Eat, shop and groove

Save the date: the second-annual Crestline Rocks will return to Crestline Village on Saturday, Sept. 27.

The all-day, village-wide event presented by Otey’s and Taco Mama and sponsored by Iberia Bank will offer live music from local bands in the field across from the Emmet O’Neal Library, Touch-a-Truck for the kids, and restaurant and store specials around the village. 

Leading up to the event on Sept. 27, local bands will have the opportunity to compete in a vote by donation fundraising competition to determine which bands will ultimately play at the event and in what order. 

One dollar for PreSchool Partners equals one vote for a band, and community members can vote as many times as they want for multiple bands.

Following the bands from the vote-by-donation competition, bands Ham and Rollin’ in the Hay will take the stage until the event ends at 10 p.m.

This year, event organizers aim to reduce ticket prices from last year’s $35 in advance and $40 at the door to $20 in advance and $25 at the door. 

Money raised from the event will support PreSchool Partners, which was founded more than 19 years ago to provide quality preschool education for at-risk children in the Birmingham area. The program serves to support and educate both the students and their parents through its highly structured learning environment. 

Students in the program receive more than 800 hours of instruction and enrichment annually, and their parents attend over 100 hours of classes on topics such as child development, money management and family literacy. 

Stay tuned for more information about this year’s live music over the coming weeks. 

For updates and announcements leading up to Crestline Rocks on Sept. 27, visit crestlinerocks.com or its Facebook page. To get involved, call PreSchool Partners Director of Development Allene Neighbors at 936-3754.

To learn more about PreSchool Partners, visit preschool-partners.org or call 951-5151.