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John Jones saw an ad promoting Open Mic Night at the WTA’s Gateway, and decided to make the drive over the Blue Ridge on a foggy night to sing a couple of tunes. He didn’t expect to be the winner of the inaugural competition opening Season Two of Open Mic Night.
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Augusta Free Press LLC is excited to share with you our Fall/Winter 2012 schedule of classes. Taught by AFP editor Chris Graham, the classes will provide you with the building blocks for an effective approach to reaching out to consumers, business-to-business clients, donors and sponsors. Topics covered include websites, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, advertising and public relations.
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Life has slowed down for Ellen Schwartz and Roger Bruno, by design. “We don’t have to worry anymore about things like, How will this sound if Barbra Streisand were singing it?” said Schwartz, who with Bruno, her husband, performs in the band Too Human, which will play at the Gateway Theatre in Downtown Waynesboro on Friday, Oct. 26.
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The first Open Mic Talent Night of the season was intimate as usual with some new faces mixed with old. Speaking of old, one familiar act, The Early Dawn Drifters, debuted with a new member, Tyler, who took the crowd back to another place in time with his playing of the pedal steel guitar. My conversation with Tyler revealed that he’d been playing the instrument for only two years but had been playing the banjo for many more (I recollect 12 years).
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The November Richard Adams Variety Show will There feature an update on Bill Martin’s run for the Presidency. (He should have won the election by then). Bill is running under the “Coffee Party” platform”. He’s going to make members of Congress drink coffee and not be able to go to the restroom until they “work it out”.
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The Clann Mhor Organization’s presentation on the Claudius Crozet railroad tunnel through Afton Mountain will be held on Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the WTA’s Gateway Theatre, 329 W. Main Street, Waynesboro
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Barbara Bates Smith returns to WTA’s Gateway with her new solo performance, Civil War: Agate Hill to Appomattox. The Thursday, Aug. 9th performance at WTA’s Gateway will bring the voices of a trio of women who were impacted by the War Between the States. The performance is at 8 pm at 329 West Main in Downtown Waynesboro
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The Community Foundation of the Central Blue Ridge announces scholarship awards over $40,000 to 30 area students
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The Waynesboro Parks & Recreation Department will be presenting the 33rd annual Summer Extravaganza in Ridgeview Park on Sunday, July 7
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Paul Sanders bought his first 45 as a 14-year-old. For a first record, he didn’t do too bad, walking home with Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” to spin on his record player and drive his parents crazy. “It was one of the #1 songs of 1950, and many will say the entrance of rock-n-roll,” said Sanders,…
