The Grove Observer

A weekly newspaper for Grove and Grand Lake residents. Published every Friday. If you have news, email us at groveobserver@yahoo.com or fax (918) 791-0206. Copyright 2007. No reproduction without consent of the author.

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Editor & Publisher: Jim Mills



Friday, June 29, 2007

Cajun Festival Set for July 4

On July 4 Grand Lake Festivals will host its 11th annual Arts, Crafts, Music and Cajun Festival in the air-conditioned comfort of the Grove Civic Center. Beginning at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 4 the doors will open for a fun-filled day of wonderful arts and crafts booths, delicious Cajun food and entertainment throughout the day. Admission is free to the public. The food court will offer tasty Cajun food at affordable prices—come early and spend the day enjoying the delicious food, wonderful entertainment and shopping with our most talented arts & crafts vendors.

Louisiana’s hottest Cajun band, "Bayou Roots" will entertainment along with Jana Jae and Hotwire throughout the day on July 4th. Bayou Roots, along with bandleader, Chris Miller from Lake Charles, LA take their audience back to the musical roots of early Creole "la-la" music and stretches forward toward the more modern sounds of Zydeco with a bluesy chromatic accordian and saxophone speaking the language of swamp-pop. Miller and Bayou Roots were recently named Band of the Year, Best CD of the Year and won the People’s Choice Award at the 18th Annual Le Cajun Music Awards.


Jana Jae, international touring star and founder of Grand Lake Festivals, Inc. and her own exciting band, Hotwire, will also go CAJUN. Their diverse musical styles blends country fiddling, western swing, pop and the classics producing exciting entertainment and thrilling an audience of all ages. They, along with Bayou Roots and others will be performing on July 4 from 10 to 5 in the air-conditioned comfort of the Grove Civic Center.

Arts, crafts and food vendors will be participating assuring everyone of a choice that will suit them, from beautifully hand crafted jewelry to Native American art, along with some of their favorite Cajun dishes such as shrimp and crawfish jambalaya, sausage gumbo and Cajun corn on the cob. More traditional foods will also be available.

The Arts, Crafts, Music & Cajun Festival has proven to be successful and has become a major event in the Grand Lake area. This event devoted to good family entertainment is hosted by the non-profit organization, Grand Lake Festivals, Inc. with the assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Local and area sponsors of this event include: The City of Grove, Cherokee Nation, ConocoPhillips, Thompson & Associates, Air Power Systems, Grand Savings Bank, Dairy Queen, First National Bank, Wal-Mart, Grand Bank, Bank of Grove, Best Western TimberRidge Inn,

First Class Collision and Limo Service, Grand River Abstract, Arvest Bank, Gallery Southwest, Snider’s Camp, Drake’s Restaurant, Lungren Chevrolet, Prairie Breeze, Ltd., Grand Rental Station, Jack’s Music Shack, Cathy Shaefer of Thompson & Associates, Richard & Dolores Graham Family, Dolphus & Mozelle Blevins, Gene & Shirley Sawyer, Java Dave’s, The Urban Table in Fayetteville, Arkansas, KGVE, The Grove Sun, The Grove Observer and Nowata Printing

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