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Now through May 23, 2008 - Painting & Pottery Show at the Arts Center including work by Johnny Nutt and Lula Lowry. Contact G. Smithson (706) 376-4739.

 

May 5-8, 2008 - Hart County 4-H Rabies Clinics -The cost is $7.00 per pet for a rabies shot. (Thanks Dr. Mauldin & Dr. Ellis!)

Monday 5 - (6-7pm) at South Hart Elementary - Back parking lot.

Tuesday 6 - (6-7pm) at North Hart Elementary - Back parking lot.

Thursday 8 - (6-7pm) at Hartwell Elementary - Back parking lot.

Call Melanie Getman at the County Extension Office at (706)856-5378 for more information.

 

May 9-11 and 16-18, 2008- "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown" at Hart County Community Theatre (HCCT). Tickets go on sale Monday, May 5. Adults $15, Students $10. The box office will be open one hour before each show. Call the HCCT for ticket information at (706) 376-5599 or email hcct@hartcom.net.

 

May 17, 2008- Lake Hartwell Association Annual Spring Members Meeting & Picnic at 11am the Big Oaks pavilion adjacent to the Corps offices at the Hartwell Dam. A picnic lunch will be served starting at 11:30am. All LHA members, guests and the public are invited to this fun and informative event. For more information contact Petra Massey at (864) 224-LAKE (5253) or membership@lakehartwellassociation.org .

 

May 24, 2008 - Cars & Guitars, Under the Stars!

Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend from 2-9 p.m. This event will be held around the Courthouse Square in downtown Hartwell.

This family-friendly event is a great way to spend a Saturday admiring elegant classic cars and kick-start the summer season!

•  The cost per car is $20. See Classic Car Show Registration Form.

•  All pre-registered Classic Car Show participants will receive a t-shirt and are eligible for prize drawings, to be held from 2-9 p.m.! Cars 25 years or older are invited to enter. View poster!

For more info, contact the Hart County Chamber at (706)376-8590.

The Battle of the Bands will take place beside the Green Bean Coffee Café at N. Forest Ave. & Franklin St.

•  There are currently 13 bands registered for the Battle of the Bands.

•  This event is sponsored by the Green Bean Coffee Café and Jombuss Entertainment. Interested bands need to contact Logan at the Green Bean Coffee Café (706) 376-4199.

Hart County Ministerial Association Cook-Off

•  Hartwell First United Methodist Church - Chicken Salad Sandwiches

•  Cedar Springs Baptist Church - Hot Dogs (Chili/Cheese/Slaw)

•  Antioch Baptist Church - Plates of Ribs or Chicken

•  Mount Moriah Methodist in Christ - Hamburgers

If your church is interested, contact Michele Dipert at the Hart County Chamber (706)376-8590.

The Children's Activity Area at First Citizens Bank and on Franklin Street.

•  Children's Moon Bounce Activities include Jurassic Park, Moon Bounce, Slide, Obstacle Challenge and Bungee. *Pre-purchase unlimited “Children's Activity Area” passes for just $10 per child at area Banks and Bailes Cobb. Passes will sell for $15 on May 24 or individual tickets will be available.

•  Kick-A-Thon Fundraiser — pledges accepted for total number of kicks by a Contemporary Martial Arts Students.

•  The Home Depot: Build-Your-Own Workshop

•  Big M Ace Hardware: Build-Your-Own Workshop

The Children's Activity Area is a fundraiser for the Hart County Imagination Library, providing free books to Hart County children from birth to age 5! For more information contact Hart Partners at (706) 856-2798 or email.

May 24-25, 2008 - Seventeenth Annual Challenge of the Centuries Bike Ride sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Hartwell. Open to cyclists and accomplished skaters! Beginning and ending in Hartwell, Georgia (adjacent to beautiful Lake Hartwell and the Georgia/South Carolina border), you'll enjoy riding loops that traverse rolling back country roads with picturesque scenery and minimum traffic. Come for one day or both! You can camp inside the middle school gym, pitch a tent outside, or stay in one of Hartwell's hotels. Come Friday night and stay until after the ride Sunday. And, Saturday's ride will take you over the dam on Lake Hartwell , no matter which route you choose! Enjoy this spectacular sight or the simple beauty of the wild roadside roses as you ride the Challenge of the Centuries. The ride benefits Boy Scouts of America Troop 33 and Hart Partners . The Challenge of the Centuries is an official Bicycle Ride Across Georgia 2008 Training Ride!  For more information, please see web page at http://challengeofthecenturies.com/ or contact Buck Workman at 706-376-0928. Register Online at Active.com

 

May 24-26, 2008 - Memorial Day Weekend Blue Grass Festival at Clem's Shoal Creek Music Park . Call (706) 356-1092 for more information.

 

May 26, 2008– Memorial Day Service at 11am in downtown Hartwell on the Courthouse Square. For more information, contact Charles Howard of American Legion Post 109 at (706) 376-2785.

 

May 31, 2008 - P.A.W.S for a Cause - Pooch Parade & Dog Show Heart Haven is planning their 4th annual P.A.W.S Dog Show (Providing Abused Women Shelter). The goal of this fund-raiser is to increase awareness of domestic violence in our community. The event is to be held at Big Oaks Recreation Area with registration beginning at 9:30 am and the show categories beginning around 11:00 am. Trophies will be awarded for best dressed, smallest, most unusual, happiest, best costume, and more fun categories. All proceeds will go directly to benefit victims in our area. Registration forms will be available at the Hart County Chamber or call (706) 377-4884 for more information.

 

June 6 through July 2, 2008 - 14th Annual Juried Art Show. Entries accepted May 31-June 1 from 2-6pm at the Art Center 338 E. Howell St. , Hartwell. Both adults and students may submit work created in the past two years and not previously shown in a Hartwell Juried Art Show. Work may be in watercolor, oil, acrylic, pastel, drawing, pottery, sculpture, weaving, fibers, basketry, photography, mixed media or wood. Those wishing a Prospectus or more information, please call Candy Pufall at (706)376-8999 or email. 

 

June 16-20, 2008 - The Hart County Community Theatre presents the Children's Workshop. The cost is $30 for the first child, $25 for each additional sibling. This includes t-shirt and a pizza party. Registration forms are available by calling the Theatre at (706)376-5599. 

 

June 27-28, 2008 - The Pre 4th Extravaganza!

Celebrate the 4th - just a bit early!

June 27, 2008 (FRIDAY)

Sidewalk Sales Downtown – June 27 (starts at 9:30am)

Dancin' on Depot – June 27 (7:00 pm - 11:00 pm) June 27th, 2008
11th Annual DANCIN' on DEPOT Street Dance!!! Join us for this annual tradition that kicks off the Pre-4th weekend of events! Live entertaiment: featuring Banks & Shane with "Young Elvis" as the opening act! Music begins at 7:00 pm Gates open at 5:30 pm. Tickets at the gate will be $8 each or two for $15; and children under 10 are free. Remember to bring your children, lawn chairs and dancing shoes! Contact the Hartwell Downtown Development Authority for more information at (706) 376-0188.

June 28, 2008 (SATURDAY)

Thanks to the Hartwell Service League for planning this 31st Annual Event!

All perspective Pre 4th vendors need to contact Carol Mamay for an application by calling (706) 376-5410. Vendor spaces are 10' X 12' on concrete and are $30 each. If electric is needed it's an additional $25 per 220 outlet. These are limited. (No silly string, stink bombs or other items deemed inappropriate may be sold!) Food vendors must complete a temporary food service application, which should be requested from the Hart County Health Dept, at (706) 376-5117.

Pre-4th Arts & Crafts Extravaganza – June 28 (9:00am - 3:00pm) This is an amazing Festival filled with music and many fun community events on the Square in Hartwell. Live entertainment will take place on Forest Ave. from 9 a.m. - 3p.m. 

Pre-4th Extravaganza Kid's Parade – June 28 (10:30pm) Judging will take place at 10 a.m. To make arrangements for children to be in the parade contact Kelli Schell at (706) 377-4900.

Pre-4th Chicken B-B-Q – June 28 (3:30pm – 5:30pm) at the Hart EMC building. Price per ticket is $6.50 and includes a half chicken, cole slaw, potato chips and a brownie. Tickets are available at the Hart County Chamber Office or from any Hartwell Service League member or call Ann Murray (706) 376-9731.

Pre-4th Community Band Concert – June 28 (8:00pm) Join us for an evening of patriotic music provided by the Hart County Community Band, and directed by Alan Tolbert at the Big Oaks Recreation Area.

Pre-4th Fireworks – June 28 (At dusk) Enjoy a tremendous fireworks display at the Big Oaks Recreation Area. Fireworks are sponsored by Wal-Mart and the Hart County Chamber of Commerce.

 

July 7-18, 2008 - Children's Craft Camp at the Arts Center. The Hart Regional Arts Council is sponsoring a Children's Craft Camp from 10 a.m. -1 p.m. All classes held at 338 E. Howell St. in Hartwell. Ages 6-14. $10 a day or $35 per week. Different arts, crafts and day of music included . To register please call MaryAlice Ray at (706) 376-6591.

 

August 2-3, 2008 Hart State Park, Confederate Reenactment. Watch weaponry, drilling and marching while learning about uniforms and equipment from the Civil War. There will be a $3 charge for parking. For more information, call Hart State Park at (706) 376-8756.

 

August 9, 2008 - Diabetes Workshop at the Adult Learning Center from 8 until noon, sponsored by the Tri-County Diabetes Taskforce Team. This is for people who have Diabetes and their family members or for people with a family history of Diabetes. Light Snacks will be served and sponsors will have exhibit tables that will contain more Diabetes information. Door prizes will be given out! For any questions about the workshop and/ or to pre-register for the event call: Lauren Papka at (706) 245-1845 or Rene' Starrett at (706) 856-6181.

 

August 12, 2008 - Trivia Challenge to benefit the Arts Center. Event will be held from 7- 10 pm. The annual challenge involves teams of three or four members vying for victory in 20 or more rounds of Trivial Pursuit. Cost is $200 a team - which includes 3-4 team members. One extra question is $25. For more information, contact G. Smithson (706) 376-4739.

 

August, 2008 - Relay For Life will be held at the Hart County Middle School . For more information on purchasing luminaries - contact Pat Harper at (706) 376-5643. For information on Relay For Life or to make a donation, contact Michelle Morris at (706) 436-3766 or Tonya Sanders at (706) 371-7225.

September, 2008 - Annual Bluegrass Festival at Clem's Shoal Creek Music Park. Call (706) 356-1092 for more information.

 

September 27, 2008 - ARTS in hARTwell Festival of Heritage and Fine Arts. The 10th annual ARTS in hARTwell Festival of Heritage and Fine Arts in historic downtown Hartwell Georgia . The event starts at 10 a.m. and continues until to 4 p.m. with an assortment of activities, including juried fine art, heritage music, children's creativity booth, and demonstrations. Admission is free to the festival. The ARTS in hARTwell Festival focuses on the heritage crafts of yesteryear, as well as contemporary fine crafts and fine arts. Artists compete for prize awards and demonstrate their skills creating contemporary or heirloom pieces. The Arts in hARTwell Festival is sponsored by the Hartwell Downtown Development Authority. Call the Hartwell DDA at (706) 376-0188 or the Chamber (706) 376-8590 for more information.

 

October, 2008 - 4-H Plant & Tree Sale at Hart County Extension Office, located at 200 Arthur Street in Hartwell. Monday-Friday, the 4-H will be selling from 8:00AM to 5:00PM. Call the Hart County Extension Office at (706) 376-3134 for more information.

 

October 3-4, 2008 - 6th Annual Loch Hartwell Highland Games & Scottish Festival (LHHG) For more info call (706) 376-6761 or see

Friday, October 3, is the Kilted Golf Tournament at Cateechee Golf Resort. Every Kilted player in a foursome earns the foursome one stroke per side.

Saturday, October 4, see the pipers on parade; the massed band; the parade of Tartans; Heavy Scots Athletics includes the "A" and "B" groups, the women's competition, and the Masters on Saturday. Enjoy Scottish food and general merchandise vendors; Clan tents and genealogists, local artisans; Scots artisans; Keltic Kudzu in the entertainment tent/picnic area. There will be children's games, story telling and face painting, plus Border Collie and Falconry demos. Don't miss the opening ceremonies at 11:45am when the massed Pipes and Drums crest "Piper's Hill" in their opening march to the games. The Scottish Athletics competition decides the state of Georgia Championship. Scottish Athletes from as far away as New York come here to compete.

• Directions from Hartwell – Take Hwy. 29 South out of Hartwell, 9 miles to Goldmine-Holly Springs Rd. - at Bagwell Brothers turn left, then .8 of a mile to the site.

• LHHG tickets are available at the gate at the site, and by mail at: LHHG, P.O. Box 1249 , Hartwell , GA 30643. Adults are $10, Kids 12 and under - 2 kids $5, and kids under 6 are free.

 

October, 2008 - Pilot Club Annual Turkey Supper with all the trimmings will be served from 5-7 p.m. at Hartwell Elementary School cafeteria. Plates include turkey and dressing, cranberry sauce, green beans, cobbler and roll. Eat in or take out. Tickets are $7 and tickets are available from any Pilot Club of Hartwell member or by calling Angie at 706-436-6661 or Jane at 706-376-2838.

 

October 22, 2008 - The Education Summit! Call the Hart County Chamber (706) 376-8590 for more information.

October, 2008 - The Pink Partini!  This is a 'girls night out' benefit sponsored by the Hartwell Service League. In 2007, all the Pink Partini money went toward the Harmony House - a Children's Advocacy Center , which serves abused children in Elbert, Franklin, Hart, Madison & Oglethorpe counties. Tables are $320 and seat 8 women. For more information on buying a table, contact Mary Lynn Johnson at Bailes-Cobb (706) 376-7156.

 

October, 2008 - Hartwell Elementary Fall Festival from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

 

October 31, 2008 - Mayor's Monster Mash! Trick or Treaters are invited to visit around the Courthouse Square & on Depot St. Visit participating downtown merchants for treats from 4:30 til 6:00PM.

 

October 17-18, 24-25, 29-31, 2008 - Annual Haunted House & Woods Walk will be from 7-11 p.m. nightly at the corner of Memorial Road and Highway 29 (Royston Road), one mile South of Hartwell, across from Nancy Hart Memorial Cemetery. Cost is $5 per person. Food and drinks will be available. Proceeds to benefit Heart Haven (The Battered Women's Shelter).  Call (706) 377-4141 for more information.

 

October 10-11, 17-18, 24-25, 29-31, 2008 - The Haunted Goldmines and Woods is located at Highway 29 between Royston and Hartwell at Triple Ranch Road , will be open at dark. Proceeds benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children.

 

November 1, 2008 - Depot Day in Hartwell will be held from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on Historic Depot Street . There will be entertainment throughout the day as well as activities for children. The club is now seeking venders for the event. Booth fees: $25 (non-profit organization) or $30 (professional vendor). No electrical hook-up & fee is non-refundable. For a registration form or more information please call Angie at 706-436-6661 or Jane at 706-376-2838 or send vendor information and check payable to The Pilot Club of Hartwell, P.O. Box 1284, Hartwell, GA 30643.

 

November, 2008 - The Hart County Historical Society Annual Meeting at 7PM at the Adult Learning Center conference room downstairs.

 

November, 2008 - Seventh Annual 5K Run Over Violence. 5K starts at 2:30 PM & One mile starts at 2:00 PM. Registration and awards at McGee Heating and Air located at 93 Old Highway 29 - across from Ingles Grocery Store. Proceeds to benefit "Heart Haven" Battered Women's Shelter. Call (706) 377-4141 for time, cost and more information. Entry forms at Chamber Office.

 

November, 2008 - Tellabration! A Night of Storytelling will be performed at the Hart County Community Theatre at 2:30PM. Admission is $5. Also, anyone who is interested in TELLING a story, call Mary Anne Huggins at (706) 376-5997 or the Theatre at (706) 376-5599. The storytelling performances begin at 7:00 PM at the Theatre at 83 Depot Street in Downtown Hartwell. Call the HCCT Box Office for ticket information at (706) 376-5599 or email hcct@hartcom.net

 

November 18, 2008 - Home for the Holidays - Christmas Tree Lighting and Caroling! Downtown businesses announce the annual “Home for the Holidays” Lighting of the Tree on the Courthouse Square on Forest Avenue on Tuesday, November 18th from 6:30pm-8 :00 pm. There will be a drawing for a $1000 shopping spree. There will be great entertainment, caroling, funnel cakes, train rides and a live nativity -- and Santa is coming for pictures! For more information contact the Hartwell Downtown Development Authority at (706) 376-0188.

 

November, 2008 - Thanksgiving Weekend Blue Grass Festival at Clem's Shoal Creek Music Park. Call (706) 356-1092 for more information.

 

December, 2008 - Hartwell Service League Tour of Homes  This year's tour of five houses will be on Sunday from 12:30pm-6:00pm. All of this year's selections, are beautifully unique! Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Bailes Cobb, The Victorian Rose, from any Service League Member. All proceeds benefit children's literacy in Hart County. Tickets are also for sale at the Chamber Office.

 

December 4, 2008 - Bowersville Tree Lighting. The Town of Bowersville will have its tree lighting at 7p.m. at the Bowersville Community Center .

 

December 5, 2008 - Christmas Parade of Lights!  Cash prizes for top floats! The Friday evening parade starts at 6:30PM and goes along Franklin Street & ends at the High School. The parade entry fee is $10. This event is sponsored by the Hart County Chamber of Commerce. Call the Hart County Chamber at (706) 376-8590 for more information.

 

December 6, 2008 - Santa In The Park at Hart State Park (10:00AM - 7:00PM). This holiday tradition includes cookies, hot chocolate and photos with Santa. Pictures will be taken for free or visitors can bring their own cameras. This event will be held at cottage #3. $3 parking. Directions from Hartwell, drive north on U.S. Hwy. 29; turn left on Ridge Road and proceed 2 miles to the Hart State Park. Call (706) 376-8756 for more information.

 

December 23, 2008 - The Night Before the Night Before - Annual FREE Christmas Special at 7PM at the Hart County Community Theatre. A Community Sing-a-long and Santa is scheduled to visit. Bring the Family! Call the HCCT Box Office for more information at (706) 376-5599 or email hcct@hartcom.net.