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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 83 / No. 106
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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440th Army Band plays Tryon’s Rogers Park tomorrow The 440th Army Band will present a free concert in Tryon’s Rogers Park tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. The concert, under the baton of Warrant Officer 1 Brent M. Harvey, will feature an abundance of popular and patriotic standards. In case of rain, the concert will be held at the Tryon
Elementary School auditorium. The 440th Army Band has served as the state’s National Guard Band under several designations since the early 1900s. The band was activated in World War II as the 30th Infantry Division Band along with the rest of the North Carolina National
Guard as the “Old Hickory Division.” The band served with distinction, landing on the beach at Normandy and fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, for which the band carries honors awarded by France and Belgium. The band was redesignated the 440th Army Band in 1973. The
group performs for troops and their families and for the citizens of North Carolina at ceremonies, public concerts, and parades. The group has performed two concert tours in the Virgin Islands, and toured Guatemala, (Continued on page 3)
The 440th Army Band will perform a free concert at 6:30 p.m. Thursday evening at Rogers Park in Tryon. (photo submitted)
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and government organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Wednesdays, Fire Department in Green Creek, 7 a.m. to noon.
The Meeting Place Senior Center, Wednesday activities include Tai Chi, 9 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; Italian Club Meeting (Buon Giorno), 10 a.m.; senior fitness, 10 a.m. bingo or bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Medication Assistance Program, 9 a.m. to noon. 828-894-0001. Saluda Senior Center, Wednesday activities, power yoga class 6:15 a.m., Trash Train, dominoes game, 10 a.m., gentle (Continued on page 2)
TLT begins search for new home The Tryon Little Theater (TLT) board of directors has formed an “ad hoc” committee to find a permanent home for the local theater company. Plans for the new committee were mentioned at the annual meeting of TLT's membership Monday. The theater company, which began as the Players Fortnightly in 1948, sold its “barn” theater on Harmon Field Road in 1964 and joined with the new Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) effort, along with Tryon Crafts, Tryon Music Associates and later the Tryon Painters & Sculptors. In 1999, TLT moved to the old furniture store on Hwy. 176 to gain more
operational space, and then in 2005 moved to the old NAPA Auto Parts store on Hwy. 176. “It is now time for TLT to start the search to identify a location for a future, permanent home,” the board wrote to the membership recently. The Tryon Fine Arts Center recently reaffirmed that TLT is its “resident theater company,” and has a permanent home at TFAC, but the TLT board said the present TFAC facility cannot accommodate the physical needs of the theater group. The TLT board said, “TLT needs
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