Faulkner Lifestyle Magazine September 2018

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Conway Symphony Orchestra Guild
Decade of Design 2018
The Conway
Symphony
Orchestra
Guild will present
“Decade of Design:
Designer House
2018” September
6-13. The fundraiser
features tours of four distinctive homes in
historic Conway and the Hendrix Village
September 7, 8 and 9, as well as a Low Country
Shrimp Boil & Saturday Night Dance
Party on September 8. The tour of homes
at various locations will be open 10-4pm
Friday and Saturday, and 1-5pm on Sunday.
A combination Grand Tour & Shrimp Boil
ticket provides admittance to the party and
house tours, and may be purchased online
at ConwaySymphony.org or from a guild
member. Individual tour tickets will also be
available online and at the door during the
home tours in September.
As a bonus, Designer House week
will begin September 6, 5:30pm, with a
homeowners seminar panel which includes
a mortgage lender, realtor, home-builder,
title company representative, and Historic
Conway planning department official, to be
held in the Community Room at the offices
of Conway Corp on Locust Street. The
experts will entertain questions and answers
following their presentation. First-time homebuyers,
downsizing homeowners, and those
wishing to update, buy or sell their homes
will benefit from this session. The seminar is
open and free to the public, compliments of
the CSO Guild and the presenters.
A highlight of the Decade of Design 2018
will be “DIY with DONNA” workshop
demonstrations by Southern Living do-ityourself
demonstrator Donna Benton to be
held at 10:30am and 6pm on September 13.
Benton is a talented decorator and furniture
refinisher, owner of WaterHouse Market,
writer, and popular contributor to magazines
and publications in the field of design. Some
of her Southern Living videos will be posted
on the Conway Symphony Designer House
Facebook page in the weeks ahead of the
Symphony event. Admission is by ticket
which may be purchased at the Designer
House page of the orchestra website.
Francis M Fine Jewelry is offering a signature
philharmonic medallion necklace to be
given away the evening of the Shrimp Boil to
a lucky contributor. The piece of jewelry may
be viewed in advance at the shop’s location
at 806 Front Street.
Building on a series of biennial Designer
House fundraisers beginning in 2008, the
Guild is ready to celebrate its tradition of
bringing unique and lively design events
to the Conway area. The Guild appreciates
the broad support of area businesses, local
talent, symphony patrons, and the Conway
community. All proceeds will be used to
sponsor educational and musical events of
the Conway Symphony Orchestra.
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