POSTED JUNE 29, 2006

An Appalachian Summer Festival
Starts Saturday July 1st
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Parades, Picnics and Pyrotechnics High Country Celebrates Independence Day Remembering “Satchmo” Marcus Belgrave Octet Present A Tribute To Louis Armstrong Monday Floats And Fireworks On The Fourth Downtown Boone Development Association Plans Fourth of July Events Marching Down Main Street Blowing Rock’s Independence Day Parade on Saturday, July 1st Tweetsie Kicks Off 50th Celebration Milestone Coincides With Annual Fourth of July Fireworks Extravaganza Randy & Deborah Jean Sheets at Jones House Friday Jones House Lawn Concert Kicks Off Holiday Weekend Rapping with Sam Sam Bush Talks About Telluride, MerleFest and His Friend Doc The 35th Annual Boone/Blowing Rock Antiques Show And Sale On June 30, July 1 and 2, Boone will host a wonderful Antiques Show and Sale. Christmas In July Festival Brings New Look And Feel This Saturday The Christmas in July Festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year with a brand new look and feel with around 100 vendors and lots for festivals attendees to see and do. Todd Celebrates July 4th With Parade, Circus Todd is celebrating Fourth of July in the spirit of liberty, inviting everyone to participate instead of being a mere spectator. Beech Mountain Celebrates Fourth Of July With The 47th Annual Roasting Of The Hog Banner Elk 4th Of July Parade The Banner Elk Chamber of Commerce will once again be sponsoring an Independence Day Parade on July 4, 2006, at 11 a.m. Man Of La Mancha Continues At Ashe Civic Center The curtain opened last Thursday evening to reveal the most ambitious set ever for an Ashe County Little Theatre production. Cana Ramblers Make Mountainhome Music Debut Virginia Bluegrass Band at St. Luke’s Church in Boone Saturday John Strader’s Run For Joy Thistle School Scottish Dance Starts Sunday LMC Event Held in Conjunction with Highland Games Picking on the Porch WCAC Announces Roster for Concert on the Lawn Series Music at Milepost 213 Blue Ridge Music Center Offers Summer Concert Series Summer Camps Provide Fun, Learning About Life Music, Storytelling & More Found At Todd General Store

Highland Games’ Golden Anniversary Gathering of the Clans on Grandfather Mountain July 6-9 Bishop Joe Simon Visits High Country For Choir Performance High Country gospel music fans have the chance of a lifetime in July. David Holt Brings Traditional American Music And Stories To Spruce Pine’s Toe River Storytelling Festival On July 15, 2006 at 10am - 4pm the crowds will pile into Riverside Park in Spruce Pine to see the best of the best in storytellers. Gibbons Hosts Patron’s Gala For The Blowing Rock Fashion Show Bill and Joelleyn Gibbons Betsy Collins, Chairwoman For Patron’s Gala River House Winefest The fourth annual River House Winefest on the New will be held July 15th in the Grassy Creek area of Ashe County, at River House under the giant sycamore tree down by the river’s edge. “A Dulcimer Christmas In July” Presnell’s Chapel Primitive Baptist Church will present “A Dulcimer Christmas in July”, on Saturday, July 8, at 7 p.m. at the Matney Community Center, Matney, N.C., between Banner Elk and Valle Crucis on Hwy. 194. Performance Poet Speaks At ASU Performance poet, writer and educator doris davenport will present the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Lecture at Appalachian State University Thursday, July 13, at 3 p.m. in room 114 of Belk Library and Information Commons. North Carolina Symphony Performs Summer Concert In Sparta The North Carolina Symphony continues its tradition of summer travels across the Tar Heel State when it makes its stop in Sparta at Sparta Elementary School on Thursday, July 20th at 7:30 p.m. Car & Bike Show Cruises Back Into West Jefferson The 6th Annual Ridge Run Car & Bike Show will be held Saturday, July 8th at Ashe County High School Parking Lot in West Jefferson. Gates will open at 7 a.m. Oodles of Doodles BRSC to Hold Celebrity Doodle Auction July 23rd In The Company Of Flowers “In the Company of Flowers” will be a two day event to be held on July 21st and 22nd to benefit the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Foundation. Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show Scheduled For July Mickey Rooney Tickets Go On Sale Saturday Let’s Put On A Show At New Hayes Center Sept. 16 Acoustic Music With An Appalachian Flavor Mountainhome Music Brings Wide Variety of Regional Styles to the Stage Appalachian Summer 2006 Roster Announced Sam Bush, Doc Watson, Arlo Guthrie, Buckwheat Zydeco Scheduled

Theater News

Man Of La Mancha Continues At Ashe Civic Center The curtain opened last Thursday evening to reveal the most ambitious set ever for an Ashe County Little Theatre production. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Lees-McRae Comedy Runs Through July 3rd Broadway, Television Veterans Star in The Gin Game BRSC’s Second Summer Runs Through July 29th Blowing Rock Stage Company “TOPs” Program Offers Summer Theatre “CAMPservatories”

MerleFest Favorites Release New Studio Albums CDs by Sam Bush and Darrell Scott Hit Stores This Month Remembering “Satchmo” Marcus Belgrave Octet Present A Tribute To Louis Armstrong Monday Randy & Deborah Jean Sheets at Jones House Friday Jones House Lawn Concert Kicks Off Holiday Weekend Rapping with Sam Sam Bush Talks About Telluride, MerleFest and His Friend Doc Lineup Announced for MusicFest in Sugar Grove Doyle Lawson, Kruger Brothers Headline 9th Annual Show July 14 & 15 Bishop Joe Simon Visits High Country For Choir Performance High Country gospel music fans have the chance of a lifetime in July. David Holt Brings Traditional American Music And Stories To Spruce Pine’s Toe River Storytelling Festival On July 15, 2006 at 10am - 4pm the crowds will pile into Riverside Park in Spruce Pine to see the best of the best in storytellers. Cana Ramblers Make Mountainhome Music Debut Virginia Bluegrass Band at St. Luke’s Church in Boone Saturday Free Monday Night Park Concerts in Blowing Rock Picking on the Porch WCAC Announces Roster for Concert on the Lawn Series Music at Milepost 213 Blue Ridge Music Center Offers Summer Concert Series Acoustic Music With An Appalachian Flavor Mountainhome Music Brings Wide Variety of Regional Styles to the Stage Festival Season Has Finally Arrived Bluegrass, Jazz, World Music & More at Outdoor Musicfests Local Music Links