The Autumn and Arts Fest will kick off the 2015 season of fall festivals in the Texoma Area on September 19th in downtown Sherman. Sherman Municipal Lawn will be filled with arts and craft booths and vendors offering yummy fair foods. It is a lovely setting for this outdoor show with free parking, free admission and free entertainment all day.
Vendors will also be located along Pecan Street, Elm Street, Rusk Street and Mulberry Street surrounding the Municipal Lawn from 9 am to 5 pm. A Pancake Breakfast at First United Methodist Church will kick off the event at 7 am. The Sherman Education Foundation Fun Run will begin at 8 am. The Woodcarver Show and the Art Show both open at 9 am. If you are ready for a snack around 10, join in the donut Hole Eating Contest at the City Hall Parking Lot. Momo’s Doughnuts will be supplying the treats so come hungry!
There will be plenty of youth activities in the Kid’s Alley. T-Shirt Painting will begin at 9 am followed by the Teddy Bear Parade at 9:45 – always a crowd pleaser! Other youth activities include Face Painting, Tile Painting, Soap Carving, Cheerleader cheer class, and Pumpkin Painting.
Live entertainment throughout the day will be at the CBC Creative Gazebo, the FASTSIGNS Exhibition Stage or the City Credit Union Main Stage. First up on the live band agenda will be Classic Recall on the City Credit Union Main Stage at 11 am. After 5 Alibi will take the Main Stage at 1 pm and at 3 pm Timmy and The Naturals will perform. In between band performances, local youth will perform on the Exhibition Stage and at the Gazebo. Sherman High School Band, Choir, Orchestra, Drill Team and Cheerleaders will show off their talents. Other acts will be provided by Nautilus, Jill Brown Studios, Dance Explosion and Maxwell’s Tae Kwon Do.
Everyone’s favorite nanny comes to Autumn and Arts Fest as Theatricks presents “Mary Poppins” at the Honey McGee Theatre at 2 pm. The supercalafragalisticexpialadocious adventure is a toe-tapping show with familiar and new music, dazzling dance numbers and Poppins-worthy stage magic. This once in a life-time production has a cast of 28 and is accompanied by an orchestra of 13. Fun for all ages!
The Sherman Community Players will present “The Gentleman: Doc Holiday” performed by Wyatt Earp in the Finley Theatre at 5:30 pm. Admission is $10. “The Gentleman: Doc Holliday” was written by Terry Earp, in collaboration with Karen-Holiday Tanner. The closest living relative of Doc Holiday, Karen-Holiday Tanner is the author of the book “Doc Holiday: A Family Portrait”. The play “Wyatt Earp as The Gentleman Doc Holliday” is truly the real story of the west’s most famous dentist and his journey from one who heals to one who kills.
At 7:30 pm the Lost and Nameless Orchestra will perform at Kidd Key Auditorium. Admission is $15, kids and students free with discounts for Autumn and Arts Fest attendees. All it takes is a few notes for listeners to recognize this foursome is anything but lost. With original compositions featuring complex, turn-on-a-dime arrangements and performing histories dating to childhood, the members of this Austin-based band whip up an unforgettable sonic whirlwind wherever they play. Their sound simultaneously evokes Ireland and Appalachia, old-time folk and timeless pop, with an orchestral fullness. Together, they’ve toured several pockets of the country, including Chicago, New York and Portland, and continue playing an ever-growing list of festivals. The Lost and Nameless Orchestra is presented by Community Series in conjunction with the Sherman Department of Tourism’s Autumn and Arts Festival.
