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News Release
Santa Fe County August Events Celebrate Many Cultures
For Immediate Release
Date: 7/26/2004
Contact: Russ Rountree
Impressions Advertising
(505) 988-1402
7/26/04: Santa Fe County attractions are the site for a wide range of events throughout August.
From August 5th through the 8th it’s time for the fair! The Santa Fe County Fair will be held at fairgrounds. This traditional county fair will offer something for just about everyone. There will be livestock and arts & crafts judging and exhibitions food entertainment and horse dog and pet shows. Admission to the fair is free. The fairgrounds are located at 3229 Rodeo Road just east of the intersection of Rodeo and Richards roads.
The weekend of August 21st and 22nd the Santa Fe Plaza will be the site for the 83rd Annual Indian Market. The Market includes 1 200 artists from about 100 tribes who show their work in over 600 booths. Buyers collectors and gallery owners come to Indian Market to take advantage of the opportunity to buy directly from the artists. For many visitors this is a rare opportunity to meet the artists and learn about contemporary Indian arts and cultures. Admission is free to the public.
On Saturday and Sunday August 28h and 29th El Rancho de las Golondrinas hosts “Uniquely New Mexico: Food Art & Adobe”. Enjoy the sights aromas and tastes of traditional colonial cuisine. Learn how to make and build with adobes. Or try your hand at creating a traditional retablo a unique expression of spiritual art. Food is available. Events both days will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. To reach the ranch leave I-25 at exit 271 (La Cienega) head north on County Road 50F/Entrada La Cienega for one mile then turn left on Camino Capilla Vieja.
Discover Greater Santa Fe where you’ll find wonderful and enchanting world-class spas lodging dining golf hiking and art.
Information on these and other events as well as Santa Fe County visitor information can be found at www.SeeSantaFe.org or by calling 1-800-548-8272. Santa Fe County tourism marketing is funded by the Lodgers Tax collected by the County’s 22 lodging establishments.
Contact:
Russ Rountree
Impressions Advertising
322 Paseo de Peralta
Santa Fe NM 87501
505-988-1402
505-984-0341 fax
russ@ImpressionsAdv.com
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
“2004 Santa Fe County Fair”
Contact: Santa Fe County Extension Office
Phone: 505-471-4711
“83rd Annual Indian Market”
Contact: Southwestern Association for Indian Arts Inc. (SWAIA)
Phone: 505-983-5220
Email: info@swaia.org
Web site: www.swaia.org
“Uniquely New Mexico: Food Art & Adobe”
Contact: Mike King
Phone: 505-471-2261
Email: mail@golondrinas.org
Web site: www.golondrinas.org
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