Village Living neighborly news & entertainment for Mountain Brook
Volume 5 | Issue 6 | September 2014
Fashion forward
Rock on
Coming Sept. 27
PreSchool Partners event to feature acts from around town
By MADOLINE MARKHAM
Superintendent Dicky Barlow is returning to the lineup this in this year’s show. Photo courtesy of Major Colbert.
Teachers, students to show off fall designs to benefit schools By MADOLINE MARKHAM Backstage, students freshen their makeup. Next to them, their teachers, principals and moms do the same, preparing to step out on the runway. This certainly isn’t school, but it does benefit their education. For the second year in a row, models from Mountain Brook schools will don the styles of area boutiques for the Schaeffer Eye Center Fashions for the Foundation event at The Club on Sept. 16. “It brings everyone together,” said Anne Womack, Mountain Brook City Schools Foundation executive director. “You are going to see principals, teachers and
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Come Sept. 27, Crestline Village will rock again. Preschool Partners is bringing back its local music festival, Crestline Rocks, in a slightly amended form. Ticket prices have dropped, more local bands will be on the lineup, and the venue is moving from Church Street to the grassy lawn in front of the Emmet O’Neal Library. “We are hopeful that offering an opportunity to all ages to play and lowering the ticket price will bring out a good crowd,” said PreSchool Partners Director of Development Allene Neighbors. In fact, most of the lineup of local bands will be determined by an online vote this month, with the Hams and Rollin’ in the Hay as headliners. “Our goal is to bring in musical talent from various communities to show off the talent Birmingham has,” Neighbors said. “We have gotten a great response and have talked with several bands.” Starting Sept. 2, you can vote as often as you like for bands to be in the lineup for the Sept.
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27 concert. Each vote you cast is a $1 donation to PreSchool Partners, and there is no limit on number of votes during the twoweek period. YouTube videos of the bands as well as the voting will be posted on preschool-partners.org. The festivities kick off Thursday, Sept. 25 with movie characters and other familiar faces walking around Crestline Village for a Character Crawl. Families can eat at local restaurants and mingle with characters from 5-8 p.m. Kids can also take part in the second annual Touch-a-Truck event on Saturday from 3-5 p.m. Fire trucks, Bobcat equipment, cranes and more will be on display for them to play on. “That was a huge hit [last year],” Neighbors said. “It was neat seeing all the city service trucks come together, and the kids went crazy because the
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Jack King will be servicing cars at the Crestline Shell for years to come. Learn how inside.
Come out to the Birmingham Zoo for Western’s annual food and wine festival in support of the Emmet O’Neal Library. Find the details inside.
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