<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a><a name="OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;text-transform:uppercase">Olmsted
festival of the arts</span></b></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><b>NORTH
OLMSTED</b> – 2011 marks the first year of an exciting new event!
The Olmsted Festival of the Arts is the merger of two successful annual summer
events, the North Olmsted Juried Arts and Crafts Show and the Northern Ohio
Music Festival. The art show, in its fifth year, and the music festival,
in its third year, have been hosted at the Frostville Museum in the Rocky River
Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks. </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">The Olmsted
Festival of the Arts will feature arts and crafts<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">, three stages of</span> musical performances, student art displays,
hands on music demonstrations, and more. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">Fun food, ice cream and beverages will be served up by the Frostville
volunteers and other vendors. </span>Additionally, all buildings at the
Frostville Museum will be open to the public. Organizers are enthusiastic
about the synergy between the events and anticipate growing interest and
support by the Westshore community and the arts community in general.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>“The volunteers of the Olmsted
Historical Society are excited for this chance to bring more visitors to
Frostville and to show off our recent improvements, including our new
stage/pavilion. This combined event will be bigger and better than previous
years and our hope is for it to continue to grow into a big part of everyone’s
summer,” said OHS President Paul Schumann.</span></span></div><p class="yiv575047751msonormal" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"> </span></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">Art and
music lovers should save the date! The Festival will be held on Sunday,
August 14, 2011. Artists interested in participating in the show should
contact John Kepperley at <a href="mailto:jkeppe@mac.com">jkeppe@mac.com</a> for more information. <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"> Musicians interested in volunteering
their talents should contact Chelsea Schumann at <a href="mailto:schumann.chelsea@gmail.com">schumann.chelsea@gmail.com</a>.</span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"> </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1">The
Festival is made possible by its generous sponsors including the Kiwanis Club
of North Olmsted, Bowling Green State University Chapter of Arts Enterprise,
North Olmsted Cultural Activities Commission, Olmsted Historical Society, and
the Cleveland Metroparks.</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK2"><span style="mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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