Each Friday night, beginning on June 21 and continuing through July 26, the Angel Park in Sewanee will be the place to enjoy friends, music, food and dance. At 7 p.m. each Friday night, University Avenue will be closed to traffic, and the community will come together to enjoy the music in the Angel Park Pavilion from 8 to 10 p.m. Food, beverages and ice cream will be available from local establishments.
“Last year was so successful,” said John Goodson, president of the Sewanee Business Alliance. “Everyone loved coming out on Friday evenings and really enjoyed the parties. The music this year will vary and consist of all local bands. Even the Sewanee Summer Music Festival will be performing.”
This year, organizers expect Friday Nights in the Park to be a great series.
“We really learned a valuable lesson about starting too early,” Jimmy Wilson, owner of the Blue Chair Café and Tavern, said about last year’s series. “The sun sets later, and the temperature drops around 8 p.m. It makes it much more tolerable for the patrons and musicians to begin the event later this year.”
Friday Night in the Park will include music from genres including bluegrass to blues, rock and roll to folk. The artists performing will be announced each week and begin playing at 8 p.m. This is a kid-friendly event, with a safe “no traffic zone.” Friday Nights in the Park is made possible by local sponsors and members of the Sewanee Business Alliance. Sponsors will be announced once the SBA finishes gathering all of them. More sponsors are still needed to cover expenses (see letter on page 2).
“There has been great progress on Angel Park since last summer. More than 30 benches were installed this winter and are available for engraving for a $2,000 donation. These are prime real estate, and we only have a limited number of them,” said Goodson.
Sewanee Business Alliance members will be available at each Friday Night in the Park event so that guests can buy a brick or a bench to support the park. Goodson hopes that bricks already ordered will be in place for the kickoff on June 21.
The Sewanee Business Alliance is an informal group of business owners and leaders in Sewanee that promote, plan and execute community and business projects to improve Sewanee’s image and strengthen the economic welfare locally. Its first program was the SHOP SEWANEE campaign. Angel Park is nearing completion, and many other projects are currently on the SBA planning docket. SBA is funded by community and personal donations. To learn more about or to become a member of the Sewanee Business Alliance, go to <www.sewanee.biz> or contact Goodson at 968-1127.
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