Archive for the Category ◊ Lakefest ◊

Here are our winners for 2018 Craft Show! Each year we enlist three judges to explore all the craft booths at our event. This is the criteria we ask them to look for and choose their favorites.

• Attractiveness of booth
• Quality, beauty and difficulty of craft
• Friendliness and helpfulness of crafter

Charles Odom, Hookerton, NC, 1st Place

Carol Smith-The UpCycled SpokesMan, Cary, NC, 2nd Place

John Polhemus-Wood Puzzles and Ornaments, Waldorf, MD, 3rd Place

Maureen Booth, Rustic Attitude, Matthews, NC, Honorable Mention

Below you will find links to all of your LAKEFEST 2018 information!

• Tethered Hot Air Balloons (Thursday)
• Opening Ceremonies & Musical Guests (Friday)
• Musical Guests (Saturday)
• Juried Arts & Crafts Festival (Saturday)
• Antique Auto Show (Saturday)
• Games & Rides
• Sand Sculpture Artist
• Special Entertainment
• Lakefest Raffle 
• Lakefest Logo Design Winner!
• Official Lakefest T-shirts
• Shuttle & Parking Info
• Top 20 Events 
• L O V E

If you would like any further information please contact the chamber. Check out our event page with all the updates: https://www.facebook.com/events/518366588518100/

Saturday, July 21 at 1 pm-Tractor Pull is out on Noblin Farm Road across from the Clarksville YMCA, for more information contact Scott Ramsey. 

The new ride we plan on bringing for Lakefest is called the SCAT. You are a thrill seeker to take on this one as you are whisked around in high gravity cages that will leave you screaming for more.

Fun Time Amusements Rides has been providing family entertainment for more than 58 years and they plan to bring a wonderful array of rides and games that will enhance the main stage area adjacent Third Street (access at the corner of Third and Virginia Avenue) on Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night. Usually they bring eight or nine rides, which can range from their Flying Super Spinner, Fun Slide, Jurassic Adventure, Scooby Doo Combo Inflatable, Windjammer Kite Flyer and Rock Climbing Wall & more. Most of the rides and games will be located on the grassy lot adjacent to the area. The company’s top priority is that of safety for their patrons and their guests. Safety mechanisms on all rides are constantly monitored on an on-going basis, and the rides are inspected by Virginia State Safety compliance.

Train Rides

All aboard! No need to get your ticket punched for this train ride— passengers ride for free and there’s no ticket needed. Lakefest’s Fun-Time train will be chugging up and down Virginia Avenue (from 3rd to 7th Streets) on Saturday, July 21, from 9 am-5 pm. Turn-around locations will be at the main stage area (lot connected to 3rd Street) and at the Bank of America parking area (between 7th and 8th). The train holds up to 18 passengers, packages and baby strollers.

Helicopter Rides

For the last six years, Paul Jackson, Helicopter Pilot, has been flying the friendly skies and giving our Lakefest visitors rides over Clarksville and the Lake. Take advantage of seeing Lake Country from the air this year, it is a memory you will never forget. Rides will be available starting Friday evening, at the Food Lion lawn area & Saturday for most of the day. It is $30 per person to ride.

The Water Wars Booth

Play the ultimate water balloon game! From Warsaw, NC Water Wars is bringing some water balloon fun that you will have fun either as a game or competition–here is how you play: Opponents go to opposing battle stations with buckets of water balloons. Each battle station has a water balloon launcher. Place a balloon in the launcher, pull down on the handle, aim, and fire! Your balloon soars high through the air and comes crashing down on your opponent’s battle station. There are strategically placed slots and holes in the structure that allows the water to come through. You might get sprinkled, sprayed, or saturated, but watch out, retaliation comes quickly! Water Wars will be located in front of Watkins, Cooper, Lyon’s FH.

We will have a few special guests appearances this Lakefest Saturday! They will be here for a limited time during the festival, so you won’t want to miss them!

The Little Mermaid party character is a princess who has lived in the sea and on dry land, and she loves both with all her heart. She’s a spunky, talented princess who’s full of curiosity. She can’t help but make friends everywhere she goes.

Captain America Parody party character is a real patriot with a heart of gold and a super-strong shield. He defends his friends and the American dream no matter what comes his way. His enhanced strength makes him a powerful defender of freedom everywhere.

Wonder Woman Parody party character is a skilled warrior. She uses her mystical lasso and super-strong bracelets to fight for what’s right. She is on the side of peace, justice, and everything good. Bad guys everywhere fear this amazing lady; she hits hard and takes control. She’ll fight to make your celebration great.

The arts & crafts show is juried and the jurors have been kept busy reviewing applications and photographs since early in February. It is a packed house this year with over 200 vendors ranging from Crafts, Food, Non-profits & Retail items. Vendors this year are coming not only from Virginia, but also other states: Florida, Ohio, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Maryland, Pennsylvania & Georgia.

The crafters have been extremely active in applying for this year’s show. We have lots of new & exciting booths this year, from amazing woodworkings, acrylic and oil paintings, pottery, leather products, birdhouses and garden accessories, carvers and sculptures, personalized jewelry, items to be personalized on the spot, pain relief jewelry, photography, clothing, home accessories and even homemade pet food & attire… just to name a few.

We have great things for the kids from treasure mining to Disney characters, face painters, & amusement rides.

There will be no shortage of food vendors and we have some new and exciting food trucks vendors this year ranging from Cuban, BBQ, crab cake sandwich, to our usual Asian, Seafood, Mediterranean, Greek & your All-American choices too! There will be special items such as along with all the other fair favorites. For the sweet tooth, Sweet Frog is back, also every kind of funnel cake you can think of which they have evolved into all the toppings and flavors a sugar lover could only dream about. There will be deep fried candy bars, & Oreos to icees, smoothies & popsicles. Cheesecake on a stick anyone? Smell the aroma of kettle corn, popcorn, cotton candy & more! All here on Saturday.

Lake Country Satellite is helping this year with Wi-Fi for the event and US98 & 3WD REWIND will be doing live remotes throughout the day! Disney Characters will be here for a short time from 10:30-1:30, so don’t miss them performing at the United Country Realty Stage. Virginia Avenue from Second through Fourth Street will not re-open at 5 pm so we have about 25 vendors opting to stay until the fireworks, so come on down any time of day. If you want to keep up with all activities, details & more of who is coming to Lakefest, go to our Lakefest Event page on Facebook to view our daily post on updates and information.

The Official 2018 Lakefest t-shirts have arrived and they are simply MARVELOUS! Hunter Davies, who is this year’s winner of the LOGO contest won $250. His artwork is now the official logo for this year’s Tee shirts.

Each shirt has the official ADMIRAL VETS INC Sponsor on the left sleeve (Pictured: our VET’S Models, Kendele & Josh). On the right sleeve are our two of our Captain Sponsors, Clarksville Ruritans, & Microsoft logo.

NEW!!! This year we have ladies V-NECKS!! Limited Size and Colors: Violet, Seafoam & Mint

The 41st edition shirts are super spectacular and have many colors to choose from this year. But some are very limited in quantities, so you must come quickly because these colors won’t last long. Colors—we have a new feature on three of the tees that are in a soft style blend, colors available in soft style are: white, Gallegos blue and black! Safety Orange, Neon Blue, Neon Green, also more subdued colors Chalky Mint & Violet! All colors range in sizes from youth small to adult 3xl. Youth shirts are $15 and come in Violet & Neon Green, Adult sizes small to x-large are $20 and 2XL’s and 3XL’s are $22.

Tanks are back too in limited sizes & colors. Colors for the Ladies are: white, royal blue, Seafoam and for the men we have white, royal blue & orange. Get yours before they are gone! Tanks are $20 for regular sizes, 2XL are $22.

T-shirts are now available at the Clarksville Chamber Office (105 Second Street) and the Virginia Avenue Mall (317 Virginia Avenue). Proceeds from the shirts will help with the various expenses of Lakefest such as live bands, fireworks and hot-air balloons.

Our Land or Land Fundraising Raffle is filled with great items for the Great Outdoors and more! Three Prize Packages, three chances to win. Stop in the Chamber office to see all the great items up for our fundraiser giveaway. You will have S’mores of Fun with the “backyard Package” with 4 grand wood seats, fire-pit and all the accessories to make your backyard into a camping experience. Our Patio prizes…The Smoker grill is awesome and we have all the accessories to make your next patio party smoking hot fun. And the Lake Prize package will have you spending hours of fun at the lake with a WOW float for four with its own cooler and so much more.

Three winners or three chances to win this year’s LAND OR LAKE Packages that are Smokin’ Hot with tons of great prizes. Winners will have a choice between our Grand Prize “LAKE” Raffle fittings for a fun day at the Lake. Then Second Chance winner will win our fun “LAND” Patio prize package and third prize is our “Backyard” fun Package.

Tickets are now on Sale! You need to stop by the Chamber office, this is a must see in Person! $5 per ticket, Drawing is Friday night of Opening Ceremonies, July 20th!

We like to thank the following business for their contribution towards this year’s Land or Lake Raffle Clarksville ACE Hardware, Karin Kuhn, Colleens Creations, Blue Creek Cove, The Twisted Tree, HillTop on the Lake, Buggs Island Brewery, Morningstar’s BB&C, Sandy Fork, DoodleBug’s, The Bobbin Cork, Amy Spurlock, Sticks & Stones (Robert & Tamara Burr), Clarksville Community Pharmacy, Dollar General

LakeFest Highlights start on Thursday…Come out and enjoy the beauty of the hot air balloons! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and spend the evening watching the balloons inflate and provide fun, FREE hot-air balloon rides for children 12 and younger. This event is scheduled for Thursday, July 19, starting at 6 pm at the Lake Country Business Park located on Noblin Farm Road (next to Clarksville Elementary School).

Hot dogs, hamburgers, & soft drinks will be available for purchase, courtesy of Sentara MeadowView Terrace. A minimal fee will be charged for the food and activities; however, all proceeds will be donated to the Southeastern Alzheimer’s Association. Children’s games, and other activities will be available at the event, too!
A dunking booth (fundraiser for provided by Sweet Virginia Barn cats). The Cottage Barn will have ice cream available at the tethering.

With the weather cooperating (pilot can fly only when the wind is less than 10 mph and there are no storms within a 60 mile radius), all activities will continue until dusk. For more information, contact the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce at 434-374-2436.

Playing live acoustic at Opening Ceremonies, Logan Robinson is a 23 year old singer/songwriter and developmental artist with SSM Nashville in Nashville, TN. Even though Logan was born in NC, he considers Clarksville his second home.  Members of the Robinson family have owned a second home on Buggs Island for almost fifty years.  Logan has been spending his summers, with his family, in Clarksville since he was five weeks old. In fact, his first music video for his top ten country single “Boat Docks” was filmed right here in Clarksville at the house he was raised at during the summers, now owned by his parents. https://www.loganrobinsonmusic.com/

After Saluting our Sponsors, put your dancing shoes on!

Miss Mini and Pressure Point Bio

When you go to hear Miss Mini and Pressure Point, be sure to bring your dancing shoes. You’re gonna need ‘em!   Miss Mini and Pressure Point is a very talented group of singers and musicians who have just one goal in mind…making you dance! There is well over a century and a half of musical talent that makes up this high energy band. They play the best in Top 40, R&B, Beach Music, Southern Soul, Blues and more. They play their original music as well as cover tunes. In fact, many of the songs that they cover are unique to this band because their talent allows them to play the most complex arrangements. They can also easily take and play requests.  For years they have traveled up and down the Eastern Seaboard delighting audiences with their musical expertise and showmanship and will continue to do so for many more to come.  For more information about the band including individual bios, videos, pictures and more, visit the website missminimusic.com.

Enter your antique automobiles in the 24th annual Antique Auto Show, which will be featured at Lakefest in Clarksville on Saturday, July 21, at Century 21 On the Lake (412 Virginia Avenue) and the lawn areas adjacent to the realty office. Great trophies will be given in the categories:

•     Hard Luck Story
•     Oldest Vehicle
•     Longest Distance Traveled
•     Diamond in the Rough
•     Tom Lilly BEST IN SHOW Award (The most important trophy of the show!)

Among those who have registered their vehicle in the show, there will be two prizes of $50 each that will be given away that afternoon.

To register your vehicle for the show, complete a registration form (available at Century 21 On the Lake 434-374-2279 or at the Chamber Office 434-374-2436 or Click here to Download or Print and return with the $10 fee prior to festival or $20 day of the show. Or it can be mailed out or faxed to those interested in participating.

One of the events major attractions to Lakefest each year is the Sand Sculpture. We wait for almost three whole days to figure out what great work of art will be carved out of that huge pile of sand. The attraction is located in the Pocket Park, located at the corner of 4th & Virginia Avenue, near the LOVE sign.

Back this year is Ed Moore who was here last year and has been the main sand artist for Lakefest for many years. Ed is the Founder of the Sandy Feat sand sculpture group, who grew up to be an architect. But he never gave up on his childhood pastime, which resulted in ever more complex creations, from elaborate castles built on beach vacations to the scores of sculptures he has cut into blocks of wet sand since founding the professional sand-sculpting team Sandy Feat 26 years ago.

He has a Bachelor’s degree in architecture, is a N.C. State University Residence, lives in Raleigh with his wife, Sally Moore. The Moore family has a long history at N.C. State, where he, his father and one of his sons all earned degrees. Moore says his father would often recall a tradition there from the 1920s called “Rush the Grand,” in which groups of students would take the trolley downtown to the Grand Theater. (Later called the Ambassador Theater, it has since been razed.) A large enough group would overwhelm the attendants, allowing the students to get in free.

Saturday, July 21st is Shame for Sydney. With a song list that extends from rock, country, R&B, and blues from the decades of the 70’s 80’s 90’s to today, Shame for Sydney keeps the set list as current as possible, mixing in all your favorite dance classics. Shame for Sydney is outgoing and energetic, they are a VA/NC based band consisting of four seasoned and professional musicians of the highest caliber.

Starting out as an original rock band in 2002 Shame for Sydney has completely turned 180 degrees to become your ultimate party band. Before Shame for Sydney was formed each musician toured locally, regionally, and nationally.

This year’s 41st Annual Virginia Lake Festival is July 19-21, 2018. The STS Top 20 Festival and Event Awards have highlighted programs around the Southeast since 1985.

Travel industry experts select 20 events per month, and STS publicizes them throughout the United States. The complete list is published on two websites: EscapeToTheSoutheast.com and Travel Media Press Room.

For over 40 years, all the activities provided during this event have been free and open to the public. We are very committed to continuing this tradition, although our expenses continue to increase. Our entire community (population 1,400) becomes involved with one aspect or another of this three-day event. Our civic groups are instrumental in lending a hand, as well as our rescue, fire and police departments to insure that all of those attending have a wonderful and safe time. This year we are celebrating our 40 year milestone, and with that our hopes are to enhancing the elements of Lakefest festival goers enjoy so much! More vendor choices, Great music, sand sculpture, fun entertainment for the children, a great show of Hot air balloons, & the biggest Fireworks show to date!!

“The Southeast Tourism Society’s Top 20 Festival and Event list is an excellent guide for the Southeast’s visitors, residents and travel writers. The events selected represent the best, and often most unique, activities in our region,” said Bill Hardman, president and CEO of the Southeast Tourism Society.

Events considered for the STS Top 20 recognition must be at least three years old and have attendance of at least 1,000. Nomination forms and deadlines are available at SoutheastTourism.org or by calling 770-542-1523.

STS, founded in 1983 and headquartered in Atlanta, Ga., is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting tourism to and within 12 states – Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

Happy to announce our 41st Logo Design Winner! Hunter Davies from Nelson, VA is awarded our $250 prize for his winning artwork. Hunter has just graduated from Bluestone High School this May. I asked him what he plans to do with his $250 and he quickly replied that he is going to save it. He plans to work with his parents who just started a fencing company for a while till he moves on. Last year was his first Lakefest experience after moving here from the Brunswick area two years ago.

This was a project through his advanced art class at Bluestone, taught by Michael Jancart. Several students turned in their designs for our Logo Contest. This logo will appear on our official Lakefest t-shirts and promo materials. Congrats Hunter! Thank you to all the other entries, it is always a tough decision for the panel of judges

Last Year’s Lakefest Logo

The 41st Lakefest committee is calling out to all local artist to create the next LAKEFEST LOGO for 2018, which could net you an extra $250 in your pocket?

Consider putting your talents to work for the 2018 Virginia Lake Festival (Lakefest) and become the winner of the reward. The Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce encourages area artists to enter the winning logo design for the 41st Lakefest that is scheduled for July 19-21, 2018. In addition to the cash reward, the winning artist will have their design featured on the official 2018 Lakefest t-shirts and on brochures, flyers and other media promotions of the three-day event, plus be promoted in area newspapers for their accomplishment.

Those wanting to enter the contest may download an entry form, pick up an entry form at the Clarksville Chamber of Commerce, 105 Second Street, or pick one up at the Virginia Avenue Mall or call the Chamber and one will be mailed to you. For artwork designs to be considered in the judging, original and signed entries must be delivered to the Clarksville Chamber Office or submitted by mail to the Lake Festival Committee, P.O. Box 1017, Clarksville, VA, 23927, no later than March 12th, 2018. For more information call the Clarksville Lake Country Chamber of Commerce at (434) 374-2436 or contact us.