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If you haven't already met our small town and experienced the
unique gifts it has to offer, this spring is the perfect time.
Come take part in Conecuh People . . .the Experience, an
afternoon and evening filled with opportunities only a community
like Union Springs can offer. Nominated as the Alabama Tourism
Event of the Year in 2004, the inaugural presentation of Conecuh
People played before sold-out audiences at each of its four nights'
productions its first year. In 2007 Conecuh People was selected as one of the 50 "Must See" events in the state by the Alabama Bureau of Tourism & Travel! It continues to be performed each year in April and May at the Red Door Theatre.
The Play
The "Conecuh People" play is an
original theatrical production that tells the poignant story of a
Bullock County boy's adolescence and two events - one good and one
bad - that shaped his life.
The play was written by Ty Adams, a Barbour County (AL) native
currently living in New York, and adapted from Wade Hall's
autobiographical book of the same name. Dr. Hall, who grew up
in a small community between Union Springs and Troy is a retired
English professor and well-known in his own right, not only for his
anthology of monologues, but for his extensive quilt collection,
part of which has already been donated to the University of Kentucky
and the University of Alabama.
All of the music in the play is performed by the musicians and
singers on stage, adding another touch of theatrical beauty to the
performance.
The Experience
Conecuh People . . .the Experience,
including tours of historic buildings and sites including Alabama's oldest surviving jail (c. 1897) and an authentic rolling store, a quilt exhibit
displayed throughout many of our beautiful churches, art
exhibit, dinner, theatre, and lodging, will be presented April 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2010. You can choose to spend the
day with us including an overnight stay or just come and enjoy the
play.
Conecuh People . . . the Experience is a wonderful outing
for groups. Many church Sunday school groups and Senior Adult
Ministries visit with us each spring. Dinner is served in the
Baptist Church, the Red Door Theatre is located in the old Trinity Episcopal
Church, and the quilt exhibit is displayed in the sanctuaries of
four beautiful, historic local churches in Union Springs.
Union Springs is centrally located between Montgomery, Auburn,
Columbus, Eufaula, and Troy. Packages are available for groups as
well as individuals. Let us assist you in making your journey a
memorable experience--please contact us at (334) 738-TOUR (8687) or
email conecuhpeople@knology.net for information and tickets.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to Union Springs and
Conecuh People . . . the Experience.
Xan Morrow
Conecuh People Committee
Tourism Council of Bullock County
Conecuh People... the Experience
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Tour of Churches & Quilt Exhibit
Art Exhibition at City Hall
Log Cabin Museum
Pauly Jail Tour
Rolling Store Exhibit
4 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Old-Fashioned Dinner
(Union Springs Baptist Church)
6 p.m.
"Conecuh People . . .the Play"
7:30 p.m.
(doors open at 7 p.m.)
April 22, 23, 24, and 25, 2010
"The Experience" Package (per couple) $160-$200 depending on selected lodge
(includes dinner, Play Tickets & one night's Lodging
with Southern Breakfast for TWO!)
Play Tickets (sold individually) $15
Baptist Church "Old-Fashioned" Dinner $15
(reservations required)
Groups Welcome!
Contact
Tourism Council of
Bullock County
(334) 738-8687
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"People
are always more believable if their warts show. "Conecuh People"
was not an easy book to write or an easy play to craft. My
intention was to preserve a portion of the folk culture in which
I grew up by capturing the lives of representative people in my
part of the county, most of whom I had known all my life. I
wanted to present these people accurately but with their dignity
intact. We were country people who were living mostly the way
our ancestors had lived generations before. Most of us country
people somehow felt inferior to people in town. Indeed, ours was
a county divided - town and country, black and white, rich and
poor. Seldom if ever did these groups come together socially or
any other way. Now when I return home to Bullock County, I find
a place that, despite lingering problems and inequities, is more
united as one people than ever before."
- Wade
Hall, author of Conecuh People
February, 2002 Union Springs Herald
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