ARCHIVES SEPTEMBER 8, 2005


Hundreds Attend Appalachian High Reunion
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A Night for Rekindling Friendships
AHS Graduates Create Mentor Scholarship for WHS Students

Taking A Stroll Down Memory Lane
AHS Reunion Brought It All Home

Boone Bluegrass Festival This Weekend Rhonda Vincent, Blue High, J.D. Crowe and More Singing the Detroit Blues Blowing Rock Jazz Society Welcomes Bob Smitherman Sunday   The Roots of Jazz Guitar Swing Trio at Coffey’s Friday Evening Juke Joint Junaluska 3rd Annual Thrill on the Hill Blues Festival Saturday New Orleans Jazz in Blowing Rock Park Greensboro’s Swamp Cats Return This Sunday Blue Ridge Concert Series Kicks Off Friday The Blue Ridge Concert Series will be presented on Friday, September 9, at 8 p.m. on the stage of the Ashe Civic Center. The Reel World Boone Scottish Dancers Perform at Jones House Friday Mountain State Fair Opens Friday High Country residentswill be among the thousands of people heading to the Annual NC Mountain State Fair beginning Friday, September 9. Setting Nashville on Its Ear Songwriter Nick Pags at Murphy’s Thursday Art in the Park Returns Saturday Blowing Rock Hosts Over 100 Artists & Craftspeople Melodies and Harmonies 24th Annual Barbershop Quartet Show Learning to Play Well With Others 3-Day Pete Wernick Jam Camp September 7-9 in Boone   Mountain State Fair “Barn To Be Wild” Ten-Day Run Begins September 9 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

Appalachian’s Department of Theatre and Dance Announces 2005-06 Season N.C. State Fair Concert Tickets Go On Sale Sept. 6 Widespread Panic To Perform At Appalachian Sept. 21 Widespread Panic will bring their blend of Southern-style rock to Appalachian State University Countdown to Farm Heritage Days Cove Creek Event Scheduled for September 17 Count Basie Orchestra Kicks Off ASU’s Performing Arts Series Pat Metheny Trio Highlights ASU Arts This Fall Grammy Winning Jazz Guitarist at Farthing November 15 Cirque du Soleil to Return to North Carolina Limited Engagement at Lowe’s Motor Speedway Starts Oct. 28 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

Wilkes Playmakers Production Of “The Fantasticks” Opens Next Week Wilkes Playmakers production of “The Fantasticks” opens next week at Benton Hall. Tickets On Sale For ACLT’s Fall Production Of “The Foreigner” Tickets are now on sale at the Ashe Arts Center for “The Foreigner,” Ashe County Little Theatre’s fall production. Blue Ridge Community Theatre Holds Auditions For Fall Performance The Blue Ridge Community Theatre will hold auditions for this fall’s production of “The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree” Sunday, Sept. 18. Smoke On The Mountain At The Ashe Civic Center This musical comedy is a touring production by the Cumberland County Playhouse

A Rebel Without A Pause Ex-Bad Liver Danny Barnes Releases Get Myself Together Boone Bluegrass Festival This Weekend Rhonda Vincent, Blue High, J.D. Crowe and More Juke Joint Junaluska 3rd Annual Thrill on the Hill Blues Festival Saturday Singing the Detroit Blues Blowing Rock Jazz Society Welcomes Bob Smitherman Sunday The Roots of Jazz Guitar Swing Trio at Coffey’s Friday Evening New Orleans Jazz in Blowing Rock Park Greensboro’s Swamp Cats Return This Sunday Blue Ridge Concert Series Kicks Off Friday The Blue Ridge Concert Series will be presented on Friday, September 9, at 8 p.m. on the stage of the Ashe Civic Center. Pat Metheny Trio Highlights ASU Arts This Fall Grammy Winning Jazz Guitarist at Farthing November 15 Melodies and Harmonies 24th Annual Barbershop Quartet Show Widespread Panic To Perform At Appalachian Sept. 21 Widespread Panic will bring their blend of Southern-style rock to Appalachian State University. Local Music Links

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