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Award-winning Sussex County artist, Laura Hickman will exhibit her pastels at the Coastal
Music and Arts Fest, Saturday, Sept. 27, at Lord Baltimore Elementary School in Ocean View.
She has also donated one of her pastel drawings to be raffled as a fundraiser for the school
PTA.
Laura Hickman pastel raffled Sept. 27
at third Coastal 1Music and AJ'ts Fest
By Rosanne Pack
Non stop entertainment, art
shopping, an opportunity for some
hands-on crafts and the chance to
win a valuable Laura Hickman
pastel drawing all are included in
the Coastal Music and Arts Fest
this weekend at Lord Baltimore
Elementary School in Ocean
View. Although it is only into its
third year, the fest has been a suc-
cess since the initial event, and
planners are expecting a crowd of
more than 4,000 people this year.
The festival is the primary
fundraiser for the Lord Baltimore
PTA; proceeds are used to fund
projects throughout the year. The
festival opens at 10 a.m. and con-
tinues until 4 p.m.; the rain date is
Sunday, Sept. 28.
Hickman was on the planning
committee for the first music and
arts fest scheduled by the Lord
Baltimore PTA. She said she was
pleased to provide any input that
she could, and the success and
growth of the festival have been
very encouraging.
Each year, Hickman has donat-
ed a pastel drawing to be used as a
fundraiser. This year's contribu-
tion, "Summer Ocean View", is a
pastel approximately two by three
feet and it shows a profusion of
zinnias and vegetable plants be-
hind a local cottage. Raffle tickets
are $3 or two for $5 and may be
purchased the day of the event.
The drawing will take place at the
end of the festival; the winner
does not have to be present to win.
"It's a scene I've drawn many
times in many seasons," Hickman
said. "It's the Marvel's garden on
Daisey Avenue in Ocean View
and it' s one of my favoritbs."
An award-winning and
renowned artist in southern
Delaware, Hickman is known for
her generous support of art and
educational organizations and
events. She has donated a pastel to
the Coastal Music and Arts Fest
each year, and she regularly do-
nates to other arts fundraisers. In-
cluded in the many awards that
she has earned is that of Best in
Show, which she has earned nu-
merous times in the Sussex Coun-
ty Arts Council Annual Fine Arts
Exhibit.
Many of her pastels show
everyday scenes of her home terri-
tory of Bethany Beach and famil-
iar resort landmarks. Laundry
hanging in the late light of a sum-
mer afternoon, a bicycle leaning
against the porch, flowers spilling
through a picket fence, all done in
rich pastel shades, fill her canvas-
es. Hickman will be one of several
artists exhibiting at the music and
arts fest.
She said that she is glad that her
donation will be raffled rather
than offered at silent auction.
"This way, for a few dollars,
everyone has a chance to win,"
she said. "It also builds excite-
ment toward the end of the day as
people wait for the drawing."
In addition to artists and crafts
people who will be exhibiting and
demonstrating their work, music
continues from opening to closing
of the festival. Radio personality
J.T. Cruise will be master of cere-
monies on the main stage where
artists include Miss Delaware
1997 Alison White, South Ameri-
can folk band KATARI, well-
known entertainer Mario Rocco's
oldies revue, local teen rock band
The Channel Surfers and well-
known band Bad Penny. The Lord
Baltimore and Phillip Showell el-
ementary school bands will also
perform and there will be country
western music, sing-alongs and
dance opportunities, and a gym-
nastics demonstration.
A variety of food will be on sale
throughout the day including Ital-
ian deli selections, baked goods,
frozen yogurt, candy and snack
items.
For information on the Coastal
Music and Arts Fest, call 537-
2700 or 539-7119.
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