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Letter from Our Presenting SponsorWe are excited for another year of Due South and TNB is thrilled to partner with the Center for the Arts again! At TNB, we know our community is full of hard workers, and we celebrate opportunities to kick back and enjoy our local chefs, musicians, artists and craftsmen. As Thomasville continues to grow and change, TNB and TCA will be at the forefront of that progress. People from all over are starting to recognize this town we call home for its desire and commitment to continuously build and advance into the future; events like Due South help prove this very point. Due South’s fifth year is sure to be the best yet and we look forward to sharing some terrific food, great music and a good time with all of you! -Bert Hodges, Thomasville National Bank

Letter from Our due south co-chairsThis year, we are bringing in top national and regional talent at two distinctive venues in the Red Hills Region. Each band personifies the sights and sounds of the south in their own way and this kind of original expression is at the core of what Due South is all about!

We want to thank our amazing sponsors, volunteers and the community for its continued support. We can’t believe we are in Due South’s fifth year. We look forward to the next five years and growing Due South’s lineup – we will continue to bring the best art, food and music to our area! -Haile McCollum and David Middleton, Due South Co-Chairs

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The Shinyribs’ lead singer and songwriter, Kevin Russell, hit fame and followers when he was the lead singer and co-founder of The Gourds. Their 1998 cover of Snoop Dogg’s “Gin and Juice” led to a successful career for two decades that ended in 2013. The Shinyribs started out as a “side project” for Russell, but now the group plays for sold out shows across the southeast. Russell blends his southern musical heritage – his performances are colorful, country and soul with a little swamp-funk tossed in for good measure.

Austin, TexasThe Drive-By Truckers have commanded the stage since 1996, with legendary vocalists, songwriters and guitarists Patterson Hood and Mike Cooley leading the charge. Often compared to Lynyrd Skynyrd, Neil Young and other powerhouse southern rockers, the Drive-By Truckers sing about the south and the duality it entails – both pride and shame. Their tour schedule is constant, and Due South is excited to add the Red Hills Region to their list!

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The Black Lillies are a Grand Ole Opry favorite, and their latest album, Hard to Please, was called “a funky barn burner shot through with blasts of brass and blues guitar” by Rolling Stone Country. This past March, the group was tapped to play at Willie Nelson’s Luck Reunion on Nelson’s ranch in Luck, Texas. The group excels at blending genres – think country, blues, rock, blue grass, jazz and soul.

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Due South fan favorite the Fried Turkeys are back! The group will kick off the evening – this is their fourth year playing for Due South, and we can’t wait for them to get the party started!

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The Futurebirds have opened for the Truckers before, along with other heavy hitters under their belt like Widespread Panic and Grace Potter. Rolling Stone named them the number one top pick at last year’s SXSW Festival, with their mix of “off beat pop and heavy twang,” collecting fans by the thousands.

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Shop like a local!Got out-of-town friends looking for gifties? These eats and items from merchants all within walking distance of Studio 209 are sure to complete your weekend. Mimi’sMade in the Deep South handmade vintage jewelry. Each piece is unique and made in Birmingham, AL. Prices vary. Grassroots CoffeeGrassroots logo Tervis tumblers ($20+). Because a Tervis (literally) is forever. Also forever is the Artist Collective's Project 185 art depicting Thomasville's transportation history. If you have been eyeing one of the paintings...be sure to place a bid! BookshelfRefinery “Well-Read” candle ($26). Made in nearby Bainbridge, this leather-and-paper scented candle helps you take a little bit of The Bookshelf home with you. Live Young StudioSteve’s Paleo beef jerky, grainless granola and other grab-and-go snacks. Fortify thyself. Prices vary. Fuzzy Goat YarnsRose Yarn Bowl ($48) by ceramic artist Julie Guyot. Custom made for Fuzzy Goat by a former Thomasville Center of the Arts Artist-in-Residence. Sturdy BrothersThe Double Pocket Wallet in Seahawk ($62). Check out Sturdy Brothers' new store location next to Grassroots on Broad Street! The duo is keeping their workshop space on West Jackson, but see your favorite bags, aprons, and more in their new spot!

smith collectiveCheck out the newest store on the bricks. Try their Malvi Mallows: We dig the Spiked Espresso flavor. Your sweet tooth will thank you! FireflyBall Jar glasses from Charleston ($12.50), served on Dot and Army’s Georgia peach linen/cotton cocktail napkins ($36, set of 4). Porcupine quill necklace ($20). Oyster shell and suede necklace ($130). BacchusDue South signature cocktail menu including Strawberry Sweet Tea- muddled strawberries soaked in vodka then poured over iced sweet tea. Stop in and recharge those batteries. Ally B BoutiqueShotgun shell wire bangle ($36). Three thin-cut shotgun shell heads, wire wrapped around a multi wire bangle. Shells available in gold and silver.

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brookwood stock — 6 pm, Three hours of peace and music,featuring loved local talent, $10 adults, $5 students. 301 Cardinal Ridge Road.

TEF PRESENTS EMANUEL AX — 7:30 pm, Thomasville Center forthe Arts. For tickets call (229) 226-7404 or visit tefconcerts.com

rhythm & brews at proof brewing in tallahassee —6 - 9 pm, Bring proof of your ticket to Due South at Tall Timbers for a brew on us, as we celebrate Due South in the heart of Tallahassee, grooving to The Fried Turkeys! (Your photo ID must match the name on your ticket.) 644 McDonnell Drive, Tallahassee.

brew south at sweet grass dairy — 5 pm, Kick off Due South at Brew South with live music, Sweetwater brews, a specialty menu and first dibs on Due South merchandise! Tickets for all events will be raffled off…tables are first come, first served!

38th annual children’s rosebud parade — 7 pm, on BroadStreet, Downtown. Hundreds of area children in the cutest march you’ve ever seen!

95th annual rose show — 1 – 5 pm, Broad Street at RemingtonAvenue. A ribbon cutting ceremony with the Thomasville Rose Queen and local dignitaries.

standard flower show — 1:45 – 5 pm, Thomasville GardenCenter, 1102 Old Monticello Road.

68th annual rose parade — 7 pm, Broad Street, Downtown.

18th annual street dance — 8:30 pm, intersection of NorthBroad and Jefferson Streets featuring The Swingin' Medallions. Free for the family!

39th annual rose city 10k run — 8 am, in front of the PostOffice on Broad Street.

10th annual orchids on parade — 9 am – 4 pm, GenealogicalLibrary at 135 North Broad Street, featuring orchids grown by members of the Thomasville Orchid Society. 14th annual city of roses car & truck show — 9 amregistration, show 10 am – 3 pm, assembled around the Courthouse.

37th annual 1 mile run — 9:30 am, in front of the Post Office onBroad. (ages 12 & under)

75th annual civic garden club flower show — 10 am – 4pm, under the big top in Paradise Park.

95th annual rose show — 9 am – 4 pm, Paradise Park.

art in the park — 10 am – 4 pm, Paradise Park—fine arts, crafts,food and children’s activities including a ferris wheel.

5th annual due south at studio 209—Get ready for some great music in downtown Thomasville! The Fried Turkeys will kick everything off at 5 pm, followed by The Black Lillies and then headliner, Shinyribs. Have a bite at the food trucks and sample Terrapin brews at the beer garden; beverage coolers are not permitted, but lawn chairs are! $10 general admission.

— Starts at 5 pm; Celebrate local Southern food, libations and Savannah painter and photographer Cedric Smith! Cedric is changing Studio 209’s warehouse space. Inspired by the southern farmer, his exhibition, Soul to Soil, will open in conjunction with this year’s VIP Party experience.

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standard flower show — 10 am – 5 pm, Thomasville Garden Center,1102 Old Monticello Road.

tosac presents neil SIMON's plaza suite — 8 pm, TOSACStorefront Theater. 117 South Broad Street.

spring porch party with landmarks — 5:30 - 8 pm, Landmarks iscombining history with bluegrass on the historic Hebard House’s front porch during the second week of Due South! The Kenny Hill Band is playing and guests will enjoy drinks and light southern fare. $15, thomasvillelandmarks.org.

beach boys & california girls youth lock-in — 6-10 pm,Celebrate the approaching summer with Hananel Jackson at Thomasville Center for the Arts. Perfect for ages 5-12, kiddos can look forward to a night filled with fun music, creative games, crafts, pizza and a movie! $25. Sign up at thomasvillearts.org.

two brothas & a sista made it workshop at studio 209 —10 am - 1 pm, Sturdy Brothers’ Ben Young and Thomasville Center for the Arts’ Painter-in-Residence Emily Arwood are joining forces for a collaborative workshop during Due South’s second weekend. Space is limited, so grab yours today! $75, thomasvillearts.org.

let's go walkin' after midnight; a tribute to patsy cline—Your toes will tap to all of Patsy Cline's greatest hits, benefiting the Thomasville Music & Drama Troupe! VIP tickets $75, General Admission, $37. thomasvillemusicanddramatroupe.com, at Thomasville Center for the Arts.

due south at tall timbers —Athens powerhouse bands, the Futurebirds and Drive-By Truckers, will take the stage overlooking beautiful Lake Iamonia. Tasty food vendors will be onsite. Pack a cooler, grab your lawnchair and come on out! And if you are a VIP, be sure to try local brews provided by Proof Brewing in the VIP lounge!$40 admission, thomasvillearts.org.

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Though he was born in Philadelphia and raised in Thomaston, Georgia, for the past ten years, self-taught artist and photographer Cedric Smith has called Savannah home. Whether in the pages of Savannah magazine, where he has shot a number of editorial features, or on the walls of iconic eateries like Back in the Day Bakery, his work has made an indelible mark on Savannah—and beyond.

This spring, Cedric brings his newest work to Studio 209’s warehouse space. Inspired by imagery of Southern Americana, his latest collection, Soul to Soil, focuses on his experiences with the southern farmer. Cedric works with a honed discipline on multimedia compositions, seamlessly morphing photographic images into richly textured pieces, while applying and removing layers and lettering.

Cedric’s work has been shown in the New-York Historical Society Museum, Atlanta Coca-Cola Company headquarters, the Tubman Museum in Macon, the Washington, D.C. Arts Commission and elsewhere; it has been featured in the New Yorker, New York magazine, Art Business News, the Chicago Reader and more.

We were thrilled to have Cedric as a featured photographer in last Spring’s THOM. Meet him and check out his work at Studio 209 on April 23rd! Soul to Soil will run April 23 - June 10.

Be sure to stop in at TCA’s Artists-in-Residence studios during Due South at Studio 209! Original goods will be for sale, like Fiber Artist Sarah Pierce’s indigo dyed coin purses and pouches, Painter Emily Arwood’s prints, Poet Jay Snodgrass’ poetry and asemic writing books and Writer Joana Russell’s scripts and poetry. Arwood will be on hand, doing quick draw portraits, while Snodgrass provides poetry on demand. Be sure to peek in and say hello!

Keep your eye out for a new piece of public art in the Creative District, powered by Hurst Boiler and lead painter Chris Lovelady!

How was the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin?It’s a pretty fun thing to do every year and we had a good time. We had about one show every day and I’d pick up weird, little solo shows too. They have an education conference, tech conference, then the film festival, and then the music conference. It’s all centered around that. So it’s about two or three weeks. People from all over world are there. It’s cool.

What do you feel is the most important aspect to being a musician, as someone who has been one for so long?Well, partially it’s living one’s dream, you know? To me, personally, that’s the most important thing about it. It’s something I’ve dreampt of doing since a boy and I’m doing it. I’ve done it my whole life and it’s been great. It truly is, as cheesy as it sounds. I’m living the dream.

I feel like what really makes a difference for me is when I find out about like parents sharing my music with their children and their children loving the music. Or they’ll send me a picture or a video of a little kid singing

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my songs or dancing to one of my songs. That kind of stuff is invaluable. I try to express myself with some humility if I can but when you hear about when your music does do good for someone it’s a nice thing to know. It’s neat to know you made a difference in somebody’s life.

If you could sit down and have coffee with any person, living or dead, real or fictional, who would it be and why?Pablo Neruda is a guy I’d like to talk to. He was a poet in South America; Chile is where I think he was from. Always been one of my favorite writers, thinkers. He had a book called The Book of Questions and it was just a book that was one of my favorite books. I wanna have him answer all those questions.

Do you consider yourself a musical activist? Absolutely, yeah. That’s one thing I did at the conference (SXSW), I was on a panel on advocacy and creators' rights. I’m a governor on the Texas Chapter of the Grammy organization and one of the committees I’m on is the advocacy committee, working on promoting our efforts to get legislation passed in Washington D.C. There are various things that affect creators in our field, so yeah, I’m very much an advocate of reform in that world. The price of digital needs to go up. I mean it's so terribly cheap but none of us are making any money and that needs to be reformed. So really, everyone is mostly living on live performance now and the competition has grown fierce in the live performance world. So much so that, used to, I can’t remember this at the time, but we’re booking, most people are booking six, nine months ahead because there’s so much competition for it now. It’s really changed the landscape of things. I think we need serious reform to maybe correct some of that.

How do you feel about YouTube?That’s really the biggest problem, I think. YouTube is built on music, you know? It’s built on music and they didn't pay anything for that. They make so much money on advertising, on YouTube, it’s ridiculous how much they make off of free content. It’s bullsh*t [laughs].

What would you like Thomasville to know about Shinyribs?One thing I want people to know about Shinyribs is what’s going on. When a lot of people have never seen us before on stage is basically I just sort of become a different person up there. I want people to know that to be uninhibited, to just let it all hang out, is really just of a matter of just dancing and expressing joy and to let yourself enjoy and go with whatever you feel during the show, you know? That’s what I hope people get from that show and the fact that we all have ways of holding ourselves back from being truly who we are, especially in public. A lot of people are inhibited and usually in a lot of good ways… but don’t be afraid to let loose and have some fun. Dance if you wanna or sing along if want to, you know?

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