E-NEWS December, 2005 Happy Holidays from LEAF!!!
We send you peaceful wishes and LEAFy dreams for the rest of the year and into 2006! Happy Holidays to everyone who helps make LEAF and LEAF in Schools and Streets possible! We had an amazing year and couldn’t have done it without you! Thanks!
Holiday Ticket Packets are on sale NOW
Looking for the perfect festive gift? Or save $ & give yourself a treat! Buy your 2006 LEAF Special Holiday Packet before January 9th. Plan ahead this year and let your savings jingle in your pockets along with those prancing dancing reindeer!

LEAF HOLIDAY SPECIALS! Call 828-68-MUSIC (686-8742) before January 9th!

LEAF 2006: MAY 12-14 & OCTOBER 20-22 at Camp Rockmont, Black Mountain, NC


* Perfect Festive Stocking Stuffers ~ LEAF CD & Poster! Add just $30 to any order & receive the commenarative LEAF Poster & Premier CD! Complimentary gift certificate available with any order by request. These prices save you $15-$50!
2006 TWO Festivals PLUS
May & October Thurs-Sun
(3.5 days/3 nights)
Adult $195/ Youth $160 		May or October Weekend PLUS
Thurs-Sun
(3.5 days/3 nights)
Adult $120/ Youth $95
2006 TWO Festival Packet
May & October
Fri-Sun (3 days/2 nights)
Adult $155/ Youth $125 		May or October Weekend
Fri-Sun (3 days/2 nights)
Adult $90/ Youth $70
May or October Community Pass
Special for locals only-no overnight
Adult $55/ Youth $45 		Vehicle Camping Permit
$25
CD’s and Posters Make Great Gifts!

Donate just $30 or more to LEAF in Schools & Streets and receive our LEAF Holiday Gift Package of one Performer Sample CD and one Commemorative Poster!

Celebrating 10 years! Commemorative Poster was designed by artist Lu Wixon. Her bold colorful style depicts a wild fiddle-player dancing barefoot on piano keys. Wixon’s work represents the “spirit of adventure and soul of music and art” that is inherently LEAF. For a $15 LEAF Donation you receive one Commemorative Poster. For more information about the artist visit her website at www.luwixon.com.

 

 

The Performer Sample CD is a fantastic way share the music of LEAF with others. The CD makes a great present for those still looking for the perfect gift! $20+ LEAF Donation and receive 1 Performer Sample CD. Donations ARE tax-deductible!

Since its 2004 debut, LEAF in Schools & Streets has featured talented and award-winning artists, who have inspired more than 2,500 Buncombe County area young people in 9 schools, 4 after-school programs, The Reid Community Center, YWCA youth programs, and the Blue Brass Project which united youth of WNC & TIPS interns of New Orleans through music, workshops, and performances.

Lake Eden Arts Festival (LEAF) is a non-profit organization established to enhance people¹s lives through the ARTS, music, dance, and culinary arts. We value community, world cultures, heritage preservation, multi-cultural education and connecting families to the arts. The LEAF in Schools & Streets outreach program is dedicated to empowering youth through festive arts.
LEAF Handcrafts & Folkarts

Handcraft & Folk Artists! Apply to LEAF’s May & October Juried Art Fair by January 16th! Applications on web.
May 2006 Performers
The 22nd LEAF will be highlighting New Orleans Music
along with LEAF’s special mix of genres & cultures!
Announcing May 2006 Performers….just the beginning- More coming soon…start dancing!

Afromotive
Akira Satake
Anasi Puppett Play- Issac Dixon School K-2
Avec la Force Percussion
Baraka Mundi
Billy Miller
Crooked Still
Donna the Buffalo
Far Horizons
James Nave’ & 22nd LEAF Poetry SLAM
Jeremy Long
Larry Keel & Natural Bridge
Town Pump Showcase 		Midnight at Kittredge
New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars
Nightingale
Red Stick Ramblers
The Greencards
The Horseflies
The Muses
Toubab Krewe
Tyler Ramsey
Warren Wilson College Folk Choir
Fiddle Contest w/ Host Phil Jamison
Joe Newberry
Coming Soon:
Zydeco, Latin, International, New Orleans Brass Band, & Saturday Night New Orleans All Star lineup & more!
New Orleans Instrument Convoy

HOW CAN YOU HELP NOW? DONATE INSTRUMENTS
Reconnect New Orleans young musicians & professionals with instruments! Give INSTRUMENTS of any kind in playable condition or $ to purchase instruments. Even small gifts of money can be put towards buying all the necessary extras (i.e. valve oil, resin, cleaners, music stands, etc.!) LEAF & Tipitina's of New Orleans teamed up the day after Katrina struck and Instruments are a priority need of the musicians. Most were left, as they had to evacuate. Musicians need their instruments for work, spirit, and a connection to their life. If you have PROFESSIONAL quality instruments to donate we will match directly with a musician.

WHO:
LEAF & WNCW will make an instrument convoy to New Orleans for New Years Eve at TIPITINAS. You may join us as well for New Years at Tipitina’s with NPR and featuring a "Second Line Jazz Funeral For the Souls of New Orleans", delivering donated instruments, and helping musicians.

WHEN:
NOW thru December 28th. The instrument convoy will depart December 30th to New Orleans.

WHERE:

Drop off points locally: LEAF Office, Town Pump in Black Mountain, Asheville Area Arts Council, or call us & we will come pick up, 828-68-MUSIC (686-8742)
In SPINDALE area drop off at WNCW.
IN CHARLOTTE, NC take to Ivi’s Chapel by the Wonderworld Film Offices.
Contact LEAF for directions.

CONTACT:
Erica Bell, Erica@theLEAF.com or 828/68-MUSIC (686-8742) The response from the LEAF community and nationwide has been TREMENDOUS & GENEROUS. THANK YOU!!!

Raffle Winner
Congratulations to Shawn Berger of Leicester, NC! We have sent Shawn a LEAF Holiday Gift Package plus LEAF T-Shirt! Thanks to all who participated in the 2005 Survey!
Special Holiday Wishes and Thanks to our Sponsors!
Thank you to all of our sponsors who have supported the LEAF this year! We had an incredible year and couldn’t have done it without ya!