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Every year the town of St. Paul, Virginia comes alive with the flavors of the region during Clinch River Days.

The tenth annual Clinch River Days Festival will be held on May 30, May 31, and June 1, 2008.  

Details on these and other events can be found below.  Remember, all events at the Festival are FREE!

FRIDAY, MAY 30TH

CAVING TRIP
5:00 - 8:00 (Register at the Oxbow Center)

MAJOR LEAGUE WRESTLING
6:00 - 7:30 (On the Little League Field)

SUGAR CANE CLOGGERS
6:00 - 6:30 (On the Basketball Court)

IVY ROAD
6:30 - 8:00 (On the Park Stage)

BENNY WILSON
8:00 - 11:00 (At the Picnic Pavilion)

“SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE” CONTEST
$100 Cash Prize & 2ND Place Trophy 
(On the Basketball Court)

MUSIC BY BENNY MAYS
11:00 - ????

SATURDAY, MAY 31ST

(All events are on the Park Stage unless otherwise noted)

OPENING CEREMONY & FLAG RAISING
10:00

CLINCH RIVER CRUISERS CLASSIC CAR SHOW
10:00 - 6:00 (West Riverside Drive Festival Site)

MUSIC BY BENNY MAYS
10:30 - 11:00

DANA CLOWN COLLINS
11:00- 11:30

CENTER STAGE CLOGGERS
11:30 - 12:00

TOMMY SHORT (COUNTRY WESTERN)
12:00 - 1:00

CLINCH RIVER “IDOL” TALENT CONTEST
1:00 - 2:30 ($250 1ST, $100 2ND & $50 3RD)
* MUST REGISTER AT 12:30 *

HAROLD DUTTON BAND
2:30 - 3:30

CHARLIE ENGLE & THE BIG RED RUG
3:30 - 4:30

MAYBERRY DEPUTY
4:00 - 8:00 (in the Park)

BLUEGRASS CIRCLE
4:30 - 6:00

LAUREN WALLACE
6:00 - 6:30

RON NEAL (60's & 70's)
6:30 - 7:15

ALLISON MULLINS (BLUES)
7:15 - 7:55

COLLEGIANS (BEACH PARTY)
8:00 -11:00 (at the Picnic Pavilion)

MUSIC BY BENNY MAYS
11:00 - ????

SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST

(All events are on the Park Stage unless otherwise noted)

GOSPEL MUSIC IN THE PARK (BEN MAYS)
12:30 - 1:00

HEAVENLY WAY
1:00 - 1:45

BENNY JONES & FRIENDS
1:45 - 2:30

THE AVIATORS
2:30 - 3:15

THE JAMES FAMILY
3:15 - 4:00

GOSPEL MAGIC OF JOSEPH YOUNG
4:00 - 5:00

THE VICTORY PRAISE SINGERS
5:00 - 6:15

COMMUNITY WORSHIP SERVICE
6:30 - 7:15

MORE INFORMATION

Here are some details of this year's events, including flyers and applications.  More will be posted as they become available, or you can contact us anytime.  You can also download the latest entertainment schedule flyer here (PDF).

ON FRIDAY, THE NATIONAL SPELEOLOGICAL SOCIETY WILL GUIDE A CAVING TRIP FROM 5:00 TO 8:00 PM. YOU MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE BY CALLING 762-2303. FREE!

TWO (2) GUIDED CANOE TRIPS DOWN THE SCENIC CLINCH RIVER BOTH DAYS ON SATURDAY, MAY 31ST AND SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST AT 9:00 AM AND 2:00 PM. REGISTRATION AT 8:30 AM AND 1:30 PM AT THE OXBOW CENTER. LIMITED CANOES AVAILABLE; CALL 762-2303 TO RESERVE OR BRING YOUR OWN! FREE!

JURIED ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY ON DISPLAY AT THE OXBOW CENTER ON ALL DAYS. FREE!

NEW EVENT! THE CLINCH RIVER CRUISERS WILL HAVE A CLASSIC CAR SHOW ON THE WEST RIVERSIDE DRIVE FESTIVAL SITE ON SATURDAY FROM 10:00 TO 6:00. A MOTORCYCLE SHOW WILL BE HELD IN THE PARK. FREE!

ON SATURDAY, TEAM ESTONOA WILL PRESENT THEIR AWARD WINNING POWER POINT PRESENTATION, PROJECT PORTFOLIOS AND DISPLAY SAMPLES TO INCLUDE TRACKS, SCAT, WOOD COOKIES, BIRD IDENTIFICATION KITS AND MUCH MORE. TEAM MEMBERS WILL DISCUSS PLANT IDENTIFICATION AND HELP CHILDREN TO MAKE LEAF PRINTS TO TAKE HOME. TOURS OF LAKE ESTONOA AND VENCIL LEARNING CENTER WILL AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FREE!

CHILDREN’S DAY ON SATURDAY ON THE LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD. RIDES, GAMES, FACE PAINTING AND MANY OTHER EVENTS PLANNED FROM 1:00 TO 4:00. FREE!

ON SATURDAY, THE NATURE CONSERVANCY AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES WILL HAVE SEVERAL DISPLAYS, DEMONSTRATIONS AND HANDS ON WORKSHOPS INVOLVING THE SCENIC CLINCH RIVER, ENDANGERED MUSSELS, AQUATIC AND PLANT LIFE. LISA HARRIS WILL HAVE CHILDREN FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENTAL GAMES. FREE!

FABULOUS ENTERTAINMENT ON ALL DAYS FOR ALL TASTES AND AGES. INCLUDES THE MAYBERRY DEPUTY, BLUEGRASS, COUNTRY WESTERN, ROCK & ROLL, GOSPEL, STORYTELLING, MAGIC, CLOWNS AND THE BEACH PARTY. ALSO, INCLUDES THE CLINCH RIVER “IDOL” CONTEST (CASH PRIZES AWARDED), “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE” CONTEST (CASH PRIZE & TROPHY AWARDED) AND THE CLINCH RIVER “WESTMINSTER” DOG SHOW (TROPHIES & RIBBONS AWARDED). FREE!

UNIQUE CRAFT AND FOOD VENDORS ON ALL DAYS. THIS IS THE ONLY THING AT THE FESTIVAL THAT HAS A CHARGE.

OUR GALLERY AT THE RAILROAD MUSEUM WILL FEATURE THE ART OF WORLD RENOWNED CHEMOGRAPHY ARTIST PEYTON RUSSO FOR THE FULL FESTIVAL. FREE!

MUCH MORE WILL BE OFFERED! WE WILL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ALL EVENTS!

Clinch River Festival "Idol" Talent Contest

FIRST PRIZE - $250 and a TV appearance!
SECOND PRIZE - $100
THIRD PRIZE - $50

Contestants must be registered by May 29, 2008  by calling Suzy Harrison at 276-762-5544. You must provide your own voice and music!  For more information, download the flyer here (PDF).

"Westminster" Dog Show

Trophy awarded for Best in Show! For more information, download the flyer here (PDF).

Dance Contest

"So You Think You Can Dance" Dance Contest.  For couples only!  First prize is $100. For more information, download the flyer here (PDF).

Juried Art Show & Gallery

The Clinch River Days Festival Fine Arts Committee invites your participation and encourages your support of the Juried Art Show and Gallery at the Oxbow Center, St. Paul, Virginia. 

First Place - $400.00
Second Place - $200.00
Third Place - $100.00
Peoples Choice - $100.00
Oxbow Center Award - $50.00
(3) Honorable Mentions

Here is a profile on Elizabeth B. Scroggin, this year's art judge:

Elizabeth, known to friends as Libby, has been covering her world with scribbles, doodles, and paintings since she could hold a crayon. Her first set of oil paints was a gift on her thirteenth birthday.  After receiving her BA in Fine Arts from Auburn University, Libby has worked in various Art related jobs, including teaching Art in public and private schools, and classes and workshops for children and adults. Her work is being collected by people from New York to California. Most days she can be found in her studio at White’s Mill Mercantile, painting, or at William King Regional Art Center or The Arts Depot in Abingdon, Virginia giving tours, and teaching. However, if you’d like to visit, e-mail first- she might be hiking!  

The Southern Appalachians have been a great inspiration for Libby’s recent acrylic and watercolor work. Though she does sketch and paint on location at times, many ideas for paintings originate in the photos she takes on hiking trips. Her work might be classified as expressive realism, using loose brushwork and expressive color.

“I guess you could say I’m one of those wistful dreamers who live in a magical world of my own. If I’m not creating something, I’m thinking about it. I am usually a painter of wilderness, but other things also creep into my work at times. My paintings are living records of my moods: awe, delight, peace, discord or balance. Though my paintings are less than photographic I use recognizable visual symbols so others can enter my thought-world. I try to construct paintings with a solid abstract foundation and build that to the degree of realism that expresses my mood.

For me painting is a conversation between artist and viewer, as Nature is a conversation between God and Man.”

For more details and to find out how to enter, download the official entry form (PDF).

Photograpy Contest and Show

The Clinch River Days Photography Committee invites your participation and encourages your support of our 10th annual Photography Show and Gallery at the Oxbow Center in St. Paul, Virginia. The gallery will be open to the public on Saturday, May 31, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and on Sunday, June 1, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

For more details and to find out how to enter, download the official entry form (PDF).

Festival Food Vendors

Updated:  Want to join the Festival as a food vendor?  All fees and applications must be submitted by April 30th.  The application form may be downloaded here (PDF).

Festival Craft Vendors

Want to join the Festival as a craft vendor?  Please fill out this application form (PDF).

Church Schedules

BRICK BAPTIST CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
MORNING STAR FULL GOSPEL CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
RING’S CHAPEL, 11:00 A.M.
ST. MARK’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 9:00 A.M.
ST. PAUL ASSEMBLY OF GOD, 11:00 A.M.
ST. PAUL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
ST. THERESE CATHOLIC CHURCH, 8:30 A.M.
SULPHUR SPRINGS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
DANTE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.
PHILLIPS CHAPEL CHURCH, 11:00 A.M.

2007 Festival Corporate Sponsors

(Updated list for 2008 coming soon!)

“Platinum Mussel” Sponsors:

BB&T
Paramont Coal Corporation/Alpha Resources
St. Paul Industrial Development Authority
Town of St. Paul
Russell County Board of Supervisors
Wise County Board of Supervisors
The Nature Conservancy
Dominion Resources
Old Dominion Power Company
Russell County Chamber of Commerce

“Gold Mussel” Sponsors:

Crutchfield
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Norton
Oxbow Center
WXLZ/Yeary Broadcasting
Design Printers
C. R. Pate & Co.
Clinch Valley Publishing
Castlewood Lions Club
Oliver Coal Sales
Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens

“Silver & Bronze Mussel” Sponsors:

Beacon of Life Ambulance Service, Inc.
Appalachian Production Services, Inc.
Nationwide Insurance/Jan & Ed Jennings
Hamilton’s Pharmacy
Blue Ridge Realty/Mark R. Harrison
Family Drug
Tiller & Tiller, PC/Linda Tiller
David & Patsy Phillips
Samson’s Gym
Mountain Rose Vineyard
Riverside Chevron
Arrington Trucking Company
T&T Heating & Cooling/Perfect Air of Abingdon/Terry Boone
Castlewood Funeral Home
Barbara’s His & Her Styling
Dragonfly Photography/Amy Burke
Castlewood Signs
Flower Country
Appalachian Graphics/Kellee Patton
OEC Systems, LLC/Wade Wampler
Tri-County Driving Academy
Double Kwik/Wendell Barnette
Oldcastle Industrial Minerals
Morgan-McClure
Crescent Printery
New Peoples Bank
Carter Bank & Trust
Miners Exchange Bank
Tru-Point Bank
Lamar Advertising
St. Paul Builders/Benny & Chub Crowder
Tri-County Tire Service
Big M
Clinch Motors
Lonesome Pine Soil & Water/Lisa Harris & Bill Keith
Frank Kilgore, PC
Sweet Peas

For more information contact:
Clinch River Days Arts Committee
(276) 762-5544