2013 fall funfest
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Cookeville's Main Street program, CityScape, presents it's annual Fall FunFest.TRANSCRIPT
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FALL FUNFEST
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CityScape’s 18th annual Fall FunFest — Cookeville’s premier street event — is Friday and Saturday around the Courthouse Square in Cookeville.
Ready for some fall fun?By AMY DAVISHERALD-CITIZEN Staff
COOKEVILLE — That slight chill in the air signaling thestart of September means different things for different peo-ple.The end of summer.The start of the holiday season.But for folks in the Upper Cumberland, it also means Fall
FunFest is near.And Toni Evans, executive director of CityScape, which
puts on the event that draws more than 20,000 each year,couldn’t be more excited about what’s in store for Sept. 6and 7 on the Putnam County Square.“We love this event,” she said. “It’s 18 years and going
strong. It’s such a family- and community-oriented eventthat we all look forward to every year just like the rest ofthe community.”The free event offers something for everyone, she noted.“It encompasses barbecue and good food, both local and
nonlocal,” she said. “We haveWCTE’s Stations of Imagina-tion, which offers so much inthe way of children’s activi-ties, and the inflatables wherethe kids can come out andjump and run off some energy.And then we have Teen Worldwith the skate park.”Plenty of music, too.
“We feel like the music we offer is really something tolook forward to every year,” she said. “It’s a great mix ofthings the whole family can come out and enjoy. No matterwhat your age, you’re going to find something there that’sgoing to appeal to you.”
And with the event being in its 18th year, it’s definitelyfound its place in the community.
“I think it’s very significant — probably one of the largest,if not the largest, community-wide events in the UpperCumberland,” Evans said. “We draw from such a wide
range in the Highlands area. It’s also the fact that it’s freeadmission. We do what we can do to make it something thatmeans something to the community as a whole.”And the atmosphere?“It’s electric,” Evans said. “That’s the best way to describe
it. There’s so much energy and activity. People love to comeout and enjoy what’s there and just be together. And I thinkthe biggest positive is that it draws people together — it’slike coming together as a family.”How much fun can people expect to have?“Oh, we’re going to make up for all of the rain that we’ve
endured over the past several months,” Evans said. “It’sgoing to all come together with great weather, great atmos-phere, great food, great fun and great fellowship. It’s goingto be our best Fall FunFest ever!”In addition to the good food, music and children’s activi-
ties, the festival also offers arts and crafts through the ef-forts of the Tennessee Association of Craft Artists.
Schedule
Friday, 5 p.m.Festival Opens
Saturday, 7 a.m.Fun Run
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FALL FUNFEST
Everything you want to know about FunFestCOOKEVILLE — When it comes to the Upper Cum-
berland’s premier street festival, Fall FunFest, there’s alot to know.After all, it’s a big event with plenty of people on hand
to share in the fun.Following is some helpful information concerning all
the ins and outs for the 12-square block area.
no parkingKeep in mind that most all the parking lots and spaces
north of the Square begin closing at 5:30 p.m. on Thurs-day to accommodate the barbecue rigs coming intotown for the Cook-Off competition. Also important tonote is that parking spaces from Broad going north toFreeze, and going east and west from Staley to Wash-ington as well as up to Freeze will be closed for the en-tire festival.
Street closingsStreet closings will begin first thing Friday morning
and by 7 p.m. will encompass the entire Square area.However, Dixie will not be closed until Saturday morn-ing for the FunFest 5K/10K. Here’s the schedule ofstreet closings:Friday, 8 a.m.• Broad from Staley to Jefferson• Washington from Spring to Freeze• Madison from Broad to Freeze to 1st St. (pending
any funeral processions)• Boyd from Staley to Madison• Jefferson from Broad to Freeze to 1st St. (pending
any funeral processions)• Freeze from Jefferson to Washington (and Dixie to
Jefferson, pending any funeral processions)Friday, noon• Boyd from Staley to Dixie• Broad from Staley to Dixie• Jefferson from Spring to Freeze• Madison from Freeze to Spring• Jefferson from Reagan to Freeze to 1st St. (pending
any funeral processions)• Madison from Reagan to Freeze or 1st St. (pending
any funeral processions)• Spring from Washington to DixieSaturday, 6 a.m.• 5K FunRun: Dixie from Broad to 1st St. for the Fun-
Fest runnersSaturday, 6:30 a.m.• Curbside lane of northbound Willow Ave. from 7th
to 12thSaturday, 7 a.m.• Broad from Dixie to Walnut• Walnut from Broad to 1st• Mahler to 1st and 7th
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Macy Dillard, left, and Dawson Dillard check out theDARE car with Lt. Mike Smith of the Cookeville PoliceDepartment during last year’s fall funfest.See Info, Page 22
COOKEVILLE — Teen World wasfounded seven years ago in order tooffer something for the teens toenjoy during the festival. Teen World is known most for its
skate park, which consists of variousramps designed and built by teens inan area that is blocked off for safety. Because of the heavy use, the
ramps have been showing some realwear and tear over the past severalyears.Last year, Toni Evans, CityScape
director, contacted Alton Johns ofLowe’s in hopes of getting somehelp from a program offered byLowe’s called Lowe’s Heroes. Thepremise of the program is thatLowe’s employees identify an im-provement project for the bettermentof the community in which theylive. “We are so thankful that our
Lowe’s friends chose to help FallFunFest as their project in 2012,”Evans said. “The Hero’s grant pro-vided building supplies at Lowe’scosts. There was even enough mate-rial leftover to build a new grind boxfor this year.”Lowe’s employees coordinated
with Randy Mansell, shop teacher atCookeville High School, and hisshop class in order to repair the ex-isting ramps last year. Again this year, Lowe’s stepped up
to help, donating some other sup-plies to help finish the new rampand paint and repair the older ramps. The CHS shop class, in conjunc-
tion with Tennessee Tech Universitystudents from the TTU Service Cen-ter, set the skate park up every yearso that it’s ready to roll when thefestival starts.For safety reasons, all skaters
under the age of 16 are required towear a helmet and have an adultsign a waiver. Helmets are availablefor rent for $1 each at the skate parkfor those who don’t bring their own.
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FALL FUNFEST
Teen World: The place to skate
CityScape director Toni Evans talks withCookeville High School carpentry teacherRandy Mansell about his class’s work onthe skate ramps that will be used at TeenWorld during Fall FunFest.
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By AMY DAVISHERALD-CITIZEN Staff
COOKEVILLE — As Fall FunFest gearsup for its 18th year on the Putnam CountyCourthouse Square, many have one thing inparticular on their mind.Barbecue.Which is true of Melinda Keifer, economic
and community development coordinatorfor the City of Cookeville.But it’s also a family thing for Keifer and
her sister, Julie Lee, as their father was therein the beginning of what has come to beknown as “The Tony Stone Cook-Off” afterhis death in 2011.“Dad was mayor in the 1980s and started
the event,” she said. “Back then it wascalled the Great Hamburger Cook-Off, andit was held at Tennessee Tech.”After a few years, the cook-off became a
barbecue event.“It was Dad’s dream that we have an event
that really focused on food and that senseof community,” Keifer. “He always lovedgrilling and families gathering around.”Then Keifer became executive director of
CityScape, a position she held for 11 years,
during which time Fall FunFest was born.It wasn’t long after that the cook-off be-came part of the festival.
“We combined the Cookeville Cook-Offand Fall FunFest and WCTE’s Stations ofImagination,” she said.
Keifer explained that The Tony StoneCook-Off isn’t just any barbecue contest —it’s sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbe-cue Society, of which Stone served aschairman of the board for several years.
It’s the world’s largest organization ofbarbecue and grilling enthusiasts with morethan 15,000 members worldwide dedicatedto promoting and enjoying barbecue. Thecook-off at Cookeville’s Fall FunFest isone of more than 400 barbecue contestssanctioned by KCBS nationwide.
It’s a draw for people from all over, Keifersaid.
“We have 42 teams from six differentstates, and they’re pretty much competitionteams,” she said. “You’ve got some thatjust do a regional circuit, but we’ve gotteams coming out of Texas, California...They’re professional barbecue competitors.So, for our contest, you really have all lev-els.”
The cook-off has several meat categories,including chicken, pulled pork, pork ribsand brisket. A dessert category, too. Thegrand champion will take home $1,000 inprize money and then go on to compete inthe KCBS national invitation event.“As far as our local contest, it just contin-
ues to grow,” Keifer said.“I think it’s a huge part of Fall FunFest
and provides that whole barbecue experi-ence, which is very competitive. And ifyou’ve never seen that before... it’s a wholeother level of the street fair.”Some of the competitors are also food
vendors — which means festival-goers can
judge for themselves who they think is thebest.“People can go talk to the grillers, pick up
a few tips, eat some good barbecue andthen go listen to some great music andenjoy activities with the kids,” Keifer said.The cook-off heats up with a sausage cat-
egory on Friday night, Sept. 6, and then theKCBS categories on Saturday, Sept. 7.“We’re really proud to carry on our par-
ents’ legacy,” said Keifer, referring to herfather as well as her mother, Dean, whodied in 2010.“The cook-off has had a great history, and
I hope it continues.”
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FALL FUNFEST
Barbecue and FunFest go hand in hand
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Do Rag Q of Nashville were the grand champions of last year’s cook-off. Fromleft are team members Ram Trevino, Richard Finley and Mark Kirsch; ChristyLee, who presented the award; and team members Billy Carroll and DavidWilson.
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Competition heats up for Tony Stone Cook-OffCOOKEVILLE — The Tony Stone
Cook-Off is celebrating its 24th yearthis year, and the competition is prettystiff.Melinda Keifer and her sister Julie
Lee, as well as a host of other familymembers and friends, are taking thereins entirely after the passing of theirfather, Tony Stone. Tony and Dean Stone were well-
known and loved in the Kansas CityBarbecue Society as well as locally fortheir community-minded spirits andgiving back. The family is determinedto make “Papa Tony” and “Mama Dean”proud. The following is a list of the com-
petitors:• Adam’s Rib of Kodak• Ash Kickers BBQ of Kingsport• Backyard Kuisine of Clarksville• Bailey Smokers of Fyffe, Ala.• Big B’s BBQ TN of Springfield• Bubba and the Governor of
Clarksville• Chicago Smoke of Chicago• Contagious Q of Kingsport• Cookin’ Possums of Knoxville• Critter Cookers of Nashville• Dry Holers BBQ of Midland, Texas• Gooby’s BBQ of Winchester• High on the Hog of Fayetteville• Hot Coals BBQ of Gallatin• House of Hickory of Nashville• House of Q of Springville, Ala.• Jiggy Piggy of Decatur, Ala.• JoBeaz Blazin’ Butts and Wings of
Harvest, Ala.• Late Night Whiskey Smokers of
Lynchburg• Legacy Smokers of Knoxville• Lotta Bull BBQ of Marietta, Okla.• Paradise Ridge of Nashville• Pull My Meat of Rockford• Q Smoke of Dickson• Q We Do of Powell• Ribs A Rockin’ of California• Rocketman BBQ of Lenoir City• Rooters-n-Tooters of Columbia• S&T Cookers of Murfreesboro• Smoke on This of Lenoir City• Smokin’ Fyrpit of St. Peters, Mis-
souri• Snoring Hogs BBQ of Cookeville• Soggy Bottom Smokers of Corry-
ton,• Sons of Smoke of Philadelphia• Swiggin’ Pig of Antioch• T-N-T of McMinnville• Team Allegro of Mt. Juliet• The Algood Bar-B-Q Pit Crew of
Cookeville• The Big Orange Smokers of Spring-
field• Uncle Butch BBQ of Corryton• Wild Bunch Butt Burners of At-
more, Ala.The Tony Stone Cook-Off is spon-
sored by SouthEast Bank, Stone Steeeland Papa Tony’s Authentic SouthernFlavor.
Will Overstreet enjoys an ear of cornat the cook-off during the 2012 FallFunFest on the Courthouse Square.
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By AMY DAViSHERALD-CITIZEN Staff
COOKEVILLE — He’s the man behindthe music at Fall FunFest.The one who scouts out the bands that ul-
timately set the tone for a festive atmos-phere of dancing in the street around thePutnam County Courthouse Square.“I enjoy doing it,” said Chad McDonald,
cultural arts superintendent at CookevillePerforming Arts Center, who has been theFunFest “music man” for more than adecade now, having taken over for formerentertainment committee chair Rick Woods.“He was the entertainment committee
chair, and when he became director ofLeisure Services he asked me if I’d takeover that responsibility, so I’ve been doingthat ever since,” McDonald said.And not just for FunFest — his work with
CPAC keeps him busy with the Cookevillemusic scene year-round.“I’ve booked bands for Sundays in the
Park — which is now called Third Thurs-days in the Park — and also Brown BagLunch concerts and other events we havegroups for,” he said. “So, it’s kind of thesame thing for FunFest. Just a differentevent.”But when it comes to Fall FunFest, Mc-
Donald is quick to point out he’s not theonly one involved in choosing the rightmusic line-up.“I’m the chair of the committee, and there
are anywhere from seven to 25 people Iconsult with to pick the groups because Idon’t want it to be just what I want,” hesaid.“So, I’ll gather a lot of information. I’d
say I’ve got a folder with about 300 emailsin it right now just in the past year fromgroups wanting to play, or I’ll get phonecalls or people stopping by. There’s just alot of interest, and I can’t wade through allthat myself. I just try to pick the top 10 or12 I think we can afford and who would bea great fit for FunFest and then presentthose to the committee. Of course, theybring me groups, too.”McDonald said the committee is always
looking to book a variety of musical genres— something that’ll really get people’s feetmoving.
“Typically, we lean toward blues and R&Bfor the evening bands on Friday and Satur-day,” he said. “For daytime groups on Sat-urday we’ve had a mixture — everythingfrom Keltic to jazz to country to bluegrassand Americana.”
The same variety holds true for this year’sfestival on Sept. 6-7 as committee membersstrive to draw in another big crowd to the
main stage.“On Friday night we’ve got two R&B
party-type bands because that seems to bewhat the crowd wants to see,” McDonaldsaid. “When the sun goes down, we’ve hadsome good dances out there in front of themain stage with 200 or 300 people. It justdepends on the music, of course, but we tryto get something that’s high energy.”As for a headliner, McDonad and crew
have booked blues player Guitar Shorty,who has played with such music greats asRay Charles and Little Richard.“Guitar Shorty has played with every-
body,” McDonald said. “You may not knowhis name, but you’d know the people he’splayed with.Does the name Jimi Hendrix ring a bell?
He was Guitar Shorty’s brother-in-law.“He’s an excellent musician and great
showman, so he’ll be good for the crowd,”McDonald said.Guitar Shorty takes the stage Saturday
night at 8 p.m. following performances bythe bands Spoonful at 12:30 p.m., DittyRoad at 2 p.m., Tennessee Backroads Band
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McDonald: ‘The music man’
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chad McDonald, cultural arts super-intendent at cookeville performingArts center, has been scouting outmusical talent for the Fall FunFestmain stage for more than a decade.
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COOKEVILLE — The Highland RimChapter of the Tennessee Association ofCraft Artists (TACA) has sponsored thecraft area for 13 years at Fall FunFest. It’s something that TACA takes great
pride in — and it shows.“The fact that the show is a juried
show means that prospective participantshave to submit four photographs or slidesof their work,” said Toni Evans, directorof CityScape, which sponsors the festi-val. “TACA members then review the sub-
missions and choose those that they feelwill really represent true craftsmanship.It is also important for there to be a vari-ety of artists and different mediums suchas wood turners, ceramic artists, jewel-ers, textiles, glass artists and more.”With only 22 spaces available, not all
the applicants who apply get in. All par-ticipants aren’t necessarily TACA mem-bers either, but their work must meet theTACA criteria. “We do turn people down,” said Mike
Whiteman of TACA. “We don’t want it to look like street fair
kind of work.“Because we do have the TACA name
attached to the event, we go by TACAstandards going back to an emphasis onworkmanship. You don’t just pay yourmoney and get a space.”The Highland Rim chapter of TACA is
one of five chapters in Tennessee withmore than 100 artists involved from
Macon, Clay, Pickett, Fentress, Overton,Jackson, Smith, DeKalb, Putnam, Cum-berland, White, Van Buren, Warren andCannon counties.
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TACA in 13th year sponsoring craft area
Stephen Pasquale of the CookevilleCamera Club, left, looks at a printwith Camera Club president GaryMoore at their booth at last year’s FallFunFest.
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at 4 p.m. and Clarence Dobbins Revue at 6p.m. Getting things started on Friday will beCarissa and Company at 6 p.m. and SoulSearchers at 8 p.m.McDonald looks forward to not only the
music but the FunFest event itself — a draw
for more than 20,000 in the Upper Cumber-land.
It’s a kick-off to the fall season, he noted.“I know it’s always warm that weekend,
but not too far beyond it starts getting a littlecooler at night,” he said. “It’s a great festivalto start September off with and just continueon with fall.”
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MUSIC: McDonald gets themusic together for FunFest
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WCTE Stations of Imagination
Friday, Sept. 6
• 5 p.m. — Super Why and
Princess Presto with Tennessee
Tech University Drum Line
• 6-9 p.m. — Silent Disco
Saturday, Sept. 7
• 10 a.m. — Wah Lum Kung Fu
Dragon, Under the Trees on the
Grass, Art Prowl Biker
• 10:30 a.m. — Cindy and John-
ston Family, Featuring Putnam
County
• 11 a.m. — Zinghoppers, elemen-
tary school librarians
• 11 a.m.-2 p.m. — Storytelling
• 11:30 — Stage 1 dancers and
local storytellers
• Noon — Lunch break
• 1 p.m. — Zinghoppers
• 1:30 p.m. — Peachtree Learning
Center
• 2 p.m. — Rhythm n Motion
• 2:30 p.m. — Leisure Services
Dance
• 3 p.m. — The Centre Dance
• 3:30 p.m. — CHS Dance Team
• 4 p.m. — Zumba dancers
• 6-9 p.m. — Silent Disco
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Tina Turner, left, and Cayalyn Turnermeet with Clifford the Big Red Dog atWCTE's Stations of Imagination atlast year's Fall FunFest.
WalkaroundCharacter
Stage Schedule
Honker10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.,12:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and4:30 p.m. Saturday
Super Whyand Princess Presto
11 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 3p.m. Saturday
COOKEVILLE — It’s something theUpper Cumberland community looks for-ward to every September — Fall FunFest.The event, sponsored mainly by
Cookeville’s Main Street programCityScape, along with the City ofCookeville, attracts more than 20,000 peo-ple. But Toni Evans and Jackie Duncan ofCityScape, who work on the event all yearlong, are quick to point out they couldn’t doit without support from many different seg-ments of the community.“After 18 years, the festival seems to have
a life of its own!” Evans said. Duncan added, “We are so blessed that we
have all these people helping us, and we arelike a family.”Here are some of the folks who make Fall
FunFest a reality:
CityScape board members
A 13-member board of directors pull to-gether to take on the responsibilities of host-ing the festival and manning various areas.
City of CookevilleCookeville Electric Department,
Cookeville Fire Department, Department ofLeisure Services, Cookeville Police Depart-ment and Public Works all provide criticalsupport and services for the festival.
Cookeville Cook-offSome 15 volunteers work together to en-
sure that everything from handling entries tothe layout of the competition is taken careof. Started by “Papa Tony” Stone many years
ago, the family proudly carries on the tradi-tion.
Cookeville-Putnam County CleanCommission
Headed up by director Lisa Luck and vol-unteers from the CHS Interact Club, BoyScouts, and the Clean Commission board ofdirectors, this group is diligent about recy-cling and keeping the event litter-free. Card-board, aluminum and plastic are all
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‘We couldn’t do it without you!’
the Fall FunFest committee admiresthe event t-shirts for this year’s festi-val. they are, in front, from left,Jackie Duncan, CityScape assistantdirector; Jen Webb, leisure Services;toni evans, CityScape director; ChadMcDonald, leisure Services; and, inback, Sgt. Calvin Anderson,Cookeville Police Department; Joshowen, tennessee tech universityArmy rotC; lt. Bruce Womack,Cookeville Fire Department; CindyPutman, WCte-tV; Zach ledbetter,Cookeville Communications; lisaFuller, Progressive Savings Bank;and Mike Whiteman, tACA arts andcrafts area. Planning is well underwayas the event comes up Sept. 6 and 7at the Putnam County CourthouseSquare. Fall FunFest is presented byoperation CityScape. For more infor-mation, visit www.cookevil-lecityscape.com orwww.fallfunfest.com.
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See VolunteerS, Page 18
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FALL FUNFEST
Friday• 6 p.m. — Carissa and Company• 8 p.m. — Soul Searchers
Saturday• 12:30 p.m. — Spoonful• 2 p.m. — Ditty Road• 3 p.m. — Cook Off Awards• 4 p.m. — The Tennessee Back-roads Band• 6 p.m. — Clarence DobbinsRevue• 8 p.m. — Guitar Shorty
MainStage
Schedule
Guitar Shorty, headlinerfor this year’s Fall Fun-Fest, will play the blueson the main stage Sat-urday night at 8.
Headliner
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Many Thanks to our Sponsors!
Fall FunFest is coordinated by Operation CityScape, Cookeville’s Main Street revitalization and preservation organization.
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Cooking Area
Food Vendors
Main Stage
Arts & Crafts
Skate Park WCTE Stations of Imagination
Family Fun Zone
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Guitar Shorty will be on the main stage Saturday at 8 p.m.
Guitar Shorty musicalheadliner for FunFestGuitar Shorty, also known as David
Kearney, was born in Houston, Texas, butwas raised in Kissimee, Fla. As a young boy he would sneak into his
uncle’s room and try to play his guitar. Hewas so small his hands didn’t fit aroundits neck, so he would lean it against thewall and play it like a stand up bass. When other kids were in high school,
Shorty was a student by day and a work-ing musician by night. One evening whenhe went to work the marquis read “TheWalter Johnson Band featuring GuitarShorty” — the name he would go by fromthen on.Right out of high school at the age of 16,
Shorty joined Ray Charles and his bandfor a year. At the age of 17 he recorded asingle under the direction of Willie Dixonon the Cobra label. When Shorty waslured away to play with Guitar Slim, hemoved to New Orleans.In New Orleans, Shorty fronted his own
group that became the house band at thelegendary Dew Drop Inn. There he playedwith greats such as T Bone Walker, Big
Joe Turner and Little Richard. It took ajob with Sam Cooke to get 19-year-oldShorty on the bus and on his way to theWest Coast.Shorty lived and worked in both Los An-
geles and Canada until 1961, when he methis wife, Marcia, in Seattle. When Shortymarried Marcia, he also got Jimi Hendrix,Marcia’s brother, for a brother-in-law. Theyoung Jimi Hendrix came to see Shortyplay often and they were friends untilJimi’s untimely death.Like a Texas tumbleweed, Shorty rolled
back to the Los Angeles area in 1971, andLos Angeles has remained his home. Hecut his first full album and got his firstW.C. Handy Award while living there.Since that time Shorty has recorded sev-
eral albums for the Black Top label and iscurrently signed to Evidence Records. Heoften jams at local clubs with formermembers of the Eagles, Steely Dan, andcalls local blues artist Keb Mo a personalfriend and fan. He continues to captureaudiences with his sincerity, energy androcking/blues style.
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Carissa and Company will take the main stage at Fall FunFest on Friday at 6p.m.
Carissia is a professional singer/song-writer, entertainer, and lecturer with morethan 20 years of touring experience. Shecurrently performs R&B, blues, jazz stan-dards and original music with a full band,Carissia & Company, and promotes “LiveMusic in America” presentations. Carissia
is an educator with a bachelor of businessadministration degree from Belmont Uni-versity, a master of arts degree in instruc-tional leadership, a master of arts degree incurriculum and instruction, and an EdS(specialist in education) degree from Ten-nessee Tech University.
Carissia does morethan just sing
Live Music in AmericaLive Music in America’s mission is to en-rich, educate, empower, and entertain stu-dents and the general public by performingand using America’s diverse genres ofmusic — blues, rock-n-roll, jazz and R&B
— to promote reading literacy, tolerance,positive collaborations and diversity. Ateach event, audience interaction is a keylearning strategy based upon curriculumstandards.
Tom MaloneTom Malone is a professional guitaristwith more than 50 years of musical tour-ing and performance experience. As a re-tired Navy chief petty officer, Malone hasperformed for global military events aswell as with local and regional bands out
of Nashville, highlighting the music ofR&B, blues, jazz, Top40 and more. He is agraduate of Vanderbilt University with anEnglish and political science degree. He isalso an active musician with Carissia &Company.
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Cookeville’s own “Sheep Trick” performs at last year’s Fall FunFest. They are, from left, Steve Law, Eric Howard, Dale Ballinger, Skeeter Flowers and RandyMansell.
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Spoonful is a blues-based trio fromCookeville featuring Danny Birdwell onbass and vocals, Richard Crabtree ondrums, and Greg Ford on guitar and vo-cals. Spoonful draws from traditional
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Spoonful will get things started on the Fall FunFest main stage Saturday at12:30 p.m.
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The Soul Searchers have also served aslegendary guitarist Steve Cropper’s back-up band on numerous live performances.
The Soul Searchers serve up authenticand high-spirited versions of all the bestsoul and R&B hits of that golden age:“Mustang Sally,” “Sittin’ On the Dock ofthe Bay,” “My Girl” and more. Lookingsharp in suits and ties, the Soul Searchersare dedicated to inducing audiences tohave as much fun listening and dancingto this great music as the Soul Searchersclearly has performing it.
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Downtown merchantsOnce a year, these businesses and profes-
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Putnam CountyThe Sheriff’s Department, as well as Put-
nam County Emergency Management/Ser-vices, provides support for the festival andhas an on-site presence.
SponsorshipsBusinesses/individuals that support the fes-
tival financially are Paul Bailey, BaymontInn, BB&T/ Legge Insurance, Coke,Cookeville Communications, CookevilleRegional Medical Center, First NationalBank, First Tennessee Bank, Foothills Run-ning Company, Herald-Citizen, Kroger,Lamar Advertising, Lowe’s, Madaris Sidingand Windows, Papa Tony’s Authentic
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TACAMike Whiteman and a group of dedicated
Highland Rim members handle all aspectsof putting on a high-quality, juried show andhave been involved in the festival for morethan 10 years.
Tennessee Tech UniversityTTU as a whole provides much support in
the way of manpower for the event. In the Family Zone, Michelle Huddleston
and students from the Service Center manthe inflatables and skate park.
The ROTC program sends some 42 volun-teers whose presence is crucial in putting onthe Run.
In addition to those areas, a number ofTTU departments and programs help in theWCTE Stations of Imagination.
The Millard Oakley STEM Center and Par
3 Technology, the Department of Chemistry,TTU Athletics, Photo Services staff, the In-ternational Student Association, engineersinvolved with FIRST robotics, the LEGOchallenge and minibaja competitors all part-ner with WCTE.
VolunteersThere are approximately 300 volunteers
who band together to bring Fall FunFest to-gether. Many of these dedicated volunteershave been with the festival for more than 15years.
WCTE-TVAn integral part of the festival, Stations of
Imagination takes some 120 volunteers andstaff. Stations of Imagination takes up thesouth end of the festival and offers free ac-
tivities for the children.
Community partnersPartners like Appliance Mart, Arcade
Properties, Dunn’s Tire and Car Care Cen-ter, First United Methodist Church, WillRoberson, Walker Investments and WhitePlains Golf Course help with items for thefestival.
Food donorsLast, but not least, the following food
donors help feed all the 300-plus volunteers:Blue Coast Burrito, Char, Chick-Fil-A,Coca-Cola, Firehouse Subs, Great Harvest,Hometown IGA, IWC, Kroger, Olive Gar-den, Papa John’s, Sam’s, Stroud’s Barbecue,Subway, and Wal-Mart in Algood andCookeville.
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Bands from all over,and playing all stylesof music, play the Fun-Fest.
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FALL FUNFEST
The Tennessee BackRoads Band will take the main stage Saturday at 4 p.m.
Tennessee BackRoads Band sticks to country roots, Southern rockThe Tennessee BackRoads Band consists of six musi-
cians and singers. A couple of the members got theirstart through singing and playing for various events atchurch and developed friendships that resulted in the
formation of BackRoads Band. The band sticks pretty close to its roots, playing clas-
sic country, old country, new country and some South-ern rock. The band performs for audiences across the
Upper Cumberland and the entire Southeast and haveplayed venues such as The Gibson Showcase inNashville, Gatlinburg, and venues on the FL/AL pan-handle.
This down-home acoustic folk bluesband was winner of the MCBS BluesyAward for “Best Other Blues Instrumen-talist of the Year” and Nashville BluesAward for “Best Specialty Instrumentalistof the Year” and was also nominated for“Acoustic Blues Act of the Year,” and“Acoustic Alley Blues” for Blues CD ofthe Year. Little Johnny Kantreed-Kat Starr was
born and raised in the Nashville area. Inthe late ’70s, solo artists were a dime a
dozen in Nashville, so LJK packed up hispowder blue Vega and moved to the Day-tona Beach area of Florida, playing happyhours and opening for beach bands.
Deciding that a steady paycheck wouldbe a good way of life, he entered the radioscene and DJ’d morning drive times inGreenville, Ky., and Winchester, Va. Real-izing he liked Tennessee better than thenomadic life of radio, he landed back inNashville. Back in his hometown, hehooked up with a couple of bands, playing
drums for The Color Flag and Horse Of ADifferent Color. But it was the roots musicthat was in him. Since that time, he has played at The
King Biscuit Blues Festival in Helena,Ark., The Ground Zero Blues Club andthe Juke Joint Festival in Clarksdale,Miss., the Jammin at Hippie Jack’ Ameri-
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FALL FUNFESTDobbins has sung with the bestSinger, songwriter and entertainer
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cians who have played for such artistsas Al Green, Ray Charles, Pattie La
Belle and James Brown. Upon his dis-charge from the U.S. Marine corpsDobbins became the opening act forlocal artist Freddy Waters, where heperformed at the Nashville hot spotThe Bamboo Lounge. In mid-80s, hejoined a local big band called theKadillacs out of Franklin. As the leadmale vocalist of the Kadillacs he wasgiven opportunities to share his talentwith some of the top names in the busi-ness — artists such as Amy Grant,Vince Gill, Doug Stone and StevieNicks. In 2000, Dobbins formed hisown band “The Clarence DobbinsRevue.”
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Megan Ivey climbs the rock wall at Fall FunFest on the Putnam CountyCourthouse Square in 2012.
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10K FunRunThe 10K race will traverse the same course
as the 5K but will turn left onto W. 12thStreet from N. Willow, go to Walter Lane,turn around and come back on 12th Street toDixie where runners will turn south and thento the finish line on Dixie.
Public restrooms Port-a-johns will be located on Washington
next to Will Roberson’s office and on Madi-son behind the Arcade Building.
Information booths and ticket sales
There is no charge for admission to the fes-tival; however, there are inflatables andkids’ activities that require tickets in theFamily Zone. Tickets can be purchased atthe Information/Ticket Booth on the cornerof Broad and Jefferson.
Additionally, WCTE has their own infor-mation booth located in the Stations ofImagination area in front of the ArcadeBuilding.
Emergency servicesEmergency Services are on hand just in
case any type of emergency should arise.Emergency Command Center is located atthe intersection of Spring and Washington.Staffs from the other city and county emer-gency agencies that will be in attendance areCookeville Fire Department, Cookeville Po-lice Department, Putnam County Sheriff’sDepartment and Putnam County EmergencyServices.
A complete map of the entire Fall FunFestlayout is included in this publication. Referto the map for further information.
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INFO: Everything you needto know about FunFest
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Avery Owens, left, and Abbey Allen take part in the WCTE Stations of Imagi-nation photo booth.
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“The TACA Highland Rim chapter doesa fantastic job of bringing in these artists,”Evans said. “They have a wide variety ofmediums, and it’s a juried show, so it’s re-ally top-quality. They make us look good.”A FunRun will get things started early on
Saturday morning with more than 300 run-ners expected, rain or shine.“We are a rain or shine kind of event,”
Evans said.What’s the best part of FunFest? All of it, according to Evans.“Each area appeals to me on some level,”
she said. “You can’t possibly go wrongwith the food, but every area is great. Ilove going down and watching thoseteenagers at the skate park, I love watching
those kids bounce on those bouncy houses,I love going to WCTE’s Stations of Imag-ination and seeing the characters and howmuch fun the kids are having there, and Ilove seeing people enjoying the barbecuecook-off.
“And the music — when people startdancing in the street, that may be my ulti-mate favorite because it shows what agood time everybody’s having and makesit so satisfying for us for all the hard workof bringing this festival into being.”
More than 300 volunteers make it hap-pen.
“It’s a huge, huge, huge endeavor,” Evanssaid. “We couldn’t possibly do it withoutthe volunteers or the City of Cookevilleand all their support and staff who help uswith this.”
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FUN: Festival beginsFriday at 5 p.m.
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Crowds swarm around food booths at Fall FunFest.
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