PRESS RELEASE

NOVEMBER 2009

Fourteenth Annual Skylands Scenic Beauty Photo Contest Winners Announced The Warren County 

Cultural & Heritage Commission is pleased to announce the winners of the 14th Annual Skylands 

Scenic Beauty Photo Contest. Entries were received from photographers throughout the area's northwest region. Over $1800 was awarded in cash prizes.

 

The Best of Show winner for this year's contest was Don Myles from Belvidere 

who won Second Place in 2008.

 

Winners in the Professional category include: 

Kathleen Rupff from Blairstown with First Place

Julia Rose-Dick of Baptistown with Second Place

R. Gordon Perry of Saylorsburg, PA  with Third Place

and Honorable Mention won by Jean Perry of Saylorsburg, PA. 

Other professional participants include:

Cathy Conroy, Pat Mannon, Therese Pearman, and Carol Sutherland.  

 

Winners in the Amateur category include:

Patty Wright-Farrini from

 

 Washington in First Place

 Joan F. White from Oxford in Second Place,

Len  Carducci of Hackettstown with the Third Place Ribbon

The Honorable  Mention award to Francis Cheh of Fords.

 

Other Amateur contestants include:

 

Jennifer Cagnassola                Kathryn Cavitch

Mary J. Finken                    Rosaline Fuller

 

Michelle Gardner                 Joe Heydel    

LaVonne Heydel                   Bill Hoffmann 

Josephine LaBar                  Kathleen Lamb 

 Ronald Lommatzsch                Barbara Polhemus

  Sandra Poyer                    Matthew Reid    

   Cheryl Semonchick                Linda Spaet      

 Bonnie Stanislaw                John  Stockton  

 Karen Stull                    Joshua Stull   

Cindy Topoleski                 Elizabeth Turcic

Michelle Warburton

Erin Washburn and Marina Zindel.

 

 

 

Winners in the Student category include:

Kellie Rodriguez in First Place

Peter Liolia in Second Place

Hannah Naugle in Third Place

Jessica Reid

 

 winning Honorable Mention.

 

 

 

This year's contest was solely sponsored and coordinated by the Warren  County

Cultural and Heritage Commission.

 The judges for the contest were:

 

 Patt Abbott, Best of Show Winner from 2008, and Jim Rimi of "Rimi Studios" in Washington.

 

All participants are to be commended for the quality of their photographic entries.

 

 

This program is made possible by the Warren County Freeholders and is funded

 

 in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a

 

 Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The Warren County Cultural

& Heritage Commission prepared and presented the show as a public service.

For further information please call (908) 453-4381.

 

Sally Shutler Commission Clerk

Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission

908-453-4381

 

PRESS RELEASE!

 

August 31, 2009

 Contact: Dennis Austin/Sally Shutler 453-4381 or

  Steve Miller at 908 892-2441 or fireback@fiddleboy.net

 TENTH ANNUAL FREE FIREBACK FIDDLE & BANJO COMPETITION & CONCERTS SEPTEMBER 19 at SHIPPEN MANOR

 OVER THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN PRIZE MONEY!

 The Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission is pleased to present its Tenth Annual Free Fireback Fiddle & Banjo Contest on the Shippen Manor Lawn, in Oxford , Saturday, September 19, starting at noon , rain or shine, with a performance by Bluegrass favorites, Cold Springs.

 Prize money will be $300, $200, and $100 for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners respectively in each of the following categories: Old-Time fiddle, Bluegrass fiddle, Celtic fiddle, Finger style banjo, and Claw hammer banjo. Fiddlers High School age and younger may have the option to compete in a separate Junior category that offers $100 for 1st prize, $75 for 2nd prize, and $50 for 3rd prize. The acoustic duo, Kate and Paul, will be performing later in the afternoon during the judging.

Pre-registration is encouraged by phone: 908-892-2441 or email: fireback@fiddleboy.net and further information is available by visiting Steve Miller’s website: fiddleboy.net/fireback.html

 The grounds at Shippen Manor are reasonably accessible and accessible facilities are provided. This event is presented by the Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission, with support from the Warren County Freeholders, and funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/ Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.                                    

 For further information please call (908) 453-4381.

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PRESS RELEASE!

August 31, 2009

Contact: Dennis Austin/Sally Shutler

(908) 453-4381

 FREE CRAZY HEART BAND AT SHIPPEN MANOR SEPTEMBER 13

 The Warren County Cultural and Heritage Commission is happy to announce a FREE concert by “Crazy Heart”, considered to be one the best Country bands in the Northeast. The FREE concert on the lawn at Shippen Manor begins at 5 pm , Sunday, September 13. “Crazy Heart” has opened for national recording stars “Big and Rich”, the “Charlie Daniel’s Band”, “Josh Turner”, “Billy Currington”, “Mark Wills”, “Kitty Wells” and “David Lee Murphy”, among others. “Crazy Heart” has won over twenty music awards from the Lehigh Valley Music Association in the last several years.

 Jarrett Dean Rollins (Lead Male Vocals & Rhythm Guitar) and Bonnie Jean Rollins (Lead Female Vocals) from San Antonio , Texas give Crazy Heart its true country sound. Jim Hunt (Lead Guitar), Bill Cobel (Bass Guitar), new comer Chris Jones (Steel, Guitar & Harmonica), and Glenn Edleman (Drums) provide the background music and drive that propels the band.

 Bring blankets or lawn chairs, a picnic, a couple of friends & your best relaxing mood to Shippen Manor, located just off Route 31 in Oxford . This free event starts at 5 PM and is sponsored by the Warren County Cultural & Heritage Commission, supported by the Warren County Freeholders, and funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The lawn at Shippen Manor is reasonably accessible and accessible lavatories are available.

For further information please call (908) 453-4381.