Fete de la Musique

     France is known for their appreciation of the arts and music.  We saw this first hand when we spent our first year of marriage living in Beauvais.  We discovered that one day every June,  French cities "shut down" and celebrate the "Fete de la Musique," or Music Festival all over town.  Music of all genres and musicians of all backgrounds and ages could be heard on every street corner and in the center of town a main stage was set up in which the "main acts" played throughout the day.  It is definitely a cultural experience ( this video gives you glimpse of what I'm talking about). 

    We thought it would be fun to do a miniature replica of this festival in conjunction with the Bartlett Hills Baptist Church arts and crafts festival on Saturday, Oct. 20th, from 9-3.  We obviously love music and know that many of you do as well and we thought it could also serve as a great venue to spread the word about what God has called us to in France.  We'll have a stage set up outstide, and the pumpkin patch will be open as well so our version of the "Fete de la Musique" will have a "fall festival" feel to it that should be a lot of fun.  We will also have different booths of arts and crafts set up outside that will be donating a portion of their proceeds to our pursuit of the mission field.  We'd love for many of you to be involved.  Here's what we need: 

• A set-up and tear down crew to help with the staging and musical equipment.  (Contact Stephen St. Clair, stephen@bartletthills.net)  
• Different musical performances with hopefully a variety of people and styles of music.  I'm hoping for about 10 different groups prepared to do about a 20 minutes set.  You are also welcome to set up a merch booth outside.  (contact Michelle at chelle374@aol.com)
• We'd also love to have a variety of arts and crafts booths set up outside in which you could display your work and make them available for sale.  You can have the booth for free if you are willing to donate at least 50% of the proceeds towards our pursuit of the mission field in France.  (contact Michelle at chelle374@aol.com or Tessa Harrelson at 901-826-1460)
• Someone that can help develop some promotional stuff, flyers etc... for the non-Facebook crowd.  (Contact Brandon at 901-828-2815)
• A team that can help "decorate" outside.  (Contact Lisa Harrelson at 901-297-9165)

And like always, be in prayer that God will use this event to put us in contact with those He's calling to be a part of our support team.  Please let us know asap if you want to help.  God bless!