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The Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commercepresents

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High Point Enterprise

Photographs by:Marsha Ellison

Michael HillElizabeth Saunders

Kathy Stuart

This special section was produced by the Archdale-Trinity News

in conjunction with its parent company, the High Point Enterprise.

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Schedules, vendor list and sponsor list were provided by the Archdale-Trinity

Chamber of Commerce, which organizes the festival.

All other items were compiled by NEWS staff members:

Betsy FeldmanDebbie Hightower

Robyn HankinsElizabeth Saunders

Kathy Stuart

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Bush Hill Bash6 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10

Bonnie Place

Bush Hill Festival9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11

In the heart of Archdale on N.C. 62

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sAturdAy schedules At A glAnce

Classic Car ShowThe Classic Car Show, sponsored by Wilson

Insurance and Sechrest Funeral Service, will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the parking lots of Sechrest Funeral Home on N.C. 62. Awards will be given at 1:45 p.m. on the Gospel Stage.

Children’s StageThe Children’s Area is located on Hillcrest Drive

at Archdale Elementary School.

Writers’ BlockWriters’ Block is located at the corner of

N.C. 62 and Bonnie Place.

Gospel StageThe gospel stage is located in the grassy area of North State Communications on N.C. 62.

9:15 a.m. ........................... Dalton Harmon10:00 a.m. ...... Zach & Rodney (formerly Blood Kin) 11:00 a.m. ........................ 4 Heart Harmony Noon ............................. Stills Family Band 1 p.m. ............................... Heaven’s Touch1:45 p.m. ......................... Car Show awards2 p.m. ............................ 4 Heart Harmony3 p.m. ..... Cornerstone Church Worship Group

Main StageThe stage is located on W. White Drive,

near Main Street.9:30 a.m. ................ Archdale Boot Scooters

9:45 a.m. .......................... The Farlows

10:50 a.m. ...............Magic Feet Cloggers

11:00 a.m. ............... Part Time Party Time

11:50 a.m. .......... Archdale Boot Scooters

Noon ................................ Easy Rhythm

12:50 p.m. ............... Magic Feet Cloggers

1 p.m. .................... Part Time Party Time

1:50 p.m. .......... Pride of Carolina Cloggers

2 p.m. ................................ Easy Rhythm

2:50 p.m. ......... Pride of Carolina Cloggers

3 p.m. ............................... Bad Situation

9:30 a.m. ................. Bryan Hebert’s Ju-Jitsu10 a.m. .......................... Ronald McDonald10:30 a.m. .................. Mountain Marionettes11 a.m. ................... Bryan Hebert’s Ju-Jitsu11:30 a.m. .................... Sam the Magic ManNoon ............................. Ronald McDonald12:30 p.m. ................. Mountain Marionettes1 p.m. ................................. Mad Science1:30 p.m. ............................. LemPossible 2 p.m. ......................... Sam the Magic Man2:30 p.m. .............................. Mad Science3 p.m. ....................... Mountain Marionettes3:30 p.m. ..................... Sam the Magic Man

Friday

Bush Hill Bash

6 p.m. ....... CastingKids 6 p.m. ... Big Wheel Race6 p.m. ......... Bike rodeo

In the parking lot of Bank of North Carolina

7 p.m. . . . . . . . Nash VegasOn Bonnie Place near W. White

Food and concessions will be sold on Bonnie Place near W. White.

Quilt contestThe Quilt Contest, at Ed

Price Realty on Trindale Road, includes viewers choice and judged awards.


Bush Hill Heritage Festival thrives at 25

The Bush Hill Heritage Festival has gone through many changes in its 25-year history, but its goals remain the same: to boost the economy, especially for

small businesses, and to celebrate the heritage of the rural Quaker settlement that became Archdale.

by ElizabEth SaundErS

The start of an ideaIn 1786, William Tomlinson, one of the Quakers who had moved to the Piedmont from

Bush River, S.C., bought land near Muddy Creek from John Hoggatt, one of the Quakers who had moved south from Pennsylvania. The Tomlinsons and other families who came with them acquired more land and soon set up thriving businesses: wagonmaking, leath-erwork, selling goods that came in from the coastal towns and farming. They starting edu-cating their children; Martha Haworth taught school in Josiah Tomlinson’s saddle shop.

Their settlement became the town of Bush Hill. The residents later changed the name to Archdale in honor of John Archdale, a Quaker governor of North Carolina during the colonial era.

Two hundred years later, descendants of those early settlers and a few newcomers were still hard at work. Those early businesses had gradually changed into furniture man-ufacturing, retail, grocery stores and schools — with a few farmers, horsefolk and dog trainers still in the region.

In early 1986, a group of small business owners were very active, holding seminars and working with the brand new Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce. Kathy Stuart, then the owner of Country Manor gift store, had low sales because of extensive street work that had blocked many driveways. Stuart and her colleagues wanted to attract cus-tomers back to Archdale.

Pam Morgan, then executive director of the Chamber, had been watching the success-ful street festivals of Asheboro and other cities. She, Stuart and other members of the

small business committee thought they could do something similar.

“We were trying to get Arch-dale on the map,” Morgan re-calls.

“We were trying to create an event that would bring all the community together,” said Ro-land Albertson, who was Cham-ber president at the time. New families had been moving into the area, and Albertson recognized an opportunity for local business owners and craftsmen to show off their talents.

Looking back, members of the Chamber’s small business committee became the first Bush Hill committee: Stuart as chair-man, Morgan, Jerry and Mary Wade, Tim Heilig, Belva Hughes, Dan Warren and Randy Holling-sworth. They learned from War-ren, who had researched the his-tory of Archdale, that Bush Hill

SEE HISTORY ON PAGE 6

BUSH HILL CHAIRMEN

1986-1987 Kathy Stuart1988 Roland Albertson1989 Debbie Coggins1990 Sandy Lanford1991 Sandy Lanford, chairman Bonnie Clark, coordinator1992 Dan and Denise Warren1993-1995 Jerry Wade1996 Brenda Hinshaw-Harris, chairman Jerry Wade, co-chair1997 Brenda Harris1998 Duane Church1999-2000 Mike Liner2001-2004 Stacey Senters2005-2009 Joan Rotramel2010 Joan Rotramel and Kim Cates


had been settled in 1786. The upcoming event became a bicentennial celebration.

“We have a rich heritage here,” says Albertson. He and the others wanted residents to know about their history.

The idea turns into a celebrationThe committee had to learn as they went — none of them

had done anything like this before. They found vendors and sponsors, coordinated with city officials and police, recruited volunteers and got the word out. New Chamber Executive Director Bill Davis and the Jaycees coordinated entertainment, using a flat-bed truck as a stage.

Warren and Betty Leach Brown created a display about Archdale’s history, set up in the old Randolph Commu-nity College Extension building near Archdale Elementary School. Children read from oral histories they had gath-ered from “old people.”

Trinity High School graduate Starr Ayers donated her artwork to commemorate the bicentennial. The Chamber sold limited-edition prints of “In Thy Presence,” which de-picted a Quaker girl communing “in the Light.”

People came out to Bush Hill Bicentennial Celebration on Sept. 20, 1986. They saw the history displays, shopped among the crafts and ate traditional foods — like barbe-cue and bake sale goodies. Chamber members, churches, historians and civic groups and businesses all worked to-

gether to pull the festival off.

Let’s do this again!The Bicentennial Celebration was so successful, the

Chamber decided to turn it into an annual event.It was named the “Bush Hill Heritage Festival” and at-

tracted more than 7,000 people and 70 artists and crafts-men its second year. In 1995, the date was changed from the third Saturday in September to the second because of competing festivals in the Piedmont.

Except for a few years where rain dampened attendance — including Hurricane Gilbert in 1988 — the festival has grown every year. This year, the Chamber anticipates 200 vendors and 25,000 attendees. The Festival was included in the latest list of the top 20 events in the Southeast by the Atlanta-based Southeast Tourism Society.

The event became a fundraiser for the Chamber by about 1991, to help pay for staff and events throughout the year. Nonprofit organizations and original craftsmen get a break on the booth fee.

The Festival has grown and changed with the commu-nity and with the times, but the heart of the fall street festi-val has remained the same. Crafters use the event not only to sell their wares, but also for Christian outreach, to fund Boy Scout trips and to enjoy a hobby of making things after their day jobs.

Whether with crafts or food, civic groups make money to fund their programs as well. Politicians meet people and shake hands. Neighbors sit in the shade and catch up.

For several years, hot air balloon rides gave people a bird’s eye view of Archdale. A ferris wheel gave them a lift another year.

The historical theme has taken various turns throughout the years — from a collaboration with Duke University for its 1988 sesquicentennial celebration to Heritage Hall displays and 2009’s Fabulous Friday at Archdale Friends Meeting.

A 5K race was added in 1996. Children’s events and music have been included since

the beginning. Kids have enjoyed the bungee jump and gi-ant slides as their smaller siblings enjoyed the pony rides. Big Wheel races started in 2006.

Alive and thrivingOne year, when it rained, a vendor put away his sunglasses

and started selling umbrellas. The Festival’s organizers try to incorporate that kind of innovation into their planning.

For example, the Festival has included a Friday night event since 2007. Formerly at Creekside Park, this year’s music and family fun, “Bush Hill Bash,” will be consolidated around Bonnie Place and White Drive.

“We’re careful to preserve the hometown feel of the

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Bush Hill Heritage Festival,” said Bev-erly Nelson, Chamber president. “We’re also very aware of how the community has changed. We have tried to be adaptive and flexible to design events that mirror those changes.”

The two-day event not only extends the fun, but also brings traffic to hotels — hotels that didn’t exist when the Festival started.

“We’re always asking people, what would you like to see?” she explained.

Nelson has used surveys to get local

input and she monitors other festivals and regional trends.

“People wanted more entertainment and the Friday night event offers that in a re-laxed, pre-festival venue.

“The Festival is a living, breathing event with 25,000 heartbeats,” said Stuart, who has watched it from the standpoint of organizer, board member of local charities and NEWS editor.

“Every chairman has brought a new as-pect to it and it just gets better and better.”

Festival to mark anniversary with time capsule

As part of its 25th anniversary cel-ebration of the Bush Hill Heritage

Festival, a time capsule will be buried at Creekside Park.

by rObyn hanKinS

The time capsule is sponsored by KI-High Point, a furniture manufacturer, un-der the direction of Danny Hankins.

Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce President Beverly Nelson said the time cap-sule will hold festival memorabilia.

“We’ll be including a proclamation from the city of Archdale, the Bush Hill tab section from the NEWS, this year’s festival

T-shirt and the new directory of Chamber members,” Nelson said.

The capsule will be filled during the Festival’s opening ceremonies on Satur-day, Sept. 11, but will be buried at Creek-side Park, on protected land, at a later date. A plaque will mark the spot where the cap-sule is buried.

“We’ll also include a collective letter from this year’s Festival Committee to the committee of 2035, as well as additional memorabilia from the first festival, includ-ing a print of ‘In Thy Presence’ by Starr Ayers,” Nelson added.

“In Thy Presence” is a pointillism draw-ing made especially for the first Bush Hill Heritage Festival in 1986.

2010 Festival CommitteeCo-chairs

Joan Rotramel ........... A Therapeutic TouchKim Cates ......... Domino’s Pizza in Hillsville

MembersJerry Culler .............. Stone Printing

Connie Culler ....... President of COAT

Phyllis East .............Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce

Rich Guilliouma ..community volunteer

Danny Hankins ........... KI-High Point

Robyn Hankins . Archdale-Trinity News

Marty Heim ............... Marty Designs

Zeb Holden ............. City of Archdale

Carole Hudgens ...... Waste Industries

Roger Marcum ........ Waste Industries

Lorrie McCrosky .. Music with Miss Lorrie

Beverly Nelson ........ Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce president

Tonia Stephenson ..... Salvation Army

Boys & Girls Club

Bert Lance-Stone .. Mayor of Archdale

Kathy Stuart ..... Archdale-Trinity News

Gwen Taylor .. Communities In SchoolsSabrina Williford ................... RBC

FESTIVAL HISTORY Continued from page 6


Merchants sponsor

Nash Vegas The Merchants Alliance, an af-

filiate of the Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce, will sponsor a free concert during Bush Hill Bash, set for 6 p.m. on Bonnie Place.

The Alliance will sponsor the band Nash Vegas, who will perform at 7 p.m.

“We feel like it is a great opportunity to be a part of this first ever street party cel-ebration here in Archdale,” said Stan Reid of Archdale Bakery and a member of the Alliance. “We also see it as a way that we as businesses can give back to the com-munities and the people who support us.”

Bush Hill Bash also includes Cast-ingKids, a bike rodeo and the Big Wheel race. Food and beverages will be sold.

Those attending should bring a blan-ket or lawn chair, said organizers.

American GraphicsArchdale Bakery

Archdale Office SupplyAngel Beach

AVON Beauty CenterChristy Crumpler

Stan Byrd Realty

Gray’s JewelryMommy & Me

PB&JRBC

The Wet Whistle

Friday night includes Big Wheel® raceThe fifth annual Big Wheel®

race, sponsored by Allred & Co. Realtors, is totally free.

The race, open to kids ages 3 to 6, will be held during Bush Hill Bash, Sept. 10, in the parking lot of Bank of North Carolina at the corner of Bon-nie Place and N.C. 62.

The event is open to the first 300 kids to register and if spots are avail-

able, registrations will be accepted on the day of the race.

Application forms are available at www.bushhillfestival.com or at All-red & Co. Realtors at 4704 Archdale Road, on the corner of Don Avenue and Archdale Road.

Completed forms should be taken to the Allred & Co. Realtors.

Boys and girls race separately. Tro-phies are awarded to first, second and

third place winners in each age group for boys and girls. Ten participants — five boys and five girls — will win Big Wheels through a drawing.

“We love giving back to the com-munity and this is a way that we can do this by offering something fun and free for kids to do on a Friday night,” said Allred.

“It is a very exciting and energetic event that we simply love doing be-cause it makes you feel so good!”

Race times6:30 p.m. 3-year-olds6:45 p.m. 4-year-olds7:00 p.m. 5-year-olds 7:15 p.m. 6-year-olds

7:30 p.m. Awards


Archdale Bass Club offers CastingKids

Archdale Bass Club for the first year will offer Cast-ingKids, a free fishing game that teaches young, as-

piring anglers one of the most important things — how to cast that line.

The game will be held in con-junction with Bush Hill Bash, Friday, Sept. 10, in the Bank

of North Carolina parking lot on Bonnie Place in Archdale.

According to NEWS columnist Bill Frazier of Archdale Bass Club, the challenge of the game is to flip, pitch and cast a line with accuracy. Mastering these three techniques will give any angler the skills they need to present lures and catch bass.

“The kids will be casting at targets,” Frazier said. “We’ll have two lanes going and all they need to do is show up.”

Trophies will be awarded to first, second and third place win-ners in each age group. A fishing rod will be presented to the top angler in each category.

“We just want to get kids interested in fishing,” Frazier added.

Bike rodeo gears upSafeKids Randolph County will hold a bike rodeo at

Bush Hill Bash on Friday, Sept. 10, the evening before the Bush Hill Heritage Festival.

The rodeo will be held in the Bank of North Carolina parking lot on Bonnie Place, just off of N.C. 62.

According to SafeKids, a bike rodeo is an opportunity for kids to learn the basics about bike safety in addition to bike maintenance, helmet safety and biking laws. Prizes such as bike helmets and blinking safety lights will be awarded.

No advanced registration is required, but kids should bring their own bikes and helmets.

The rodeo begins at 6 p.m.

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Diaper changing station at Ed PriceRealty

Ed Price Realtors will offer a baby chang-ing station in its office on N.C. 62.

They also will use the station for two ad-ditional good causes — to collect donations of disposable diapers for the Family Cri-sis Center in Archdale and the Baby Basics Closet of the YWCA, which serves the Arch-dale-Trinity area from its High Point office.

The office, beside Archdale Friends Meeting, also will house the Quilt Contest & Show.

Part Time Party Time still Main Stage favorite

The Main Stage of the Bush Hill Heritage Festival will feature

the Part Time Party Time Band in two performances — 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saturday Sept. 11.

The band, whose members hail from the Triad area, formed in 1980 and has been performing throughout the southeastern United States ever

since. Featuring vocals, guitars, trumpets,

drums, bass, keyboard and trombone, the band’s music focuses on the beach music genre.

The Part Time Party Time Band has released several albums including “Don’t Turn my Music Down,” “Beach Access,” “Back To Basics” and, most recently, “Back to Your Lovin’.” The Part Time Party Time Band

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Main StageThe stage is on W. White Drive, near Main Street.

9:30 a.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Archdale Boot Scooters9:45 a.m. ............................ The Farlows10:50 a.m. ................ Magic Feet Cloggers11:00 a.m. ................ Part Time Party Time 11:50 a.m. ............. Archdale Boot ScootersNoon ................................ Easy Rhythm12:50 p.m. ................ Magic Feet Cloggers1 p.m. ...................... Part Time Party Time 1:50 p.m. ........... Pride of Carolina Cloggers 2 p.m. ................................ Easy Rhythm2:50 p.m. ........... Pride of Carolina Cloggers3 p.m. ............................... Bad Situation

Car show seeks entries

Enthusiasts may enter the eighth annual Bush Hill Heritage Festival Classic Car & Truck, Antique Trac-tor and Import Car Show on the day of the Festival — Saturday, Sept. 11.

Same day registration must be completed by 10 a.m. The show will end at 4 p.m. and awards will be given at 1:45 p.m.

The show will be held at Sechrest Funeral Service, 120 Trindale Road.

Prizes will be awarded for the top 10 (voted on by peers), Mayors’ Choice and Best of Show in the classic cars and trucks division.

This year two catego-ries were added — antique tractors and import cars. Antique tractors must be pre-1976. Prizes will be awarded for Best Restored, Most Unique and Most Votes by Peers.

Prizes will be awarded for top three imports.

Dash plaques will be giv-en to the first 75 to register.

Pre-registration is $12 per vehicle or $15 per ve-hicle the day of the event.

Sponsors include Wil-son Insurance and Sechrest Funeral Service.

Jerry and Connie Culler

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Stills Family Band will amaze crowds

With the first three notes of “Amaz-ing Grace,” 7-year-old Kayleigh

Stills can quiet a room — or a Festival.The youngster, along with her 3-year-

old brother Noah, will perform on the Festival’s Gospel Stage with the Stills Family Band from noon to 12:45 p.m.

Kayleigh amazes crowds and has placed in several fid-dler’s conventions. Noah sings “Amazing Grace” and more, and seems to bring the audience to laughter.

The pair, along with their dad, performed for ABWA’s community awards night and drew multiple rounds of applause.

A video of the family is posted at www.bushhillfestival.com.

They’re not the only ones who will make heart-thumping, feet-moving and hands-a-clappin’ sounds ring loud at Festival.

The Gospel Stage is the fa-vorite part of the festival for Phyllis East, part-timer at the NEWS and a more-than-full-timer at the Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce. Her husband Butch enjoys it, too.

East, who handles most of the logistics during the festival, believes the Gospel Stage rounds out the family atmo-sphere the festival offers.

The stage is run by Richard Woodell.

On the Gospel Stage

Gospel Stage Sponsors

Drs. Macdonald & Whaley

Caraway Baptist Church

CommunityOne Bank

Cornerstone Baptist Church

Crossover Community Church

First Baptist Church of Archdale

Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting

Schedule9:15 a.m. ............ Dalton Harmon10:00 a.m. ............ Zach & Rodney (formerly Blood Kin) 11 a.m. .............. 4 Heart Harmony Noon ............... Stills Family Band 1 p.m. ................. Heaven’s Touch1:45 p.m. ........... Car Show awards2 p.m. ............... 4 Heart Harmony3 p.m. .................................... Cornerstone Church Worship Group

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Mad Scientist at Bush Hill!

Mwha-ha-haGo mad with science, dance with puppets, laugh

with the clown, break a board and enjoy the magic in the Children’s Area of the Bush Hill Heri-tage Festival.

The special events of the Children’s Area runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Hillcrest Drive at Archdale Elementary School.

Icky, disgusting, gooey Mad Science will offer a slime-making booth. Kids will see two top secret concoctions

mixed to create the creepy mess. Kids get to pick the color.

The science behind the cre-ation is educational. In fact, Mad Science in the Piedmont offers science-themed spe-cial event shows for school assemblies, corporate events and community centers. The shows are designed to be fun and educational, and enter-tain young audiences with scientific concepts.

There’s more at the fes-tival — face painting, pony

rides, puppet shows, martial arts and kiddie rides.

And just so the parents think the fun is even more edu-cational, there’s a little bit of CARE and DARE and the Archdale Police Department just to make friends.

Returning to the stage are the Mountain Marionettes, whose productions feature short strung marionettes with the puppeteer in full view of the audience. It also includes audience participation.

Children’s Area Stage9:30 a.m. . . . . Bryan Hebert’s Ju-Jitsu10 a.m. .. . . . . . .. . . . . . Ronald McDonald10:30 a.m. . . . . . . Mountain Marionettes11 a.m. . . . . . . Bryan Hebert’s Ju-Jitsu11:30 a.m. . . . . . . . . Sam the Magic ManNoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ronald McDonald12:30 p.m. . . . . . Mountain Marionettes1 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mad Science 1:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lem Possible 2 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sam the Magic Man2:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mad Science3 p.m. . . . . . . . . . . Mountain Marionettes3:30 p.m. . . . . . . . . . Sam the Magic Man

Children’s Area Sponsors

Authors bring variety to Writers Block

From poetry to true drama to mystery, the Bush Hill Festival’s Writers Block will feature a vari-

ety of great reads, all from local authors.Writers Block, sponsored by Costa & Grissom, will be

located near the corner of N.C. 62 and Bonnie Place, next to Wachovia Bank.

This year’s literary lineup will include some new faces.The area’s youngest author, 6-year-old Brandon Killian

of Sophia, says he’s thrilled to be part of the Writers Block this year. He has sold about 50 copies of “The Seesaw Book,” which he wrote and il-lustrated, since his book sign-ing at the Archdale Library in July.

Other writers will include Trinity native Scott Forrester, with his first collection of in-spirational poetry; Trinity his-torian Fran Andrews; mystery writer Dale Crotts; and Linda Willard, author of Quaker bi-ographies and trivia.

Barbara Arntsen, a former High Point Enterprise re-porter who covered Randolph County news, will also make an appearance to sign copies of her book, “SOS,” a murder mystery set amidst the shag-ging subculture of North Myr-tle Beach.

10 a.m. to noonDale Crotts

Warren Dixon

Noon to 2 p.m.Barbara Arntsen Fran Andrews

Dale Crotts Warren Dixon

Scott Forrester Herthey Hill

Linda Willard

2 to 4 p.m. Beth Burgess

Dale CrottsWarren Dixon

Scott Forrester Brandon Killian

Bounces to GoArchdale-Trinity Pediatrics

McDonald’s

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Vendors3 City Flea-A Shoppers Village4 B’s Concessions

A Culinary FlairABWA, Golden Arch Chapter

Agent B’s Ins. CenterAllred & Co. Realtors

Allstate InsuranceAlpha Dance

AmericamantaAmerican Red Cross

American Cancer SocietyArchdale Bakery

Archdale Community Ap-pearance Commission

Archdale Friends Meeting, Genesis Sunday SchoolArchdale Senior Adults

Archdale, Stormwater ProgramArchdale United MethodistArchdale-Trinity Lions Club

Archdale-Trinity NewsArchdale-Trinity PediatricsAsheboro Curier-Tribune

Mary AtkinsonBath Fitter

BB&TBear Creek Creations

BecoBella Grace Bows

Bluff MountainBoy Scout Pack 25

Brookwood Apartments

BSL BirdworksBuck’s Satellite

Lori BundyCapTel North Carolina

Caraway Baptist ChurchCarolina Corn Roasters

Ruth CarrellCarter Concessions

Casta ClothingCatamount Specialities

Clapp CreationsDeborah Clodfelter CPA

COATCornerstone Worship Center

Crime StoppersCrossover Community Church

Daisy BellesDD&J’s Kettle Corn

Dees DesignDixie Home Crafters

Barbara DownerDyenosaur Tie Dye Co.

Edgar Bee TownFancy Gourds

Fat-n-Sassy ConcessionsFire Grill

First Baptist ChurchFlexflying Inc.Evie Forrest

Sandra Free, Mary Kay Products

Freezy’s Parade Ice

Fun Time FlagsG&T Concessions

Gemini ShadesGeorge & Pattie’s Leather

Gilded Lily by PatraGirlfriend … On the Go!Glamour Girl Boutique

Iris GoinsMichelle Groome

Grubb Family YMCAGuil-Rand Fire Department

Handmade FramesBrenda Hastings

Helping Hands MinistryHidden Treasure

High Point OrthopaedicHospice of Randolph County

Kayla Eliz. HuntIlderton Dodge Chrysler Jeep

It’s A Girl Thing!James KellamLinda Kennedy

Kid’s PlayKovack Pottery Inc.

Joan KulikowskiLori Lynn’s Designs

Floyd LucasMacon’s Martial Arts

Mad ScienceMagic Feet Dance Co.

Terry ManusMarine Corps League

Martha’s Place MB’s BowtiqueKim McEntee

Meyer’s Gift ShopRebecca Michael

Miche BagsMLC Concessions

Mo-BeadsNew Covenant Lutheran

NewBridge BankTerri Newton

North Pointe of ArchdaleO’Hurley Kettle Korn

P&A CeramicsPampered Chef

Papa John’s PizzaPART

Perry’s CateringPet Pantry

Pledger’s CraftsPolar Bear Real Italian Ice

Poplar Ridge Friends MeetingPots, Pens & More

Pride of Carolina CloggersProvidence Health

Care StaffingPucker Up! Candy Art!Democratic Women

Randolph County Farm BureauFamily Crisis Center

Partnership for ChildrenRepublican Party

Randolph County Sheriff’s CARE and DARE

Randolph County Tea PartyRandolph Community College

Randleman High BoostersRBC Bank

Real Life Church of the TriadRed Rooster Brick Oven

Reece BuildersSusan Riddick & Alana Bollmann

Ristick ConcessionsRNI Inc. Vending

Beth RobertsCindy Roseberry, Mayberry Cars

Sarin GrillSaucesations

ScentsySechrest Funeral and VFW

Sentrel Bath SolutionsSheetz

Barbara ShellySigmon’s Crafts

Kathy SniderScott Sobkowski

Some Beach TanningSomething Pretty

Something SpecialSpinz

Springfield Friends MeetingSSG

State Farm Ins., Barry CollinsSteve’s Concessions

Bert StoneStreamline

Emma SuttonThomasville Medical Center

Tickled Pink Kids SpaTiki Grill

Time Warner CableTimeless Jewelry

Trinity Baptist ChurchTrinity High School

Booster ClubTrinity Historic SocietyUnited Way of Great-

er High PointUS Home ExteriorsVerizon WirelessPam Wakefield

Waste IndustriesWestern & Southern

Financial GroupThe Wet Whistle

Wheatmore Athletic BoostersWheatmore Band Boosters

Wheatmore High SchoolNancy Winburn

Woodforest BankWreaths & More


Without sponsors, Festival would not be possible - thank youSince the Bush Hill Heritage Festival was founded as the 1986 bicentennial

celebration of the Quaker settlement known as Bush Hill, the commitment of sponsors and volunteers have driven the event to a regional level, prompting the Festival to be named one of the top 20 September festivals in the Southeast.

The Archdale-Trinity Chamber of Commerce, which has organized the event since 1986, says more than an estimated 20,000 people attend. This year, the festival will cel-ebrate its 25th anniversary, a testament to the commitment of sponsors and the commu-nity.

“Hosting and sustaining a community event of this magnitude in this economy is a phenomenal accomplishment,” said Chamber President Beverly Nelson. “It just can’t happen without a lot of people who believe in the value of this event”

The commitment of the festival’s sponsors is just as strong as the festival itself.“The Bush Hill Heritage Festival would not happen without the sponsors who step up

and support us,” said Nelson. “Most people think that the Festival can support itself, but this simply isn’t true. And to see committed sponsors, who year after year, dig deep and come up with support for our Festival is quite gratifying.

“It’s also true that the revenue raised by the Festival helps to support the Chamber’s activities and programs throughout the year. The commitment displayed by our sponsors ensures that the Chamber is here to promote and recruit business to our community, and to offer quality family events like the festival.”

While some Gold Level sponsors such as Archdale-Trinity News, Archdale Drug, Aldridge Properties, Costa & Grissom Machinery Inc., Drs. Macdonald & Whaley and Sheetz make financial contributions, others gain the recognition because of the extensive role they play in logistics. The City of Archdale, Archdale Friends Meeting, Beco Inc., Clark Sign Corp., MartyDesigns.com and SSG/Brandintense Inc. provide services which contribute to the quality of the event.

Contributions and volunteer hours from Allred & Co. Realtors powers the Big Wheel race, Crumley Roberts LLC and Randolph County SafeKids makes the bike rodeo hap-

pen and the Archdale Bass Club offers CastingKids. Bounces to Go/Fun Functions, Mc-Donald’s and Archdale-Trinity Pediatrics provide the resources for the children’s area.

A list of all the sponsors is included on page 13. Sponsors also have signage at their businesses.

Community support led to an expansion of the Festival, which has come to include a Friday night event. To celebrate the 25th anniversary, Bush Hill Bash will be held on Bonnie Place and W. White Drive on Friday. The Archdale-Trinity Merchants Alliance will sponsor the entertainment and Heart of NC Visitors Bureau is the general sponsor for Friday’s activities.

The Merchants Alliance made the commitment to sponsor the entertainment because they want to give back to their customers who make their businesses successful.

“It’s a way of saying thank-you and reinforcing that we’re a part of this community,” said Merchant Alliance co-chairs Missy Pendry of PB&J and Stan Reid of Archdale Bakery.

For the fifth year, the Archdale-Trinity News serves as the signature sponsor of the Festival. Since the founding of the festival, the NEWS has stepped up with promotion and volunteers hours, said editor Kathy Stuart, who serves on the Festival Committee.

“The festival has grown, but still retains the ‘hometown’ feel that festivalgoers en-joy,” Stuart said. “That’s our philosophy here at the NEWS — to promote our hometown through youth sports, features and local government news.

“Like the festival, the NEWS relies on community support and wishes to say thank you to its contributing writers and its subscribers.”

The NEWS booth will be on Bonnie Place, near N.C. 62. About 250 free newspapers will be distributed.

Opening CeremonyThe opening ceremony for the 25th

annual Bush Hill Heritage Festival will begin at 8:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, with a parade down N.C. 62 and Bonnie Place.

The Trinity and Wheatmore high school bands will play. Motorcycle officers with the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office will lead the way, and elected dignitaries — including Congressman Howard Coble, Sen. Jerry Tillman, Randolph County Sher-

iff Maynard Reid and Archdale Mayor Bert Lance-Stone — will be honored.

Phillip Jones, an anchor with WFMY NEWS 2, will be the emcee.

Alexandra Church will sing the national anthem.

Also, during the opening ceremony dig-nitaries and the Bush Hill Committee will fill the time capsule with Festival memo-rabilia.

It will be buried at a later date on pro-tected land at Creekside Park.

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2010 Bush Hill Heritage Festival SponsorsPremier Sponsor

Archdale-Trinity New

Steam TanneryAldridge Properties

City of ArchdaleArchdale Drug Co. Inc.

Archdale Friends MeetingBeco Inc.

Clark Sign Corp.Marty Designs

Sheetz Inc.SSG/BrandIntense

Muddy CreekArchdale Elementary School

Carolina Self StorageDuke Energy

First BankHigh Point Regional Health System

High Point Veterinary HospitalHigh Point Orthopaedics

Ilderton Dodge Chrysler JeepJCB Entertainment LLC

NewBridge BankPackage Crafters

Packaging Corp. of AmericaSealy Inc.

The Assurance Group

Friends of Bush HillAllstate Insurance/Jerry Crouse

Bank of North CarolinaBB&T

BiscuitvilleBrookwood Apartments

Cumby Family Funeral ServiceFastSigns

First Citizens BankHolly Ridge Golf Links

Messiah Too!!North Pointe of Archdale

Piedmont Authority Regional Transportation

United Way of Greater High PointWayne IndustriesWaste Industries

Car ShowWilson Insurance Assoc., Inc.

Sechrest Funeral Service

Gospel StageDrs. Macdonald & WhaleyCaraway Baptist Church

CommunityOne BankCornerstone Baptist Church

Crossover Community ChurchFirst Baptist Church of Archdale

Poplar Ridge Friends Meeting

Time CapsuleKI - High Point

Quilt ShowCosta & Grissom

Machinery Co. Inc.Ed Price & Associates Realty

Writers’ BlockCosta & Grissom

Machinery Co. Inc.

Hand-Washing StationsRBC Bank

Thomasville Medical CenterPiedmont Natural Gas

Children’s AreaBounces to Go

Archdale-Trinity PediatricsMcDonald’s

Media SponsorsHigh Point Enterprise

Time Warner Cable

Bush Hill BashHeart of NC Visitor’s Bureau

Allred & Co. RealtorsCrumley Roberts LLP

Archdale-Trinity Merchants AllianceMembers

Angel BeachAmerican Graphics

Archdale BakeryArchdale Office Supply

Avon Beauty CenterChristy Crumpler of Stan Byrd Realty

Gray’s JewelryMommy & Me

PB&JRBC Bank

The Wet Whistle

5K offers running start to Bush Hill FestivalParticipants may enter the Bush Hill 5K

Run, Walk & Talk, sponsored by the Carl & Linda Grubb Family YMCA, on the same day of the Festival — Saturday, Sept. 11.

The race will begin at 8 a.m., just prior to the 9 a.m. start of the Festival.

Runners will leave from the parking lot at Archdale Executive Center on N.C. 62, near Archdale Road.

The fundraiser will offer competitive and noncompetitive events. Registration prior to race date is $15 for the 5K and $10 for the Walk & Talk. On race day, prices in-crease by $5. Ten age divisions span from 14 to 60 and over. Awards are given to the top man and woman and to the top three men and women in each age group.

www.grubbfamilyymca.org, or 861-7788.

Festival includes handcraftsSandra Boyte of Eden will sell her handcrafted gourds which feature Christmas scenes. Other crafts include jewelry and wreaths as well as lo-cal honey. Photo submitted

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