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Events for the week of 07/12/2010
| Lees-McRae College Alumni Arts & Crafts Show & Sale |
 Date: 7/10 - 7/18
Handcrafted Products of Exceptional Quality (paintings, pottery, dolls, woodcrafts, ceramics, knitted items, baskets)
FREE admission at the Cannon Student Center of Lees-McRae College on Highway 194, Banner Elk.
Air-conditioned, clean restrooms and major credit cards accepted. For more information, call 828-898-8748.
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| Banner Elk Chamber's Summer Concert in the Park #5 - The Blue Notes |
 Date: 7/15 - 7/15
Concert starts at 6:30 pm at the stage behind Bank of America on Highway 194. Bring your chairs or blankets and coolers. Food will also be available for purchase at the concert. Raffle tickets can be purchased for prizes as well as for the 50/50 split of the "pot."
This concert is sponsored by Vistas at Banner Elk. At the "Vistas at Banner Elk" Luxury Condominiums, the views are phenomenal with a natural south-facing panoramic observation of Grandfather Mountain! When you drive into Penny Lane, you experience a serene, park-like setting surrounded by nature and buffered from any road noise for that good, clean, country air feeling at your Vistas retreat. People can’t help but gravitate to the high country to enjoy nature’s beauty and cooler, 75 degree average summer temperatures. For more information, you can call them at 828-898-3380, email: cgeer@wildblue.com or visit their web site: www.vistasatbannerelk.com.
About The Blue Notes: To create an authentic New Orleans Dixieland sound, you need a group of musicians dedicated to preserving the great music of the early 20th century. Formed in 2005 by bandleader, Rollin Glaser, the Blue Notes Dixieland Jazz Band's mission is to deliver the dynamic energy and contagious fun this style of music provides!
The Blue Notes Dixieland Jazz Band plays only the New Orleans style. The band is organized as the best of the great traditional Dixieland bands were - eight instruments: clarinet, trumpet, trombone, tuba, tenor sax, piano, drums, and banjo. Each musician is a soloist and an ensemble player. When the Blue Notes perform, the audience can't help but dance and sing along!
More About New Orleans Dixieland Style: From the late teens to the early 1920's a highly-influential local brass band tradition came together with the blues and ragtime musical roots developed in New Orleans, Louisiana to create a new type of sound called Dixieland jazz. This new music spread rapidly from New Orleans to Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and back across the Midwest into California. Over the years the term "Dixieland" has fragmented as jazz gained in popularity. The traditional version is credited as the New Orleans style, most likely stemming from the "Original Dixieland Jazz Band", a New Orleans group who made the first public recording of this style in 1917 gaining them international prominence as a result.
Common instruments in a Dixieland jazz-style group include trumpet-cornet, clarinet, trombone, and saxophone. The rhythm section could include the banjo, piano, drums, tuba or sometimes a string bass. The music was often characterized by a steady, upbeat, tempo, 4/4 meter, and rhythms performed in an triplet swing style. Frequently the bass section plays on the first and third beats of each measure, with the banjo or piano playing chords on beats two and four. This is known as "two-beat" style, and gives the music its ragtime feel. The balance of the ensemble typically play melodies and countermelodies simultaneously and each take their turn soloing. The musicians often improvise melodies adding their own inflections throughout the song.
Famous traditional Dixieland tunes include: "When the Saints Go Marching In", "Muskrat Ramble", "Struttin' With Some Barbecue", "Tiger Rag", "Milenburg Joys", "Basin Street Blues", and many others. The music ranged from funeral dirges to the exuberant songs of Mardi Gras. They came to be grouped as Dixieland standards beginning in the 1950's.
All of these tunes were widely played by jazz bands of the pre-WWII era, especially jazz great Louis Armstrong, pianist Jelly Roll Morton, trumpeter Bix Beiderbecke, trombonist Edward "Kid" Ory, clarinetist Sidney Bechet, and bandleader King Oliver. The "New Orleans Traditional" revival movement began in 1942 with the rediscovery of Dixieland pioneer, Bunk Johnson, by younger musicians and strengthened with the founding of Preservation Hall in the French Quarter during the 1960's.
However derived, New Orleans style Dixieland jazz - with the steady beat of its distinctive, infectious rhythms; intricate, stylized melodies and phrasings; and the generous use of vibrato and glissando - all serve to give the music its warm and familiar character. This is the hallmark of Dixieland ... New Orleans style!
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| Erick's Cheese and Wine - Wine Tasting |
 Date: 7/15 - 7/15
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Wine Tasting Presenting: ROBERT CRAIG WINES
Join them today at 6:30 PM in their Tasting Room, for a tasting of ROBERT CRAIG WINES.
Robert Craig Winery is named as one of the top 25 Wineries in California. Elton Slone, General Manager, will present the wines.
* 2009 Chardonnay, Durrell Vineyard, (the vineyard that produces Kistler Chardonnay)
* 2007 Affinity Cabernet Sauvignon, Robert Parker 96 points
* 2007 Mt Veeder Cabernet Sauvignon, Robert Parker 93+ points
* 2007 Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon, Robert Parker 96 points.
This is an opportunity to taste these great wines that should not be missed. Robert Parker says: "Not only is there not a single disappointment in this portfolio, but these are all noteworthy wines, with thrilling levels of quality. Moreover, they are moderately priced for Napa Valley as well as ageworthy."
There is a $25 per person fee for this event, and reservations are required as space is limited. Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres, cheeses and patés will be served. If you would like to make a reservation, call them at 828.898.9424 or sign up at the store.
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| Avery Arts Council's BIG NITE OUT Fundraiser at the Art Cellar Gallery |
Date: 7/17 - 7/17
Avery Arts Council Invites One and All to a BIG NIGHT OUT fundraiser!
Vice president Rebecca Warner has announced plans for the Arts Council’s annual summer bash, a highlight of the season which is the major source of funds for arts programming in Avery County. Warner, who is chair of the fundraising committee, explains, “For the past several years, we’ve invited our friends and patrons to the Mountain Palette Gala, a lovely dinner and auction. This year we’re changing things up a bit, with more activities to engage our guests. We will host a wine tasting of very special vintages, and there will be a whole tent of casino gaming. Gamers can turn in their winnings for chances on glamorous raffle items, including resort stays and custom jewelry. There will be live music for the dancing crowd, and lots of hors d’oeuvres to keep us from getting hungry. Really, it’s turned into such a big party, we’re billing it our Big Night Out!”
Posters and promotional material for the Big Night Out feature the lively artwork of Gisele Weisman. “We told Gisele what we were planning,” says Warner, “and she drew this happy, romantic couple who are clearly enjoying themselves. We loved them instantly!” Weisman, whose paintings of fluid dancers and shapely wine glasses are frequently seen in High Country settings, knew right away how to set the mood. An earlier work of hers was used as the poster for the Blue Ridge Wine Festival. “I have enjoyed attending and donating art to the Mountain Palette Arts Gala for years,” she says, “and I’m really looking forward to this new Big Night Out.” Weisman will be donating proceeds of the sale of her Big Night Out painting to the Avery Arts Council. Warner also gratefully acknowledges the support of Dianne Davant and Associates, who are once again helping to make the event possible.
The Big Night Out takes place on Saturday, July 17, from 6 – 10 PM, at the Art Cellar Gallery, 920 Shawneehaw Avenue (Hwy 184), in Banner Elk. Tickets are $100 per person, which provides guests with 20 coupons to exchange for tastings of exclusive and rare wines, and with $20,000 of “fun money” for the gaming tables. To purchase tickets, call the Avery County Arts Council, 828-898-4292, or email info@averycountyartscouncil.org Raffle tickets can be purchased prior to and during the event. For a complete list of raffle items, visit the Arts Council website, www.averycountyartscouncil.org.
The Avery County Arts Council is a non-profit organization working to enrich the people of Avery County through meaningful arts and cultural experiences. For more than 30 years the council has helped to support school arts programs and served as a resource for artists and the community. Contact the Avery County Arts Council at 828-898-4292 or info@averycountyartscouncil.org
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