BEFORE YOU DIG

Grayton has lots of underground utilities including TV/internet cables, gas lines, phone lines, and electrical lines. Before you DIG please call 811 annd the companies will come out and mark where the lines are. There is no cost for this service.

Monday, November 22, 2010

Happy Thanksgiving


HAPPY TURKEY DAY
from your
GBNA

Thursday, November 18, 2010

30 A SongWriters Festival January 14-16, 2011

2ND ANNUAL 30A SONGWRITERS FESTIVAL WILL TRANSFORM

SCENIC 30A INTO MUSIC HIGHWAY WITH HEADLINERS EMILY SALIERS,

SHAWN MULLINS, JEFFREY STEELE, RODNEY CROWELL & DAR WILLIAMS

Over 100 Artists to Fill the Beaches of South Walton
Over 3-Day Holiday Weekend

Walton County, FL, November 18, 2010 - Scenic Highway 30A will again be transformed into a music highway this coming Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend (January 14-16, 2011) when an internationally prominent line up of singer-songwriters converge in Northwest Florida's Beaches of South Walton for the second annual 30A Songwriters Festival.
Produced by the Cultural Arts Association of Walton County and proudly sponsored by the Beaches of South Walton, the 30A Songwriters Festival will feature three nights and two days of stellar musical performances by over one hundred industry greats, rising songwriting stars and local talent. The artists will perform in seventeen venues up and down 30A, which is the scenic highway that runs along the Gulf of Mexico. Fans of great music, miles of white beaches, world class restaurants and unique bars are invited to be a part of this holiday weekend.
The Festival kicks off Friday, January 14 at 4:00 pm with an opening celebration for all artists and attendees at Pandora's in historic Grayton Beach. From there, venues will be open for three nights and two days of songwriter performances, including intimate solo shows and "in the round" singing and storytelling sessions, along with large scale concerts in big outdoor venues. A weekend wrist band will allow access to all shows and workshops. Seating is first come, first served in all venues.
Weekend passes may be purchased online at 30ASongwritersFestival.com for $75, and $35 day passes will also be available. Weekend passes may be purchased locally at Central Square Records at 89 Central Square in downtown Seaside, FL.
Festival attendees will be treated to multiple performances by award-winning artists Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls (Closer To Fine, Galileo, Least Complicated), Jeffrey Steele (When the Lights Go Down - Faith Hill, What Hurts the Most, These Days - Rascal Flatts; The Cowboy in Me - Tim Mc Graw), Shawn Mullins (Lullaby, Beautiful Wreck, Light You Up), Rodney Crowell (After All Of This Time), Chely Wright (Shut Up and Drive, Single White Female), Gary Nicholson (One More Last Chance), Gretchen Peters (Independence Day), Tim Nichols (Live Like You Were Dying, Girls Lie Too), Dar Williams (Beauty of the Rain, Mercy of the Fallen), Mat Kearney (Nothing Left To Lose), Mary Gauthier, Greg Barnhill (Walkaway Joe, House of Love), Vicki Peterson (The Bangles), Randall Bramblett, Chuck Cannon (I Love The Way You Love Me), Lari White, Bryan Kennedy (American Honky Tonk Bar Association), Vienna Teng, Susan Cowsill (The Cowsills), Michelle Malone, Kevin Kinney, Suzi Ragsdale, Kyle Jacobs, Jennifer Knapp, Chas Sandford, Lucy Wainwright Roche, Joe Leathers, Tania Elizabeth (The Duhks), Fred Wilhelm, Brian White, Karyn Williams White, Pete Sallis, Nicole Witt, Billy Montana, Sonia Leigh, Ben Glover, Reed Waddle, The Smoking Flowers, Louise Mosrie, Reed Waddle, Billy Bright, Jen Foster, Pearl Heart, Kelsey Anna, Mike Whitty, Blake Guthrie, Carmel Mikol, Jeep Rosenberg, Emily Lynch, Sterling Fletcher, Daphne Willis and Franko "Washboard" Jackson, Angel Snow, Donnie Sundal, Tim Jackson, Jon Black, Kaci Bolls, Rachel Loy and Lauren Lucas. More artists will be announced soon.
Venues that span thirteen miles of Scenic Highway 30A from Rosemary Beach to Gulf Place will be filled with live musical performances and/or songwriting workshops throughout the Festival. Venues include Town Hall, Amavida Coffee and The Summer Kitchen in Rosemary Beach; Caliza Restaurant and the Amphitheater in Alys Beach; La Botana in Seagrove Beach, Bud & Alley's, Central Square Records and the Seaside Meeting Hall Theatre in Seaside; Fish Out of Water, The Bait House and The Boat House in WaterColor; Shorty's, Hibiscus and Pandora's in Grayton Beach; and the Naked Grape Wine Station and Amphitheater in Gulf Place.
Special Festival accommodation packages will be available with 30A Songwriters Festival official lodging partners Candlewood Suites, Seaside Cottage Rental Agency, Hibiscus Guesthouse, Beach Seekers, Alys Beach, WaterColor Inn & Resort and Sunburst Beach Vacations.
30A Songwriters Festival Partners include Beaches of South Walton, Oaseas Resorts, ASCAP, WUWF (88.1 Pensacola), Merrill Lynch, 30A Radio, Nashville Lifestyles Magazine, Birmingham Magazine, The Beachcomber, The Piedmont Review, The Thirty-A Review, 30A.com, Sowal.com and Southwaltonscene.com.
For information on becoming a Festival Partner, contact Jennifer Steele at Jennifer@30ASongwritersFestival.com.
For more information about the Festival, visit 30ASongwritersFestival.com or call the Cultural Arts Association of Walton County at 850-622-5970.
PR CONTACTS:
Jennifer Steele, CAA
jennifer@culturalartsassociation.com
850.622.5970
Jessica Draper, ASCAP
jdraper@ascap.com
615.742.5073

About Cultural Arts Association of Walton County
The Cultural Arts Association of Walton County, Florida serves as an umbrella organization to support the arts through leadership, advocacy, funding, programs and education. The vision of the CAA is to be a catalyst for Walton County's growth as a center for cultural and artistic excellence through which lives are enriched, economy is stimulated and community is strengthened. CulturalArtsAssociation.com

Cultural Arts Association
Bayou Arts Center
105 Hogtown Bayou Lane
Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
850.622.5970 phone
850.622.5971 fax
info@culturalartsassociation.

Friday, November 5, 2010

Pull Out Those 2011 Calendars

Mark your 2011 calendars NOW for our Annual Meeting and Party  that will be held on April 23rd. Meet old friends and enjoy great food. Find out what's been going on in Grayton Beach.
(Pictures are from our 2010 Meeting and Party)

Click on pictures to see them upclose.



Grayton Beach Septic Tank Owners

The Florida State Government has delayed the inspection dates that were to start in January  11,2011. They will be looking at this law in the Spring and will be making changes. Will post any updates that I hear.

Original Law:

As of 1/11/2011, SB 550 will require that all septic tank owners in Florida have their tanks pumped and inspected every five years. The inspection requirement will be phased in over the following 5 years.
The Florida Department of Health is drafting rules to enforce compliance. This must be done whether the tanks have shown any problems or not. Inspection and pumping will probably cost in the neighborhood of $400 to $500. This rule will cost the state's 2,600,000 septic-using homeowners a grand total of approximately $1.3 billion dollars every 5 years for inspections alone.

If your tank fails the state inspection, it must be repaired or replaced and brought up to the new inspection standards. To completely replace some drain fields, the cost will be in the range of $3,000-9,000 or more, plus the inspection fees.

If you fail to have your tank inspected, the fine is $500 per day plus you may also be charged with a misdemeanor. If your septic does not pass and you can't afford to repair it, and cannot qualify for a grant, you may not be allowed to live in your house. The law provides for termination of electric service for those owners who have a non-compliant, non-government certified septic system.