2008 Greenbank Farm Loganberry Festival

Fun for the family with a new Artist in Action series!

It’s summer party time on Whidbey Island. The annual Loganberry Festival at the Greenbank Farm is July 26 and 27. Music, food, wine tasting, arts and crafts booths are popping up around the main barns from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. all weekend and admission is free.

Live music abounds all day with an interruption every two hours for the much anticipated loganberry pie eating contests for children ages 12 and under.  Also for children is a carnival by the Free Evangelical Church and puppet shows and interactive theatre games produced by The Greenbank Barnstormers. Hayrides for all provided by M-Bar-C Ranch tour the grounds revealing vistas on both sides of the island.

New this year are professional artists demonstrating what they do. Featured artists include Betty Rayle, plein air painter; Mary Burks, fiber artist and weaver; Joan Brosnahan, mixed media artist; Pat Brookes, watercolorist; Wendy Ferrier, spinner and weaver; Alexei Kazantsev, sculptor and photographer; and Pat McVay and Steve Baccus, chainsaw artists.

Keeping with an “Artist theme:” the Rob Schouten Gallery is pleased to exhibit the interactive art installation, "DOORGAN" over the weekend of Greenbank Farm's Loganberry Festival, Saturday, July 26 and Sunday July 27, from 10 AM to 5 PM daily. DOORGAN consists of seven freestanding doors representing the seven chakras of yogic meditation. The framework for each door contains a loop tape player, which adds the element of sound when a door is opened.

Jim Freeman, widely acknowledged as Whidbey’s conductor of fun, is the main stage master of ceremonies, who keeps the music flowing beginning Saturday with Island Strings, celebrating 35 years of talented youth; followed by Shifty Sailors, Whidbey's ambassadors of fun, fellowship and sea shanties; then Janie and Joe, rockin’, soulful blues from the heart and finishing the day with Da Sharks, Whidbey’s favorite party band.

Sunday’s music launches with Bahia, sharing tropical breezes with a beat; followed by Danny Ward and Reality, saxmaster Danny and the boys; next is Vieux est Nouveau, playing django — hot and sultry style; and finishing the weekend with Spoonshine from Anacortes, doing original bluegrass, folk and worldbeat music.

                                 

Saturday, July 26th, 2008
10:00am-11:00am	Island Strings...celebrating 35 years of talented youth
11:30pm	PIE EATING CONTEST for ages 12 and under
12:30pm-1:30pm	Shifty Sailors...Whidbey's Ambassadors of Fun, Fellowship and Sea Shantiness
1:30pm	PIE EATING CONTEST for ages 12 and under
2:00pm-2:45pm	Janie and Joe....Rockin', soulful blues from the heart
3:00pm	PIE EATING CONTEST for ages 12 and under
3:30pm-5:00pm	Da Sharks...Whidbey's favorite party band is back!
Sunday, July 27th, 2008
10:00am-11:30am	Bahia...Sharing tropical breezes that please
11:30am	PIE EATING CONTEST for ages 12 and under
12:00pm-1:45pm	Danny Ward & Reality...Saxmaster Danny and the boys
1:45pm	PIE EATING CONTEST for ages 12 and under
2:00pm-2:45pm	"Vieux est Nouveau" ...Django, hot and sultry style Gypsy jazz and swing Troy Chapman, Joni Takinikos, Kristi O'Donnell, Keith Bowers
2:45pm	PIE EATING CONTEST for ages 12 and under
3:00pm-5:00pm	Spoonshine...Original bluegrass, folk and worldbeat music Get your dancing shoes on from 3:00PM until 5:00PM when Anacortes' Spoonshine blows away the crowd. Just ask loyal Logy vendors Jammin' Laura and Lopez Larry who saw Spoonshine www.spoonshine.com rock other festivals!
The Greenbank Farm's wineshop will be hosting some of Western Washington's hottest wineries.  The most talked about brewery, Diamond Knot in Mukilteo, will round out the festival with their famous IPA and Summer Ale.  The Greenbank Farm’s favorite loganberry wine and its sister loganberry dessert wine will be poured by local volunteers. All proceeds from the wine tasting go to support the farm.  Wine and beer enthusiast should not miss this event. Lunch fare is provided by local vendors including Jan Gunn’s Whidbey Pies and ice cream, the Central Whidbey Lions Club’s traditional American hot dogs, Craig and Debbie Vrungos’s kettle corn, Nadya’s Greek cuisine, International beef, chicken and veggie wraps, African Samosas and more! Mike Diamanti will be serving espresso delights from his Island Coffee booth and the famous Whidbey Island Ice Cream Company will be featuring the chocolate and loganberry ice cream bar... heaven. The Greenbank Farm gratefully acknowledges the mains sponsors of this year’s Loganberry Festival, Whidbey Telecom and Whidbey Island Bank. The poster artist for this years promotion is Randy Emmons of Oak Harbor. The farm is located off Hwy. 525 at 765 Wonn Road in Greenbank, 98253. For additional information call 360-678-7700 or visit www.greenbankfarm.com.! More information about musicians may be found on the following websites: www.islandstrings.com , www.shiftysailors.net, www.dannyward.com, www.janiecribbs.com, www.spoonshine.com.
LOGY FEST 2008 will be tons of fun!!  Mark your calendar July 26 and 27th! WE'LL SEE YOU AT THE FARM!