Good Day Alabama for February 7, 2012

Here is what you saw on Good Day Alabama for February 7, 2012:

HANGOUT FESTIVAL - Todd Coder with the Hangout Music Festival joined us in the studio with a big announcement! The Hangout Music Festival is the first and only festival of it's kind. Located directly on white sandy beaches surrounded by palm trees, the festival treats guests to a unique festival experience and features a diverse selection of top touring artists. Beach-front condos line the sand to the east and west of the festival grounds, many within walking or biking distance, perfect for a morning swim to kick off the day! The Shaka Island Kids Zone at Hangout is designed with families in mind and provides a full schedule of family-friendly actives for all-ages. Tickets go on sale this Friday! This year's line up includes Matthews Band, Wilco, the Alabama Shakes, the Flaming Lips, Jack White, Steve Winwood, Chris Cornell, STS9, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Randy Newman, Yelawolf, Mavis Staples, the String Cheese Incident, G. Love & Special Sauce, Skrillex, Mac Miller, Gogol Bordello, Flogging Molly, Paul Oakenfold, Kaskade, Delta Spirit, Dr. Dog, Dawes, M. Ward, Coheed & Cambria, Switchfoot, Julian Marley, Cage the Elephant, Zed's Dead, Sphongle, Young the Giant, Gary Clark Jr., Rebelution, Allen Stone, Big Freedia, The Devil Makes Three, Futurebirds, Hey Rosetta!, Sleeper Agent, The Lumineers, Archnemesis, Tribal Seeds, Rich Aucoin, Jamie Bergeron and Dispatch.  For more information or to buy tickets, visit www.hangoutmusicfest.com.

VALENTINE'S DAY GIFTS - Elisa Nelson with the Summit joined us with a few ideas for your Valentine! She suggests for women: jewelry such as the James Avery Double Heart Linked Necklace, fragrances such as Gus Mayer's Bvlgari Omnia Coral Fragrance, or a picture frame such as Swoozie's Wooden Frame. For men she suggests: a watch such as Saks Fifth Avenue's Movado Bold ChronographWatch, neckties, fragrances such as Sephora's The Art of ShavingTM After Shave Balm, or outdoor gear such as Mountain High Outfitters' Black Diamond Storm Headlamp.  And for kids, she suggests Mrs. Fields' Valentine's Heart Cookie Cake, clothes like the Janie and Jack Tulle Heart Top, or toys from Toys R Us such as the Record-A-Story "Together at Heart  Elmo", or accessories for their phones & gadgets such as Apple's iPad Smart Cover. And don't forget you can take any age Valentine to a romantic dinner or give them a gift card to their favorite shop or shopping center. Select gift cards even benefit local charities, including the American Heart Association.

JEH JEH LIVE - On February 7, the BMA presents The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection. This stunning exhibition explores the little- known subject of lover's eyes, hand-painted miniatures of single human eyes set in jewelry and given as tokens of affection or remembrance. In 1785, when the Prince of Wales secretly proposed to Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert with a miniature of his own eye, he inspired an aristocratic fad for exchanging eye portraits mounted in a wide variety of settings including brooches, rings, lockets, and toothpick cases. With 98 examples, the collection of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Skier of Birmingham is the largest in the world. This exhibition offers an unprecedented look at these unusual and intriguing works of art. For more information and times to see the exhibit, visit artsbma.org.

FANCY NANCY - Put on your fancy tiara, pink boa and sparkly shoes… National bestselling team is back! Jane O'Connor and Illustrator Robin Preiss Glasser team up for the sixth picture book in the Fancy Nancy series and introduce a new digital game app for Children. FANCY NANCY AND THE MERMAID BALLET - The mega-bestselling picture book phenomenon, Fancy Nancy, is best known to millions of little girls for her fancy tiaras, pink boas and sparkly shoes.  Now bestselling team author Jane O'Connor and Illustrator Robin Presiss Glasser are releasing the next picture book in the highly-anticipated series, FANCY NANCY AND THE MERMAID BALLET. What's new with Fancy Nancy?  The Mermaid Ballet is fast approaching, and Nancy has her heart set on being the star. But when another ballerina wins the coveted part of the mermaid, Nancy and Bree are determined to make the most of each of their roles - with lots of glamour, of course!  Nancy's dazzling costume and primo port de bras promise to make her the most sensational willow tree ever to grace the stage.  But when an unexpected turn of events leaves the spot of the lead mermaid open, will Nancy be able to accept the outcome - even if it's not what she had hoped for?  Catch Robin Preiss Glasser as she visits Books A Million in Birmingham on March 7th at 6pm for a book signing and reading!

GARDENING - Sandra Reaves joins us to explain what it means to have a disaster prepared food source at home. These are things that require little preparation, no cooking, and growing vegetables to stock for emergencies. These can be for you to use for your own family or to share with others in need. For more information, visit www.SandraReaves.com. You can also visit her Facebook page for lots of pictures, tips, how to videos, and info on veggie trials going on in the garden.  It's a "real time, real life" look at home gardening and food preservation. You can find her at www.Facebook.com/JosieGladysGardens.

NEW IN BOOKS -
Susan Swagler writes about about books at her "Turn the Page" blog and in Birmingham Magazine. She introduced us to:
     Pineapple Grenade by Tim Dorsey
     Writer, M.D. edited by Leah Kaminsky
     The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
     Truman Capote and the Legacy of In Cold Blood by Ralph F. Voss

Tomorrow on Good Day Alabama, looking to do some home repairs? Our Call for Action team joins us to take your questions and give you advice on where to begin! Jeh Jeh checks out a new production at the Alys Stephens Center - Our Journey. Mickey takes us to the Birmingham Zoo. We talk with some of the people from Birmingham connected to the Oscar Nominated documentary - The Barber of Birmingham! The doctor joins us to take your questions! That and more tomorrow on Good Day Alabama!