Courthouse reenactment, author talks draw visitors despite Arts Fest cancellation
Published 5:00 pm Monday, May 20, 2024
- David Hundley, portraying Isle of Wight County’s circa-1778 clerk of court, swears in Samuel Hardy, portrayed by David Dunn, in the 1750 Courthouse’s reenactment of “Widow Rand Seeks Justice.” In back are Sarabeth Creech, portraying Sophie Rand Hanson; Kiley Cecil, portraying Miss Smith; Lehan Crane portraying Justice Goodrich Wilson and Geoff McFather as the Chief Justice. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Rain canceled outdoor components of Smithfield and Isle of Wight County Tourism’s third annual Arts Festival, which had been planned for May 18, though a few determined participants and visitors braved the raindrops to attend the weekend’s scheduled indoor events, which included talks with authors at Christ Episcopal Church and the 1750 Isle of Wight Courthouse’s annual “Court Day” reenactment.
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- Author Wilson Drexel Bradshaw exhibits his books at Christ Episcopal Church.
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- Local history and memoir writer Alice K. Quinn, at right, exhibits her books with her daughter, Kim Quinn.
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- Mary Batten of Smithfield, award-winning children’s science writer, exhibits her books.
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- Author T.B. Bond exhibits “Friends with Benies,” described on Amazon as a paranormal romance novel, and other books in her Paris in Springtime series.
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- The Rev. Charles Qualls of Franklin Baptist Church exhibits his books.
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- Eunice Ortiz braves the rain to sell baked goods on the sidewalk by the Bank of Southside Virginia.
