Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Monday, November 25, 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
The Crooked Road On Tour Featured at George Mason University
The
Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail performances celebrate the
traditional music that has been kept by families and communities of Southwest
Virginia since colonial times. Settlers of this mountainous region since the
1700’s have brought various ingredients – a cappella gospel music from German
tradition that lives in the Old Regular Baptist churches today; spirituals,
emotive singing and a musical gourd we now call a banjo from African tradition;
and ballads and fiddles brought by the Scots-Irish and English. Mixed together,
these ingredients have produced one of the richest musical traditions on earth.
The
New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters are an old time band from the Galax, Virginia
area that plays Appalachian mountain music for square dances, as well as
concerts and festivals. The New Ballards Branch Bogtrotters took their
name in part from the original Bogtrotters of the 1930's and also because band
leader Dennis Hall lives on Ballards Branch. Dennis' home is very close to the
home of Uncle Eck Dunford, who played fiddle in the original band. The New
Ballard's Branch Bogtrotters continue to play in the traditional Appalachian
string-band style, often playing for square dances around the region.
Martha Spencer
is a singer-songwriter, mountain musician and dancer from the Blue Ridge
Mountains of Virginia. She grew up in the musical Spencer family and learned to
play several instruments (guitar, fiddle, banjo, bass, dulcimer, mandolin) and
flatfoot/clog at a young age. She performs and has recorded with various groups
and has been involved with several roots music projects. Martha has played
shows and festivals and led workshops across the US, Australia, UK, and Europe.
The
Crooked Road On Tour performance at George
Mason University is supported in part by the
Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
For
more information about The Crooked Road, please visit www.thecrookedroad.org,
call (276) 492-2400 ext. 2409, or email: info@thecrookedroad.org.
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Photos of New
Ballards Branch Bogtrotters (photo – Joe Dejarnette) and Martha Spencer (photo
– Barbara Potter) are attached.
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
2019 Abingdon Holiday Merchant Open House
2019 Abingdon Holiday Merchant Open House
Sunday, November 24, 2019
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Merchants all over Abingdon will be open.
Many offering sales, discounts, tastings, and more.
Santa will be at various locations.
Visit the Facebook event for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2456122721327603/
Sunday, November 24, 2019
1:00 - 5:00 pm
Merchants all over Abingdon will be open.
Many offering sales, discounts, tastings, and more.
Santa will be at various locations.
Visit the Facebook event for more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/2456122721327603/
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Planning Commission Meeting Cancellation November 23, 2019
TOWN
OF ABINGDON
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
Abingdon, Virginia 24210
November
18, 2019
MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commission Members
TO: Planning Commission Members
FROM: Jason Boswell, Director
of Planning/Zoning
RE: Regular Meeting, Monday, November 25, 2019
The regular scheduled
meeting of the Planning Commission for Monday, November 25, 2019 will NOT be
held due to having NO items on the agenda.
The
next scheduled meeting is Monday December 23, 2019.
Monday, November 18, 2019
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS TO HOST JUICE TASTING FOR CHARITY EVENT
AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS
TO HOST JUICE TASTING FOR CHARITY EVENT
Actress and Global
Humanitarian Saye Yabandeh will be joining White Birch Juices to raise funds
for charity while launching new exclusive flavor, Miss Sayé’s Lawn Mower.
Abingdon, V.a., Nov. 18, 2019 -- Award-winning
actress and global humanitarian, Saye Yabandeh, will make a celebrity
guest-appearance at White Birch Juice on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 at 6 p.m.
The official juice recipe created by Yabandeh, Miss Sayé’s Lawn Mower, will be the
main flavor featured for the evening event.
This free event will feature
samplings and the opportunity to purchase juices of different flavors, with
each one being linked to a unique charity organization or cause. Miss Sayé’s
Lawn Mower Juice proceeds will go directly to Saye.org’s recent initiative with the Josephine House
Orphanage in Peru.
Saye Yabandeh is the Global
Ambassador to the Global Citizen Foundation and the founder of Saye.org. Beyond her Hollywood
career, Yabandeh has been fully committed to the betterment of underprivileged
communities across the world. Her work has brought solar panels and
sustainability education to villages and orphanages in different
countries.
“Health and wellness are so important,”
Yabandeh said. “I’ve been a fan of Nicole and White Birch Juices since I’ve
come to Abingdon. They align with my goals to make our community a healthier
place and being able to bring global awareness to different charities will make
the Abingdon community a leader in global change.”
Saye.org mission is to provide
global humanitarian aid to children and their mothers by improving living
situations through assisting in the provision of food, clothing, public health
education, and living conditions, with a goal of empowering by contributing to
sustainable community development and protecting our environmental health.
Empowering our future generation by:
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