joining us, I'll begin by telling you that we are hiding out on The Mountain, here in Canton, Texas.


You'll also find several additional blogs here on the site about The Mountain, Canton, and what, exactly, The Herndons are doing on this hill.

The Texicans were in full swing:
led flying, pistols popping
every hour!

Now, for everyone else in the Posse...

Lecia's Designs were a natural crowd stopper...

We had us a root'n toot'n, shoot'em up weekend here on The Mountain.  Our guest Artist Lecia Zinna set up a small exhibit of her work and met many fellow artisans that love coming here, not only for the exposure to thousands of eyes during Market Days, but also for the camaraderie shared by an artist's contemporaries, regardless of their art, we all starve, we all crave the company of others with similar aspirations, however lofty, or simple they may be...


More about this weekend coming in the next issue!


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