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March means Spring will be arriving-and that is the case here next
week!! Most everyone will be so happy to see the new season.
The last
few weeks have been grey and deary-bu the flowers are starting to bloom

and the robins were in the yard last week!
Easter arrives on the
first Sunday in April. this blog will help you with the great things to
do the the wonderful happenings in the area through Easter Sunday and a
little beyond.
The Azalea and Spring Flower Trails will be
highlighted here. We will mention many things do and give you a link, so
you check out everything at once.

March 20 & 21, 2015
10:00 am to 5:00 pm, Friday & Saturday
Harvey Convention Center
2000 W Front St (Hwy 31 W)
Tyler, TX

The
Quilters’ Guild of East Texas produces a quilt show every spring during
the Azalea Trail. The show features over 200 quilts on display plus
over 25 vendors, numerous demonstrations, an old-fashioned bed-turning,
door prizes, scissor sharpening, silent auction, and a raffle quilt
(proceeds benefit local charities that serve women and children).

UT Tyler Saxophone Day

UT Tyler Saxophone Day
Fine Arts Complex – Braithwaite Recital Hall
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Evening Saxophone Day Concert
UT Theatre
Saturday, March 21, 2015 @ 7:00 p.m
Cost: FREE
Join us for a saxophone-filled day of learning and performing!
The event is FREE of charge and open to any saxophonist at any level!
Activities will include:
-Attending masterclasses covering a wide range of topics
-Performing in a large saxophone ensemble with other participants
-Networking with other saxophonists and professionals in the area
-Perusing exhibits filled with saxophones, reeds, mouthpieces, and more!
-Attending and performing in an evening concert that is FREE and open to the public
UT Tyler Campus
3900 University Blvd

Tyler, TX 75799

http://www.uttyler.edu/

For questions…



jnewman@uttyler.edu

(903) 566-7450
903-566-7068

Tyler State Park Dogwood Days Driving & Walking Tour

Date
: Friday, March 20 -April 5, 2015
Start Time: 8:00 am End Time: 6:00 pm
Description:
Enjoy
self-guided vehicle tour or leisurely stroll down the many trails at
Tyler State Park to see beautiful blooming Dogwoods. Join us for fun
Ranger Programs on Saturdays.
Admission: $5 person, 13 and older 
Phone: (903) 597-5338 

Tyler State Park
789 Park Road 16
Tyler TX 75706 US 
Location Phone: (903) 597-5338 
Directions From
Tyler, take Loop 323 to Hwy 14, go north on Hwy 14 for 7 miles to I20,
continue on Hwy 14 north for 1.8 miles. Park entrance is on the left
across from Exxon station. If using GPS on I20, take Exit 562.

Tyler Azalea 10K Run/Walk Benefiting Children’s Village

Saturday March 28, 2015 at 7:45am

New this year, we have added a 5k course!
The Tyler Azalea 10k is been staged on one of most
beautiful courses in Texas. You will see mile after mile of azaleas,
dogwood trees and spring flowers that you have to see to believe.
The breathtaking beauty of our Azalea and Spring
Flower Trail has been praised by visitors as a floral wonderland and a
photographer’s paradise.
We are partnering with
the Azalea Trail arts and crafts fair this year. There will be more than
90 vendors in Bergfeld park to enjoy and peruse after your run! Bergfeld
will be filled!

March 28 10 am
FUNKY JUNK ROUNDUP is a one day shopping extravaganza
featuring a unique blend of vintage finds & inspiration, one of a
kind handcrafted items, antique décor, hand painted furniture,
repurposed items, rusty-chippy-shabby-reloved & refunked JUNK,bling & glam boutiques, sparkly jewels and FABuLOUS JUNKTIQUES for your creative soul! Put some JUNK in your trunk™ Y’all!
 Harvey Convention Center

2000 W Front St
Tyler, TX 75702

For questions…

montagefestivals@earthlink.net

405-401-7193

“Spirits of Oakwood” Walking History Tour

This is absolutely my very favorite thing to do every year!! 
March 28 1-6 pm last tour starts at 4:30
A walking history tour through Tyler’s Texas Historic Cemetery.  Guest
will follow a guide to designated

grave sites of some of Tyler’s early
pioneers and hear their stories come to life. Portrayers are in period
dress. Costs $10; children under 12 are free. Tours start at 1:00 pm and
last tour starts at 4:30.  Funds raised are use to repair damaged
markers in the cemetery. Sponsored by the Oakwood Cemetery Restoration
Committee

Corner of Palace & Oakwood Tyler, Tx

For questions…

freaganfamily@gmail.com

903-316-2201

 Beloved orchestral melodies take center stage for this program that will include Rossini’s William Tell Overture and the Overture to Die Fledermaus
by J. Strauss.  The concert also includes the next in our Beethoven
cycle, his Symphony No. 8 and music of Mozart performed by 2013 Juanita
Miller competition winner, violinist Christine Wu;  Guest conductor for
the concert is Raffi Armenian;  Music Director Richard Lee will play
with the orchestra (in the viola section) for this concert.  Date  March 28, 2015 , 7:30 p.m.

Cowan Center
3900 University Blvd.
Tyler, Texas 75701

For questions…

903-566-7424  http://www.etso.org/1415Sub4.php

McClendon House  Murder Mystery March 28th only 7 pm

Our Murder Mysteries are a delightful evening of entertainment and
fun for groups of 15 to 35 people. The event can be enjoyed with or
without serving dinner.
As the story begins, we move from room to room in this historic home.
Other players join in and suddenly there is a murder! Now we all become
detectives to try to solve the mystery. At times members of the
audience are given scripts and become part of the action. “Who done it”?
The audience is enlisted to help with the sleuthing.
Is there a Sherlock Holmes or Miss Marple in your group? Click here for more Info

HISTORIC TYLER ON TOUR 2015

“Historically Unique”

Candlelight Party Home

TOUR HOMES

Saturday March 28 10:00 to 5:00 Sunday March 29 1:00 to 5:00

               Azalea & Spring Flower Trail

We invite you to enjoy the vivid colors and sweet scents that only an
East Texas Spring can provide. Make plans to take in the special Azalea
and Spring Flower Trail events.

This year’s Azalea and Spring Flower Trail will be held March 20 – April
5, 2015.

We have additional Spring events and year-round attractions
to assure your visit to Tyler, Texas is a pleasant one!

The Azalea & Spring Flower Trail travels through eight miles of
residential gardens and historic homes sites. The two trails have been
routed to maintain an orderly traffic flow so visitors can see as many
flowers as possible. From the courthouse on North Broadway, follow the
specifically marked Azalea Trail signs southward to enjoy this
outstanding celebration of Spring in East Texas.

To learn more about our Azalea & Spring Flower Trail

How it all began

While oil booms gave Tyler an economic head start in the 1930’s,
azalea and rose blooms gave the city its beauty. Azaleas were introduced
to Tyler in 1929 by Maurice Shamburger, one of the city’s early
nurserymen. Pleased with results of a test garden of azaleas, Shamburger
shipped the colorful plants here by the boxcar loads from Georgia.

After completing his garden in 1929, Shamburger discussed the
beautification potential of azaleas with Mrs. Sara Butler of the Tyler
Courier Times Telegraph. Mrs. Butler not only encouraged Shamburger to
promote azalea plantings in the city, but planted a number of bushes at
her own home on Charnwood St.
That home site, along with several other gardens on Lindsey Lane,
soon became springtime showplaces with their colorful azalea blooms, and
Tylerites began buying the plants by the thousands. Some of the thick,
towering azaleas at older homes on the Trail date back to the ‘30’s and
‘40’s.
By 1960, the blooming azaleas were attracting much attention, and
that year the Chamber of Commerce

established a marked route. The first
Trail featured about 60 homes on a five-mile route.
The Trail was an instant success. Within two years it had expanded to
75 homes and was attracting 15,000 visitors. By 1964, 25,000 people a
year were coming to see the azaleas. In 1986, it expanded to two miles
and as of 2004; the Azalea Trail stretches eight miles and attracts over
100,000 visitors to Tyler.
The homeowners make the Trail the success it is. They regularly
increase their azalea plantings and spend countless hours making sure
their yards are spotless for the annual visitors.
The Trail has been featured in numerous newspapers and magazines,
including Southern Living and Texas Highways, drawing visitors from all
over America

 Bob Schneider in concert

March 28 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $20 online and $25 at the door starting at 7 p.m. (if still available – Mr. Schneider usually sells out)
VIP Boxes are $150 (seat 4)

Tags don’t stick well
to Bob Schneider. Renaissance man comes close, but is too pompous to
consider for the insatiably curious, impossibly creative force who sees
art everywhere he looks and hears music in the sounds of life unwinding
around him.

Throughout 2015, Bob Schneider will unveil The King Kong Suite, a
threeEP series, beginning with Volume 1, an elegant and soaring
collection of songs about love and loss. Volume 2 and Volume 3 will be
released this summer and fall, each with its own sound and style.
Schneider, a gifted visual artist who exhibits worldwide, will combine
music and art in this limited edition run of vinyl and CD’s. Following
two concept Tags don’t stick well
to Bob Schneider. Renaissance man comes close, but is too pompous to
consider for the insatiably curious, impossibly creative force who sees
art everywhere he looks and hears music in the sounds of life unwinding
around him.

“The thing that I like about King Kong, and what it says about me as an
artist is, it sounds like me, for whatever that’s worth,” says
Schneider. “My music isn’t ever really just one thing. It’s quirky. One
minute it seems like it’s a joke and the next it’s deadly serious, and
that’s in the
same song. I’m not an easy person to understand or figure out, but and I
hope I’m right, it keeps things interesting in the long run.” Bob
Schneider isn’t looking to change the world, just maybe make it a little
more engaging for all of us. Driven in ways most people can’t
understand, he creates in ways we can’t miss.albums, King Kong returns to the spirit of Lonelyland, his
breakout solo album.

“The thing that I like about King Kong, and what it says about me as an
artist is, it sounds like me, for whatever that’s worth,” says
Schneider. “My music isn’t ever really just one thing. It’s quirky. One
minute it seems like it’s a joke and the next it’s deadly serious, and
that’s in the
same song. I’m not an easy person to understand or figure out, but and I
hope I’m right, it keeps things interesting in the long run.” Bob
Schneider isn’t looking to change the world, just maybe make it a little
more engaging for all of us. Driven in ways most people can’t
understand, he creates in ways we can’t miss.

A Liberty Theatre attraction      Office Space (1999)                              April 2 at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $7
Peter
Gibbons works at Initech and hates his job. He also hates his abusive
and annoying Division VP Bill Lumbergh and now the company has just
hired consultants to help make cuts to downsize the company.

Peter’s best friends are software engineers Michael Bolton and Samir
Nagheenanajar, they also hate Initech. Peter’s girlfriend is cheating on
him, but she convinces Peter to visit a hypnotherapist to get some
inspiration to be more ambitious. Peter tells the doctor how miserable
his life is and goes under hypnosis. The hypnosis helps Peter – but not
quite in the way he expected.

Peter no longer cares about his job, his cheating girlfriend or ripping off the company by  embezzling funds.

And then there is Milton and his stapler…….

First Friday in Brick Street Village on Friday April 3rd

 First Friday in The Brick Street Village will be from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. Friday at College, Phillips, Bois D’ Arc and Rusk streets.The event includes shop demonstrations, refreshments, drawings, door prizes, sales and specials.

Call Rhonda Reuter at 903-533-1771 for more information.

 Almost forgot!!

APRIL 1-5 2015

It has become known by shoppers from all across Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma as THE
place to buy home decor, furnishings, antiques, clothing, crafts,
jewelry, gifts, and collectibles. And it is a favorite of vendors,
dealers, craftsmen and artists alike as the perfect venue to market
their wares LETS NOT FORGET TO SAY

 Well I am not finding any real events in the area the weekend after Easter!!  My suggestion for that weekend is to book a room at the Rosevine Inn Bed and Breakfast and Extended Stay Suites. My bet is the spring flowers will be spectacular at that time-and no crowds!! The weather will be
perfect for time for MUCH relaxation at the Inn- The fires will be burning nightly and we will have one of our legendary breakfasts each morning. Come see us soon!!

  Until next time

Innkeeper Becca signing off