Amelia
Day 2010
Celebrating 275 YEARS!
will
be held MAY 8th, 2010
for more
information on this coming year's festival:
contact:
Crafters Vendors
call Georgie Boyles (804) 314-3315
Food Vendors
call Dave Conyers (804) 561-3276
Non-Profit
Organizations
call Jeannette Porter (804) 561-6444
Entertainment
callvDon Shreffler at (804) 561-5270
recap from
Amelia
Day 2009
May 9th
Click
here for photo tour ...
Amelia
County VA
celebrated it's 274th Birthday
with art & crafts and food
vendors and live entertainment
on the stage. Amelia Day is
always held
in the Amelia County Courthouse
Square.
The day was
PERFECT! No rain ... lots of smiles to spread
around! Don Shreffler and the Festival Team put together
an incredible day! All their hard work and dedication was
so evident and made for an awesome day for residents and
surrounding neighbours!
One of the
greatest stories of the day was shared by Mr. Shreffler with us
at the end of the day - now we'd like to share with you ...
A young mother
with a tiny baby appeared to Mr. Shreffler during the program
expressing that she had lost $70 somewhere on the Courthouse
Square. At the time, there were hundreds of people roaming
through the vendors booths and surrounding the towering
courthouse as various singing artists shared their
talents. Finding cash money in this environment would be
hard to do. And with the "ways of the world these
days" the odds of an honest person to turn in found money
would be a miracle. This young woman shared the heartache
over her lost money and also that her dear husband was in Iraq
in the war. She had only this little bit of money to last
her until next payday from overseas.
She was heart broken at her loss.
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