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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Fourth of July is celebrated in Scottsville on the River. The town’s annual Rhythm on the River Fourth celebration is set for Friday from 6-9:30 p.m. Musical entertainment will be provided by bluesman Ron Johnson and bluegrass favorites Jackass Flats. The night will be capped off by a fireworks…
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Item by Jim Bishop The Eastern Mennonite University community gathered this morning to mourn the death by drowning of recent graduate Matthew R. Garber in Costa Rica on July 1. Garber, 22, of Elizabethtown, Pa., was swimming with a group of young people in a cove that was not known to be dangerous. A riptide…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Blair and Kristin Cormier will provide musical entertainment at today’s Waynesboro Farmers’ Market. The Cormiers will perform live from 4-6 p.m. at the Farmers’ Market in The Pavilion in Downtown Waynesboro. The market is open from 3-7 p.m.
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Carly at the Movies column by Carl Larsen Now that the summer blockbusters have begun falling about our ears (some with surprising accuracy), let us quickly retreat to our bomb shelter and plan our forthcoming Cineplex excursions with care. In other words: Now that Indy Jones has landed, is there anything left to see besides…
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Item by Jim Bishop Among the gifts offered to those attending the 16th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival were visible enthusiasm among participating musicians as they re-created and interpreted selections by some of the world’s most beloved composers. Guest guitar artist Michael Partington stated: “I’m able to play what I want to play, and I…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The River City Radio Hour returns to Downtown Waynesboro Friday night with music and mystery. Blues artist Kevin Chisnell will be making his first appearance at the Radio Hour, a production of the Waynesboro Cultural Commission, Waynesboro Downtown Development Inc. and the Wayne Theatre Alliance. Chisnell will be joined on…
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Item by Jim Bishop The 16th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival will offer another musical feast for the senses, June 8-15 at Eastern Mennonite University. “This year’s theme, ‘Bach and String Things,’ will feature music that displays the incredible range of sounds possible with string instruments,” noted Mary Kay Adams, the festival’s executive director.
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] Gary Ruley and Mule Train will kick off the Bands in the Bowl concert series at Theater at Lime Kiln in Lexington on Saturday. Ruley, a Lexington native, and his band combine bluegrass, jazz and “newgrass” into their musical stylings. Tickets are available by calling the Lime Kiln box office…
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Item by Crystal Graham [email protected] It’s not your everyday banjo. With musical instruments being cranked out of big factories every day, Geoff Stelling’s handmade banjos are a true rarity. The Afton-based business produces just 200 or so banjos annually. Geoff’s son, Jimmy, who works with his dad in the business, is a banjo player who…
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Fear and Loathing in Waynesboro column by Chris Graham [email protected] I was supposed to interview a bestselling author in person here at the Augusta Free Press headquarters on Friday, but Ellis Nassour never showed. I chalked it up to his busy schedule. Nassour was in the Valley over the weekend for auditions for the upcoming…
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