Giovanni Balderi
Second Annual "Magic of Marble" Festival in
Sylacauga
March 24-27, 2010
Sequence of Events:
March 16th: Italian Master Sculptor, Gionvanni Balderi, will arrive in Sylacauga to begin sculpting and teaching;
Giovanni Balderi
March 16th: Visiting sculptors arrive to
sculpt and study with Balderi through March 27th;
March 17th and 24th: Ruth Cook, author of A Brief History of Sylacauga Marble, will conduct two brown bag lecture programs---More Moretti and Quarry Village Life. Programs will be in the Harry I Brown Auditorium at 12:00 with refreshments at 11:00.
March 27th: First Annual Marble City
5-k Run followed by a One Mile Fun Run; check the Sylacauga
Chamber of Commerce website for applications;
March 16th-27th: Marble Product displays
furnished by OMYA, IMERYS, Alabama Marble Company and Architectural Stone
Imports will be at Comer Library;
Dates to be arranged: Tours of Alabama
Marble Quarry to view slabs and block marble being mined;
March 27th: Festival ends at 2:00 p.m.