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Events for the week of 08/30/2010
| Old Shoes Collection at Footsloggers |
Date: 8/28 - 09/13
Through 13, Footsloggers in Boone and Blowing Rock will accept used, clean footwear. Customers trading in their old shoes will receive 20 percent off any new pair of Chaco footwear. Old footwear will be cleaned up and sent to Soles 4 Souls for distribution. Since its inception in 2004, the Chaco Recycle Program has helped nearly 20,000 people. For more info, call the Boone store at 828-262-511 or the Blowing Rock store at 828-295-4453
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| Treasurer Hunters Roadshow |
 Date: 8/31 - 09/04
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The Roadshow is in Boone August 31 - September 4, 2010.
Tues. - Fri. 9am - 6pm and Sat. 9am - 4pm.
Free Admission at Fairfield Inn & Suites, 2060 Blowing Rock Rd., Boone, NC
Directions: 828-268-0677 Show info: 217-523-4225
The Roadshow will accept anything that's old, they will be focusing on gold and silver coins dated 1964 and before, military items, toys and trains, musical instruments, pocket and wrist watches. Scrap gold is expected to be a popular category due to soaring gold prices.
If you go to the Roadshow, you can cash in your items for top dollar. Roadshow representitives will be available to assess and purchase your items.
See you at the Roadshow.
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| Fair Tax Seminar |
Date: 8/31 - 8/31
This seminar will be held at 2 PM at the Beech Mountain Club Recreation Center.
Claims for the tax are:
* Provision for low income earners
* Will add high paying jobs to the United States
* Saves hours and/or money spent to file with IRS
* Avoids current fraud, lobbying and scheming.
Bring your questions and concerns.
For further information, you can contact Pete at 828-387-3749.
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| Last of the Series of Summer Concerts in the Park with the Harris Brothers |
 Date: 9/2 - 9/02
Banner Elk Chamber's Last Summer Concert in the Park, which will be held at the amphitheatre behind the Bank of America on Hwy 194 in Banner Elk. Concert starts at 6:30. Bring your chairs or blankets early, because a large crowd is expected. Food will be available for purchase.
The co-sponsors of this week's concert are Frank & Mary Watts, wonderful residents of Banner Elk and a benefactor of the Chamber.
About The Harris Brothers: The Harris Brothers are what you might call songsters. They draw from a vast repertoire of American traditional music—“Americana” is often used to describe their style, but the Harris Brothers just call it music. It is blues mixed up with traditional Appalachian music, jazz, country, bluegrass and rock n’ roll; it’s stripped down, intense and real. Grammy Award-winner David Holt says: “The Harris Brothers are one of my favorite groups. Great playing, singing and soul. It just doesn't get any better than this.”
Reggie and Ryan Harris were born into a musical family in Caldwell County in the foothills of western North Carolina and have been picking and singing since they were small children. They most often perform with just an acoustic guitar, a bass, a suitcase used as a kick drum, and their two voices (switching between lead and harmony vocals), but they have been known to throw in a fiddle, banjo or electric guitar now and again. Listeners often ask, “How can two people put off such a big sound?”
The Harris Brothers have been playing steady gigs for many years - from honkytonks to large venues like the Blue Ridge Music Center and festivals like MerleFest, Hickory Fest and the Wayne C. Henderson Music Festival. They have lent their talents to projects such as Vassar Clements’ Vassar’s Jazz (Winter Harvest) and Dead Grass (Cedar Glen), two Summervilla projects with Nashville bassist Ross Sermons, several Caldwell County Traditional Musicians Showcases, as well as albums of their own. The brothers have shared the stage with such accomplished musicians as Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks, David Holt, Peter Rowan, David Grisman, and Laura Boosinger, to name just a few.
With their showmanship, diverse repertoire and ability to improvise, no two shows are ever the same. And, with their hearts truly in the music they are playing, the Harris Brothers are sure to captivate any audience.
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| 3rd Annual Daniel Boone Days |
Date: 9/4 - 9/04
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Daniel Boone Days, a Music & Culture Festival, scheduled for Saturday, September 4, 2010, at Horn in the West in Boone, NC.
Daniel Boone would be proud. From within a town that bears his name comes a festival that celebrates his pioneering spirit with local and national touring bands, an educational symposium featuring award-winning authors and historians, living history, Fess Parker wine dinners, a World Record attempt, fun & games, children’s activities and more High Country-imbued fun and hospitality than you can shake a stick at.
Locals, visitors, adults, seniors and children are invited to “come on up and get down” and enjoy the music, heritage, history, hospitality and camaraderie that embodies the community spirit of the North Carolina High Country.
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| New River Blues Festival |
Date: 9/4 - 9/05
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JEFFERSON LANDING, HWY 16, JEFFERSON, NORTH CAROLINA. (LABOR DAY WEEKEND) A day of fantastic music, delicious food, beer, wine and frolicking!! HIGH IN NORTH CAROLINA'S BEAUTIFUL BLUES RIDGE MOUNTAINS on the banks of the pristene New River, there is a day devoted to WORLD-CLASS BLUES. The setting is wonderfully scenic. Picture a glorious mountain meadow on the edge of a lively river... Now picture a beautiful summer day and hundreds of blues fans dancing in the green grass to the music of living legends. You have just conjured up the NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL in its 8th year. The NEW RIVER BLUES FESTIVAL is unique in this Appalachian setting where Bluegrass and Old Time Music reign. Fans not only love the performances, but also the picturesque surroundings on the banks of the New River a few miles north of Boone. The New River Blues Festival is a great way to beat the heat and see some fantastic performers. The ambiance is beautiful.
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| Mountain Top Promotions: Labor Day Weekend Award Fine Arts & Craft Show in Banner Elk |
Date: 9/4 - 9/05
When: Saturday, September 4th & Sunday, September 5th from 10 AM to 5 PM.
Where: In the school grounds at Banner Elk School in downtown Banner Elk.
50 Fine Artists & Crafters coming in from around the country with their hand-made work to try their hand for Cash Awards & Ribbons. Judging will be done on Saturday afternoon by the Avery County Arts Council.
Admission is FREE and plenty of parking on site.
For more information, please call the Banner Elk Chamber at 828-898-8395, the High Country Visitor Center at 800-438-7500, promoter Pat Fay at 828-733-0675 or email her at mtntoppromotions@bellsouth.net.
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| Heritage Day at Banner House Museum |
 Date: 9/4 - 9/04
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This year our Heritage Day will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Our guest speaker will lecture on the history of the parkway. We will have live music, and craftspeople on hand displaying and selling their work. This event is free and open to the public. Please check back with us as our season progresses for more information about this exciting event!
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| Movie Night on the Riverwalk |
Date: 9/4 - 9/04
The Town of Newland will have Movie Night on the Riverwalk on Saturday, September 4, 2010, 8:30 p.m. The movie will be "Furry Vengeance", rated PG. Bring your chairs and blankets and join us for this free movie night.
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| Wildcat Lake Celebrates the Summer Closing |
 Date: 9/4 - 9/04
Grandfather Home for Children and the Edgar Tufts Memorial Association invites you to come close off the summer with some fun at Wildcat Lake today.
Lifeguards will be on duty. There will be FREE hotdogs, drinks and snacks served from 11 AM to 1 PM. Children's games like relay races and line dancing will be from 10:30 AM to 11:30 AM.
There have been more than 12,000 people who have enjoyed Wildcat Lake this summer! The facilities and swimming will be closed Monday, September 6th until Memorial Day 2011. The lake will be open from 10 AM to 6 PM.
For more information, please contact Jim Swinkola at 828-898-5465.
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| Mile High Race in the High Country-Bicycle Racing |
 Date: 9/4 - 9/05
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Returning to the NC High Country this weekend, will be professional bicycle racing.
Saturday will bring a Criterium race in the Village of Sugar Mountain at Tynecastle. The course is on a private road behind Mountain Community bank.
The course is a fun .6 mile long route, with 100 feet climbing per lap at 4,000 feet elevation. This makes it one of the highest elevated criteriums on the East Coast.
On Sunday, racing will begin in Banner Elk following the race route first established in past years with college races run by Lees-McRae College. The course is 10 miles long and follows Highway 194 to Pigeon Roost Road back to Horse Bottom Road to Dobbins Road. The route turns back to Banner Elk with a flat sprint finish to the Town Park. The afternoon races will follow the same route but will require the professionals to finish with a Beech Mountain Top Finish.
With the possibility of top pros like former LMC racer, Brent Bookwalters and former Tour De France winner, Cesar Grajales, racing the professional race category could bring exciting racing into the NC High Country.
The possibility of a Tour de France racer coming to our mountains to race shows once again why the NC High Country is the best place on the East Coast to ride and race your bicycle. You can find out more information on the races at the web site.
Thanks to The Village of Sugar Mountain, the Town of Banner Elk and the Town of Beech Mountain for sponsoring this event. Proceeds from the races will benefit the Grandfather Home for Children in Banner Elk.
If you are interested in volunteering or helping out with the race, please contact Doug Owen at Cycle 4 Life Bike Shop in Banner Elk.
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| Mile High Kite Festival |
 Date: 9/5 - 9/05
Mile-High Kite Festival on Beech Mountain / September 5, 2010
The Mile High Kite Festival, held each Labor Day weekend features vendors, music and contests for the best decorated, smallest and largest kites. Kite-flying demonstrations are given by the Richmond (Virginia) Air Force Kite Club and the Wings Across Carolina Kiting and Okra Society of Charlotte. The first 200 children receive free kites to decorate and fly. Visitors can buy kites at the event or bring their own. Clinics on building and decorating kites are held on Saturday, September 4.
828.387.9283
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| Ballroom Dance at Land Harbor |
Date: 9/5 - 9/05
There will be ballroom dancing at the Land Harbor Recreational Center at Linville Land Harbor, Newland, N.C. from 7:00-10:00 pm. The charge is $5 per person. No reservations are required. The deejay will be George Brown from Boone. There will be a free ballroom dance lesson taught by Teresa Shadoin at 7 pm. Dances will include: foxtrot, waltz, rumba, cha cha, tango and swing. For more information contact: vlooney4@gmail.com or 828-737-0594
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