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Palustris Festival - March 25-28, 2010 - Pinehurst-Southern Pines-Aberdeen Area
Presented by the Arts Council of Moore County and the Convention & Visitor’s Bureau of Pinehurst, Southern Pines & Aberdeen Area, the Palustris Festival will present a remarkable variety of events showcasing the visual, literary and performing arts in Moore County. Scheduled for March 25-28, 2010, the festival is drawing attention from a wide range of arts groups and institutions in and around the Sandhills area.
Why the name Palustris? The word palustris is taken from the Latin name of the longleaf pine and was chosen for this event because of its unique connection to Moore County. One visit to our area and you will see the influence of the longleaf pine. Even the names of our towns, like Pinehurst, Southern Pines, Pinebluff and Whispering Pines, give you a sense of this special connection. In fact, Moore County is home to one of the largest stands of virgin longleaf pine forests in the country (160 acres in the Weymouth Woods-Sandhills Nature Preserve called the Boyd Round-Timber Tract), which is also home to the oldest living longleaf pine tree known in the world at more than 460 years old.
The Palustris Festival will be a community event unlike any other in the Sandhills. From its inception, the event has many goals: 1) Attract thousands of visitors from all over North Carolina and beyond to enjoy what makes Moore County unique; 2) Promote and support the local economy through increased retail and food sales and higher hotel occupancy rates; 3) Increase regional support of our community arts and cultural organizations and other nonprofits; and 4) Raise the sense of pride in Moore County’s culture and history.
Raising the Story of Menhaden Fishing
Saturday, February 27 (9 am – 4 pm including lunch)
Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center
Harkers Island, North Carolina
It
has been five years since Beaufort Fisheries on the Beaufort waterfront
closed its doors. But the legacy doesn’t stop there. The story of
menhaden fishing in Beaufort, NC is being “raised” once again through
community meetings, on-going interviews, middle school projects,
research and a day-long celebration of the men and women of this
industry.
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2010 CHARLOTTE DRAGON BOAT/ASIAN FESTIVAL
Fastest Growing Water Sport Returns to
Charlotte-
The 2010 Charlotte Dragon Boat/Asian Festival will be held on May 16 at
Ramsey Creek Park, Cornelius. The Carolinas Asian-American Chamber of
Commerce (CAACC) will again be joined by the
As before, Dragon Boat race will be joined in conjunction with the colorful Asian Festival where visitors will be entertained by and treated with a wide variety of traditional Asian offerings in food, stage performances, cultural exhibits and merchandise for a fun filled day to all. You will definitely enjoy a most colorful display of young talents in the Miss Asian Festival Scholarship competition. Admission is free. Satellite parking areas will be posted for all visitors, with shuttle bus services to the park.
Dragon
Boat racing is the fastest growing water sports event around the globe.
The event embraces and promotes competition, fair play, team building,
community cohesiveness, culture and history. Organized competitions are
held in North America, Europe, Africa and
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Brunswick Stew in Brunswick County!
2nd ANNUAL BRUNSWICK STEW COOK-OFF
Shallotte, NC – The Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce has rescheduled the Brunswick Stew Cook-Off that was to be held this Saturday, January 30. The new scheduled date for the Brunswick Stew Cook-Off will be February 6th 10-4pm at Rourk Woods in Shallotte (same location). Due to the current weather forecast for Saturday, the committee determined it was the only option for the event. “We were hoping to have the event this weekend, but with the projected weather forecast, it is going to prevent us from having the Brunswick Stew Cook-off. We cannot ask for the community to come out to an event in this type of weather” said Cathy Altman, President of the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce.
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UNC Asheville Department of Atmospheric Sciences to Host Severe Weather Workshop
Weather
enthusiasts can now register for a severe weather workshop hosted by
UNC Asheville's Atmospheric Sciences Department. The workshop will be
held from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday, April 17, in UNC Asheville’s
Robinson Hall, room 125. Presented in cooperation with the National
Weather Service Office in Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C., this event will
offer scientific presentations to promote awareness, understanding and
preparedness for severe weather. The workshop is open to the public,
and no prior knowledge of meteorology is required. Cost is $15.
Professional
meteorologists and experts on severe weather will provide information
about theoretical, operational and observational aspects of severe
weather at the workshop. Participants will have the opportunity to ask
questions and interact with presenters and local meteorologists.
“WINGS AND
WHEELS DAY”
MARCH 27, 2010
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS:
The event last year drew an attendance of many spectators, plus quite a gathering of aviation enthusiasts and antique car and motorcycle buffs. With the additional planning and advertising being done this year, it is expected this year’s event will attract many more.
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THE
OLD STORE
A NEW “DOWN-HOME” STORE AND RESTAURANT
( LILESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA )
A BRAND NEW CONVENIENCE STORE THAT
TAKES YOU BACK IN TIME
Recently opened in
mid-January, this new store is decorated and embellished with antique signs and
artifacts of the past that will bring back a lot of memories; signs advertising “Coka Cola in Bottels for 5-cents”, old
“Mountain Dew” signs that were made when the drink first appeared on the
market, and Texaco “Fire-Chief” gasoline, just to name a few. Signs and plackards such as these are
displayed over the entire store.
The original building was known as “The Sue Valley Store” that was operated by Ms. Hazel Chewning, but the building has recently been updated with an addition that is now the restaurant, which is very appropriately decorated with memorabilia from the past.
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SHADOW
RIDGE FARM
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WELCOME
TO SHADOW RIDGE DONKEYS!!
WHO WE ARE
“Shadow Ridge” is a
small farm located in the quite rolling hills of the Piedmont, in
HERE’S OUR STORY
My
husband and I relocated to Peachland from
I’ve always had a love
for animals even as a child, especially horses.
I had my very first horse, a gelding, when I was 12 years old. He certainly taught me a lot, especially what
to do and what not to do! Now here we are
again, 35-years later, and I still have the love for horses and have the
opportunity to make something of it.
We began with one
horse, bought another, then another, and before we knew it, we have the
beginning of a mini-farm. This is when
we decided to move south, here to
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3RD
SATURDAY, MAY 1, 2010
(SPCC CAMPUS,
MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!!
The 3rd annual “Battle of the Bands” competition will be held in the Helen Goodman Amphitheater on South Piedmont Community College’s L.L. Polk Campus on Saturday, May 1, 2010. The competition will start at noon and end when all competing bands have performed.
This event is sponsored by the SPCC Student Government Association. Last year, the competition consisted of 40 bands, and drew an audience of more than 900! More bands and a larger audience are expected this year due to the excitement generated by the competition last year and added advertisement for the event this year.
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Greensboro, NC native Tal Farlow may have been the best jazz guitarist of his generation. He was technically brilliant, blazingly fast and possessed the laid-back amiability of a true North Carolinian.
Recently, we found a nice tribute to Tal on a website called All That Jazz.
The following is from that site:
Talmage Holt Farlow (June 7, 1921 – July 25, 1998), better known as Tal Farlow, was a jazz guitarist born in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1921. Nearly as famous for his reluctance to play as for his outstanding abilities, Tal did not take up the instrument until he was already 21, but within a year was playing professionally and in 1948 was with Marjorie Hyams’ band. While with the Red Norvo Trio (which originally included Charles Mingus) from 1949-1953, Farlow became famous in the jazz world. His huge hands and ability to play rapid yet light lines made him one of the top guitarists of the era. After six months with Artie Shaw’s Gramercy Five in 1953, Farlow put together his own group, which for a time included pianist Eddie Costa. Late in 1958, Farlow settled in Sea Bright, New Jersey, became a sign painter, and just played locally. He only made one record as a leader during 1960-1975, but emerged a bit more often during 1976-1984, recording for Concord fairly regularly before largely disappearing again. Profiled in the definitive documentary Talmage Farlow, the guitarist can be heard on his own records for Blue Note (1954), Verve, Prestige (1969), and Concord. He died of cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City on July 25, 1998 at the age of 77.
Click here for video of Tal
Community Events at Sandhills Community College
Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, February 7th
3:00 pm
Owens Auditorium
Advance complimentary tickets are available at the Boyd Library on the
Sandhills Campus or from the Sandhills Community College Development
Office at 246 4131.
The concert will feature:
Symphony No. 1, The “Afro-American Symphony” by William Grant Still
Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Firebird Suite (1919) by Igor Stravinsky
UNC-Pembroke Art Professors on Exhibit
Hastings Gallery of Art
Boyd Library at Sandhills Community College
3395 Airport Road, Pinehurst, NC
Opening Reception: January 21, 5:00 - 7 PM
Gallery hours: 7:45 am-9:00 pm Monday-Thursday; 7:45 am-5 pm Friday;
and 8:30 am-2:00 pm Saturday
Free Admission
The exhibit will be on display through February 19.
Included will be printmaking, digital images, drawing, and sumi watercolors.
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Dali & Art of the Masters exhibits select
Fayetteville
as their only Southeast destination
Demonstrating the community's appeal far beyond the military
When you think about Fayetteville, N.C., you naturally think about the military. Well, too often people forget that soldiers and their families travel the world – bringing an acquired taste for culture and art. Their desire has created one of the most thriving art communities in the state. So it’s no wonder why Fayetteville has been chosen as the only city in Southeast to host two major national art shows. One features the work of African-American artists while the other illustrates one of the greatest pieces of classical medieval poetry.
From January 22-March 6, the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County will feature “Art of the Masters: A Survey of African American Images, 1980-2000.” It is an exhibition of 36 national and international artists whose works showcase different media – pottery, oil, watercolor, mixed media, collage and more. Some items will be for sale.
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UNC
"Still Life as Theater," an exhibition of some
30 paintings, drawings and photographs by noted artist Philip Jackson, will be
on view at UNC Asheville's Highsmith University Union Gallery through February 2. A closing reception and artist
talk will be held from 4-6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in the gallery. The exhibition
and reception are free and open to the public.
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New Museum a Treasure Trove of Andy Griffith Items
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. - The
The museum is located next door to
the Andy Griffith Playhouse, a half-mile from the actor's boyhood home. It
houses a treasure trove of items
collected by Emmett Forrest, a schoolmate and close friend of
Forrest's collection has been
displayed at various places in Mount Airy over the last 15 years, but never had
a true home until the doors opened in mid
November to a new 2,500-square-foot museum that cost more than half a million
dollars to build.
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VisitGaston.org covers everything from lodging and meals to
attractions, festivals and events. The site has a clean, uncluttered look with
rotating banner
photos that showcase various places throughout the county.
The site highlights such
Whitewater Center and McAdenville's annual
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UPHS
Band Invited to
From Rep. Jamie Bowles
The Union Pines High School Marching Viking Band
has been selected to represent the State of
“This invitation is a great honor since only a limited number of
bands throughout the entire
Shackles of Faith
Shackles of Faith is a fascinating new book by North Carolina author, Mark Hosler. One may wonder how an intelligent man, a licensed geologist, from a solidly Catholic and educated family, could be sucked into what he describes now as "a backwoods cult." The answer is the same for Mark Hosler as it has been for countless other victims of cults - he fell prey to a charismatic leader.
Shackles of Faith tells the story of how Mark, a deeply religious man, was lured into the cult by a childhood friend. On the heels of a recent divorce, Mark found himself deep in the woods of a rural North Carolina County, exposed to an environment he never imagined. The cult leader claimed that his teachings were the true understanding of the Christian Bible. However, the cult leaders teachings were so heretical, so opposed to traditional Christian doctrine, that even he claimed that his church was not Christian. Mark believed that had found a truer religion and a deeper faith than he had known. He fell deeply under the spell of a man whom he believed to be both a genius and a prophet.
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423-727-0139
Mountain City, TN
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Jay Presnell
969 River St.
Boone, NC
Full Service for entire family
1st time harcuts for kids
Next to Appalachian State University Recreation Building
Walking distance from downtown
Open Tuesday - Saturday
828-262-1840
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New Ventures
New Ventures Business Development, Inc.
Housed at the
and the Olde Mill Gallery and Studios
www.nvbdi.org and www.oldemillgallery.org Visitors are always welcome at Olde Mill Gallery and Studios.
Washington Street
704-272-5457
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Hands Together is a nonprofit organization devoted to educating, inspiring and encouraging people to understand the importance of responding to the needs of the poor and disadvantaged. Our Mission, as we strive to build a more compassionate and human world, proceeds from the spiritual belief that we are all members of one, equal, interconnected family under a loving God.
www.handstogether.org
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Guyton and Associates Realty
Sue Guyton Broker
Over 26 years of Real Estate experience working in Brunswick and New Hanover Counties, and the surrounding areas.
Retail Sales and Property management.
910-371-0120 Office
910-371-6945 Fax
910-233-2898 Cell
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