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a <br /> .' <br /> Rick Cowles and Tom Livers prise in their food truck Olde North State Barbecue during the Carrboro <br /> Music Festival <br /> And.Carrboro's music festival is not hike other music festivals. The music is seamlessly <br /> deposited in the middle of the day-to-day community. It is on the laNNM at Weaver Street <br /> Market. It is by Southern Flail during lunch. It is down the alley from Carrboro Beverage <br /> Co. <br /> Elliot Mills, one of the founders of the Magnolia Klezmer Band., put it this way. "It's not <br /> out in the countr y with artificial stages. It's in a place where people are used to living, <br /> and.shopping and going. It utilizes space that people actually- use." <br /> Mills said the reason the band chooses to play in the music festival is because they live <br /> here and the crowd.is always very receptive. He thinks the audience consists mainly of <br /> local community, members. <br /> According to Lavelle, Carrboro provides a unique location for a MUSic festival. It has the <br /> community involvement to support a large-scale event and the reputation to draw over <br /> 175 bands. In regards to its music scene, people have commonly called Carrboro the <br /> Seattle of the South,but Mills said Carrboro offers its oxvii brand of musical experience. <br /> You can hopscotch.froth. one band to the next with a sandwich from Rick Cowles and <br /> Tom I..ivers at(_)Ids:North State I313Q. Or,you can make chalk dra.v�ings on Weaver Street <br /> while chatting with.Carrboro's volunteer firefighters and,,vatching people dance on the <br /> la-vN . <br /> "When I talk to people about how cool our town is, this is one of the first things I <br /> mention.You can walk to all the venues,you see all ethnicities. It's inclusive...Like <br /> Carrboro," Lavelle said. <br />