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CONTENTS Destinations 6 Homegrown Festival
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Come Play In Our Streets!
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Bubba, Bikes, Brews and Bulldog Heros
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Film Junkies Guide to North Carolina Deals Gap/The Dragon
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Waldensian Festival
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Along The Way
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Destinations More Events and Interactive Maps at DashboardsandSaddlebags.com Weekly Tuesday Taco Tuesday Cruise!!!!! Queens Landing 1459 River Hwy. Mooresville, NC Wednesday Bike Night Lancaster’s Hawg Trawgh 515 Rinehardt Road Mooresville, NC Pizza Cruise Queens Landing 1459 River Hwy. Mooresville, NC Bike Night Mac’s Speed Shop 2511 South Blvd. Charlotte, NC Thursday Bike Night Mac’s Speed Shop 19601 Liverpool Pkwy. Cornelius, NC Bike Night Mac’s Speed Shop 2414 Sandy Porter Rd. Charlotte, NC Bike Night Mac’s Speed Shop 930 South Main St. Greenville, SC Friday Myra’s Classic & Antique Car Cruise In 400 Main Street West Valdese, NC 17th Annual Cape Fear Blues Festival Jul 27 – 29, 2012 Market & Front Streets Wilmington, NC 28401 The Cape Fear Blues Festival is a cultural fixture in our region and a rising star throughout the national blues industry. Festival events feature local, regional & national acts at our Main Stage Concert, All-Day Blues Jam, Blues Cruise, Kick-Off Party, and Blues Workshops. Visit our website for more info as it becomes available. www.capefearblues.org Bele Chere Festival Jul 27 – 29, 2012 Downtown Asheville, NC 28801 Bele Chere is the largest free outdoor street festival in the Southeast. The three-day festival on the streets of Downtown Asheville features live, original music all day and night for 200,000 festival-goers. Bele Chere means “beautiful living” and comes from an ancient Scottish dialect. Bele Chere offers the unique opportunity to see, taste and hear some of the region’s finest art, cuisine and music. www.belecherefestival.com/ Oakboro Cruise-In Fri, July 27, 5pm – 9pm Main Street - NC Hwy. 205 Oakboro, NC 28129 The Oakboro Cruise-In & Burnout is the largest Downtown Cruise-In in North Carolina! This Stanly County event brings in around 6,000 or so people and over 500 cars depending on the weather. The event technically starts at 5:00pm but people normally show up aorund 3:00pm to socialize before and during the event! It’s a great time to see some very unique cars and trucks! The Cruise-In is always on the 4th Friday of every month! The burnout starts at 9:00pm and only takes place from April - October! For more information please visit them online @ www.oakborocruisein.com Early Ray Performing Live Fri, July 27, 7pm – 11pm Queen’s Landing 1459 River Highway Mooresville NC, 28117 Doors open at 7pm. Music plays from 8pm-11pm
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Destinations 57th Annual Robbins Farmers Day Aug 2 – 4, 2012 Robbins, NC 27325 Wagon Train Festival, parade of 600+ horses, crafts, entertainment and much more. Thursday 6:30pm to 10pm, Gospel Music at Robbin’s depot. Friday 6pm-1am, downtown street dance. Saturday 8am-midnight. Entertainment, special demonstrations, arts/crafts and parade at 11am. www.robbinsfarmersday.com Beer, Bourbon and BBQ Festival Aug 3 – 4, 2012 Koka Booth Amphitheatre 8003 Regency Parkway Cary, NC 27518 Get in on the action at this festival for a great day of beer sippin’, bourbon tastin’, music listenin’, cigar smokin’, and barbeque eatin’. Your admission buys you a sampling glass so you can enjoy an ALL-YOU-CARE–TO-TASTE sampling of beer and bourbon. Some of the best barbeque vendors are on-site if you get hungry all while enjoying seminars in the tasting theater and LIVE music all day. Friday, August 3rd from 6-10pm; Saturday, August 4th from Noon-6pm at Koka Booth Amphitheater in Cary, NC 60 Beers, 40 Bourbons, lots of BBQ, and live Rock and Blues music all day long. www.beerandbourbon.com/cary/show-info Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair Aug 3 – 4, 2012 Town Square of Burnsville NC The nostalgic town square of Burnsville will once again be transformed into the best event east of the Mississippi, The Mt. Mitchell Crafts Fair. As you stroll up and down the “Norman Rockwell” streets lined with artist booths, you will find chairs and tables, hand hewn from rhododendron bushes and maple logs, seasoned blacksmiths producing everything from whimsical fairies to intricate candelabras. So, grab yourself a warm bag of fresh popped kettle corn and continue around the square and onto the side streets. You will see sparkling glass, gold, silver, and beaded jewelry, from the contemporary to the very traditional. Birdhouses, candles, soaps, and lotions available in every size and shape and we guarantee that you will find something that you like and must have. www.yanceychamber.com/craftsfair2012.html Mater Fest Aug 3 – 5, Downtown Canton, NC 28716 Tomatoes are everywhere! A fun weekend of crafts, antiques, live music, and dancing. Antique car show. Kids and teen fun zone. Mt. Materfest Talent Jubilee with cash prize. Balsam Range and Harris Brothers entertaining Saturday night. Tomato eating Contest. Fried Green Tomatoes and lots of other food and fun. Debbie Reed 828-776-2527 3rd Annual Popcorn Sutton Summer Jam August 3 – 4, 4pm – 11pm Maggie Valley Festival Grounds, Maggie Valley, NC 28751 This Jam promises to be THE premiere event of the season. This year’s festival has expanded to two days of live music, local craftspeople, food vendors and more. From bluegrass to country to rock to Americana, this’ll be a virtual who’s-who
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Destinations of mountain culture! Bring the whole family & celebrate the life and times of Popcorn! Only $2 per person per day. For more info on the Popcorn Sutton Summer Jam, visit the Popcorn Tribute Page on Facebook. Dan River Boat Race Sat, August 4, 10 am – 5 pm Lindsey Bridge Access, Madison, NC 27027 Families and singles alike with their kayaks and canoes gather together at the Lindsey Bridge Boat access in Madison to begin a fun yet competitive 2.5 mile race down the Dan River. Begins at 10am. Fun for the entire family and awards given. Dixie Penn (336) 548-9572 37th Annual Waldensian Festival Aug 10 – 11, Main Street Valdese, NC 28690 Kick-off on Friday night with live music & classic car cruise-in Saturday 9am until 9pm live entertainment throughout the day, over 150 art/food/craft vendors, children’s rides & extended hours for all local attractions as well as local merchants. www.visitvaldese.com 4th Annual Mountain High BBQ Festival & Car Show Aug 10 – 11, Macon County Fair Grounds Franklin, NC 28734 KCBS sanctioned, NC State Championship BBQ Contest. Come mingle with Professional Cookers from all over the US as they compete to win Grand Champion. Friday night join us for The Hoss Howard Band, great music and delicious food! Official BBQ competition and awards ceremony Saturday. Car Show with over 80 cars on display. Miss Mountain High BBQ will also be crowned on Saturday in the Natural Beauty Pageant. www.franklin-chamber.com Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival Saturday, Aug 11, 2012 Sneads Ferry NC The Sneads Ferry Shrimp Festival will have folks hooked on local “Wild Caught” American Shrimp on August 11-12, 2012. The event has become a way to honor the local fishing community and continues to draw crowds of 10,000 or more! Enjoy specialty food and craft vendors, a carnival, “Shrimperoo” and a beer/wine garden, live touch tank and local fisherman demonstrations. Compete in contests such as the shrimp heading and shrimp cooking contest or just sit and enjoy. Bring lawn chairs for the entertainment areas. www.sneadsferryshrimpfestival.org AMRA Mow Down - Lawn Mower Races Sat, August 11, 5:30pm – 9:00pm North Wilkesboro Rotary Fairgrounds Willow Lane North Wilkesboro, NC 28659 Mow Down is absolutely a hit with fans of all ages! Suped up riding lawn mowers from 5 to 18 horsepower motors! Get in gear and start your engines! Since 2005, during the summer months, Rotarians play host to lawn mower racing. Sanctioned by the Alleghany Mower Racing Association (AMRA), oval track racing on dirt reminds many of the beginning of stock car racing in Wilkes County and the birth of NASCAR. Crowds have grown from a few hundred to gathering of thousands on several Saturday nights from June through September. Racers and fans
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Destinations will agree, “it’s a wild, noisy, dusty, exciting and totally enjoyable event!” www.alleghanymowerracingassociation.com/index.html Soldiers Reunion Aug 12 – 18, 2012 Main Avenue, Newton, NC 28658 Soldiers Reunion is actually a week-long event, beginning on Sunday with the “Cruisin’ & Car Show,” with the Gospel Music Night on Monday at 7:30p.m., Beach Music Night on Tuesday at 7:30p.m., Street Dance on Wednesday at 7:30p.m., and Reunion Day is of course Thursday. On that day, vendors line the downtown Square and two patriotic services are held at 10:00a.m. and at 4:00 p.m. Then comes the annual parade, which typically runs for about 1.5 hours through the downtown area. But the fun doesn’t end there... The Newton Parks & Recreation Department sponsors the Soldiers Reunion 5K/One-Mile Fun Run on Saturday at 8:00a.m. and the Soldiers Reunion 30-60-100-Mile Century Bike Ride on Sunday at 8:00a.m. www.newtonnc.gov/special_events.php 37th Annual NC State Bluegrass Festival Aug 16 – 18, 2012 Tom Johnson’s Camping Center Marion, NC 28752 Featuring Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys, Rhonda Vincent & the Rage, The Primitive Quartet, Bobby Osborne & the Rocky Top X-press, Jesse McReynolds & The VA Boys, Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver, Lonesome River Band, Darren Beachley & Legends of the Potomac, Darrell Webb Band, Goldwing Express, Russell Moore & IIIird Tyme out, The Crowe Brothers, Barry Scott & Second Wind, Balsam Range, Next Best Thing, Bartley Brothers, Rye Holler Boys, The Troubadours, and Darin & Brooke Aldridge. Tickets at the gate or available in advance by calling 706-864-7203. Event is “rain or shine” with performances under covered pavillion. Cafe serving breakfast and lunch, hot food and other concessions available. Bring your lawn chairs, no alcohol, smoking or pets in the performance area, and enjoy the new venue! www.aandabluegrass.com Dirty Dancing Festival at Lake Lure Aug 17 – 19, 2012 Morse Park Meadows & Rumbling Bald Resort at Lake Lure, NC 28746 The Dirty Dancing Festival at Lake Lure is a dance and music festival for all ages that pays tribute to the classic American movie filmed right here in Lake Lure, NC. Fans can relive their favorite “Dirty Dancing” moments with a film screening, live music, dance performances and lessons, special guests, games and more! Visit www.DirtyDancingFestival.com for more info. 1st Annual Clear Mountain View Music Festival Aug 23 – 26, 2012 356 London Rd. in Lawndale, NC The festival is going to feature many of the best acts from the Western North Carolina music scene and beyond! Held on a family farm with 2 stages, arts and crafts, sugar cane maze, food vendors and primitive camping available. BBQ Pork raised by the family farm. www.elliottfamilyfarm.com/
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Destinations Richard Childress Racing Fall Cruise In 2:00 pm Sat, August 25, 9am – 2pm RCR Racing Museum Lexington, NC 27295 Chocolate Myers will host the event and will also give an award to his choice. Terry Streetman will give a “GoodGuys” award to his choice. Awards will be presented at approximately 1:25 pm with the final door prizes. Food and drinks will be available. Rain date: August 26th, 1-5pm Red White & Brew Celebration and Bike Giveaway Saturday, Aug 25, 2012 Harley-Davidson of Charlotte Bike Giveaway, Bubba Blackwell and the presentation of the Bulldog Hero Award. www.h-dofcharlotte.com 12 th Anniversary Celebration & Mercedes Benz Auto Show Sat, August 25, 10am – 5pm Shelton Vineyards Dobson, NC 27017 Join us for a display of Mercedes Benz Autos. Also our 12 th year Anniversary Celebration with special discounts on wine and retail items! www.sheltonvineyards.com Winston-Salem Air Show Sat, August 25, 10am – 5pm Z. Smith Reynolds Airport Winston-Salem, NC 27106 The Winston-Salem Air show at Winston-Salem’s Smith Reynolds Airport celebrates more than 101 years of taking to the skies. The 2012 are show includes a Harrier jump jet demonstration, the Army Parashute Team - The Golden Knights, an A-4, an air-assault with a Cobra and a Huey and a Bomb Squad Pyro with 1000 ft. Wall of Flames. In addition to dynamic aviation displays, there will be lots of family fun events including musical acts, magic shows, jugglers and more. Parking if free. www.wsairshow.com Asheville Wine & Food Festival Sat, August 25, 12pm – 5pm US Cellular Center, downtown Asheville, NC 28801 Named by the New York Post as one of the best festivals of its kind in the country, the Asheville Wine & Food Festival features the finest regional, national, and international wines, exceptional local restaurants, craft beer and spirits, and handcrafted artisanal foods for three days of palate-pleasing indulgence. The big event is Saturday August 25th with the Grand Tasting, held in the newly renovated U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville’s lively downtown, with cooking demonstrations, a mixology contest, a wine competition, opportunities to learn from the area’s internationally recognized culinary experts, and plenty of products to purchase for a tasty reminder of your visit to Foodtopia. The Festival kicks off on Thursday night with the finale of a hot competition to name the best chef in the region. On Friday it’s SWEET, a decadent after-dinner fête in the historic Grove Arcade featuring locally sourced desserts, sparkling wines and spirits. Get tickets now for the 2012 Asheville Wine & Food Festival and discover one more reason why Asheville is one of the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice® Top 10 Food & Wine Destinations in the U.S.! www.ashevillewineandfood.com
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Destinations North Carolina Apple Festival Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2012 Main Street from 6th Ave - Caswell St. Hendersonville, NC 28792 Hendersonville is the official home of the North Carolina Apple Festival. The festival features a street fair on Historic Main Street including: entertainment, arts & crafts, apple products, childrens & youth activities, special exhibits, food and the King Apple Parade on Labor Day. Check our website for specific hours and schedule of events. Street Fair - Fri-Sun 10:00am-8:00pm from 6th AveCaswell St; mini-festival on Mon. 10:00am-5:00pm from 2nd Ave-Caswell St., King Apple Parade on Labor Day @ 2:30pm www.ncapplefestival.org Pinehurst’s 24th Annual Food & Wine Festival Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2012 Pinehurst Resort 80 Carolina Vista Pinehurst, NC 28374 Pinehurst celebrates Labor Day Weekend with its 24th Annual Food & Wine Festival. Join us for the day, the night or the entire weekend. Featuring more than 40 international wineries, this event includes informative wine seminars, tasting, culinary demonstrations and nightly gala dinners. Overnight packages start at $280 per person/per night. Visit www.pinehurst.com/ pinehurst-food-wine-fest.php for more information. Annual Smoky Mountain Folk Festival Friday, Aug 31, 2012 Stuart Auditorium, Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center Lake Junaluska, NC 28745 Lake Junaluska Conference & Retreat Center, will offer two nights of the finest traditional music and dance of the Southern Appalachian Region. The main shows begin at 6:00pm both Friday and Saturday, on the grand stage of the Stuart Auditorium overlooking beautiful Lake Junaluska. Both nights will include a rich variety of the region’s finest fiddlers, banjo players, string bands, ballad singers, buck dancers, and square dance teams as well as the marvelous sounds of dulcimer, harmonica, jew’s harp, bagpipes, spoons, saws, and folk ensembles. smokymountainfolkfestival.com Lexington Avenue Arts and Fun Festival (LAAFF) Sep 1 – 2, 2012 Lexington Avenue, downtown Asheville, NC 28801 Once a year we shut down Lexington Ave in downtown Asheville for this all day, all local, all original street fair that has grown to be the largest independent street fest in the southeast! This jam-packed day is filled with wild street performers, unique artwork, a wide variety of music, and just about everyone who wants to have some fun and celebrate in the streets of Asheville. Arts2People has been presenting LAAFF for 10 years with the support of the Asheville Community. www.lexfestasheville.com Visit DashboardsandSaddlebags.com for more events!
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he 21st Annual Downtown Reidsville Homegrown Festival is a two-day event. It will begin on Friday, September 28th at 5:30pm with a huge kick-off concert to get everyone in the festival mood! Market Square will be the place to be as Melva Houston mesmerizes the audience with her smoky jazz standards and soulful blues. The Pizzazz Band will follow with top 40 hits and is a true favorite of all ages. They will have everyone singing and dancing to hits we all know. On Saturday, more concerts will take place featuring the up and coming country music star Jason Link. Mark Roberts and the Breeze will bring the Carolina Coast to Reidsville with their Beach Music hits. Our own local bluegrass musicians Running Cedar will hit the stage to entertain with traditional bluegrass and bluegrass gospel music. Once again the international jazz and blues
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artist Melva Houston and her band will win over the hearts of all who hear her. The RDC has set up Market Street to be an activity center for families, complete with new games, bounce houses and usual fall festival activities. Arts, crafts, merchandise and all the festival fun foods will be scattered through-out the festival. There will be BBQ ribs, funnel cakes, Kettle Korn, Blooming Onions, Turkey Legs, Hot Dogs and the list goes on and on! The EZ Street Cruisers Car Club will once again host over 500 classic and vintage cars for their annual car show and awards on Saturday,
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September 29th beginning at 8am and ending at 5pm. Last year’s festival was ver y successful for Reidsville. According to surveys distributed at the event, people from 13 states and 29 major cities across North Carolina came out to the festival. The festival boasted 35,000 + people in attendance and brought in an estimated $800,000 in revenue to the county for the weekend. The RDC is very excited to host “An Evening with Melva Houston” on Friday night, September 7, 2012. This is a black tie event to be held at the Event Center. Dancing, Heavy hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar and a special meet and greet with Melva will offer a sweet taste of things to come at the Festival. Tickets are $40 single or $75 a couple,
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he annual Historic Morganton Festival occurs in downtown Morganton the weekend after Labor Day (September 7 & 8, 2012). The Festival opens Friday at 3:00pm with a sampling of fine arts and crafts, festival cuisine, a wine garden featuring NC wineries and our local brewery; kid zone, teen zones and 4 stages. Beer Garden featuring local live music both Friday and Saturday evenings. Saturday opens at 9:00am with more artisans and crafters plus a National Country Music act both Friday and Saturday evening on City Stage. Free Admission! Come enjoy ever ything that makes the Historic Morganton Festival the exciting event that it is: friends, food, fun, crafts and free music! Friday night, head over to City Stage for opening ceremonies at 7:30, followed by
FREE music and fun! City Stage will feature national country music act. Kip Moore on Friday and Jerrod Niemann on Saturday. Both shows start at kick off at 8:00PM. Come early and bring a chair! www.morgantonfest.org
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he Red, White & Brew Celebration and Bike Giveaway at Harley-Davidson of Charlotte in Matthews on August 25 th is a annual destination that draws motorcycle enthusiasts for miles around! Music, food vendors, a bike show and the bike Giveaway makes it an event worth attending no matter how hot it gets! If it gets to hot for you don’t forget that it is a “Brew Celebration”! Performing two shows on Saturday will be Bubba Blackewll, the only Harley-Davidson sponsored jumper grew up in Alabama and became a big Evel Knievel fan. After Bubba won the Heavyweight Superbike National Championship in 1988 when he was only 19 years old he turned to stunt riding and has skyrocketed to the top of his field. Bubba learned that most important thing about jumping is not how far you go, but what kind of overall thrill show you give and that you give the people the best performance you can. This man is AMAZING!
After Bubba burns up his last tire Bob Karney will be Honoring the Bulldog Hero of the Year. The award honors Bikers in the Carolinas for their outstanding contributions to their communities. Five Bikers will be selected; one will be named BULLDOG HERO OF THE YEAR and will receive $1000 to be donated to their charity of choice, 4 others will be named BULLDOG HEROES and will each receive $500 to be donated to their charity of choice. Tell Bob who you think deserves this honor. Go to wrfx.com, keyword bulldog or just shoot him a email with your nominations to bob@karneylaw.com. Please include the nominee’s name, number and/or email, along with a picture and why he/she is an outstanding American.
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Film Junkies Guide to North Carolina Deals Gap/ The Dragon U.S. 129 at the North Carolina/ Tennessee line
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ilm junkies can get a cinematic rush by driving the 300-plus curves in just over ten miles on “The Dragon,” a section of U.S. 129 at Deals Gap at the North Carolina/ Tennessee line. The Dragon is considered one of the world’s best motorcycling and sports-car roads, but those wanting a slower pace can visit the site of some exciting film scenes, many of which feature—what else?—fast cars and breakneck chases. Or you can see The Dragon in its own video, Tail of the Dragon The unofficial route of The Dragon begins on the North Carolina side at the aptly named Fugitive Bridge. Here, film junkies can get a marvelous view of Cheoah Dam from which Dr. Richard Kimball (Harrison Ford) makes his memorable leap in The Fugitive It ends 14 miles across the mountain at the Tabcat Creek Bridge in Tennessee. The first feature made on U.S.129 was Thunder Road. Robert Mitchum produced, wrote, and starred in this drive-in classic about backwoods moonshining. Thunder Road filmed several scenes on The Dragon, some featuring the old wooden safety posts, a few of which still remain. Another minor
classic in the same vein is Two-Lane Blacktop, a muscle-car road movie starring North Carolina’s James Taylor as “the Driver” in his only acting role to date, along with a fellow ‘60s music legend, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson. In Two-Lane Blacktop, which has standout performances by Warren Oates and Harry Dean Stanton, you’ll see the state-line sign, some of the curves, and the original single-lane bridge atTapoco Dam. Dragon historians will also note the original Deals Gap diner and Esso gas station, which appear at the end of the movie. In a bit of irony, one of the two ‘55 Chevys in the film turned up two years later in American Graffiti, driven by Dr. Richard Kimball himself, Harrison Ford.
Credits The Tail of the Dragon video (2003) is available at www.tailofthedragon.com/ shop. The Dragon’s other credits include In Dreams (1999); The Fugitive (1993); Two-lane Blacktop (1971); and Thunder Road (1958). From the publication Film Junkie’s Guide to North Carolina by Connie Nelson and Floyd Harris. FilmJunkiesGuide.com
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Waldensian Festival S
ince 1976, on the second Saturday in August, Valdese hosts an annual festival to celebrate the “Glorious Return” of the Waldenses from exile in Switzerland to their native valleys in the Cottian Alps of Italy in 1689. This celebration is mirrored around the world by other Waldensian communities. The Town of Valdese and The Historic Valdese Foundation continue to improve the Waldensian Festival each year and make it one of the best festivals in the state of North Carolina. The 2012 Waldensian Festival will concentrate on unique crafts, great food, and top-quality entertainment. To achieve this goal, the committee continues to search for wonderful artists, food vendors and entertainers from around the country. Choosing participants that will come together to make an unforgettable festival.
Enjoy activities such as children’s rides, live music throughout the day, wonderful shopping with over 170 vendors, little miss & master pageant, boccie tournament, glorious return walk, footrace, the outdoor drama “From This Day Forward”, extended hours for all local attractions and MUCH, MUCH MORE! T h e Wa l d e n s i a n F e s t i v a l Committee is determined to provide the best family entertainment around! Bring your friends & family and enjoy two wonderful days of the summer in VALDESE! www.visitvaldese.com
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FRIDAY 7-10 TOO MUCH SYLVIA SATURDAY 7-10 THE BREAKFAST CLUB
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Two Stages of Live Music ∙ Purina Dog Team Performance Interactive Arts Area for Children Artisans and Crafters Carolina Raptor Center Little Miss Riverfest Contest Cold-Blooded Encounters: Reptiles ∙ 5K Run/Walk ∙ Food Vendors • Historical Exhibits • Water Safety Exhibit Hot Air Balloon ∙ New & Exciting Kids Discovery Zone • Dan River Basin Association Exhibit & Educational Activities
FRIDAY 5-10P.M. SATURDAY 10A.M.-10P.M. In the Historic Downtown Leaksville and Historic Leaksville Landing along the Dan River
1976 Mercedes 450 SEL Sbarro Gullwing
WIN $50/TICKET
www.winagullwing.com
ULTRA RARE Only 1 of 6 Ever Built!
RAFFLE CONTINGENT ON SALE OF MAXIMUM OF 2500 TICKETS
PURCHASE TICKETS ON-LINE
WINAGULLWING.COM Car will be raffled on November 8, 2012 at Felix Sabates Mercedes Benz of South Charlotte 950 North Polk Street Pineville, NC 28134
Mid Atlantic Region 4530 Park Road, Ste 230 Charlotte, NC 28209
jscull@arthritis.org
704-705-1800
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Live Music Every Thurs-Saturday
SPECIALS SUNDAYS $5 Bloody Marys
Mon. $2 Yuengling Btls Tues. $2.50 Drafts Wed. $2.50 Import Btls Thurs. $5 Martinis Fri. 1/2 Price Bottle Wine
Sat. $4 Well Drinks And $6 Vodka Red Bulls Sun. $5 Bloody Marys And $10 Domestic Buckets
LIVE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT TUES IS KAROAKE AND OPEN MIC NIGHT.
704-799-0095
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229 Medical Park Road, Suite 120 Mooresville, NC 28117 Check Out Our Band Schedule At www.MiciahsSpeakeasy.com
50 Tap Beers Hours of Operation Sunday - Wednesday 11:30 AM - 12:00 AM Thursday - Saturday 11:30 AM - 2:00 AM
MONDAYS 1/2 price on select bottles of wine TUESDAYS Tini Tuesdays $5 Martinis WEDNESDAYS $5 House Margaritas THURSDAYS $2.50 Drafts FRIDAYS $6 Red Bull and Vodkas SATURDAYS $6 Long Island Ice Teas
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TILLEY Harley-Davidson ®
Of Salisbury • Statesville
Shop here TAX FREE WEEKEND (Aug. 3, 4 & 5) for your back to school needs. Saturday August 4th, Poker Run in Memory of “Vernon & Brad Hall” Aug 18- Habitat for Humanity Poker Run & Festival. Aug 18- We will close at 3:00pm for Family Wedding We will re-open 8/19/2012 at 12:00pm. August 26- MS Ride See website or contact Dealership for more details on all events
Aug 11- Benefit Poker Run & Car Show for David Lytton Starts at Tilley Harley-Davidson of Statesville and Boxcar Grille Registration starts at 10AM and last bike out at noon, last bike in at 5PM BBQ Chicken Dinner and Live Music from Frank-N-Stand Band & Rough Around the Edges
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Tilley Harley-Davidson® of Statesville 1226 Morland Dr. Statesville, NC 704-872-3883
Tilley Harley-Davidson® of Salisbury 653 Bendix Dr. Salisbury, NC 704-638-6044
WWW.TILLEYHD.COM
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TWO LOCATIONS LancastersBBQ.com
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th 25 Anniversary ESTABLISHED 1986
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515 Rinehardt Rd Mooresville
704•663•5807
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704-799-1110