Coming in 2013 ... The 35th Annual

Deerfield Township Harvest Festival

October 11, 12 and 13, 2013

Celebrating 35 Years of  Music and Family Fun

 

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THANKS TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO ATTENDED THE 2012 HARVEST FESTIVAL AND THANKS TO ALL THE SPONSORS, VENDORS, ENTERTAINERS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR HELPING TO MAKE THE FESTIVAL A SUCCESS DESPITE A RAINY SUNDAY EVENING  ...  SEE LINK BELOW FOR PHOTOS AND VIDEO FROM 2012   .... 

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PHIL VASSAR

JO DEE MESSINA

 

 

 

 

Deerfield Township Harvest Festival Announces Headliners for 34th Annual Event on Oct. 5-7

Deerfield Township Harvest Festival Chairman Roy Spoltore announces that the 34th annual festival will feature award winning country music song writer and performer Phil Vassar, known as country's leading piano man with the success of songs like "Carlene," "Just Another Day in Paradise" and "Six-Pack Summer", on Saturday, Oct. 6.

On Sunday, Oct. 7, Jo Dee Messina, winner of American Country Music's Top New Female Vocalist award, will bring the festival to an exciting close just before a fantastic fireworks display ends the festival. Messina's back-to-back chart-toppers "Bye Bye" (ASCAP's Song of the Year), "I'm Alright" and "Stand Beside Me" catapulted her to star status.

Vassar and Messina will be joined by several other bands and other family entertainment to bring the festival's 2012 theme "Country Stars and Stripes" to life as the festival continues its traditional tribute to farmers and to America.

"We are excited and proud to host these two very talented and popular stars at this year's harvest festival," said Spoltore. "Major contributions by Comcast and Colonial Bank and the continued support of many other businesses as well as the support Mayor Cosmo Laurella and the Township Committee in Deerfield, allow us to bring great entertainers to the stage in Rosenhayn."

This year, there will be a limited number of general admission seats available as part of "Friends of the Festival Packs" which will include a seat in the "friends section", in front of the main festival stage on Saturday and/or Sunday, complimentary food and beverage from the Recreation Committee food booth and each pack includes the general admission fee to the festival.

Friends of the Festival packs may be ordered online or purchased at the Deerfield Township Municipal Hall for $12 per person. For more information, see www.dthf.org.

Phil Vassar’s unbounded energy and limitless talent have proven him, again and again, as one of Nashville’s most prolific and versatile stars. Those who best understand Phil Vassar – good-time, piano playing, boundless energy on stage, hardest-working-man-in-the business– also understand the ongoing evolution of his original music.

This Virginia-born songwriter and musician has undoubtedly made his mark in Nashville as an acclaimed artist. Phil’s known not only for his gift for hit songwriting, but also for his compelling and highly entertaining skills on the piano. His uniquely piano-based, rhythm and blues-infused, infectiously buoyant brand of music has carried Phil throughout his career and remains his specialty in the genre.

His resume boasts numerous hits for artists including Alan Jackson, Tim McGraw, Jo Dee Messina, and Collin Raye, and many more hits as an artist in his own right. He’s been named the ASCAP Songwriter of the Year twice and has taken top honors from the Academy of Country Music, Billboard MusicRow, and also honored by the the CMA’s. Some of Phil’s accolades include two time ASCAP Songwriter of the Year, Billboard Magazine Top New Country Artist, Billboard Country Songwriter of the Year, Music Row Magazine Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and ACM Top New Male Vocalist of the Year and Song of The Year- just to name a few.

With his self-titled artist debut on Arista/Nashville, Phil took his seat as country's leading piano man with the success of songs like "Carlene," "Just Another Day in Paradise" and "Six-Pack Summer." Since then he’s continued to prove his worth time and again with releases like "American

Child," That’s When I love You," "In A Real Love," "I'll Take That as a Yes (The Hot Tub Song)," "Last Day of My Life" and "Love is a Beautiful Thing." In all there are 21 charted singles, with his most recent single "Don’t Miss Your Life" climbing the charts

Now with 6 albums under his belt, all held to much acclaim, Phil is ready for the next journey in his musical career. No stranger to hard work and with a strong business mind on his shoulders, Phil’s taking control by launching Rodeowave Entertainment, a full-service Record Label/Promotions/ Management company based in Nashville, TN. First up to be released is Phil’s 7th album – his first ever Live CD/DVD combo recorded in Nashville with brand new music included. Phil’s ongoing evolution endures and will surely prove he’s here to stay.

Jo Dee Messina was first attracted to country in the music of Alabama and Hank Jr. as well as Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Reba McEntire. She appeared in local plays and musicals as a girl, and by 16 she had a band that included her sister on bass and her brother on drums. She performed in clubs throughout the Northeast, booking shows and hauling gear, with a work ethic she inherited from her single-parent mother.

At 19, she loaded a car and headed to Nashville, where she entered talent contests and got a regular gig on Nashville's "Live at Libby's" radio show. Producer Byron Gallimore heard her and introduced her to another struggling newcomer named Tim McGraw. Jo Dee was signed, then dropped, by one major label before, at a backstage meeting at Fan fair, she met and charmed a Curb Records executive and got a record deal on the spot.

With Gallimore and McGraw producing, Jo Dee gained attention out of the box with "Heads Carolina, Tails California" and "You're Not In Kansas Anymore." Her follow-up album, I'm Alright, exploded with its back-to-back-to-back chart-toppers "Bye Bye" (ASCAP's Song of the Year), "I'm Alright" and "Stand Beside Me" made her a star. Jo Dee won the ACM's Top New Female Vocalist

award, the CMA Horizon award and the nod for Most Played Country Female of 1999 from Billboard. The Burn album entered the Country Albums chart at #1, went platinum and earned two Grammy nominations. Hits like "Lesson in Leavin'," "Because You Love Me," "Downtime," "Bring On The Rain," "That's The Way" and "My Give A Damn's Busted" would cement her reputation as one of country's most loved and enduring hit-makers. Along the way, Jo Dee earned a well-deserved reputation as an electric live performer, becoming one of the first women of country to mount a major headlining tour.

She has sold over five million albums, released a total of 22 charted singles since 1996; nine of which have reached Number One. She has been honored by the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She was the first female country artist to score three multiple-week Number One songs from the same album. To date, she has two Platinum and three Gold-certified albums by the RIAA., earned two Grammy nominations in addition to awards by the CMA and ACM.

For Jo Dee, it’s now about balance and living life to the fullest. "I’m a work in process," she says. "I am constantly learning. I'm constantly growing. You're always evolving and it never ends. You're never, 'OK. I'm done. I've figured it all out.'"

 

Deerfield Township Harvest Festival Farmer of the Year

Since 1991, as part of the Deerfield Township Harvest Festival, the Township Committee and Recreation Committee have recognized a local farmer of the year. With the 33rd celebration coming up on Oct. 7-9, in Rosenhayn, the township announces the selection of Joe Olsen/J & J Family Greenhouses as its farmer of the year.

He joins a long list of local farmers who have been honored over these 20 years. The owner of the farm will receive a plaque at the festival’s main stage on Oct. 8, at 2:40 PM.

“On behalf of the Township Committee and Recreation Committee and all the people of Deerfield Township, I am proud to congratulate Joe Olsen and Family on receiving the Deerfield Township Farmer of the Year Award," said Deerfield Township Mayor John Stanzione.

J & J Family Greenhouses began as a project of Joe Olsen's late wife Julie Olsen and Barbara Orcsi, the wife of Pete Orsci in 1978, over 33 years ago.

As the greenhouse business grew, Joe and Pete took over the operations growing flowers.
In 1993, Joe took over operation of the greenhouse business on a full-time basis and Orcsi left the business.

Today, J & J Family Greenhouses covers about five acres of land on Maxim Avenue, near Stillman Avenue, in Deerfield Township. They raise mums in the fall and variety of flowers in hanging baskets and potted plants in the spring. Plants they grow for the wholesale market include Ivy Geraniums, Super Petunias and impatients. J & J Family Greenhouses grows, packages and delivers its products to its customers in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Their mums and other plants are grown in pots in the fields with a special watering system that delivers water right to the plant, conserving water.