Rice Harrington passed away unexpectedly in July 2003. Rice was a teacher of art at SMHS for over two decades. He was loved and respected by his students and the administration, so much so that upon his passing, the SMEF established the Rice Harrington Art Scholarship, enabling graduating high school artists the ability to pursue their dreams of studying the arts at a higher level. Four close friends of Rice's formed Cabin 10, Inc. in August of 2004 to host the Rice Festival, to "keep a good man's vibe alive", and to provide continued funding for the scholarship in his honor.

Thus, Cabin 10, Inc.’s mission statement is quite simple:

To embrace the spirit and legacy of Rice Harrington as a community by gathering in support of education in the arts.

As shown in Dixie's sketch above, Cabin 10 is a real cabin, located at YMCA Camp Flaming Arrow in Hunt, Texas. It is an icon for the strong friendships that were made back when many of us first met the counselor of Cabin 10 - Rice Harrington.

Cabin 10, Inc. is a Texas 501 ( c ) ( 3 ) cultural non-profit corporation which each year hosts the Annual Rice Festival, the second weekend of November in celebration of Rice’s November 14th birthday. The festival is held at Historic Fischer Hall in beautiful Fischer Texas, rain or shine.

Festivities begin on Friday evening, with an intimate concert in the old hall, and is followed by a day long festival on Saturday,  a silent auction, a viewing gallery of Rice’s Art, a variety of vendors, good food and drink, and nonstop live music featuring the very best local and national Acoustic / Bluegrass / Americana / Folk / Roots music, from early in the afternoon till this or the other side of midnight.

Cabin 10, Inc.’s Bored of Directors consists of:
Jeff Gavin, President
Dixie Watkins III, Vice President
West Warren, Secretary/Treasurer
A big THANK YOU to Jack Harrison for serving on the Bored from 2004 thru 2007

Write to us at:    Cabin 10, Inc., PO Box 551, Hunt Texas 78024
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or phone us at:  (830)739-6986