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Music & Arts

  • Deadline approaches for photo contest

    Entries are being received for the “Top 100 Images of Grayson County” photography contest, sponsored by the Grayson County Department of Planning and Community Development.
    Contest is open to any person with digital images of Grayson County. Photos will be used in developing a new Grayson Web site and marketing initiatives for Grayson County tourism.
    Of particular interest are images that capture nature, people, local events, musical heritage and popular Grayson attractions.

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  • Library to host music program on Jan. 14

    GALAX — Floyd County banjo and fiddle player Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Smyth County ballad singer Elizabeth LaPrelle will present their brand new program “Music Around the Home” 2 p.m. Jan. 14 at the Galax Public Library.  

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  • Who... what?

    Students with The Conservatory of Dance and Theatre performed The Grinch musical to crowds at the Rex Theater in downtown Galax on Saturday and Sunday. The Conservatory’s next performance is  a Christmas Showcase set for 2 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Galax High School Auditorium. For more information, see the website, www.galaxballet.com.

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  • Jamboree set Dec. 17 at WCC

    WYTHEVILLE — Wytheville Community College will sponsor its free monthly Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree featuring Wayne Henderson and Friends and the Wolfe Brothers on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 7-9 p.m.
    The Jamboree will be held in the William F. Snyder Auditorium on the WCC campus, located at 1000 East Main Street in Wytheville.

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  • Holiday Extravaganza to be held at Rex

    GALAX — The Twin Counties Holiday Extravaganza will be presented at 7 p.m. Dec. 15 at the Rex Theatre in Galax by the Arts Council of the Twin Counties.
    Local performers and a visit by Santa Claus will be featured.

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  • Jamboree set Dec. 17

    Wytheville Community College will sponsor its free monthly Bluegrass and Old-Time Jamboree featuring Wayne Henderson and Friends and the Wolfe Brothers on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 7-9 p.m.
    The Jamboree will be held in the William F. Snyder Auditorium on the WCC campus, located at 1000 East Main Street in Wytheville.

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  • Theater Group presents ‘Her Christmas Wish’

    Comers Rock Theater Group presents “Her Christmas Wish” 7 p.m. Dec. 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 3.
    Meals will be served both nights.
    Tickets for the Dec. 2 performance, which includes  a spaghetti dinner, are $15.
    Tickets for the Dec. 3 performance, which includes a ham dinner, are $25.
    Doors open at 6:45 p.m.
    Tickets are available from Grayson National Bank in Elk Creek, Galax Farm Supply in Galax and Grayson Florist in Independence.

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  • Highland Camerata presents winter concerts

    The Highland Camerata chorus will present three winter concerts in early December in Galax, Independence, and Sparta, N.C.
    The schedule is: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Sparta Presbyterian Church, 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9 at Brush Creek Hall near Independence, and 3 p.m. Dec. 11 at Galax Presbyterian Church.
    The major work will be Johann Pachelbel’s “Magnificat,” which is based on the Biblical pronouncement from St. Luke, chapter one.
    “Ava Maria” and “O Nata Lux” by Morton Lauridsen will be sung in Latin to compliment the Magnificat.

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  • ‘Nunsense’ performances set Nov. 17, 20

    GALAX —The Arts & Cultural Council of the Twin Counties presents a rollicking musical comedy at the Rex Theatre in Galax 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17 and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 20.
    “Nunsense” is a hilarious talent show staged by five survivors at the Little Sisters of Hoboken nunnery, the rest of the sisterhood having succumbed to botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia, Child of God.

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  • School, Pottery Co-op host showcase in Galax

    GALAX — Old Town Pottery Cooperative and Chestnut Creek School of the Arts will offer a raku pottery showcase at the Chestnut Creek building on Nov. 26, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
    Raku is a firing process that involves removing ceramic pieces from the kiln while they are still glowing red hot. Ceramic pieces fired this way are characterized by a metallic glow and can have a distinct white crackle appearance. Outdoor firings are held behind the Old Town Pottery Cooperative.

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