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Community the theme for Pops at Post

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
By Joanie Morris For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — The theme for this year’s Pops at the Post is the one word that best sums up what the event has become since its inception in 2005. Between the program, the guests and the sponsors who h ...Read More
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Plenty of vendors will be out for Pops at Post

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
Staff report SALISBURY — Vendors will be back in force this year at Pops at the Post — including the customary free Cheerwine and Diet Cheerwine donated by one of this year’s sponsors. City employee Audrey Eudy, on the Pops committe ...Read More
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Swing band to open for symphony

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
By Joanie Morris For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — This year, for the first time in Pops at the Post history, the Salisbury Symphony will have an opener. The Salisbury Swing Band, lead by Steve Etters, will play on the porch of First Bank from ...Read More
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Robertson Foundation a faithful supporter of concert

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
By Joanie Morris For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — When Julian and Blanche Robertson set up the Robertson Family Foundation, it was with the intent to provide the community with a quality of life they may not otherwise have access to. Salisbur ...Read More
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First encore will be a surprise

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
By Joanie Morris For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — We won’t tell you what the first encore is for the annual Pops at the Post on June 4. David Hagy wants it that way. As director of the Salisbury Symphony, Hagy is in charge of setting th ...Read More
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Hagy makes a few changes to this year's program

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
By Joanie Morris For the Salisbury Post SALISBURY — David Hagy is not new to directing concerts with the Salisbury Symphony — he’s been maestro for 23 years — and he is certainly not new to Pops at the Post. But every year, he ...Read More
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Pops at Post FAQs

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
Pops at the Post FAQs Question: How long is the concert? Answer: Pops at the Post is typically a two-hour concert, with a 15-minute intermission. There are two planned encores, but families with young children may feel free to leave at any time ...Read More
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Choir to perform with symphony

Entertainment | Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:21 AM |
Let there be peace on earth And let it begin with me. Let there be peace on earth The peace that was meant to be. With God as our father Brothers all are we. Let me walk with my brother In perfect harmony. By Joanie Morris For the Salisbury Post SALI ...Read More
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Yadkin River Theory CD release party is Friday

Entertainment | Sunday, September 04, 2011 3:19 AM |
By Katie Scarvey kscarvey@salisburypost.com Salisbury's own Yadkin River Theory will be playing at Benchwarmers for a CD release party this Friday at 9 p.m. A Handful of Dave will open at 7 p.m. Yadkin River Theory formed in 2009, led by Tony Green a ...Read More
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Jeremy Aggers' new EP: Everything Behind You

Entertainment | Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:18 AM |
By Sarah Hall shall@salisburypost.com Jeremy Aggers’ trips to his hometown of Salisbury have become increasingly rare. He recently got to spend Thanksgiving with his family for the first time in seven years. But Aggers says Salisbury is still o ...Read More
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Sy Arden to release 'Preposition'

Entertainment | Sunday, June 12, 2011 3:19 AM |
By Sarah Hall shall@salisburypost.com “Preposition,” Sy Arden’s about-to-be-released EP, is brand new, but its songs archive an earlier version of the musician. Listening, one would think she’s immersed in depression and doom which she is battling ...Read More
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Paleface CD review: One Big Party

Entertainment | Sunday, June 12, 2011 3:19 AM |
By Sarah Hall shall@salisburypost.com There are annual events we can count on happening every year: taxes, changing seasons, the swallows’ return to Capistrano, and a new Paleface album. “One Big Party” is the perennial duo’s third CD in three yea ...Read More
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Catawba's Lessons and Carols set for Dec. 2

Entertainment | Sunday, May 15, 2011 3:18 AM |
The Catawba College Department of Music presents its annual Service of Lessons and Carols on Thursday, Dec. 2 in the Omwake-Dearborn Chapel on the Catawba campus. Paul E. Oakley, Catawba College’s artist-in-residence in music, associate professor of ...Read More
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Hall column: Amelia's Mechanics flying high

Entertainment | Sunday, May 08, 2011 3:19 AM |
The first place I heard Amelia’s Mechanics perform was in Jim Avett’s living room during the summer of 2009. It was crowded — the Avett house isn’t very big, and it held the duo consisting of Molly McGinn and Molly Miller, violist Kasey Horton, cel ...Read More
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Choral society meet and greet

Entertainment | Monday, March 07, 2011 3:19 AM |
The Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society will have a meet and greet and registration followed by rehearsal for their 2010-2011 concert season and welcome their new director. The event will be Tuesday, 6:30-7 p.m., for the greeting and registration with re ...Read More
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'Pangaea'-Dylan Gilbert takes on the world

Entertainment | Sunday, February 20, 2011 3:19 AM |
By Sarah Hall Salisbury Post What do plate tectonics and Dylan Gilbert’s latest album have in common? More than you might think. “Pangaea” is the title of Gilbert’s newest and best CD, and also the name of the supercontinent that began separating ...Read More
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Catawba Community Music fall schedule

Entertainment | Sunday, February 13, 2011 3:18 AM |
The Catawba College Community Music program is offering a variety of class offerings for the fall semester. Private instruction (30-, 45- or 60-minute private lessons) is offered for students of all ages and levels of ability on the following instru ...Read More
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Spotlight on Gigi Dover at The Blue Vine

Entertainment | Sunday, January 30, 2011 3:18 AM |
This Friday night, The Blue Vine will feature live Southern soul and more from 9 p.m to midnight with Gigi Dover & the Big Love (www.gigidover.com), back for their CD release party. Gigi is a soulful, southern songstress and songwriter whose vo ...Read More
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Momentary Prophets CD review

Entertainment | Thursday, January 13, 2011 3:18 AM |
CD Review:
Momentary Prophets: "Mandala"
released June 2010
When the Momentary Prophets share their music with an audience, they do so quite literally, regarding the listener as a vital and equal participant in the collaboration. And so it com ...Read More
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Musicians perform April 30 at Catawba

Entertainment | Monday, October 04, 2010 3:19 AM |
The Catawba College and Community Instrumental Music Extravaganza will be held April 30 at Catawba College. The event features two groups: - The College and Community Band, with conductor Dr. Stephen Etters, will perform at 7 p.m. in Keppel Auditor ...Read More
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Choral Society presents centennial concert

Entertainment | Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:19 AM |
By Mollie Ruf for Salisbury Post Rejoice in the sounds from Around the World and Through the Ages with the Salisbury-Rowan Choral Society's centennial season Masterworks Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Coburn Memorial United Methodist Churc ...Read More
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New Familiars coming to Salisbury Dec. 11

Entertainment | Monday, June 07, 2010 3:19 AM |
"It’s Americana with a grand heartbeat."
That's how Jeff Hahne of Creative Loafing described The New Familiars (selected by Creative Loafing Charlotte as "Best Local Band of 2008.") They will be bringing their rowdy folk-rock-country blues to Looking ...Read More
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Catawba Vernaculars do Abbey Road live

Entertainment | Monday, May 17, 2010 3:19 AM |
Forty years ago this fall, the Beatles released what many feel to be their magnum opus—Abbey Road. To mark the anniversary, the Catawba College Vernaculars will perform all of Abbey Road live, something the Beatles never even attempted. Audience me ...Read More
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Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade

Entertainment | Monday, May 03, 2010 3:19 AM |
By Sarah Hall shall@salisburypost.comEverybody loves a parade, and Miss Tess and the Bon Ton Parade are no exception. The Boston-based band was recently called "the area's next musical sensation" by Boston Magazine and named as a "local on the verge ...Read More
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Salisbury Symphony is chasing light

Entertainment | Monday, April 19, 2010 3:20 AM |
By Sarah Hall shall@salisburypost.com "Light" doesn't describe the style of music being performed by the Salisbury Symphony Oct. 24. It isn't pops. Instead, the symphony will tackle a challenging program of illustrative pieces, each embodying the c ...Read More
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Peredy song tribute to flood victim

Entertainment | Monday, April 19, 2010 3:20 AM |
By Caitlin Crawford for the Salisbury Post On Sept. 21, 2009, the family of Preston Slade Crawford lost not only a home but a beloved son. The Crawford family lost everything due to the recent flooding in Georgia. Slade was torn from his father's ...Read More
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Carolina Baroque is 'splendid'

Entertainment | Sunday, April 18, 2010 3:20 AM |
By Ann Listokin For the Salisbury Post Dale Higbee: Bach scholar, accomplished recorder player, devoted musician, and musical entrepreneur, has given us another splendid program with Carolina Baroque. On Friday Oct. 16, the large audience enjoyed ...Read More
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Sacred Bach Cantatas

Entertainment | Monday, April 12, 2010 3:19 AM |
Carolina Baroque will present its opening concert in the 2009-10 Salisbury Bach and Handel Festival 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Chapel of St. John's Lutheran Church, 200 W. Innes St. There is no admission charge, but a $10 donation at the door is suggest ...Read More
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Spotlight-JuTaun

Entertainment | Monday, April 05, 2010 3:19 AM |
By Caitlin Crawford For the Salisbury Post Ju-taun (pronounced zha-tawn) is a group of four young men (brothers Jake and James Evans, Peter Garcia, and Samoeun Cheng). Inspired by legends Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson, they began ...Read More
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11th Annual Blues and Jazz Festival

Entertainment | Monday, April 05, 2010 3:19 AM |
The Eleventh Annual Blues and Jazz festival is being organized by the Rowan Blues and Jazz Society for Saturday October 10th at Noon until 11pm at 200 West Fisher Street in the Salisbury Post Parking Lot. Bring your festival chairs and blankets and ...Read More
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Granite Quarry Fiddler's Convention is this Saturday

entertainment | Monday, March 29, 2010 3:00 AM |
The 43rd Annual Granite Quarry Fiddler's Convention is this Saturday, Oct. 3, in the East Rowan High School Auditorium on U.S. Highway 52 South of Granite Quarry. Sixteen hundred dollars in cash awards, plus trophies and rosettes, will be awarded to ...Read More
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RCCA brings the Red Hot Jubilee Jam to Salisbury Oct. 18

Entertainment | Monday, March 29, 2010 3:00 AM |
The Rowan County Concert Association presents the Red Hot Jubilee Jam Sunday, Oct. 18. The concert will be at 3 p.m. in Keppel Auditorium on the campus of Catawba College. Featuring seven outstanding performers, Red Hot Jubilee Jam is a whirlwind o ...Read More
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Catawba Community Music announces new faculty

entertainment | Thursday, March 25, 2010 3:19 AM |
Dean Orbison will serve as the director of the new high school choral ensemble, the Catawba College Youth Chorale this fall semester. By audition only, the ensemble is still accepting new students. Orbison currently is director of choral activiti ...Read More
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