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NCCC Home Show goes green |
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
By LAURA CARPENTER
Express Staff Writer
This year’s home show hosted by Vermont’s North Country Chamber of Commerce at IROC will be the third annual.
The theme of the show is, “Going Green.” Tod Pronto, the Chamber of
Commerce executive director, said. He decided on the theme because
there seems to be so much focus on going green. Most of the businesses
who will be there want to display what products they have or to offer
advice on how to reduce the carbon footprint and save money. Many in
the area offer “green” products.
People are really interested in saving money because of the state of the economy, Pronto explained.
Of the 32 organizations and businesses that will be there, most are from the Northeast Kingdom.
Efficiency Vermont will be there to answer questions on how to save on
electric bills. In collaboration with Efficiency Vermont, the Pick and
Shovel will be selling compact florescent bulbs at a discounted rate.
Susan Coleman of Efficiency Vermont said that the display they will
have is part of a larger campaign called “Brighten the Kingdom.” The
goal of the campaign is to replace 32,000 light bulbs in the Newport
area. Coleman said this will reduce the load on transmission and
distribution lines to prevent the economic and environmental costs of
upgrading.
Heather Morris, director of the Celtic School of Dance in Burlington
will feature her dancers at the home show in a 20-minute demonstration
The dancers will perform Scottish Highland dance and Irish Step, made
popular by the notable “River Dance.” Not only does Morris teach in
Burlington, but also at St. Johnsbury Academy, where a few students
form the Northeast Kingdom participate.
Morris said she and her family became interested in Irish and Scottish
dance because of their ancestry. The dance is very appealing to people
because it is so much fun and because of the music, which is usually
lively, and is so entertaining, Morris explained. Morris said she
hopes to be able to offer workshops in dance at the home show just “to
give people a taste of what it’s like to dance in this style,” she
added.
Local radio station WMOO will be doing a live broadcast. In addition,
representatives the Newport soap box derby, and the state Department of
Health will all be there.
Relay for Life will have information about cancer, and will also be
selling luminaries, which are bags to decorate in honor of cancer
patients, survivors, or those who have perished, said Connie Johnson a
Relay for Life committee member.
“Cancer is the disease that never sleeps,” is the motto, she said. They
will have an all-night walk in June to raise money. There are hundreds
of residents in the Northeast Kingdom who are members, Johnson
explained.
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