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Jack Tales Festival The Jack Tales and Ray Hicks go together like beans and cornbread, or cool air and the mountains, or hard work and good luck. Fiddling Around Appalachian String Bands at Mountainhome Music Concert Saturday Barbershop Extravaganza at Jones House Friday Fur Ball Fun Humane Society Hopes For Big Turnout At Annual Event Emile Pandolfi In Concert At Ashe Civic Center Emile Pandolfi will be making a return visit to Ashe County for two performances.   Rufus Grove Returns to Boone for CD Release Party Concert at Café Portofino Celebrates Sanctuary NASCAR Simulator at Wal-Mart Friday Wrangler Race Fever Offers Chance to Beat Dale Jr. Rodeo Tradition Rides On The familiar sights of dust flying and fans cheering returns this weekend as the tradition of Saturday night rodeo in the high country continues. Rods in The Park This Weekend Classic Car And Truck Show Benefits Red Cross Organist Ralph Tilden To Present Recital At Evensong Service Ralph Tilden will present a recital prior to the monthly Evensong Service at St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Christian Rock Group “Disciple” Coming To Boone They are considered one of the top Christian rock bands in the country right now and will be making their way to Boone on Thursday, September 1.

Mountain State Fair “Barn To Be Wild” Ten-Day Run Begins September 9 Calling All Cooks To Mountain State Fair Competition Heating Up For Big Prizes Musical Event Benefits Appalachian’s Office of Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies Appalachian’s Fall Visiting Writers Series Opens Sept. 8 Pulitzer Prize-finalist Mark Salzman opens the Hughlene Bostian Frank Visiting Writers Series Sept. 8 Pat Metheny Trio Highlights ASU Arts This Fall Grammy Winning Jazz Guitarist at Farthing November 15 Learning to Play Well With Others 3-Day Pete Wernick Jam Camp September 7-9 in Boone Boone Bluegrass Festival September 9 & 10 Blue Highway, Rhonda Vincent, J.D. Crowe and Other Stars at Outdoor Fest Cirque du Soleil to Return to North Carolina Limited Engagement at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Starts Oct. 28 Are You Ready To Fiesta? Dead Sea Scroll Tickets Now On Sale Discovery Place in Charlotte Exhibit Begins Feb. 17, 2006 N.C. State Fair Announces 2005 Concert Lineup State Fair Hay Contest Planned

Theater News

Calling All Angels BRSC’s Honky Tonk Angels Runs Through Sept. 4

A Rebel Without A Pause Ex-Bad Liver Danny Barnes Releases Get Myself Together The Sacred Sound of Our Past Watauga Arts Council Releases Blue Ridge Shape Notes Video Rufus Grove Returns to Boone for CD Release Party Concert at Café Portofino Celebrates Sanctuary Fiddling Around Appalachian String Bands at Mountainhome Music Concert Saturday Emile Pandolfi In Concert At Ashe Civic Center Emile Pandolfi will be making a return visit to Ashe County for two performances. Barbershop Extravaganza at Jones House Friday Organist Ralph Tilden To Present Recital At Evensong Service Ralph Tilden will present a recital prior to the monthly Evensong Service at St. Mary of the Hills Episcopal Church in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. Christian Rock Group “Disciple” Coming To Boone They are considered one of the top Christian rock bands in the country right now and will be making their way to Boone on Thursday, September 1. WCAC Adds Staff Folklorist Mark Freed Hosts Weekly Old Time Jam Sessions Shall We Gather at the River Todd Community Preservation Presents Music Series The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music Mountainhome Music Announces 2005 Series Local Music Links