The Cultural Arts Association and Resort Quest present the 13th annual Flutterby, a unique family festival celebrating the migration of the Monarch butterfly through this region Oct. 14 and 15. There will be food, arts and crafts, workshops, creative children?s interactive art projects, kid?s educational butterfl y exhibits from the University of Florida?s 4-H youth development extension program, a butterfly garden, South Walton Fire Department display, climbing wall, daily kid?s butterfl y costume parades and entertainment for all ages. Performances will take place on the Gulf Place stage throughout the two days of the Festival, featuring singer/songwriter Lorna Bracewell on Saturday. On Sunday will be local guitarist Chuck Lawson from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. and a performance by Walton County?s Grit & Grace at 3 p.m. Flutterby will feature 50 local artists, including Phil Kiser, the 2006 Walton County Artist of the Year, Sally Powell from eddie&sally, Beeb Benson, Janice Rusell Beck, AJ Kleindolf, Joy Fine and Carol Dickson. There will also be a CAA member art exhibit with Susan Lucas, Betty Cork, Donnelle Clark, Dorothy Starbuck and Lee Ellis. Flutterby will be at Gulf Place in Santa Rosa Beach, at the corner of County Roads 30A and 393. The two-day Festival will be Oct. 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. This is a featured Autumn Tides Event, sanctioned by the South Walton Tourist Development Council. Admission is free with donations accepted. Souvenir posters and T-shirts will be on sale with proceeds benefi ting community programs and CAA?s Educational Giving Program. For more information: [url]www.culturalartsassociation.org[/url] or Carolina Cox, (850) 622-5970
