 My name is Contavius Jones, I'm a musician and I'm a non-profit executive here in Talbot County. Though we're a small community, we have tons of outlets for art. We have recording studios, we have amazing venues, the premier venue being the Avalon Theatre, which is where we are right now, which I consider home court. Also at the Avalon, there's a smaller venue called the Stokes Listing Room. And there's just tons of like acts that are local and some of them national that come here to showcase themselves. Interesting and an awesome experience to be in a small space to hear that just up close and personal. The variety and the kind of expansive genres that pop up here and show up is amazing. You can see a bluegrass show on a Thursday night, you can see a rock band, you can get jazz. It's really kind of surprising how much variations of music you can get in a small community. Eastern has all the charm of a small historic town with cosmopolitan amenities. And most of all, the art scene. There's a lot of local artists here and they love to go out and do plein air paintings because of the beautiful scene in Talbot County. If you come here and have the opportunity to stay and look at the sunset or the sunrises, it is so amazing. Many visitors are just enthralled with the beautiful scene of the Eastern Shore and it meant so much to them to take a beautiful fine piece of art home so that they could have it in their home to remember this wonderful experience on the Eastern Shore. For the person visiting Talbot County, I think the first thing they notice is the pace of life. Everything kind of slows down a little bit. The landscape speaks for itself. It's just a beautiful place. Prior to plein air painting, everybody typically worked in this dark studio and just painted apples on a table or a portrait. But people started to realize the beauty of nature, the outdoor sunlight. Plain Air Easton is an outdoor painting event. It's a competition. It happens mid to end July. Typically every summer, 50-some artists, they come from all over the world. And you basically go out for that whole week and you paint the best paintings that you can. I really feel like it's launched a lot of artists' careers. Coming to Talbot County, you're going to experience so many cultural and artistic endeavors. You have a ton of artists living here. The culture of our community, as far as art is concerned, is diverse. And it's reflected in the artworks you see exhibited from the galleries downtown to the music that you see. It's a diverse group of people who just want to see and hear and experience new things. I think that that's valuable and I think that it's something that many folks should come and enjoy.