Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Foreign.
[00:00:17] Speaker B: Good morning.
And you are now watching the Cannon County Chamber Connection. And this is our September show and it's brought to you by DTC Communications with our thanks.
And you know, fall is in the air. I know you don't believe this because it's 95 degrees outside, but the leaves are starting to change. I don't know if they're just so hot they're falling off or if it's really going to be fall, but fall starts on September 22nd.
And as I was coming down Woodbury Hill this morning, I did notice that just this week, really, the leaves have started to change dramatically. So we may have them.
They may just dry up and fall off. I don't know how colorful our fall will be, but that's the way it goes. And then, let me see, we have a lot of events in September and several in October, but we'll get started by introducing our guest for today.
And I will start with our newest Chamber member, and her name is Holly Smith and she is the owner of the Timeless Tea Bed and Breakfast.
And you had a ribbon cutting last week. It was very nice.
The house is beautiful.
It was set up as a tea party and that was nice.
Tell us a little bit about it, Holly.
[00:02:02] Speaker C: Well, I wanted to have our locals, businesses and friends see the house first before we were open for business.
And so yes, we did have a tea party like function for the group. But ultimately, ultimately it will be both a tea room and the B and B.
So we'll do breakfasts or dinners depending on if they're doing something here at the art center. If they're doing an evening show, we'll have the option for them to have an evening meal.
But we are looking at the White Oak Festival, which is only, I think, a week and a half away.
[00:02:39] Speaker B: That's right.
[00:02:40] Speaker C: We'll be able to accept our first guests. So if we do have a booking for that night or two nights, we'll only book one party at a time time upstairs and have the BNB open for the first month. And then we're looking at an October 10th targeting for the tea room. So I've already booked some of our local Woodberry locals that are very excited about the tea room. And I'm just hoping that the whole community will enjoy it and that will be a great business partner for our tourism.
[00:03:13] Speaker B: You know, the tea room is something different for Wood Perry. It really is. But the way you had it set up was lovely. It really the house is lovely. It's an older house known as the Brevard house. But I guess now we should call it the Smith House, because you have bought that.
But it's a beautiful old house.
And she.
I have to mention this, I'm going to get personal now.
[00:03:43] Speaker C: Oh, no.
[00:03:44] Speaker B: She has the biggest tub in her bathroom I believe I've ever seen, and it's brass.
And when I went in, I thought if I got in that tub, I'd have to have help to get out.
[00:04:00] Speaker C: But that's not part of the bed and breakfast that you can get.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: No, but she may show it to you. But if you want to see it, she may show it.
But the tea room, how many people, like, if you wanted to book a tea party, how many people can you accommodate?
[00:04:19] Speaker C: Well, currently starting slow and simple would be only up to 12. And 12 can be accommodated either in the formal dining room on One table or 12 can be accommodated in the front tea room. But my local approvals with Woodbury are up to 24. But that would, of course take an additional bathroom to come online.
[00:04:41] Speaker B: Right.
[00:04:42] Speaker C: And additional workers. And so we're going to start small and simple, but in the hopes in the future that we'll have something a little larger. And we have had some folks ask for, you know, bridal showers, baby showers.
[00:04:56] Speaker B: That would be perfect for that.
[00:04:58] Speaker C: It would, yes, if it's small scale. So it's definitely very personable service.
I'm not in it to, you know, make a million bucks or anything like that. I just want to be able to share the gym with the community.
[00:05:11] Speaker B: Well, it is.
It's one of the prettiest houses in older houses in Cannon in Woodbury. It really is. I remember when I first moved down here, that was the house that caught my attention when I was coming in to town because it's right as you come into Woodbury off of John Bragg Highway. So, yeah, I think this is something that people will enjoy and I think they will do.
They will use it once the word gets out there, you know, and if you like, when we were over there, she actually served us tea on china.
There was no paper cups involved. It was on china.
And how many dishes of china, how many sets of china do you have?
[00:06:04] Speaker C: I think at least 10 sets of 12.
[00:06:07] Speaker B: Well, there you go.
[00:06:08] Speaker C: So for the different seasons of the
[00:06:10] Speaker A: year,
[00:06:13] Speaker B: what else can you ask for?
That's amazing. It really is.
Now, you only do that certain days of the week. Right?
[00:06:24] Speaker C: Right. The tea will be similar to other tea rooms, which is all by reservation only. So that way it takes the risk away.
Right. Because it's our own home that we're sharing.
[00:06:34] Speaker B: Right.
[00:06:35] Speaker C: So we're looking at just Saturdays and Sundays again, starting slow and simple with a 12 o' clock and a 3 o' clock setting. And maybe in the future we Hope to offer 3T settings on Saturday and Sunday like some of the other tea rooms do as well.
[00:06:50] Speaker B: Okay. Well, I really. The only other tea room that I've ever been to was in McMinnville and I think it has closed down. I don't think they're any longer in business.
I don't know for what reason because they were having a tea party when I was there. But they were connected with an antique store, so that's. But I wish you better luck than that. But I think limiting it to just a couple of days a week will help. I don't think it's something you could probably sustain seven days a week, you know, nor would I want to do that.
[00:07:32] Speaker C: Nor would I want to. My idea is this is semi retirement. So I've been a city planner for 30 plus years, five and a half in Murfreesboro. And so I hung up my planning hat because really I have the gift of hospitality and I just love doting on people and making them have magic moments for.
[00:07:53] Speaker B: For themselves, making them happy. Well, it was very nice and you had a large crowd and I would recommend that if you want something a little different, how can they get in touch with you?
[00:08:07] Speaker C: Well, predominantly our website is up and running, but also I will say just the simple phone number because it's one of those things that is old school and I don't even know my own phone number by heart. But it is on my website and it is.
It is 615-563-6650. And I finally figured out how to change my answer in the machine to answer as time list T. But the old school in me, that will probably be the best to start.
And then ultimately we'll have it through the website.
[00:08:48] Speaker B: Your address.
[00:08:50] Speaker C: So the address is.
Gosh, I can't believe I just went blank. It's 902 West Main Street.
[00:08:58] Speaker B: I have it in here somewhere.
[00:08:59] Speaker C: And it's at the corner of Auburntown Road and John Bragg Highway.
[00:09:04] Speaker B: Right across from Piggly Wiggly.
[00:09:06] Speaker C: That's true. Right across from Piggly Wiggly. And has been there since 1900 when, of course, William F. Brevard built the house. And of course, they're related to our local Smith family, Steve Smith and the granddaughters and Mr. Bill Smith.
[00:09:23] Speaker B: Bill lived there for a while.
[00:09:26] Speaker C: He did.
[00:09:26] Speaker B: He was very proud of it.
[00:09:28] Speaker C: And he loved keeping the historic nature of the building. And so I wanted to make sure to continue that tradition.
[00:09:35] Speaker B: But I did notice that, and it was, well needed. You did redo the kitchen?
[00:09:41] Speaker C: Yes. There was not much of a kitchen left when we started. And so literally the kitchen had to be redone.
[00:09:50] Speaker B: Right.
[00:09:50] Speaker C: Floors were actually patchwork, quilted. There was electricity boxes all over the sides of the walls.
And so, you know, it worked for, I think Bill, because he was just, you know, wasn't holding too many parties there, but he did do several, I believe, for the Lions Club when they used to do the pancake breakfast.
[00:10:11] Speaker B: I. I'll tell you a little story. I took the Department of Tourism there one time. It was one gentleman came up here and he toured Cannon county and what we had to offer in the way of tourism.
Well, I took him to the Brevard house, and Bill was living there then.
And Bill, oh, he was very welcoming, very hospitable, he always was.
But he said when I called him and asked him if we could come there, he said, yes, by all means. And he says, and I'll have refreshments and everything. And so I thought, well, okay.
So we went in, we toured the house, and he said, well, I've got refreshments outside.
And there was a picnic table out the back door.
He had a thing of Oreo cookies and two Cokes.
And we had to open the Oreo cookies.
[00:11:19] Speaker C: Oh, my goodness.
[00:11:20] Speaker B: Well, the man from the Department of Tourism just died laughing. He thought that was so funny. And he brought his wife back. Oh, I said, well, I said we didn't eat very many of the cookies, so I'm sure Bill still had them, but I'll never forget that. But now she done more than open a package of cookies, and she had some great tea. You had a lady there that specializes in that, huh?
[00:11:52] Speaker C: I did. She's another small business owner called Peacock Tea Shop. So she originally was on the square in Murfreesboro, but with cost going up there.
[00:12:02] Speaker B: Right.
[00:12:03] Speaker C: She kind of converted back to a home based business, but she does all of the packaging with a professional manufacturer. And she actually had a background in nursing. So five of her tea blends are really helpful to medicinal purposes of the body.
And then the other 15 are just different season. So I do want to have some of her teas as one of the options. She has a lovely fall tea, so I'm looking forward to that October service.
[00:12:30] Speaker B: She had a violinist there.
[00:12:33] Speaker C: We did, we did. He. One of my close friends, her oldest son, is going to Mtsu and he's majoring in music. He's actually in one of the philharmonics.
[00:12:44] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:12:45] Speaker C: And he said, hello, Go ahead and play for you. No cost.
He said, but I can only do an hour, because a soloist for an hour, that's probably more than enough. But there were a couple of folks just sitting and. And just taking it all in.
[00:12:59] Speaker B: That they were. Yes, they were.
[00:13:01] Speaker C: And at some point, I'd love to have, you know, some musicians that would just drop in and play, because I think of the old days when I think it was Dave Macon's brother used to live in the house.
And so I can just imagine the days when his brother would come over and maybe he'd play on.
[00:13:19] Speaker B: On the front porch, wouldn't they?
[00:13:23] Speaker C: Yep. So I. I think that having that musicality and so part of the bnb, we will have available our piano for those that want to play while they're staying there.
[00:13:33] Speaker B: Right.
[00:13:33] Speaker C: As well as a couple of other.
[00:13:36] Speaker B: Do you have in the B and B.
[00:13:38] Speaker C: So currently we have three bedrooms upstairs, but only two of them are ready for rentals. The third one, we want to do a little bit more work, too, while there's always work in a good old girl.
And so we'll have those two available initially.
[00:13:54] Speaker B: So you actually could have two different people staying there at the same time.
[00:13:58] Speaker C: I won't book two different groups. So. Meaning if you call and I just want one bedroom, I will not rent the other bedroom because there is one full bath, full bathroom upstairs. And a lot of people were concerned.
[00:14:09] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:14:10] Speaker C: Of course. To have to share. No, no, I. I wouldn't want to share with anybody. I don't expect anybody else to. But if you have a group of, you know, yourself, and maybe your family member or your girlfriend's group or whatever it is, you can rent the two together because you have a. Your own living room upstairs so that you can, you know, share time talking with each other and getting to know each other better as you stay in the house.
[00:14:40] Speaker B: Okay.
Well, Holly, is there anything else you want to tell us today?
[00:14:46] Speaker C: Well, I will just say the road and the journey to this point has been long and arduous, and it makes me appreciate all of our small business owners, which learn all kinds of things that they never thought that they would have to learn.
[00:15:03] Speaker B: And so they have a difficult time. They do. In a small town. They do. And I think yours is not really selling a product.
Yours is selling an atmosphere. You know, I mean, they're not going to take it with them unless they take some of your china or something.
[00:15:23] Speaker C: Right.
[00:15:23] Speaker B: But anyway, I wish you luck in this. I do.
And I'm glad you joined the Chamber and you are on our website and
[00:15:34] Speaker C: I guess when the sign goes up in the yard, as I mentioned at our sneak peek, that's when we'll be taking basically out of towners as reservations. Because I wanted to give the locals a chance first because it is such limited service.
I thought if somebody really wanted to get in early is better because once it kind of opens up to the 19,000 cars that pass by the house daily, I think, you know, we may have a lot more.
[00:16:03] Speaker B: Right. Service. And when you.
When we do have an event here like White Oak or it's. Especially if it's more than one day.
Yeah. They're looking for places to stay.
They sure are. We want to wish you the best of luck. And if the Chamber can be of help to you, then be sure and give me a call.
[00:16:27] Speaker C: Well, you've been helpful so much already.
[00:16:29] Speaker B: All right, that's very good.
[00:16:32] Speaker C: Thank you so much.
[00:16:34] Speaker B: Now we're going to go to Heather, and Heather is my go to person for design work, social media, Facebook website.
She's very talented. She plays the guitar and the piano.
I haven't heard her sing and I haven't seen her dance, but I'm sure she can do the one of those things.
[00:16:58] Speaker A: I usually play the music so I don't have to dance.
[00:17:03] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:17:04] Speaker B: We can get Ms. Laurie to come down and clog. You need a clogger there.
All right, you want to tell us everything? Art center, right?
[00:17:16] Speaker A: Yes. I think the main event we're gearing up for right now is the White Oak Craft Fair. It's going to be our 36th one.
And so I've only been with the fair a fraction of that time, first as an artist, and now I helped plan it along with Amanda Johnson, who is kind of our queen of the craft fair as far as the event planning goes.
It's been really great to share the load with her. I've been working on a lot of the marketing she's been working.
It's hard to wrangle 75 artists. He's been doing such a great job.
We're really excited. People always ask, like, what's new this year? And I think in the past few years, we've had really great luck with getting new artists on board that are really excited and they tell their friends. And so we're starting to get, like some really great energy in there of new people along with folks that have been doing it. Decades.
[00:18:07] Speaker B: Well, you have a display in this room now. And these are new artists, right?
[00:18:13] Speaker A: Yes, we currently have. So we're in Cannon hall at the art center right now. This is one of our first efforts in doing a community group show. So this show is called Truist Stories.
All these works are based on, like, tall tale and memory and things that mean a lot to these folks. So if you come in and see this exhibit, which will be up through next Wednesday day, you can see the work. But next to most of these works are little stories that people had in mind of what this work meant to them. And I think what's really special about this show is we have everything from, you know, kids to people that have been doing this for their career. And I think it's really great. Like, there's not many places you have the opportunity for all those levels to get to show work together. And they learn from each other, I think, on both sides.
So some of these artists are really good. Yes, the range of work is really great. We have photography, we have paintings, we have dioramas, we have fiber artists doing felting. And some of these artists will be joining us for the fair. Some will be demonstrating at the fair.
We feel really lucky that we got these folks involved with us.
[00:19:22] Speaker B: And this will be outside?
[00:19:25] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:19:25] Speaker B: As well as inside?
[00:19:27] Speaker A: Yes. The room that we're in, like right in this very spot, we'll actually have. This is our demonstration room. So we'll have Sue Williams, who is a master basket maker.
You know, the White Oak craft fair is called White Oak because of our white oak basket making tradition.
[00:19:42] Speaker B: Right.
[00:19:42] Speaker A: Deep Canning county tradition.
So if you are curious about that at all, sue will be able to show you the whole process. She's really great at expressing, explaining. She's one of two white oak basket makers. We have. We have Sue Williams, who will be in this room, and Ms. Betty Tanner, who will be your first stop under the pavilion outside. And we're really lucky to have them joining us because not a lot of people have that knowledge anymore, so we can ask them directly.
[00:20:08] Speaker B: The first question I get when we mention it, 75 artists being outside and inside is, where do you park?
But that's not a problem because you have the rescue squad doing.
[00:20:23] Speaker A: We do. We are so lucky, the rescue. So we always say, like, it's free to attend the fair, but to park, it's a five dollar donation towards the rescue squad. And they do such a great job.
I mean, you know, on any given day, it's like usually just a trickle of people here. Unless we have a theater show, we'll have a couple hundred. But over the course of the week, weekend, we usually get to three to 4,000. That's a lot to manage.
And the rescue squad does such a great job. If anybody is ever feeling bad, like, we feel secure in knowing that we have a trans staff here directing traffic if it gets mud.
[00:20:57] Speaker B: I didn't think about that, but yeah, it really is.
[00:20:59] Speaker A: I mean, they have been an asset to the fair and they help keep things running smoothly.
[00:21:04] Speaker B: They do.
[00:21:04] Speaker A: We're grateful for all their hard work
[00:21:06] Speaker B: because a lot of the parking lot, after the parking lot fills up is in the field and you need somebody to oversee that or you just have people parking everywhere.
[00:21:18] Speaker A: Yes, they. They keep. They run a tight ship.
[00:21:21] Speaker B: Yes, we're grateful for them and they do a good job.
Now, what are some of the other things that you'll have at White Oak? I know you have basket makers. You probably. Or baskets. You have people that. With iron work, Jewelry.
[00:21:41] Speaker A: Yes, we have pottery. We actually do have a couple metal workers that will be setting up a forge to demo. So we have two knife makers, knives and more. I mean, their metal work and woodwork skills, they're. They're going to be sharing that with us.
[00:21:55] Speaker C: We have.
[00:21:56] Speaker A: We're growing our numbers of print. I'm a printmaker, so I am partial, but we have some print makers that are going to be coming and showing their work. We have some. Some new glass artists. I feel like we were kind of low in our numbers of people that work in glass, but we have some new glass artists joining us. A lot of wood and ceramics. A lot of jewelry, if you love jewelry. We always have a great selection of that.
Some really neat fiber artists. So in this room, it tends to be, along with the baskets, some fiber demonstrations. So you'll get to see spinning. If you're curious about that. You'll get to see quilting.
We're trying to have. Make sure that we're diverse and we have something in every arena.
And then if you're wanting to try it yourself, like, we always try to do a good job of having a kid zone where some of our artists will teach kids free of charge how to do some of these crafts. And that will be scheduled over the course of the weekend as well.
[00:22:49] Speaker B: You know, I don't think people realize how many people actually come through the art school center and how many different things you have at the art center. Like you have the conservatory during the summer where kids learn to sing and dance and scream.
[00:23:11] Speaker A: Yes.
I think you Know, as a kid that grew up in Cannon county, we're very lucky to have a place of this caliber, both for our artists, for our theater program, for what you can learn as a kid. I mean, that programming is really important.
[00:23:27] Speaker B: Well, you have a lot of kids programs, too.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: Yes. And so that conservatory program, like, yes, you're learning to sing and dance and act, but it's also just like, interacting with other humans is so great. And this gives you a really creative way to approach that.
[00:23:41] Speaker B: You have great teachers.
[00:23:42] Speaker A: And I think, you know, the proof in the pudding is that a lot of these actors or artists come back. You know, there's some of us that we remember being kids, kids here and now, like, we're working in the arts and. That's right. I think that is, like, the proof that it's working.
[00:23:55] Speaker B: Plus, you have all these great artists. You have a gift shop. Yes. And so my office is in a corner of that gift shop.
[00:24:03] Speaker A: And you probably know more about that than you ever want to.
[00:24:06] Speaker B: Well, no. Every week someone comes in, and sometimes more than one that's just traveling down the road, and they. For some reason, they traveled John Bragg highway, and they said they passed by here so many times, but they didn't realize what it was. We get that every week, and they're shocked when they come in.
[00:24:28] Speaker A: And I imagine you get the same thing. People pass by that. We're just on the main drag. You get all kinds of visitors.
[00:24:34] Speaker B: We're just going from McMinnville to Murfreesboro or in Nashville, whichever, because we have the majority of our workforce, and evidently Warren county and Smithville, too, work out of their counties.
So we do have traffic jams at certain times during the day.
[00:24:59] Speaker A: It's a very fortunate location, though.
[00:25:01] Speaker B: It is. We have a great location. It's a great building. We have a health food store that's connected to the art center.
They have a lot of clientele. They have a lot of local fermented items. They have kombucha, a little bit of everything in there that you can find. And they have a lot of people that come there. But I will tell you, I worked parking for the White Oak a couple of years, and I was always amazed at the people that come to this that are from out of state, not just Murfreesboro or whatever. They're from out of state, and they come every year to it.
And I'm always. I was always amazed about that. So there you go.
And of course, our other businesses benefit from that. Just like the people that come here.
They See the flea market over there?
They're busy on that weekend.
Our antique stores, which we have a lot of antique stores, and people like to go through them. You know, every time I go through them, I see things that I'm still using.
[00:26:22] Speaker A: I do have to mention from the craft fair perspective.
And many chamber members are involved with this. We are very fortunate that many of our local community businesses and chamber members support the fair. So short mountain cultures that you mentioned, that's right here.
[00:26:35] Speaker B: Right.
[00:26:36] Speaker A: They are one of our sponsors. The Piggly Weekly helps sponsor one of our kids activities. Like, we are really grateful. We all help each other. It's kind of a labor of love to put on an event this year.
And so we do try to send them out, you know, if they're looking for other things. We all have to work together to spread that traffic around.
[00:26:52] Speaker B: Well, you do.
[00:26:53] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:26:54] Speaker B: And what helps one will usually help another.
[00:26:57] Speaker A: Yes. And so any. On Sunday, we have an awards ceremony that kind of features, you know, some of our artists that are really excelling. And all Those awards are 100% from community businesses. And so we always try to say, if you see their name on your ribbon, you know, go, go. You know, buy your produce here. Go.
[00:27:16] Speaker B: The same thing with a car show.
[00:27:17] Speaker A: Yes, yes.
[00:27:19] Speaker B: You know, you brought up. That's another thing that you brought up, because I have people ask me, how can I get a.
How can I set up for that? Or how can I get something in the gift store? And it is a juried.
[00:27:36] Speaker A: It is. And it's like, it's a bittersweet position, you know, for us. Cause like. Of course. And that was kind of the point of this show is like, everybody gets in no matter what. We want there to be no threshold for the fair. Just because it's been going on so long. Its reputation is that these are things made by hand, their original works. There's nothing that is just randomly downloaded from the Internet. I mean, this is all a lot of work and time put into it. And so we have a panel of judges that look at every work that's coming in. And, you know, I hate. I hate it when someone doesn't make it in. But sometimes people apply more than once. Like, sometimes you don't make it in your first time. But it just helps us to keep people's expectations. You know, people have worked really hard to make the work of that caliber in the show. And we try to keep, you know, everybody's reputation good by keeping the quality good.
[00:28:27] Speaker B: Right. You don't want a table of socks.
[00:28:29] Speaker A: Yes. And, you know, if we, you know, if we can't accommodate an artist, we do try to keep a great list of fairs in the area and show them other alternatives. Like, I never like to leave anyone hanging. It's never. That's not our intent.
So that's the toughest part, I think, of the planning job is like making that threshold, but still giving people support that they need as an artist.
[00:28:51] Speaker B: You know, you mentioned the shows. And of course, the 2027 season is already out.
And what will be showing.
January, April, June.
Let me see, where else?
September, August and December.
And you have shows in the theater during that time?
[00:29:18] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:29:19] Speaker B: And you have a big crowd for some of them, I'd say are more popular than others.
[00:29:23] Speaker A: But yes, it's a good lineup.
[00:29:25] Speaker B: Yeah, you've got one coming up.
I think it's the last one before your Christmas show in October.
And that is going to be Dragon.
[00:29:37] Speaker A: Yes, we're really excited.
[00:29:38] Speaker B: That's what I may have to come to next year. As soon as the craft fair is
[00:29:42] Speaker A: over, I think everybody's gonna be in Dracula mode getting ready. But right now it's in my mind. At least it's all crafts.
[00:29:49] Speaker B: I came into work yesterday. Cause the art center is closed on Monday.
And there's no need for me to come in and heat up the building and everything just for me.
So even though there's people here, because they have auditions and practices and everything, but it's not open for business.
But when I came in on Tuesday, there was this big Bugs Bunny head laying in the middle of my floor. And I thought, okay, do I pick this up or what?
No telling. I wasn't sure what was in that.
But what it was is there were some little kids that somehow got.
[00:30:35] Speaker A: They couldn't resist the costume bucket.
[00:30:38] Speaker B: And evidently they just left it where it was, where they took it off at.
But you never know what you're going to find.
[00:30:46] Speaker C: So.
[00:30:47] Speaker B: And this is good, keeps it interesting.
But if you need more information about the art center, by all means, call, because they'll be glad to talk to you about it.
[00:30:58] Speaker A: And these season tickets are on sale now. You can save, if you like, all the shows in the season next year.
[00:31:03] Speaker B: Listen, there's some great ones. There's catch me and Catch me if you can. Yeah, A bad year for tomatoes.
I think that was us this year. And Once Upon a mattress. And that was Carol Burnett.
Right?
[00:31:21] Speaker A: I believe.
[00:31:22] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:31:22] Speaker A: I'm in the art department.
[00:31:24] Speaker B: I know.
I think it was a Carol Burnett show. I'm anxious to see who's going to do Carol Burnett. She's one of my favorite comedians. Bonnie and Clyde.
Now, that should be a good one. The Addams Family should be a good one. And then the Christmas one will be It's a Wonderful Life.
And they also have music venues that happen during the year, too, where you have concert artists, you know, so, hey, it's all right here. The kids shows next year will be the Boxcar, Seussical and Madagascar.
And this is a great Christmas gift right here.
If you've got people who like local and community theater, this is a great Christmas gift. To get those ones that you don't know what to get them.
[00:32:25] Speaker C: That's what my husband gets me every year. So you have to know how to shop.
[00:32:31] Speaker A: Thanks.
[00:32:31] Speaker B: There you go.
They appreciate it. And then one of the other things is, of course, our antique stores.
And I have a new card that the Chamber just put out that Heather designed because she does that for the Chamber. And there's a map on back where all of them are.
And then here's your White Oak. So you can come in the Chamber anytime. I'm open from 8 till 12, Tuesday through Friday, and I have all the information there. Or you can come to the Art center.
They're open later than I am, and they have all this information available there.
And any of the businesses in town, I have business cards or information about them. You're welcome to call me if you don't get a phone number or you've forgotten it, if you'll give it to me or look on our website.
Heather also takes care of that and our Facebook posts, and that's about all. Can you think of anything else you've left out?
[00:33:43] Speaker A: What do you got coming up at the end of the month?
[00:33:45] Speaker B: Oh, I've got a bunch of stuff coming up at the end.
I just hadn't gotten to the event yet.
We do have several events in September, and of course, the White oak is the 12th and the 13th. That's a Saturday and a Sunday.
And on Saturday, you're open from what?
[00:34:07] Speaker A: We're nine to five Saturday, ten to four on Sunday.
[00:34:10] Speaker B: Okay, very good.
September 18th and 19th.
One of our great things that we have in Cannon county is our senior center. They I would put them up against anybody anywhere that has a senior center, but they have to have fundraisers, too. And they're having a big yard sale, rain or shine, because it's inside on the 18th and 19th September.
And on Friday it will be from 8 to 4 and Saturday from 8 to 1 at the senior center. On Lehman Street.
I know you'll go in there and find something that you just can't live without. I know you will.
The Lions Club will have their blood drive at the Lions club building on the 17th of September. I believe that's on a Thursday.
And it will be from 12 to 6 at the Lions Club building.
And then one of something that I work on all year.
And the weather has not cooperated this year with our cruise ins. We were able to have two and a half because it rained every time.
So we have the. Our cruise ins are over.
I end those up in August. But then September we have the color fall car and truck show.
I feel like an advertising billboard because this is our T shirts for this year.
But we have numerous businesses in Cannon county that are sponsors of this. We have a great brochure. I'll be glad to send it to you if you need information.
But some of our. I'll tell you for the car show there'll be.
It's on the 26th of September and it's on the square.
Registration begins at 8 o' clock and ends at 12. If you want to be judged.
Now if you enter your vehicle around the.
If you enter it whether you want to be judged or not, it's. You still have to register and it's $20.
If you don't wish to be judged, just tell us and we'll make sure that our judges know about it.
But O'Reilly's Auto Parts, they will sponsor 40 trophies plus there's 31 other trophies that are sponsored by our many sponsors. Our many businesses in Cannon county, they've always been really good about being involved in this.
And we have a lot of choice trophies. We have people that want to choose their own car. They buy their trophy and they get to pick which car they want it to go to. And that's fine.
That's fine with me.
We also have six class six cash awards that go out to our top to our best of shows. And then of course we have the best of show trophy and the chamber sponsors that.
So you know, you can come to that as a spectator. It doesn't cost anything. If you're entering your vehicle, it's $20.
And we will have food. There will be door prizes for the registered vehicles. There's a 5050 drawing which is always popular.
Trivia contests which are a lot of fun. And you know, people now use their cell phones.
If you have a trivia question, they're over there on their phone. So they know the answer. And I thought, well, Shoot. It's just the first one that gets up here.
We're going to have food on the square, but if you want to go to one of our fast food restaurants or one of the restaurants in town, that's fine too. But a lot of people, once they get there, it's hard for you to leave and then come back till it's over.
And really the judging starts about 10 o' clock. And depending on how many cars we have, it's usually they're done by one o' clock and then we hand out the trophy. So by 2 o' clock it's usually over because people get impatient.
You know, they, I've had people come and register early so they get the best parking because it's the first come, first serve. And at 10 o' clock they're over there and they're saying, well, when are they going to hand out trophies?
Well, the judging isn't over till 12 noon. So you know, it'll be after 12, let's put it that way.
And then we have T shirts by Big Frog. She will be set up.
She does a great job. So if you want the newest color fall T shirt, she'll certainly have them. Shelter insurance sets up at every cruise inn, every car show. They give away water and other items, you know, to the people.
You can register at the DTC tent because they always give away a tv.
Now you do have to be present to win that tv. Last year they called out the name and nobody claimed it. So you have to be present to win the tv.
And let me see what else.
If you need more information on the car show or you'd like one of our brochures, be sure and call the chamber at 615-56-32222.
And then that's on the 26th.
And then on that same day they're going. The Cannon County High School FFA department is going to have their annual tractor pull which draws a big crowd from everywhere.
People like to see them motors, tractors, pulling stuff.
Anyway, it's at the fairgrounds and they always draw a big crowd and it doesn't interfere with the car show. Even though they're on the same day.
It doesn't interfere with that because the car Show's over by 2 or 3.
The tractor pull doesn't start. I think their gates open up at four and maybe it's five o' clock before the show really starts.
So be sure. And you, hey, you spend a whole day, lots of cars, lots of tractors.
And then there's a lot of events that are going to come up in October. October.
And so we just want you. I'm not going to tell you about them because I want you to watch the October show. And then we'll tell you about all the Halloween and fall festivals that we're having.
And with that, unless you girls have something else you want to tell them, that's all, folks. We'll see you next month.
Sa.
