Emma Leigh debut CD now available
She’s just 14, but Emma Leigh is already on her way.
The “Virginia Dreams Center Stage” veteran now has her debut CD available online at her website, www.EmmaLeighMusic.com.
The CD, “I Wanna Be Rich,” features original songs including the title track along with “Daddy’s Little Girl,” “Angel Within” and “If You Think You Can,” as well as covers of hits by Patty Loveless, Lorrie Morgan, The Dixie Chicks, Miranda Lambert and Taylor Swift.
Leigh is also prepping for her national-TV debut on Sunday, Jan. 1, with the premiere of “Virginia Dreams Center Stage” on RFD-TV.
Inside the Radio Hour
Augusta Free Press LLC was at the November installment of the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s River City Radio Hour at the Gateway Theatre in Downtown Waynesboro.
If you missed this month’s Radio Hour, you missed Richard Adams and The Boogie Kings, Hank Fitzgerald, comedian Irv Beadles and the River City Players finishing out another installment in the Night Hawk mystery series.
AFP gives you a taste of the Radio Hour.
Hank Fitzgerald, SunnySide featured at tonight’s Radio Hour
The November River City Radio Hour will complete the Night Hawk serial in style with performances by the Sunny Side Family Band and singer Hank Fitzgerald. The November Radio Hour is at 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. tonight at the Gateway in Downtown Waynesboro.
A native of Waynesboro, singer and actor Hank Fitzgerald has been performing in professional and regional theater for over 20 years. He attended Shenandoah University and performed five seasons in their professional company, Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre. Hank went on to portray the role of Aladdin in the Disney Cruise Line show, Magic Journeys and appeared in numerous shows at the acclaimed Alhambra Dinner Theater in Jacksonville, Fla.
SunnySide began in September 2007, playing their first gig at Humpback Rocks Old Settlers Museum on the Blue Ridge Parkway. They spent the summer and fall of 2011 playing at Big Meadows Lodge and Skyland Resort. Their passions and dedication to the old-time mountain music is evident in the harmony of beautiful sound the trio produces. They do more than just play their acoustic instruments and sing words. They strum each note with the heart of the natives; they sing each story through the eyes of its past, and they live each moment through the spirit of the mountains. As their fans say, “SunnySide brings the mountain sound to your ears.”
Bob Crawford’s latest serial, Night Hawk and Murder down on the Farm, will finish its mayhem at the November Radio Hour. While Night Hawk (Bob Lunger), the self-anointed detective, investigated the murder of the farm worker, he found himself thrown in with a gigantic bull, driven into a pond full of snapping turtles, and menaced by the brawny brothers of his latest romance interest. In the surprising conclusion of the serial, Night Hawk discovers the real story of Murder down on the Farm.
The November Radio Hour also features the ever-popular Boogie Kings led by Richard Adams with William Hayes and J. T. Fauber. Back from the farm, the country count of comedy Irv Beadles will serve up a new set of jokes.
The merchant of the month is Jeff Grosfeld of Ann Arden and Under the Roof Furnishing.
Tickets for the Radio Hour are $10 and are available online at www.WaynesboroGateway.com or at the box office.
Emma Leigh to join lineup for River City Radio Hour
The anniversary performance of the Radio Hour will feature Emma Leigh and the River City Boys at the Friday, Oct. 21 performances at the Gateway. Joining them will be the Boogie Kings, Marsha Howard and Chapter Tree of Night Hawk and Murder Down on the Farm by Bob Crawford.
The River City Boys will have their premiere performance on the Radio Hour.
Emma Leigh (aka. Emily Henline) will return to the Radio Hour. She was previously billed as “the Little Girl with the Big Voice” and is now the young lady with the great voice. And one might add with a new professional name. At 14 years old, Emma has already built a career as a vocalist on WHSV-TV’s “Virginia Dreams CenterStage”, a regional TV show that promotes local talent in the Shenandoah Valley.
The ever-popular Boogie Kings under the direction of the multi-talented Richard Adams will once again perform as the studio band. William Hayes with his amazing keyboard skills and J. T. Fauber on percussion complete the trio.
Waynesboro’s First Lady of Laughter, Marsha Howard, has been collecting jokes from her fans. “Unfortunately,” she said, “I cannot tell them in public.” Hear what she can tell at the October performances.
Bob Lunger returns as the Night Hawk in the third chapter of Night Hawk and Murder Down on the Farm. In the last chapter, the Night Hawk was forced off the road and into the farm’s pond with no rescue in sight.
The guest of the month will be Janet Harvey, Executive Director of the Waynesboro Area Learning Tree.
Tickets for the Radio Hour are $10. Food and beverages will be available. Reservations are available online at
www.waynesborogateway.com. Patrons can also call toll free 877-840-0457.
