Rusty Caravan Blog
August 7th, 2010
Hi friends!
Well autumn is knocking on our doors, this makes me sad except for one fact…….Farmfest is in September!!!! Yes your favorite one-day music festival in Lowe Farm, MB is back for its 5th year!!!!!
This year’s line up is all homegrown MB music!
Juno Award Winner and acclaimed songwriter Cara Luft
Latin World music from Trio Bembe
Farmfest favorites Jacob and Lily
Heart warming Songwriter and Poet Marcel Desilets
Local Brother Duo The Other Brothers
Amazing Mr Mark is our Kids Entertainer
New this year – Food Vendors
We are excited to announce that there will be food for purchase all day long at Farmfest this year. We will not be providing a fall supper, but look forward to free pies, drinks, coffee and tea. Please bring cash to purchase delicious food at the festival.
Lower Ticket Prices
Ticket prices are now lower! Sweet.
Single Ticket – $20
Family of 2 adults and 2 kids under 12 – $45
buy your tickets online here! Remember there are only 300 tickets available so buy them early!!
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July 30th, 2010
Hey Guys!
Please take a minute to read about the creativity adventure that we, the Adolphe family, are taking this August! We feel like it is an important time to reconnect with our Western friends and family and in tandem want to take time to reengage our artistic endeavors and let you know about our future plans. We are taking a slow approach to this trip, we want to spend our days writing, drawing and creating music, as well as ample time to talk and collaborate with you, our treasured tribe!
We are looking for hosts! We have you in mind! Would you take a look at the ideas below and let us know if you are interested?
Gary + Karla + Hudson
PS we are hoping to do a bit of recording along the way too 
Inspiration Exploration – Songwriting, Collaboration, Art, Books, Recipes, Blogs and more!
The Adolphes are on the brink of a creative explosion! There is a strong sense that this is the time to be experimenting and diving into more of the creative expressions placed within them. Would you like to join the Inspiration Exploration, a month-long trek to rekindle and reconnect with the creativity within us?
If you live in the western part of Canada, and would like to be a part of the Inspiration Exploration, please contact Gary and Karla Adolphe.
1. Salons – house concerts mixed with discussion. The topics will be varied, but will focus on caring for who we are on the inside, gaining freedom in areas of creativity and expression and discussions on how to do so! These events are our most open engagements and a source of income, we need to make $500 for a salon. Would you like to host a Salon? If so please email info@therustycaravan.com or call 503.867.2627
2. Artist Collaboration – multi-genre artists gathering for a night of collaboration and inspiration. Artists gathering to create and encourage eachother, time to ask questions and dream out loud! These events are aimed at instigating creative discussion and encouragement to all artists, big and small, we ask that folks bring a donation . Would you like to host a Salon? Would you like to host a Collaboration? If so please email info@therustycaravan.com or call 503.867.2627
3. Art Retreat – Small-group/One on One guided encouragement. We love to encourage artists, book an evening of more personal interaction and encouragement! These events are designed for individuals our small groups of artists who seek personal encouragement, we ask that artists contribute a donation. Would you like to host a Salon?Would you like to participate in a art retreat? If so please emailinfo@therustycaravan.com or call 503.867.2627
We are excited about this adventure and hope to connect with you along the way. Dates are from Aug 16- Sept 11. The Cities of interest include Saskatoon, Edmonton, Athabasca, Red Deer, Rosebud, Calgary, Ft Macleod, Cranbrook, Okanogan Valley, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Vancouver, Vancouver Island and anywhere in between! Please contact us ASAP to book your time.
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June 22nd, 2010
These are some of our favorite and dearest friends here in Colorado! We love to spend time with Tim and Laurie and their girls, playing long battles of Settlers of Catan, recording songs, laughing, making fun of the Grammys and so much more! They are also amazing musicians and were featured on Enter the Worship Circle’s 4th Circle along with Karla and Caleb!
They are excited about releasing their new album, and boy is it good!
Check them out in our Now Featuring section here!
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June 14th, 2010
Hey Folks!!!
Karla is participating in a very cool event this weekend in Manitou Springs, CO!! Clint and Rebecca Dunning are new friends we met here in Colorado who have a zeal and passion for art, connecting artists and ending slavery. They have combined their passion into a one day multi-art symposium and you are invited! Check it out!
Justice Speaks! Artists Collaborating to Stop Modern Day Slavery
Gift Shop Coffee House
739 Manitou Ave.
Manitou Springs, CO
Saturday, June 19
3-6 p.m.
Featuring:
live music, spoken word,
visual art, good eats and more.
This is a free event. Books, CDs and Prints will be available for sale with 10% of the proceeds going to Just 24-7.
Live Music by:
Ben and Robin Pasley of Enter The Worship Circle
Karla Adolphe
The Book Release of The Real-Life Princess:
Author, Rebecca Dunning
Illustrator, Devin Smith
Hand-Made All Natural, Body Treats by Lotion Bar Cafe
Visual Art and Spoken Word by: Clint Dunning
Video by: Andy Mitchell
Handmade International Crafts by: Yobel Market
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June 7th, 2010
Hey Friends!
Sorry we have had a bit of silence here at the Caravan, took a month long trip to Winnipeg and got swallowed up in old friends and family, it was sweet!
We are back in Woodland Park, CO living in our Motorhome for the Month of June. We are here to help with Worship at 8500, an outdoor worship/teaching/jam fest in Colorado’s high country. Are you coming?
The dates are June 25-27, click here for all the details!
Don’t miss gorgeous scenery, luxury camping or RVing, teaching, all night worship jams and your favorite EWC artists!
Registration is $150USD per person and camping is only $40 for the weekend! Register here.
We hope to see you here!
Also note, whether camper, artist, guest, or partner: bring your wares and sell them from your campsite. That’s right.
This is a great way for you to sell your hand-made goodies, your albums, or your t-shirts (those things that won’t fit at the Main Merch Area anyway) and sell them from your campsite for no set up fee and no sharing of profits.
We only ask that you contact Robin at sales@worshipcirclestore.com to get your sales intentions approved before you come. Enjoy!
Oh, and if you plan to sell at your campsite and set up a unique tent or table, then we require that you book an RV campsite so you have the right kind of space! Rv sites are $80 for the weekend and provide electricity.
Gary + Karla
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April 28th, 2010
Hey guys, this is cooking in my crock pot right now and the aroma is to die for I had to share it!
This is a slow cooker recipe.
1 Roaster Chicken
2 Onions (best if you use sweet Vidalia)
1 Cup Carrots
1 container of Chicken Stock
Salt, Pepper + Paparika
1 Orange
1 Lime
Sear thawed roaster chicken in a few tsp. of olive oil, place into crock pot. Add onion, cut into quarters, carrots and chicken stock. Season chicken with salt, pepper and paprika. Slice orange and lime and place around chicken. Cook on high for 1 hour, then cook on medium for approx. 6 hrs.
Serve with rice, roasted potatoes or pasta. Sprinkle with goat cheese when serving.
K
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April 25th, 2010
Yes it is true Karla is back at it!!!!! After becoming a mom this February, Karla was taking it easy until this month and has enjoyed getting adjusted to having a beautiful baby boy in her life! Hudson is a great baby and will be hitting the road with Mom and Dad this summer!
Here are a few shows you can check out!
Friday April 30 – Monument, CO
Chair and Mic House Concert feat. Karla Adolphe
7:00pm
$10
contact Eric + Kim for info or to reserve a spot matthew633a@gmail.com or call 719.685.6999
Sunday May 2 – Boulder, CO
Karla co-leads worship at Origins Fellowship w/ Aaron Strumpel
First United Methodist Building
1421 Spruce St
6:00pm
FREE
Sunday May 30 – Fridley, MN
Karla leads worship for both services at Redeemer Lutheran Church
61 Mississippi St
9:00am + 10:45am
FREE
Monday May 31 – Austin, MN
Chair and Mic House Concert feat. Karla Adolphe
Time TBA (Afternoon concert)
$10
Contact Kristy for info or to reserve a spot kristylynnrooney@yahoo.com
Karla will be in Manitoba all of May and is looking to do a house concert in the province. Please contact Karla at info@therustycaravan.com to schedule a show!
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April 21st, 2010
This Month’s Now Featuring Artist Joanne Abraham sent me this lovely Rice Pudding recipe!
Enjoy
2 cans coconut milk
2 cups water
1 cup of rice
1/4 cup sugar or Agave syrup
raisins
cinnamon
vanilla
boil the rice in the water and coconut milk. after it boils, let it simmer until the milk gets thicker and until the rice is nice and soft. I think I let it simmer for a good 35-45 minutes. I also stuck a cinnamon stick in with while it boiled, but you can just add cinnamon later, too. the recipe called for vanilla too….I had none, but I had a bit of butterscotch pudding mix, so I put a bit in. I added the raisins in the last 10 minutes of cooking or so…you can add them at the very end if you don’t like them mushy. I like them swollen like ticks…!….so I let them stay in long enough to soak up liquid.
then I let it stand in the fridge for a while..I had some while it was hot, and it was okay…but it was way better a few hours later. Cold rice pudding is so much better.
super easy!
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April 18th, 2010
Hey friends!
It has been a long time since we have posted any new Jacob and Lily news, but now we have some for you!!!
We are working on a few new things, top secret, but what we can tell you is we are playing 2 fun festivals this summer!
Catch Jacob and Lily at the Home County Folk Festival in London, ON on July 16-18 and at the Harvest Sun Festival in Kelwood, MB on August 14-15.
This year’s Harvest Sun Fest will be amazing as Canadian Folk Legend Sylvia Tyson headlines the weekend!
More news to come in a few weeks
J + L
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April 16th, 2010
I love thinking about that title, would you ever say that to someone…hehehe. The title really is about how I have been feeling lately towards the beloved ones that live so far away from me, and the people I call family that do not share my genes.
Do you ever get in a funk, feel weird or just off. Sure you check to see if you have had a coffee yet (I know you my friends:), but alas the feeling still remains. How do you cope? What are your instincts? Is something wrong with you, your life, finances, relationships, job etc. Are you depressed? Do you feel satisfied?
I have been feeling alot of those feelings lately and chalked them up to A.being a girl and B.being a new mom. Sure some of these feelings and emotions can be blamed on my hormones, but I have felt this way for a while. And then this happened – in one day 4 of my beloved friends called me sharing the same feelings. The same big life questions and struggling with similar fears and anxiety.
This got me thinking, hey maybe it is not just me that feels this way, and even more so maybe I am feeling this way because I am connected to You! Maybe we pick up on the “stuff” of our dearest and closest, maybe we feel their pain in some spiritual, supernatural way. Maybe we are meant to EMPATHIZE!!! Maybe we are meant to journey this life together and not apart.
I am wondering how you have felt lately? And do you have someone you trust, who loves you and who you are, someone you can talk to, someone who can be your sidekick?
Comments please!!
K
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