La Honda Faire & Music Festival is this weekend

Musicians, artists and craftspeople will join together in La Honda to entertain and exhibit at the revival of the traditional annual La Honda Faire & Music Festival, Saturday and Sunday, June 24th and 25th, 2006. Featuring a stellar line up of 16 local and regional bands, an arts and crafts marketplace and delicious food, the festival will benefit the La Honda Elementary School.

The festivities will kick off at 10 a.m. with an extraordinary line up of regional bands including: The Banana Slug String Band, Gary Gates Band, David Elias and Xing, Mark Reid Band, Hip Pocket Jazz Quintet, Pacific Vibrations, Seconds on End and Lighthouse. The event takes place at the beautiful La Honda Gardens, located on Hwy 84 behind the Pioneer Market in La Honda Center, at 8865 La Honda Road. La Honda is located 10 miles south of Half Moon Bay and nine miles east of Highway 1 on Highway 84.

All proceeds from the event go to the La Honda Educational Foundation (LHEF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to enriching the learning of local students and enhancing the school’s music and art programs.

A limited number of booths are still available for exhibitors. For more information visit the website at www.La-Honda-Faire.org, or call Bonnie Fiedler or Tom Burden, Faire Coordinators at 650-747-0640.

About La Honda Faire & Music Festival The Faire began in 1989 when a group of local business people wanted to revive a local event from the 1960’s called "La Honda Days." In 1999 the event became a fundraiser for the La Honda Elementary School.  Donations since 1999 have exceeded $8,000.

About La Honda Educational Foundation The La Honda Educational Foundation (LHEF) was founded in 1991 by a group of parents who wanted to provide more services to La Honda Elementary School than state funding would allow. During the 2004-2005 school year, LHEF gave $60,000 to the district; most of this money was used to fund a teacher at La Honda Elementary, so children could have small class sizes in spite of the state budget cuts and fiscal crisis felt by all schools. LHEF also funds the music program and the adopt-a-watershed project. LHEF meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in the library at La Honda Elementary School.  LHEF is a 501(c)3, all-volunteer organization.  All the money raised goes directly to the schools.