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Imperial Symphony Kicks Off Its 43rd Year of Performances
It promises to be an adventurous season for the Imperial Symphony Orchestra and its fans.
The Lakeland Ledger |
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Club News
The Cumberland County Republican Women’s Club will hold its Sept. 3 meeting at 11:15 a.m. at the Highland Country Club. Guest speakers will be Lou Huddleston, candidate for the N.C. State House, and Diane Wheatley, Incumbent Candidate for the Cumberland County Board of Commissioners.
The Fayetteville Observer |
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Guitar Hero World Tour PlayStation 3 Screenshots
10 PlayStation 3 Screenshots posted, from Activision
GameInfoWire |
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Blues singing not a lucrative gig
In his six decades in the Delta, Alex "Lil' Bill" Wallace helped countless musicians become successful blues artists.
The Biloxi Sun Herald |
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Nora Cross Played At The ‘Devil’s Hideout’
Bristolians have always loved their country music. Long before the now-famous recordings of 1927 made here in Bristol, local residents often had gatherings at which renderings of the mountain and hill country style music were greatly enjoyed. The fiddle and the banjo seemed to be, by far, the most popular instruments used. And when these were played in that “old-time” style, spontaneous dancing ...
Bristol Herald Courier |
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Winans focuses on empowering youth
In 2005, gospel singer CeCe Winans launched her first annual ``Always Sisters'' Conference in Nashville, Tenn., and with more than 3,000 attendees in 2007 she now dreams of bringing the sessions across the country.
The MetroWest Daily News |
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What was your favorite performance at the Bowl this summer?
Another amazing season, the 85th, in fact, of the Redlands Bowl Summer Music Festival ended Friday. It was a strong season, with three symphony performances, "The Wizard of Oz" produced and directed by Redlands' Wayne Scott, "The Four Preps" and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, which both drew packed houses.
Redlands Daily Facts |
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Divine Daylilies
Bluff City Couple Sharing Love Of Colorful Flowers Through Business BLUFF CITY, Tenn. – Rainbows have nothing on daylilies. Far more colorful than a momentary candy stripe in the sky, daylilies rock more colors than even Crayola. Drive out to Good Daylilies and see for yourself. Owned by Spike and Donna Good, their business features more than 1,700 varieties of daylilies in countless arrays of ...
Bristol Herald Courier |
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Local calendar, August 24
TODAY LifeHouse Theater's musical adaptation of "Pilgrim's Progress," 2:15 p.m. at the theater at 1135 N. Church St., Redlands. Performances continue weekends through Sept. 7, at 7:30 p.m. Fridays, 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturdays and 2:15 p.m. Sundays. There is one Thursday evening performance, at 7:30 on Sept. 4. Advance tickets are $12 and $17 for adults, $6 and $9 for children 3 to 11 (no ...
Redlands Daily Facts |
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Low-cost marketing paying off for FolkFest
You won’t see any expensive, multistate advertising campaign for the AmeriServ Johnstown FolkFest. And the modest facilities at the relatively new Festival Park don’t make the former industrial lot a regional landmark, let alone a national one.
The Tribune-Democrat |
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Amanda Barton, Gregory Hackenberg
Amanda Barton and Gregory Hackenberg exchanged wedding vows on June 14, 2008, in an outdoor gazebo at Smith's Country Gardens. The Rev. Derek Sanford officiated the ceremony with a reception following.
Erie Times-News |
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Dozynki offers a feast of Polish traditions
NEW BRITAIN - The 1,000-year-old Dozynki harvest festival tradition - that's 27 in New Britain years - continues today at Falcon Field, and visitors will find it shrunken in some ways and bigger in others.
The New Britain Herald |
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Chattanooga: Bessie Smith Festival kicks off with a party
Rose Martin hopes Saturday night welcomed what will become a yearly cultural event.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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The Natchez Democrat
GREENVILLE (AP) — In his six decades in the Delta, Alex ‘‘Lil’ Bill’’ Wallace helped countless musicians become successful blues artists. He taught Greenville artist Eden Brent to play the organ. Her latest album, ‘‘Mississippi Number One’’ currently sits on top of the state’s roots music chart.
The Natchez Democrat |
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America My Country 'Tis of Thee
History and lyrics for this patriotic favorite.
BellaOnline |
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Story predicts 6-6 record for Cats
The University of Kentucky has not gone to three straight bowl games since Bear Bryant took the Cats to the Orange, Sugar and Cotton after the 1949-51 seasons. Coming off back-to-back Music City Bowl wins, the question for 2008 is whether UK will go back-to-back-to-back or will slip back? at Louisville Back-to-back-to-back : UK now has the advantage in both program momentum and ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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N.D. rock band making noise in California
GRAND FORKS (AP) - When the guys from the band Starving For Gravity left North Dakota for California last year, they quickly learned the hardest reality of trying to make it in rock and roll's big show: Sometimes, having talent is the least of it.
Minot Daily News |
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Thousands set for carnival
Europe's biggest street party is set to kick off. Organisers are expecting more than 750,000 people to descend on the streets of Notting Hill to celebrate the 44th year of the west London street party.
Liverpool Echo |
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The Natchez Democrat
Ferriday’s tuba player Christopher Neal, 17, dances as he plays during Ferriday Marching Band practice. The school’s band is known for its showmanship.
The Natchez Democrat |
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Many attend Clinton Art and Music Festival
Hundreds of people filled the village’s streets Saturday for the third annual Clinton Art and Music Festival.
The Observer-Dispatch |
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West Texas A&M Party
CANYON -- What's a better way to get ready for school than to have big party? Well, that's what the WT Athletics Department did earlier today. They had some live music, a dunking booth with coaches and people got to shoot some hoops.
KAMR Amarillo |
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Teenage boredom can lead to drinking, drug use
MONTROSE — In a room dimly lit with incandescent light bulbs, the music playing from the black and silver stereo in the corner is just loud enough to drown out the noise of the couple kissing on the couch, but not loud enough for the neighbors to hear.
Montrose Daily Press |
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Slain Brockton man was breadwinner for his Jamaican family
So many people depended on Courtney Wilson: His parents, his five siblings, his wife and three children. Wilson’s death from gunshot wounds in Boston Friday has left his family not only in grief and shock, but also in fearful uncertainty about the future.
The Brockton Enterprise |
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Small school superintendents must be creative to fill all teaching positions
It has always been difficult to recruit teachers for specialized positions such as music and industrial arts at small schools across Central Nebraska, but never more difficult than it is today.
Grand Island Independent |
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Shaking it in the sand
RACINE — With a Latin music beat cutting through the warm breeze, bare feet dancing on the sand and a view of the surf, it might have felt a bit like being at a Cancun resort Saturday morning at Racine’s North Beach Oasis.
The Journal Times |
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