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Tryon Daily Bulletin
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Vol. 85 / No. 147
Popular local musicians Gaye and Phil Johnson will perform music in the southern Appalachia tradition Thursday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. on the outdoor stage at the Landrum Library. This is another free concert in the series of events associated with the traveling Smithsonian Museum exhibit called “New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music.”
Here’s a list of upcoming meetings and events for area nonprofit community and governmental organizations:
Today
Polk County Mobile Recycling Unit, Tuesdays, Ozone Drive and Hwy. 176, Saluda. Polk County Transportation Authority makes a regular trip to Hendersonville on the first and third Tuesday of each month. 828-894-8203. The Meeting Place Senior Center Tuesday activities: beginner/intermediate pilates, 8:30 a.m.; ceramics, 9:30 a.m.; (Continued on page 2)
Tryon, N.C. 28782
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
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Polk goes back to school First-graders try out the reading tent on their first day in Traci Jones’ class at Tryon Elementar y. Polk students started the 2012-13 school year on Monday, Aug . 27. (photo by Leah Justice)
TFAC announces 2012-13 Main Stage season Tryon Fine Arts Center (TFAC) recently announced its 2012-2013 Main Stage season, sponsored by Millard and Company. The season performances are part of TFAC’s expanding array of programming, TFAC Executive Director Beth Child said, including theater, dance, music of all kinds, lectures, literature and productions for young people.
“We are committed to enriching, inspiring and entertaining our patrons, a community of passionate people with diverse and sophisticated tastes,” Child said. “This area has a lot to offer culturally and we design the Main Stage season to complement and enhance what is already going on.” Thursday, Oct. 11: The season will open with the return of
Serving Polk County and Upper Spartanburg and Greenville Counties
the rock and roll tour de force “Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience.” This high-energy tribute show features Billy McGuigan as Buddy Holly, backed by the Rave On! Band. The show celebrates the birth of an era and pays homage to Holly’s fellow rockers Jerry Lee Lewis, Elvis (Continued on page 3)