Sun and Solar Store to Power Hilltown Spring Festival

Solar powered music at the Hilltown Spring Festival on Saturday, May 14th! (Photo credit: Sienna Wildfield)

This year’s Hilltown Spring Festival again has the goal of sustainability woven throughout—from the children’s activities, to the composting and trash recycling, all the way to folk/blues/percussion rhythms, and alt-jazz that will emanate from the Festival’s three music stages. “It takes plenty of energy to get the Festival off the ground and we wanted to make that energy sustainable too,” says festival organizer Laine W., “This year we’re thrilled to have sustainable energy broadcasting all of the music from our 18 performances — powered by the solar electric and battery system donated by Claire Chang and John Ward, owners of The Solar Store of Greenfield.”

So, when festival goers enjoy the rhythms of Gaia Roots or the three-part harmonies of the Boxcar Lilies, or the kids gather around the stage to sing a chorus with The Nield, Sarah Pirtle or Ben Rudnick & Friends, those notes and tunes will be carried back to the Festival audience using the planet’s own powerhouse, the sun.  “We love the energy and atmosphere of the Hilltown Festival,” says The Solar Store’s Claire Chang. “It’s a real opportunity to showcase our work designing residential solar installations throughout Franklin County. Here, we can connect with people personally, and that’s really our product—finding the right design for our individual customers.”