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89:$%/++;%<-$=$;>=%"%)$"?$;90%@+A$B0 P(#%3&+#"!.#,+&!.3'$#0')A#%-+#F$9+# Moon Dinner Theatre in downtown Johnson City presents the poignant comedy, The First Baptist of Ivy Gap. Running every Friday and Saturday, including one Sunday matinee, playing now through June 3, the awardwinning play focuses on six women who gather at a church in the small =+((+//++#%!>(#!"#P6)#8'*#%!#.!$$# dressings and organize care packages
for the troops serving overseas. Each lady has a special reason for committing every Tuesday and Thursday in service to their country. With humor and pathos, these six very 53""+.+(%#>!&+(#4(5# comfort, forgiveness and redemption in each other. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This play is perfect for the upcoming Memorial Day holiday as we all gather to remember those who -'6+#/'1.341+5#/!#&91-# "!.#%-3/#1!9(%.)AN#/'35# 53.+1%!.#Q5#F.++/+;# LR!9S$$#5+4(3%+$)#>'(%# to bring tissues for this powerful perfor&'(1+;N The First Baptist of Ivy Gap, written by Ron Osborne, is the >3((+.#!"#%-+#TJJT#F'.ter Theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Appala1-3'(#U+/%36'$#!"#<$')/#'(5#*$')>.3?-%/; =-+#/3V#$'53+/#!"#P6)#8'*#'.+#*$')+5#
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Saturday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m., the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, will present a concert by Ralph Stanley II. Admission to the concert is $10 for adults, $1 for children 6 to 11, under age 6 free. F+3(?#%-+#/!(#!"#'#$363(?#$+?+(5# isn’t easy. Despite the opportunities and public attention, there’s tremen5!9/#*.+//9.+#%!#4$$#)!9.#"'%-+.S/# shoes. Your success or your failure in doing so is a matter of public record. Most artists get the opportunity to grow in relative anonymity. Ralph II didn’t have that luxury. When your father is Ralph Stanley, your course is pretty much mapped out at birth. As one might expect for the son of a world-renowned banjo player, %-+#4./%#3(/%.9&+(%#@'$*-#PP#+6+.# held was a banjo. At the ripe old age of three, Ralph (or Two as he’s called by -3/#".3+(5/#'(5#"'&3$)aA#-'5#-3/#4./%# lesson from his Dad `#$+'.(3(?#'#/3&*$+#4(?+.#.!$$;# It turned out, however, that he would not be following in his fa-
ther’s footsteps when it came to his choice of instrument. He soon fell under the spell of the guitar. From the time he spotted one under his sister’s bed, he wanted to play it. M+#2+?'(#*$')3(?#'%#46+A#'(5#-+S/# been playing ever since. Despite his interest and the fact that he travelled with the Clinch ,!9(%'3(#F!)/A#-+#535(S%#5+6+$!*# an ambition to play professionally until he saw a video of Keith Whitley during his tenure as lead singer for his father’s band. Ralph II was 12 years old. After seeing Whitley, he was hooked and spent hours in the basement honing his skills and weathering the comparisons to his late Uncle Carter. His persistence paid off, and he took the stage as lead singer with the Clinch ,!9(%'3(#F!)/#3(#G^^b;#Y3(1+#%-+(A# he has earned the respect of Stanley fans everywhere and has garnered praise as a strong new artist in his own right. Ralph II just signed with Stan$+)#8+(+.'%3!(#@+1!.5/#`#'#(+># Nashville record label owned by
his nephew and country artist Nathan Stanley. Ralph II has had %>!#8.'&&)#(!&3('%3!(/;#M+S/# proven to be an accomplished song >.3%+.#'(5#-'/#46+#/!$!#'$29&/#%!# his credit. This will mark Ralph II’s third performance at the Fold with his band. The Stanley and Carter families have been pivotal in preserving the region’s rich musical tradition and carrying the music of the mountains throughout the world. Come see this legendary performer in one of the region’s most historical venues - the Carter Fold! For more information, go to http:// ralph2.com/ or www.drralphstanley.com. Carter Family Memorial Music D+(%+.A#P(1!.*!.'%+5A#3/#'#(!(*.!4%A# rural arts organization established to preserve traditional, acoustic, mountain music. For more information on Saturday’s concert, contact the Mountain Music Museum at 276-645-0035.
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G:BH>H+;=% set for IJ?H99$% cast of Godspell @!?+./63$$+#<$')-!9/+#3/#-!$53(?# auditions for Stephen Schwartz’s hit musical Godspell on Monday, May 14 and Tuesday, May 15 at 6 p.m. at Rogersville First United Methodist Church, 110 Colonial Road, Rogersville. Those interested in auditioning should be at least 11 years of age. Those auditioning should prepare a piece of music to sing. The show re:93.+/#1'/%#&+&2+./#%!#/3(?A#5'(1+A# act, and improvise. Actors will be playing a variety of characters %-.!9?-!9%#%-+#*$');#<$+'/+#>+'.# comfortable clothing and shoes for the dance audition.
Those auditioning will be singing, dancing, reading through some of the dialogue, and playing a few improvisational games. Other tal+(%/#'.+#>+$1!&+;#<$+'/+#-!$5#!*+(# both audition dates for possible call backs. “Conceived and originally directed by John Michael Tebelak, with music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, Godspell is one !"#%-+#23??+/%#!""`F.!'5>')#'(5# F.!'5>')#/911+//+/#!"#'$$#%3&+AN# says Music Theatre International. LF'/+5#!(#%-+#8!/*+$#B11!.53(?#%!# St. Matthew, and featuring a sparkling score by Stephen Schwartz,
8c0Y<QCC#2!'/%/#'#/%.3(?#!"#>+$$` loved songs, led by the international hit, Day By Day. As the cast performs Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord, Learn Your Lessons Well, All For The Best, All Good Gifts, Turn Back, O Man and By My Side, the parables of Jesus Christ come humanly and -+'.%+(3(?$)#%!#$3"+;N# “Drawing from various theatrical traditions, such as clowning, pantomime, charades, acrobatics and vaudeville, Godspell is a ground2.+'73(?#'(5#9(3:9+#.+E+1%3!(#!(# the life of Jesus, with a message of 73(5(+//A#%!$+.'(1+#'(5#$!6+;N The playhouse welcomes direct3(?#*.!"+//3!('$A#W'%-$++(#F9%%!$*-A# director of last year’s Seussical the Musical. “Gospell is a wonderful production. The show has been re1+(%$)#.+$+'/+5#!(#F.!'5>')#'?'3(;# Many theatre companies in our region have been celebrating the revival, igniting stages across the region with this spectacular humbling production. We want those auditioning to come out and have fun. Show us what you can do – play an instrument, juggle, tumble, tap dance, yodel, whatever…we >'(%#%!#/++#3%dN <+."!.&'(1+/#!"#Godspell will take place June 29 – July 8, 2012. @!?+./63$$+#<$')-!9/+#(++5/#'$$# hands on deck for this production. If you are interested in volunteering, auditioning, or being a part of the creative team, give us a call. P"#)!9#-'6+#'()#:9+/%3!(/#'2!9%# @!?+./63$$+#<$')-!9/+S/#9*1!&3(?# *.!591%3!(#!"#8c0Y<QCCA#*$+'/+# call (423) 794-7858.
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G%,-$=)%9++K%">%G$=+<L=%>"9$= Remember the time before we were able to share information through Facebook and other social plugins with a /3&*$+#1$317e#<+!*$+#%!$5#'(5# retold stories to entertain and remember. Aesop is said to have lived more than 2500years ago and not a single piece of his writing physically exists today, yet people continue to tell his stories. Why? “The lessons and morals still ring true today. A good /%!.)A#>-+%-+.#.+'$#!.#41%3!('$# has the power to change lives and inspire and will continue %!#2+#%!$5AN#/'35#W'%)#F.!>(A# '.%3/%31#53.+1%!.#!"#=-+#F'.%+.# <$')+./A#F'.%+.#=-+'%.+S/#'1%3(?# company especially for young audiences. =-+#F'.%+.#<$')+./#'.+#(!># performing the world-premiere of a musical adaptation of Aesop’s fables, woven together by F'.%+.#<$')>.3?-%`3(`@+/35+(1+# D'%-+.3(+#F9/-#'(5#/+%#%!#&9/31#2)#F'.%+.#'$9&#F+(#,'17+$# “‘Aesop’s Fables has it all: dance, beautiful singing, comedy, heartfelt moments, animals, masks and a great story. I’m immensely proud to get to share these well-known stories in this original play with audi+(1+/#!"#'$$#'?+/AN#/'35#03.+1%!.# W'%)#F.!>(; F9/-#-'/#>!6+(#%!?+%-+.# several fables such as “The =!.%!3/+#'(5#%-+#M'.+AN#L=-+# U!V#K3%-!9%#'#='3$AN#L=-+#F!)# K-!#D.3+5#K!$"AN#'(5#L=-+# c'7#'(5#%-+#@++5N#'(5#1!(structed them in a larger story. All the fables work together %!#-+$*#'#&'(#4(5#-3/>');# Morals like “it’s better to bend %-'(#%!#2.+'7AN#L&3/+.)#$!6+/# 1!&*'()N#'(5#/$!>#'(5#/%+'5)# >3(/#%-+#.'1+N#&+'(#/!#&91-# more when they are applied, /'35#F9/-; “I liked the challenge of creating a world where the stories of Aesop were necessary in order to further the plot - in other words, we do not ‘narrate’ the stories to the audience in the traditional sense; every story Aesop relates is for a 5+4(3%+A#-3?-`/%'7+/#*9.*!/+AN# /'35#F9/-; F+(#,'17+$#-'/#>.3%%+(# !.3?3('$#&9/31#"!.#!%-+.#F'.%+.#
The cast of Aesop’s Fables <$')+./#/-!>/#$37+#Billy-GoatGruff and The Elves and the Shoemaker. LF+(S/#&9/31#3/#&'?31'$#'(5# so very distinctive the kids are hooked from the opening drum2+'%AN#/'35#F9/-; Legend has it that Aesop was a slave, and he gained his freedom by telling stories with valuable morals and truths. In the musical adaptation, the world of Aesop comes to life as he is persuading his master to free him. There are stories within the story. F'.%+.#=-+'%.+#3/#!""+.3(?#/%9dents 18 and under a chance to
win two free tickets to Aesop’s Fables.#<'.%313*'(%/#/-!9$5# submit an original, 300-wordor-less fable to barterplayers@ bartertheatre.com by May 8. Winner will be announced on May 11. Complete instructions !(#'%#>>>;F'.%+.=-+'%.+;1!&; Aesop’s Fables is now playing '%#F'.%+.#=-+'%.+#,'3(#Y%'?+# through May 26. Saturday performances on May 5, 12 and 26 are especially for families. For more information on The F'.%+.#<$')+./A#LB+/!*S/#U'2$+/N# and to purchase tickets, call (276) 628-3991 or visit www. F'.%+.=-+'%.+;1!&;
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C>+-0>$99$-%NHA%C>+O$99%P$Q>% R<%,+-%C>+-0>$99H;#%*H?$S Jim Stowell, one-man theater sensation and storyteller extraordinaire, will perform as the next teller in residence for Jonesborough’s popular Storytelling Live! series. Stowell is a relatively new voice in the storytelling world, having performed at the National Storytell3(?#U+/%36'$#"!.#%-+#4./%#%3&+#f9/%#$'/%# )+'.;#F9%#'/#'#$!(?%3&+#*+."!.&+.# on the theater scene, the sister art of storytelling has always been on his radar. “They were sort of parallel worlds -+.+#3(#%-+#=>3(#D3%3+/AN#-+#/')/;#LP# went to see them sometimes, and %-+)#1'&+#%!#/++#&+#/!&+%3&+/;N#M+# started transitioning from theater to storytelling after sharing the stage with Kevin Kling, another prominent ,3((+'*!$3/#/%!.)%+$$+.#'(5#".+:9+(%# 1!(%.329%!.#%!#g<@; For Stowell, who often writes about his travels around the world, the shift from one-man shows to stories was a natural one. “For me, it’s like going from writing novels to >.3%3(?#/-!.%#/%!.3+/AN#-+#+V*$'3(/;# “I used to do these two-hour long plays. Now I do stories that last from 10 minutes to half an hour. They each -'6+#%-+3.#!>(#9(3:9+#5+&'(5/;N In addition to his travel stories about Ireland, Central America, and Y!9%-#B&+.31'A#Y%!>+$$#".+:9+(%$)# talks about his colorful boyhood in south Texas, where he was raised just ten miles from the Mexican border, as well as the 15 years he spent backpacking through California in the 1960s and ‘70s.
These days, he leads a relatively settled life, dividing his time between the Twin Cities, where he lives with his wife, and northern Wisconsin, where he spends the summer months working as another kind of teller in residence. There, he works as a park ranger from May to September, living in a historic lighthouse on Lake
Superior and sharing stories about its glory days with the park’s many visitors. In Jonesborough, Stowell will perform daily matinees May 15–19, Tuesday through Saturday, at 2 p.m. 3(#%-+#,'.)#F;#,'.%3(#Y%!.)%+$$3(?# Hall. Tickets are on sale now, and reservations are highly recommended. Tickets for all performances are just $12 for adults and $11 for seniors, students, and children under 18. All ticket stubs will save audience members 10 percent on same-day dining at The Creekside Restaurant, The Dining Room, or Main Street Café. The Teller-in-Residence series (also known as Storytelling Live!) is a seasonal program that invites a new storyteller to Jonesborough each week through the summer and fall. A detailed schedule of the 2012 season is available at www.storytellingcenter.net. Season passes that offer nearly 50 percent savings will be available for a limited time while supplies last. For more information about Storytelling Live! or to make a group reservation, call (800) 952-8392 ext. 222 or (423) 913-1276.
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/:=H@%+;%>)$%CT:"-$%,$">:-$=%U"H=H%I"H; New members, new instruments a new outlook for 2012 Daisi Rain kicked off their 2012 season with several events including a U.S.O. Show at the VA Hospital in Johnson City, a Town Dance / Debusk PTO fundraiser in Greenville, and more recently the Bristol Motor Speedway, performing for both the Ecoboost and Food City 500 events this past March. Over the years this young group !"#$%&'()$"$*+,$-,.&)")'/+$"+0$ has earned credibility opening for major acts as Jerrod Niemann, Craig Campbell, and Ashton Shepherd. Jonesborough is the next stop in their busy schedule as Daisi Rain is honored with their very *-#)$"..,"-"+1,$")$2&#'1$3+$4!,$ Square on Friday, May 11 from 7-9 p.m. Daisi Rain is no stranger to Jonesborough, planting roots since 2007 performing on the Youth Stage, and eventually earning a spot on the Main Stage for two consecutive years. The following Saturday, May 19 is "+/)!,-$*-#)5$"#$)!,6$7'(($.,-8/-9$ at the Strawberry Festival in Unicoi from 2-4 p.m. Daisi Rain continues to branch out to new venues, while adding new members, new instruments, and new music to their diverse mix of country-pop entertainment. :/&$1"+$*+0$)!,9$/+$;"1,%//<$ or at www.daisirain.com or most preferably at one of their 30+ shows this season! (photo courtesy of Bill Bryant)
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Celebrating Women on Air Locally produced original radio program, Women On Air, celebrates her 25th year of broadcast this month with a web-based story collecting project. Using Facebook as a platform for written communications, WOA invites listeners from across the country to post short stories about their connections to the show. Susan Lachmann, host and producer, cites the world wide web as a key component to making the show’s content available, relevant and everexpanding. “We have so many more options these days when it comes to &+53'#'11+//AN# says Lachmann, “It’s important to offer audiences variety in formats, venues and schedule. Women On Air now has four-weekly program slots, whereas up until now, the show has been only once or twice a week. We also are part of shared programming efforts in partnership with WETS, g<@#&+&2+.#/%'%3!(A#'(5#KQMDA# College and Community radio. “It’s a win-win for listeners in other time zones as well; Scotland listeners are six hours ahead of Tennessee while west coast and Alaska listeners are three hours later. Our story collecting project and Face F!!7#*.+/+(1+#?36+/#'$$#%-+/+#"!$7/#'# place to ‘meet.’ “Already there are stories posted about WOA being ‘uplifting’ and ‘energizing,’ and being a necessary format for emerging artists. It inspires me as a producer to know the show reaches so many folks and continues to inform and inspire %-+&;;;#%-'%S/#>-'%#3%S/#"!.dN Women On Air’s program content is focused on women’s voices in music, arts, education and community. The music playlist includes a wide range of genres, with acoustic, jazz, torch songs, a few contemporary commercial artists, and most importantly leading voices in women’s music.
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This Week In The Saturday, May 12 The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail proudly presents a Youth Music Festival from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Heartwood: Southwest Virginia’s B.%3/'(#8'%+>');#U+/%36'$#-3?-` lights include music performances and workshops, luthier exhibits, and foods from throughout the Crooked Road region.A complete schedule for The Crooked Road Youth Music Festival is available on The Crooked Road website at www.thecrookedroad.org. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. For more information call (276) 492-2409 email: info@thecrookedroad.org. Monday, May 14 More than 1,000 titles from pre-school to adult will be on sale at Legion Recreation Center, 111
Legion St., at this month’s book fair. Teachers are invited to stock up on puzzles, games, posters and much more. Sale will be open to the public May 14-18 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Admission is free! For more information, please contact F'.%#C)!(#'%#]\G`]HbJ; Tuesday, May 15 Citizens are invited to the '((9'$#D'.6+.#B>'.5/#F'(:9+%# honoring volunteers, youth and others who have made outstanding contributions to Carver Recre'%3!(#D+(%+.;#=-+#2'(:9+%#>3$$#2+# held at 6 p.m. in the gymnasium at Carver Recreation Center, 322 W. Watauga Ave. This event is free and open to all ages. For more information, please contact Tamara Foster at (423)461-8830.
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to explore and create! Enrollment is limited to 15 participants, registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis, with a registration deadline of May 10, 2012. Tuition for the workshop is $30.00, with some /1-!$'./-3*/#'6'3$'2$+;#<$+'/+# contact the Arts Center at 276-5969188 or via email at appartsinfo@ sw.edu for more information, to register for the workshop, or to 3(:93.+#'2!9%#/1-!$'./-3*#!**!.` tunities. Appalachian Arts Center, a part of Southwest Virginia Community College, is located on Route 19 in the ‘Old Archie Helton Store’ – 2.5 miles south of Claypool Hill. Regular business hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 12-6 p.m.; Thursday: 12-8 p.m.; and Saturday: 10a.m.-6 p.m. <$'(#(!>#%!#'%%+(5#%-+#L,9$` $31'(#U$!!.3(?#Y'$+#%!#F+(+4#%# _(3%+5#K')N#".!&#H#';&;#%!#G#
*;&;#K-+(#-'.5>!!5#E#!!.3(?#3/# purchased at this manufacturer’s Johnson City, Tenn., location on that date, all revenues will go to United Way of Washington D!9(%)#=+((+//++A#P(1;#<.31+/#!(# *.+4#(3/-+5#'(5#9(4#(3/-+5#-'.5` >!!5#E#!!.3(?#>3$$#2+#/$'/-+5A# and no sales tax will be charged. The sale will take place at Mul$31'(S/#GGJ^#_(36+./3%)#<'.7>')A# Johnson City location, across from ETSU. For more information, call 423-282-5682. The Historic Jonesborough F$9+?.'//#Y+.3+/#>3$$#*.+/+(%#'(# award-winning hot-band when %-+)#2.3(?#=-+#832/!(#F.!%-+./# to the concert series. Joining The 832/!(#F.!%-+./#>3$$#2+#,'.7# g+>%!(S/#Y%3$$-!9/+#F'(5#'(5# F$9+#Q53%3!(;#<.!591+5#2)#,!9(` tain Music Entertainment and nestled in Tennessee’s oldest town, %-+#M3/%!.31#X!(+/2!.!9?-#F$9+`
www.theloaferonline.com grass Series is looking forward to bringing another concert featuring top-notch entertainment to the East Tennessee region on Saturday night May 19th at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. Tickets are $20/ adults, $10/ETSU students with ID and children 12 and under, and may be purchased at the door the night of the show, online at www. jonesboroughtn.org or by calling 866-401-4223. Sunday, May 20 On Sunday, May 20, at 3:00 *;&;A#%-+#U3./%#<.+/2)%+.3'(# D-9.1-#!"#F.3/%!$A#=+((+//++#1!&` pletes its 2011-12 Arts Series with a concert by the Russian vocal ensemble, LYRA. LYRA is a community of professional musicians most of whom are students or graduates !"#%-+#Y%;#<+%+./29.?#D!(/+.6'` tory and sing in churches and musical theaters throughout that city. Though members of LYRA
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tional Choral Festival (Northern Ireland). In addition to stage performances, LYRA has recorded several CDs. These CDs will be available following the performance. The Arts Series of the First <.+/2)%+.3'(#D-9.1-#/%.36+/#%!# share with the community events that enrich and inspire the life of %-+#*+!*$+#!"#F.3/%!$A#/-'.+#!9.# 9(3:9+#'(5#&'.6+$!9/#"'13$3%3+/A# and encourage the artistically gifted of our region and beyond. Admission is a suggested donation of $10.00 for adults, $5.00 for students. The church is located at 701 Florida Avenue, just west of King College. For more information contact the church at 423-7647176. Monday, May 28 SingleVision will be having its annual Memorial Day picnic. Join 9/#'%#\ijJ#*&#'%#Q'/%&'(#F')/# Mt. Recreational Area, Shelter
No. 28. (Note location change!) (Lower end across from the ball 4#+$5/a;#<$+'/+#2.3(?#'#2+6+.'?+# and a food item to share (meat, 6+?+%'2$+A#/'$'5#!.#5+//+.%a;##<'*+.# products and ice will be provided. Come enjoy the food and fellowship. Volleyball, horseshoes, and kickball will be available. Children and grandchildren are welcome! For more information: Call Jane Adams (246-1727) or Marcy Hagen (956-1007). Friday, June 1 This day marks the 216th anniversary of Tennessee’s admission as the 16th state in the year 1796. In conjunction with the Historic Homes of Knoxville, Marble Springs State Historic Site will commemorate this occasion with a weekend of Living History demonstrations. Saturday, May 26 from 10am-5pm walk amongst Living History interpreters in 18th Century clothing portraying life
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appreciated. All activities take place at the Marble Springs State M3/%!.31#Y3%+i#GTTJ#K+/%#8!6+.(!.# John Sevier Highway, Knoxville, TN. For details about the Historic Homes of Knoxville and their participation in Statehood Day please check hhknoxville.org for contact information. Information
found at 865-573-5508. Email: marblesprings@gmail.com Saturday, June 2 Appalachian Arts Center, a part of Southwest Virginia Community College, will be hosting a variety of acting workshops for children and youth during the month of
June. The four-week workshops will be held on Saturdays: June 2, June 9, June 16, and June 30, 2012, at the Arts Center. Lc(#%-+#,!6+N#"!.#1-3$5.+(# ages 4 to 7 will be from 10-11am. This workshop will explore basic theatre skills such as imaginative voice and movement in a fun way. Through a variety of theatre games, kids will learn that expressing the physical life of a character is essential to telling a story successfully, while creating with others and practicing public speaking and listening skills. Tuition for this four-week workshop 3/#[\J;#LB$$#%-+#K!.$5S/#'#Y%'?+N# for children ages 8 to 11 will be from 11:15am-12:15pm. Learn how to be a good actor by strengthening everyday skills. Listening, making strong choices, working well with others, and speaking clearly are important tools of a ?!!5#'1%!.;#F)#*$')3(?#'#6'.3+%)#!"# theatre games, kids will have the opportunity to not only excel at these skills, but will have fun doing it! Tuition for this four-week workshop is $60. “Acting is Do3(?N#"!.#)!9%-#'?+/#GT#%!#GH#>3$$# be from 1 until 2:30pm. A charac%+.#3/#5+4(+5#2)#>-'%#'1%3!(/#%-+)# commit to. This class will learn -!>#%!#1.+'%+#/*+1341#!2f+1%36+/A# tactics, and the physical life of a character through exercises that explore these important theatre fundamentals. Using theatre games, students will learn how to make choices that feed their personal expression while honing their ability to work well with scene partners. Tuition for this four-week workshop is $90. Space is limited in these workshops, so .+?3/%+.#+'.$);#<$+'/+#1!(%'1%#%-+# Arts Center at 276-596-9188 or via email at appartsinfo@sw.edu for more information, to register "!.#%-+#>!.7/-!*/A#!.#%!#3(:93.+# about scholarship opportunities. Appalachian Arts Center, a part of Southwest Virginia Community College, is located on Route 19 in the ‘Old Archie Helton Store’ – 2.5 miles south of Claypool Hill. Regular business hours are: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 12:00- 6:00 p.m.; Thursday: 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.; and Saturday: 10:00a.m. - 6:00p.m Saturday, June 23 =-+#T(5#B((9'$#8.++(+63$$+# Summer Music Fest has been set "!.#Y'%9.5')A#X9(+#Tjd##0'..+$$#F.)an, Executive Director of the Nis-
>!(?+.#<+."!.&3(?#B.%/#D+(%+.A# '(5#F.!!7+#K3$$3'&/A#F'(5#03.+1%!.#"!.#8.++(+63$$+#M3?-#Y1-!!$A# hope that you will mark the date on your calendar. Activities are planned throughout the day, beginning at 10:00 a.m., culminating in a bluegrass concert on Saturday +6+(3(?A#\iJJA#"+'%9.3(?#F.'(5# New Strings from Townsend and %-+#X'&+/#W3(?#F'(5;##W3(?#3/# %-+#Y<F8,B#=.'53%3!('$#,'$+# Vocalist of the Year. According to Williams, “We are excited to be %+'&3(?#9*#>3%-#g<BD#!(#%-3/# day to raise funds for our band camps and instruments. We want people to come enjoy music, play games, buy crafts, eat and help '#>!.%->-3$+#1'9/+;N#B11!.53(?# %!#W')#8.3//!&A#!9%/35+#!(#%-+# ?.!9(5/#!"#g<BD#'(5#8.++(+63$$+# High School, there will be craft booths featuring all types of crafts - from items made out of wood to paintings; from needlepoint to decorated T-shirts. Cost for a 12 x 12 space for the day will be only $75.00. Anyone wishing to have a craft booth may contact Mattie Y'$$+)#'%#jT^`bIIJ#!.#W')#8.3//!&# '%#]IJ`jGHj;#P(#'553%3!(A#8.3/som says the group is planning to have a limited number of food booths featuring local restaurants !.#?.!9*/;#=-+.+#>3$$#2+#'#FFk# lunch and dinner served from =!*#D-!31+#FFk;##c%-+.#"!!5# items will be announced later. In the grassy area in front of the school there will be several different activities for children to be enjoyed at a nominal cost. On the L".!(%#*!.1-N#!"#%-+#-3?-#/1-!!$# beginning at 11:30 a.m. will be free bluegrass music until early in the evening. Featured will be some of the areas favorite bluegrass groups: Strong Ties, Lonesome <3(+A#'(5#K'$73(?#3(#=.'53%3!(;# Folks are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs and enjoy the 5');#W')#8.3//!&#/')/A#LK+#'.+# so excited about this event – being able to raise funds for our band, but also to be a part of a community event. We hope lots of people from !9%/35+#!"#8.++(+63$$+#>3$$#5+135+# to come for both events. Anyone wanting more information is welcome to call me at 470-3183. Tickets are now on sale for the concert 3(#%-+#+6+(3(?#"+'%9.3(?#F.'(5# New Strings and the James King F'(5;##B59$%#%317+%/#'.+#[TT;bJ#'(5# student tickets are $15.00. D'$$#%-+#g<BD#F!V#c"41+#'%# 423-638-1679.
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Saturday, May 12 at 4 p.m. Theatre of Ballet Arts presents “SEASONS” Ballet Arts will proudly show the progression of the various levels of students through a theme of changing seasons. Come and enjoy the different age groups and skill levels as they display their talent through the beauty of dance. Tickets $6 Adults, $4 Children *Tickets may be purchased at the door.
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last week). With reservations, I accepted, much to the relief of the bride. A big load was taken off my shoulders immediately, when Sue told me that her and Andy had already booked both a church and reception hall - the only worries I would have would be decorations, food, and making sure the whole thing went off without a hitch. They had already began %-+#*.!1+//#!"#4(53(?#%-+#.3?-%# bakery to do the cake, another task that I wouldn’t have to fret with, but I was still going to taste as many samples of free cake as possible. I had three months to pull the whole thing together, and late on a Friday afternoon, the three of us took off to take a glance at the reception hall. The hall was big, almost daunting, but small enough to be manageable. Assuming that all the ?9+/%/#>!9$5#@YZ<A#%-+.+#>!9$5# be something around 200 in the room the night of the hitchin’. We sat down at one of the tables to discuss what they would like. I pulled out my sketch pad to take notes, and after showing them pages and pages of my cat drawings, we got down to business. Sue wanted the deco to be present, but not overwhelming. No big fancy columns or archways, just simple touches here and there. I drew rough outlines, they approved, and off I went to procure what I would need. When you’re gonna decorate, you have a few options to get your supplies from. Michael’s 1!&+/#%!#&3(5A#'(5#)!9#&')#4(5# that giant pillar candle holder at F+5A#F'%-A#'(5#F+)!(5#=-9(5+.dome (Thank you! Tip your waitress, I’ll be here all week!). However, I wound up buying most !"#&)#/9**$3+/#".!&#F3?#X!-(# McCall’s Wedding Superstore in 8.+);#K-+(#3%#1'&+#5!>(#%!#%-+# E!>+./A#>+#-'5#4./%#%-!9?-%#!"#
www.theloaferonline.com going with black roses - to really upon the deco theme. However, after due process, we came to the conclusion that black roses were too goth, and might also give off the wrong impression. A few weeks later, I found myself up bright and early at the reception hall, working on getting the place ready. It was the same day that their wedding announcement was running in the local paper, in the Hitches and Stitches section, which covers both weddings and divorces ours is an odd paper. Just as I was placing a large bow, one the couple would enter under, I heard a loud banging at the door. I opened the door and found a rather large man behind it, who had the distinctive aroma of beer about him. LB.+#)!9#-+eN#%-+#&'(#'/7+5A# confused. I looked at him and said, “Which he do you think I 2+eN#M+#-9""+5#'(5#/'35A#L0!(S%# get smart with me, are you B(5)eN#P#(!55+5A#-+#/&3.7+5;# “Well, well, well. I can’t imag3(+#>-'%#/-+#/++/#3(#)!9dN#P%# became apparent to me that I was talking to Sue’s ex. It seems the
/"0%1'%&23&%.%()$%*+",$-'%!"#$%3M announcement of her nuptials caused a dam full of emotions to break open and pour forth. After several goes around of convincing him that I was not THAT Andy, the poor man broke down. Ever had a burly man who smells !"#<'2/%#F$9+#@322!(#1.)#!(#)!9.# shoulder? It’s most uncomfort'2$+;#B"%+.#*$')3(?#0.;#<-3$#"!.#'(# hour, I got him situated and out the door. All was tense the day before the wedding, it was as if you could hear every tick of the clock as if it was a sonic boom. Despite no hitches in the arrival of anything to the hall, it still felt as if we were all in a terrible rush. The groom remained calm, the bride had a few panic attacks, and I drank gallons of coffee. The wedding was to be at one the "!$$!>3(?#5')A#'(5#'#:9'.%+.#%!# &35(3?-%A#%-+#-'$$#>'/#4(3/-+5# and decorated. No one slept that night, I think exhaustion turned into pure excitement and anxiousness over what the following day would bring. The morning of the wedding had an oddly calm feel to it, not that this was a bad thing, it was
almost as if it was a presence. Things were running smoothly, I went by the hall before heading to the church, all was being put in place, the kitchen was running at top speed, and I felt that I could begin taking that sigh of relief. The wedding began, and we all felt good about it. There was one little hitch, however. For reasons that none of us are clear about - the music was being *$')+5#!""#'(#3<!5#`#'/#%-+#2.35+# began to walk down the aisle, instead of hearing The Wedding MarchA#%-+#3<!5#>+(%#3(%!#/-9"E+# and she walked down to Pour Some Sugar On Me. Outside of that, the majority of the wedding went off well. The bride looked lovely, the groom, looked handsome, and people danced embarrassingly to Hall '(5#c'%+/;#<$'((3(?#'#>+553(?# is an amazingly cumbersome and taxing experience, one I don’t suspect I’ll repeat anytime soon. Still, I was honored to have done it, and slept for three days afterwards.
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*$+%I+"-=%";B%8H#%UH<<$-%!+:-=% D;>+%>)$%PH#)> It’s that time of Spring when C+!#%-+#C3!(#.!'./#'(5#%-+#F3?# Dipper pours into the night. And this 2012 version of the Spring celestial skies has three planets begging for attention - so take time to look up and give it to them. Venus, Mars and Saturn all beckon as the Winter constellations are all 6'(:93/-+5#2)#%-+#/%'..)#*'%terns of Spring. And though you have to wait until well after 8 pm DST for the stars to poke through the veil of night, the wait is worth it as warm %+&*+.'%9.+/#4(5#9/#$3(?+.3(?# outside and checking out the celestial sights. When it’s good and dark at 9 p.m., directly overhead is the great lion of the sky, Leo, an
ancient constellation that looks pretty much like a dot-to-dot $3!(;#K3%-#'#2'17>'.5#:9+/tion mark (or cutting sickle) for his head and mane, and a right triangle "!.#-3/#-3(5:9'.ters, ancient stargazers have imagined a crouching lion for thousands of years. Indeed, if seen from another star system far, far away, Leo would look nothing like it does from our Solar System. That is true about all the constellations of the night sky, they are just random patterns made out of scattered stars whose distances from each other vary greatly. It’s like looking at street lights from one angle, say the backyard, and then seeing them in a different pattern when
looked at a block away. 0!%%3(?#%-'%#:9+/%3!(#&'.7# is a bright, yellow star, Regu$9/#!.#L%-+#.+?'$#!(+;N#=-3/# /%'.#'(5#C+!#-'6+#2++(#/3?(34cant to astrologers for millennia as the symbol of kings and empires before the real science of astronomy debunked any earthly connection with these .'(5!&$)#*$'1+5#/%'./;#F9%# if ancient astrologers were looking at Leo like we see it in the Spring of 2012, their predictions would be running rampant as a wandering red L/%'.N#3/#%!#%-+#$+"%#!"#@+?9lus in the lion’s loins. This is planet Mars. Dimming from its brightest period just a month ago when Mars was opposite Earth, the fourth planet will continue moving toward Regulus as the days progress. Taking two years to circle the entire sky, Mars was known as the god of war and everything associated with violence and blood. F9%#'/#)!9#$!!7#'%#,'./# these spring nights, try and imagine the three spacecraft orbiting it, and NASA’s rover Opportunity moving about the surface. And somewhere unseen between Earth and Mars is NASA latest Martian probe, Curiosity. The car-sized, sophisticated rover is less than 100 days away for a dramatic August landing near a mountain base that hopefully will yield signs of ancient life. Looking north, the familiar /+6+(#/%'./#!"#%-+#F3?#03**+.# are easy to see as if the bowl is pouring its contents onto the landscape below. The F3?#03**+.#h!.#"'.&#<$!9?-A#
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as it’s called in Europe), is an L'/%+.3/&AN#>-31-#3/#'#"'&3$3'.# pattern within a whole constelThe absence of the Moon in our evening skies means the Spring constellations are in lation. The seven stars of the full glory. Dominated by Leo the Lion directly overhead and the huge constellations F3?#03**+.#'.+#'1%9'$$)#.+$'%+5# Virgo the Virgin in the south and Ursa Major the Great Bear in the north, high above to each other - they were born in the east is Bootes the Herdsman, which looks like an ice cream cone anchored by together in a cluster that has bright star Arcturus. . spread apart over eons of time. T"(&N*?/8*[ They might have looked tightly Look at the Big Dipper asterism of the Great Bear and us the curve of the handle to together like winter’s The !"#$%&'$()*+,%$-%.)-$."#$.$/0."1%2$$3,1$.4*'5$*-$67)8$%'$7)8%9)9-$."#$-/11#$'"$%'$ <$+3'5+/#1$9/%+.#>-+(#53(!/'9./# Spica.” But before you reach Spica in Virgo, you will see yellowish planet Saturn roamed the Earth, 65 million beside the brightest star in Virgo. years ago. The whole constellation of 0(5N*?/8*R You aren’t going to see it, but you can imagine just above the Moon is the dwarf planet _./'#,'f!.A#%-+#8.+'%#F+'.A# is huge (3rd largest of the 88 Pluto. In fact, the Moon passes over, or occults, the once 9th planet as seen from Ant arctica. Pluto could actually be a hybrid of a comet and planet, icy with a rocky core. constellations), its fainter stars We will know more when the New Horizons spacecraft whizzes by Pluto in July 2015. covering much of the northern sky and making a shape like a T'")&N*?/8*dV lumbering bear. Venus is still prominent in the west have sunset, but it is sinking toward the horizon =-+#F3?#03**+.#3/#%-+#-3(5fast and its transit of the Sun June 5. As it gets closer to the horizon, Venus is often :9'.%+.#'(5#%'3$#!"#%-+#2+'.;#B(5# mistaken for an airplane landing, and it is the most reported UFO that’s a puzzle. As nowhere on Earth today, or in the archeo\)%N*?/8*dd :"$%,*-$;<=>$#.%1$*"$-/.81$,*-%')?@$A7B7$0.9"8,1#$%,1$!)-%$+1'-%.%*'".)?$&1.%,1)$ logical records, is there a known satellite called SMS1. Thirtyeight years later, dozens of satellites are placed in this bear with a long tail! geostationary orbit 22,000 miles above Earth, where they match the 1,200 mile rotation Follow the arch of that tail, and remain over that part of the planet—like communications satellites for television or dipper handle, and you will and telephones. 4(5#B.1%9.9/A#'#2.3?-%#/%'.# known by that name for centuA/6N*?/8*dW 3,1$C''"$*-$.%$D.-%$E9.)%1)$%'#.?$.%$14.8%0?$FG>=$/252$H*-*"+$.%$5*#"*+,%@$'9)$8101-%*.0$ ries. It is the brightest star in a kite or ice cream cone-shaped neighbor is an easy daytime object around noon. star pattern named after a man A"2N*?/8*dP >3%-#'#/%.'(?+#('&+#`#F!!%+/# Mother’s Day. Jupiter is in conjunction with the Sun, meaning it is passing the Sun h*.!(!9(1+5#Fcc`!-`%++Oa;#B1on its way into the morning sky. Give our largest planet a few weeks and you’ll see it tually one of the oldest named )*-*"+$(1I')1$-9")*-12$C1."&,*01@$C.)-$*-$%,1$/)'5*"1"%$)1#$6-%.)J$(1-*#1$?100'&*-,$ constellations on record, he is H1+909-$*"$D1'$%,1$D*'"@$'K1),1.#$.%$#.)L2$ '#2+'.#-+.5+.A#7++*3(?#%-+#F3?# F+'.#13.1$3(?#%-+#1+$+/%3'$#*!$+;# ?-2N*?/8*dY The star Arcturus, third On this 2009 date in space history, NASA launched the Herschel and Planck space observatories to probe the Universe. Not as well known as the stillorbiting, 22year brightest in the northern old Hubble Telescope, both are very important to astronomers. hemisphere, was also known
/"0%1'%&23&%.%()$%*+",$-'%!"#$%&3 as the bear herder, and the entire constellation was once called Arcturus. There is an old stargazer axiom involving the F3?#F+'.S/#%'3$#h!.#'.1#!"#%-+#F3?# Dipper’s handle)... “arc to Arc%9.9/A#%-+(#/*++5#!(#%!#Y*31';N## Following this curve across the high eastern sky will help you 4(5#%-+#2.3?-%A#>-3%+#/%'.#!"# Virgo the Virgin, Spica. F9%#%-3/#Y*.3(?#TJGTA#%-+.+#3/#'# )+$$!>3/-#L/%'.N#2+"!.+#Y*31'#'/# you follow the imaginary curve. This is the ringed planet Saturn. The pair is hard to miss in the southeast skies. Virgo, the 2nd largest constellation, sprawls all over the sky and has no other really bright stars. How the ancients saw a woman is hard %!#3&'?3(+;#836+(#%-+#%.'3%#!"# purity, growth and abundance, Virgo was a symbol of the new life emerging from winter, and Spica actually means sheath !"#>-+'%;#F)#&35(3?-%A#Y'%9.(# and Spica are due south, and the virgin maiden is sprawling across the sky down to the horizon. Leo is dipping toward the western horizon, as the summer constellations are making their 4./%#'**+'.'(1+#3(#%-+#+'/%; Finally, the third planet of our Spring skies is familiar to many who have tilted their head westward after sunset and seen its pearly brilliance. Second planet Venus is still bright and high above the western horizon as %>3$3?-%#)3+$5/#%!#(3?-%;#F9%#3%#3/#
plunging fast toward the Sun. And on June 5th, Venus will catch up with the Sun, passing in front of its disk like a big marble against a basketball. That rare, transit of Venus will be a major media sensation as it will occur just after 6 pm in the eastern part of America. And it won’t happen again for 108 years! So there is plenty to see and much to look forward to as our Spring skies of 2012 is full of celestial intrigue. Keep a watchful eye skyward and watch the wonders unfold.
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U+%<)";>+A=%9H?$%H;%";%^)H+%+<$-"%)+:=$_ An opera begins long before the curtain goes up and ends long after it has come down. It starts in my imagination, it becomes my life, and it stays part of my life long after I’ve left the opera house. - /"-H"%V"99"='%C+<-";+% [3&\2&\&4JM\37\FF] For some opera singers and actors, the opera house or theatre may become their eternal home. Doomed to forever relive great triumphs and devastating artistic disasters, these spiritual shadows are reported by witnesses who have
seen them in theatrical sites across the world. McConnelsville, Ohio, is not the 4./%#*$'1+#%-'%#1!&+/#%!#&3(5#"!.# most people when thinking about opera houses. It is the kind of town into which you can step and instantly be transported back to a time when Andy Taylor wasn’t just a character in a TV show. He was your neighbor and your friend. The /*3.3%#!"#%-+#41%3%3!9/#/&'$$#%!>(# sheriff lives on in the good people of this town. F9%A#%-+.+#'.+#&91-#53""+.+(%#
and darker spirits moving silently amongst the neat houses and businesses that line the main and side streets of this lovely village. McConnelsville is embraced by the Muskingum River. A tree dressed town /:9'.+A#>!.%-)#!"#,'.%)#,1U$)S/# best hoverboard moves, provides a visual lynchpin for this community of about 2,000 souls. So lovely during the day, but as evening approaches with her brilliant palate of colors, the town’s permanent residents begin to make themselves known. Although the
town is small, there is so much paranormal activity, that there is a L?-!/%#>'$7N#!""+.+5#%!#3(%+.+/%+5# visitors and locals alike who have a penchant for a good story. The Old Twin City Opera House is the epicenter for many of these local legendary stories of spectral activity. This is the location where 14 ghosts are said to dwell; where heavy footsteps are heard on catwalks and a little girl’s voice echoes through the decades as she forgives her mother for the one night of neglect that ended in her death. It could be said that there are events and people seared into the very fabric of the town’s collective consciousness. The old opera house, besides serving as a repository for lost souls, is a mesmerizing display of late-Victorian architecture; with lovely detailed woodwork and ornate lighting found throughout the building. Each hallway, nook and cranny, provides a visual feast "!.#%-+#+)+/;#8!.?+!9/#/%'3(+5#?$'//# gives passage to sunlight which, dressed in the rich colors of the glass, dance on the walls and ceiling of the foyer located just inside the entrance to the theatre. The stage, not overly large, is the heart of this red brick ode to the theatrical arts.
It is on this stage that I am set to deliver a presentation on Talking with the Dead as part of the paranormal conference, The Great Appalachian Spook Show. The conference 3/#/*!(/!.+5#2)#Q.31#8$!//+.#'(5# -3/#%+'&A#=-+#_(3%+5#<'.'(!.&'$# <.!f+1%#h_<<a;#,)#*.+/+(%'%3!(#>3$$# focus on the many ways in which individuals, both past and present, have attempted to communicate with the departed. Although I’ve presented at the old opera house before, I always take a moment to marvel at the rich history of the establishment. The grand opening of the Twin City Opera House took place on Saturday, May 28, 1892. The Arion c*+.'#D!&*'()#*+."!.&+5#83$2+.%# and Sullivan’s The Mikado. Unfortunately, electricity was unreliable during that time period and the interior of the theatre was suddenly enveloped in the coal black hue of 5'.7(+//;#F)#%-+#%3&+#%-+#".'(%31# theatre supporters had rounded up enough lanterns to provide /9"413+(%#$3?-%A#&!/%#!"#%-+#1.!>5# had gone. This was an unfortunate move on their part, as historic newspaper articles report that the show went on - brilliantly. Years and then decades have &+$%+5#'>')#/3(1+#%-'%#4./%#*+."!.mance. During this time, ten known
www.theloaferonline.com and four unknown witnesses decided to stay – permanently at the site. These ghostly remnants of people long dead have made the theatre their home. Opera houses after all were the places to see and be seen; perhaps these phantoms still retain that sentiment. These spirits are witnesses to a number of brilliant performances that took place on the stage of the theatre, including those by Master ,'?313'(#,'10!('$5#F3.1-#hG^JT#l# 1992), a McConnelsville native son. “The old opera house is a very '1%36+#*$'1+AN#/'35#8$!//+.;#LC'/%# night Everett Miller’s granddaughter, Roberta, came to visit and brought several items that Everett had owned, including his eyeglasses, pocket watch, and a baseball that he had caught at a 1950s Cleveland P(53'(/#2'/+2'$$#?'&+;N#,3$$+.#-'5# been the loyal usher of the theatre for 30 years, before passing away in 1956. Like others who have had ties to the opera house when living, he continued that relationship after death. “The site was extremely active 59.3(?#-+.#63/3%AN#/'35#8$!//+.;#M+# also related a story that occurred during a recent ghost hunt at the
/"0%1'%&23&%.%()$%*+",$-'%!"#$%&4 old opera house in which a disembodied voice called to the witnesses from a dark and empty stage. The >!.5#%-'%#>'/#-+'.5#l#Q6+.+%%;N# One of Miller’s granddaughters, X95)A#19..+(%$)#/+.6+/#!(#%-+#F!'.5# at the opera house. The site may see some intense paranormal activity tonight. The 120th anniversary of the theatre occurs today (May 5, 2012). In addition, it is the 133rd anniversary of %-+#4.+#%-'%#$+6+$+5#%-+#13%)#2$!17# on which the opera house stands. For good measure, the super moon that has been touted so much in the media and among science circles will take place tonight. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else this evening, than right here at the Twin City Opera House! =-+#"!$$!>3(?#:9!%+#3/#'%%.329%+5# to Minnie Maddern Fiske, “It is in the irony of things that the theatre should be the most dangerous place "!.#%-+#'1%!.;#F9%A#%-+(A#'"%+.#'$$A#%-+# world is the worst possible place, the most corrupting place for the human soul. And just as there is no escape from the world, which follows us into the very heart of the desert, so the actor cannot escape %-+#%-+'%.+;N
In the case of the Old Twin City Opera House, perhaps the case could be made that the inability for some actors to escape the theatre in life may be extended into death. After all, this old theatre now has the ability to always open to a packed, but unseen house.
Pat Bussard is the author of the upcoming book, Thirty True Tales of the Weird, Unusual and Macabre: From the Notebooks of the Paranormal Journalist. She is also the founder of The Ghost Writers, a team of paranormal investigators. You can visit the haunted Twin City Opera House on the web at: www. twincityoperahouse.com.
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`"=)H;#>+;%";B%E-";K9H; Author Joe Tennis will be the guest speaker for a public meeting of the F.3/%!$#M3/%!.31'$#B//!13'%3!(#!(#,!(day May 14. The meeting will be held in the J. Henry Kegley Meeting Room at the F.3/%!$#<92$31#C32.'.)#'%#\ijJ#*;&;# Tennis will present the program called Franklin and Washington: A Lost State and a County of Change. F+(f'&3(#U.'(7$3(#-'/#-3/#"'1+#!(# the $100 bill and his name on towns and counties across the United States, including places in Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee. Franklin’s name also showed up on the short-lived State of Franklin, located in what is now East Tennessee, ".!&#GIH]#%!#GIHH;#=-3/#L$!/%#/%'%+N# predated Tennessee, with a geographic scope ranging from a northern border at Washington County, Va., stretching south to the Smoky Mountains. Author Joe Tennis takes a look at
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how the State of Franklin is perceived more than 200 years later in his recent book, Finding Franklin: Mystery of the Lost Capitol#hF'17)'.5#F!!7/A#[\;^^a;## Tennis has also most recently released a new pictorial book of Washington D!9(%)A#Z';A#'#*$'1+#('&+5#"!.#8+!.?+# Washington, highlighting the history of ,+(5!%'A#B23(?5!(A#0'&'/19/A#F.3/%!$# and the Virginia Creeper Trail. Finding Franklin is a comical adventure book that stays true to the history of the State of Franklin, Tennis said, while also exploring the mystery of what happened to the lost state’s capitol building. That building, accord3(?#%!#%-+#'9%-!.A#/%!!5#3(#8.++(+63$$+A# Tenn., but was torn down and lost in Nashville in 1897 after Tennessee’s centennial celebration. Tennis is known for his numerous regional books, including Washington County, Virginia: Then & Now, a 96page journey along the Holston River,
old railroads and legendary highways like U.S. 11 and U.S. 58. “This book has a theme: the .'3$.!'5AN#=+((3/#/'35;#LB$&!/%#+6+.)# photo in this book, including the cover, is tied to the railroads of Washington County - from the main line through 8$'5+#Y*.3(?A#,+'5!>63+>A#K)(5'$+# and Wallace to the paths that are now %.'3$/;N =+((3/#3/#%-+#'9%-!.#!"#46+#!%-+.# books and his newspaper column, Tennis Anyone, in the Bristol Herald Courier. The May 14 meeting is in conjunc%3!(#>3%-#%-+#F.3/%!$#<92$31#C32.'.)S/# mission of “Expanding Minds and F93$53(?#D!&&9(3%);N## This educational presentation is free and open to the public.
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G:>)+-%>+%=H#;%">%/$"B+OYH$O New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe will be in Kingsport Friday, May 18, for a luncheon as part of her book tour for Beach House Memories, which 3/#-+.#(+>#(!6+$#'(5#%-+#*.+:9+$#%!# her bestseller The Beach House. The event will be held at MeadowView Conference Resort & Convention Center and the luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m. East Tennessee is very fortunate to have Monroe visit the area as part of her book tour for a coastalthemed novel. The Mother’s Day themed literacy luncheon will 2+(+4%#%-+#C3%+.'1)#D!9(13$#!"# W3(?/*!.%#hCDWaA#'#<.!C3%+.'1)# K!.$5>35+#'"4$3'%+#'(5#'#&+&2+.# '?+(1)#!"#%-+#_(3%+5#K')#!"#8.+'%+.# Kingsport. “I actually know Mary Alice, and because she also incorporates factual information throughout her novels, she has endorsed my two children’s books, The Santa Train Tradition and Festus and His Fun U+/%#U'6!.3%+/AN#/'35#$!1'$#'9%-!.A# board member and past president of LCK, Leigh Anne W. Hoover.
“When I spoke at the Tennessee Association of School Librarian’s (TASL) Conference, I was able to /-'.+#-+.#4./%#1-3$5.+(S/#2!!7A#=9.%$+# Summer. Since then, she also has '(!%-+.#1-3$5.+(S/#2!!7A#B#F9%%+.E)# Called Hope, about monarch butterE3+/#1!&3(?#!9%A#'(5#/-+#-'/#!6+.#GT# (!6+$/#3(#-+.#19..+(%#2!5)#!"#>!.7;N ,!(.!+#>3$$#/*+'7A#%'7+#kmB/# from the audience, and following the luncheon, she will also sign books. “Our organization is so pleased and honored that Mary Alice Monroe has included Kingsport in -+.#2!!7#%!9.AN#/'35#CDW#QV+19%36+# Director, Nada Weekley. “We are off the beaten path for the release of a coastal-themed novel, but this event possibility has been in the works for :93%+#'#>-3$+A#'(5#,!(.!+#-'/#'(# incredible following of avid readers. It’s so exciting to see this come to fruition for our region and our !.?'(3O'%3!(;N B56'(1+5#.+?3/%.'%3!(#3/#.+:93.+5A# and tickets are limited. The new novel will be sold in conjunction with ticket sales prior to her appear-
'(1+;#<$'%+5#$9(1-+!(#%317+%/A#>-31-# include a hardback copy of the new novel, are just $50. There is also a luncheon only ticket available for $35. For additional information, call the Literacy Council of Kingsport (423) 392-4643 or visit www.literacycouncilofkingsport.org or www. maryalicemonroe.com Monroe masterfully intertwines human relationships with events in nature. As a talented and gifted storyteller, captivating characters in her many novels transport readers into settings where they learn about endangered loggerhead sea turtles, sweetgrass, birds of prey, the shrimping industry, monarch but%+.E3+/A#'(5#!%-+./#'/#,!(.!+#'$/!# shares the importance of being able to give back. Monroe currently serves on the 2!'.5#!"#%-+#Y!9%-#D'.!$3('#B:9'.ium, the Leatherback Trust, and the Charleston Volunteers for Literacy. As a volunteer island turtle lady, she knows all about the loggerhead sea turtles and revisits them on the P/$+#!"#<'$&/#>3%-#LC!63+S/N#/%!.)#3(# Beach House Memories.
!"#$%42'%()$%*+",$-%.%/"0%1'%&23& Chances are you will be attending at least one commencement ceremony this month, and chances are even greater you will have to listen once again to sage '5631+#$37+#L=!5')#3/#%-+#4./%# 5')#!"#%-+#.+/%#!"#)!9.#$3"+N;#LU!$$!>#)!9.#5.+'&/NA#'#(5#L=-3/# isn’t an end, but rather a begin(3(?N;#=-+/+#&+'(3(?$+//#1$31-n/# put a damper on what should be a joyous and inspirational event, so let’s take some advice from John Lennon and imagine what a good commencement speech &3?-%#2+;#F9%#4./%#$+%S/#+V'&3(+# some of the stock cliché phrases we will no doubt hear in the next few days. Just what exactly are we to make of a phrase like L=!5')#3/#%-+#4./%#5')#!"#%-+#.+/%# !"#)!9.#$3"+Ne#B/#3(/*3.'%3!('$# '/#3%#&3?-%#/!9(5#'%#4./%A#9*!(# closer examination it appears to be a pretty hollow sentiment. What are we supposed to do once we hear this advice? Rather %-'(#3(/*3.3(?#'1%3!(#!.#.+E+1tion it merely states a fact. Yes, %-3/#3/#%-+#4./%#5')#!"#%-+#.+/%#!"# our lives, but so what? Why not inform a graduate that “Yesterday was the day before the 4./%#5')#!"#%-+#.+/%#!"#)!9.#$3"+A# and the day after the day that "!.&+.$)#>'/#7(!>(#'/#4./%#5')# !"#%-+#.+/%#!"#)!9.#$3"+Ne#M+'.3(?# some one say that today isn’t the end, but only the beginning 3/#+:9'$$)#6'19!9/#'(5#2+?/#%-+# LY!#>-'%eN#:9+/%3!(;# Why not give this statement some substance by saying “This isn’t an end, but rather a beginning, but what if it’s really the beginning of the end, or maybe only the middle, or even three:9'.%+./#!"#%-+#>')#%!>'.5#'# beginning that one day someone will refer to as not an end but a 2+?3((3(?Ne#Y-!9$5(S%#%-+#1!&mencement speaker just say “To5')A#$37+#'$$#5')/A#>3$$#2+#4$$+5# >3%-#9(1+.%'3(%)N#'(5#$+'6+#3%# '%#%-'%e#LF+#%.9+#%!#)!9./+$"N# could be more accurately and more truthfully be rephrased as “If you can’t understand why ?'/#*.31+/#7++*#E91%9'%3(?A#-!># can you possibly know who you '.+eN#'(5#LU!$$!>#)!9.#5.+'&/N# could be spiced up with advice
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like “Dreams are nice, but nightmares are often more interest3(?;N########B$%-!9?-#P#2+$3+6+#X;W;# Rowling’s Harvard commencement address was way too long, !(+#!"#-+.#*'.'?.'*-/#1'(#/9"41+# as a pretty good template for what a good graduation speech /-!9$5#2+i#L<+./!('$#-'**3(+//# lies in knowing that life is not '#1-+17`$3/%#!"#'1:93/3%3!(/#!.# '1-3+6+&+(%;#R!9.#:9'$341'tions, your CV, are not your life, though you will meet many people of my age and older who 1!("9/+#%-+#%>!;#C3"+#3/#53"419$%A# and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the
humility to know that will enable )!9#%!#/9.636+#3%/#6313//3%95+/N;# Actually, she could have delivered the nearly perfect commencement address had she just said this and sat down. At least the graduating class would have been grateful for her brevity. In the very unlikely event I am ever asked to deliver a commencement address I will promise to be very brief and will not use any of the clichéd phrases discussed above. Instead, I will take my text from two of my "'6!.3%+#%-3(7+./A#8.!91-!#,'.V# and Woody Allen. Just think how inspired our future lead-
ers would feel after I began by /')3(?A#LF+"!.+#P#/*+'7A#P#-'6+# /!&+%-3(?#3&*!.%'(%#%!#/')AN# L=3&+#E3+/#$37+#'(#'..!>o#".93%# E3+/#$37+#'#2'('('N#'(5#LP"# you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like %!#-+'.#3%#'?'3(N;#P#>!9$5#"!$$!># these opening remarks with timeless advice like “I don’t care to belong to a club that accepts *+!*$+#$37+#&+#'/#&+&2+./AN# “The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing; if you can fake %-'%A#)!9S6+#?!%#3%#&'5+AN#'(5# “If you’re not having fun, you’re 5!3(?#/!&+%-3(?#>.!(?N;#### The body of my very brief
speech would be a combination !"#8.!91-!S/#%.+(1-'(%#!2/+.vation “Well, art is art, isn’t it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb 5!+/N#'(5#B$$+(S/#*-3$!/!*-31'$# meditation, “To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not $!6+;#F9%#%-+(A#!(+#/9""+./#".!&# not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer.To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer ".!&#%!!#&91-#-'**3(+//N;##P# would conclude my speech, if I had not been forced off the stage by that time, with some words of my own: “If you’re the same person you were when you entered this institution, you /-!9$5#'/7#"!.#'#%93%3!(#.+"9(5N;# And then I would encourage the matriculating masses to read U;#Y1!%%#U3%O?+.'$5S/#=-+#8.+'%# 8'%/2)#+6+.)#)+'.#"!.#%-+#2+'9%)# of its language, to watch The ,'.V#F.!%-+./S#B#g3?-%#B%#=-+# Opera to remind them to not take themselves too seriously, to listen %!#,3$+/#0'63/S#W3(5#c"#F$9+#%!# learn the value of improvisation, and to download the Zite app on their mobile devices to stimulate their thinking and focus their minds on the world beyond LB&+.31'(#P5!$N;#<+.-'*/#&)# last sentence after all the above would be, “Remember—your purpose in life is to know the difference between teaching and learning and to realize that the >-!$+#>!.$5#3/#)!9.#1$'//.!!&N;# I can only hope my audience would be inspired to go out and wage a battle against clichés, doubletalk, and non-critical thinking after contemplating my sage advice. Or, if that fails, P#1!9$5#*+.-'*/#4(5#/!&+!(+# who will offer to buy my lunch following the ceremony. See you next week on the day %-'%#>3$$#2+#%-+#4./%#!(+#!"#%-+# rest of your life.
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