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Chimney Rock Village Music Thursdays

June 23, Thursday 6-8pm – The Lake Lure Cloggers and Vintage Vinyl.

July 28, Thursday 6-8pm – The Kollard Kings

August 25, Thursday 6-8pm – West End String Band – Traditional Bluegrass, Old Country and Roots with Modern Appeal

September 22, Thursday 5:30-7:30pm – NOTE EARLIER START – Hands of Time

What better way to spend a beautiful summer evening outdoors than by enjoying good, fun music with the beauty of Chimney Rock Mountain as the backdrop.

Dinner will be available for purchase.

Music Thursdays in the Village will continue every 4th Thursday through September.

Bring your family and friends, chair or blanket, drinks if you like, and join in the fun.

Music Thursdays are sponsored by the Chimney Rock Village Community Development Association. All donations collected at the Music Thursday events support the promotion and beautification of Chimney Rock Village.

The Gathering Place is located off of Hwy. 64/74A in the heart of Chimney Rock Village, NC, above the public parking lot. For a full list of CDA events, visit ChimneyRock.org.

SingingAlive ~ July Moonly SongCircle ~ Swimming ForRest Moon

Come Friends, Join Us for our Appalachia Community Singing Alive Moonly Song Circle! This Moon’s theme is:
Repairing Relations with Our Natural Soul

Coming down from our fourth annual wonderful Singing Alive Summer Gathering, this is the first of our moonly circles that we plan to host every moon until next summer’s gathering.

BIG BIG THANKS we share with our organizers and all of the gracious energy that was and continues to be put in to make this possible…

BIG BIG Thanks to the Eternal Spirit of Song and Blessed Union of Co-Creation in which we find ourselves presently.

Hosted Oudoors Around the Fire by Ruff Magruff & Co at the Ceremonial Fireplace of Wild Spirit Farm in Candler.

Please join us in raising our voices together in sweet sweet harmony.

On the new waxing thumbnail, marking the beginning of the Swimming ForRest Moon, please come and grace us with your presence

bless us with your voice,

carry us with your song,

♥

All of the Singing Alive Crew

“Coming together with a musical feast
We honor the circle South, West, North and East.
Elder, Ancestor, Child, Middler, Adult,
Through All Ages and Phases the living will molt.”

Please Carpool
Families & Kids are Welcome & Encouraged
Bring firewood, chairs or mats to sit on, Friends, & Songs to Share

Asheville Middle Building Open to Remembrance

On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, Asheville will be saying goodbye to the current Asheville Middle School campus. Former students of the school building are invited to walk the halls, take pictures, and gather on Friday, June 24, 2016, from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm. Alumni will be able to request a brick from the demolished building this Friday to be received at a later date. Those unable to attend this event will have until the end of the week to stop by the Central Office at 85 Mountain Street to sign their names in the remembrance book as well as fill out a request for a brick from the old building.

There will be additional remembrance at the opening of the new Asheville Middle School campus, directly behind the current site, in the Fall. Please stay tuned and updated through ACS communications.

Hike of the Week: Wildflower Walk

Join Parkway rangers for an easy to moderate 2-mile round-trip hike on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail. We’ll look for blooming wildflowers and see if any of the cacti are producing “tunas.”

Meet at the Craven Gap parking area at Milepost 377.4. Bring water, wear good walking shoes, and be prepared for changing weather. call (838) 298-5330, ext. 304 for details.

Photo Credit, Trent Sliker, Purple Passion Flower.

Family Night: “What do you see?”

Since the beginning of time, man has had to use his tracking abilities and observation skills in order to survive. Join us at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center to see if you still have what it takes to understand what you are seeing on the trails.

Meet at the Blue Ridge Parkway Visitor Center, Milepost 384 for an evening of family friendly activities.

Registration required. Call (828) 298-5330, ext. 304.

Photo Credit, Harold Blackwood, Slade-colored Dark-eye Junco.

FREE Summer Meal Program in Haywood County (2-18yrs)

Summer Meals for Kids and Teens are Being Served in Your Community

Meals are available at no cost to any child between the ages of 2-18.  Children do not have to be enrolled in Haywood County Schools to participate.  You can attend any location on the list below.

Meals will be provided Monday through Friday from 12:00 – 1:00 at the following School Cafeterias…

Clyde Elementary School – June 15th – August 12th
Hazelwood Elementary School – June 15th – August 5th
Jonathan Valley Elementary School – June 15th – August 12th
Meadowbrook Elementary School – June 7th – August 12th
North Canton Elementary School – June 15th – August 12th

Adult Meals $3.75

Young Artist Program Presentation

On Friday, June 24, come see our official public presentation of the participants of our Young Artist Program perform arias and excerpts from the best of operatic literature. A talk will follow the presentation about the life of a Young Artist in the opera world, and include sneak peaks of upcoming performances by our students.

Annual RiddleFest

The Traditional Voices Group is pleased to announce this year’s RiddleFest Concert. On June 25, TVG will host the annual event at the Burnsville Town Center from 7 to 9 p.m. The Burnsville Jubilee Choir featuring the Griffith Chapel Singers will be the featured musical group. The evening will open with blues singer/songwriter Steve Barnes, who will perform his original composition “Esley’s Blues.” The first set will also include the Celtalachian harmony group Thistle Dew and Americana singer Ash Devine. Tickets will be $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Concessions will feature home-made desserts. Tickets for the RiddleFest Concert are available from Traditional Voices Group by calling 828-682-9654 or through the Burnsville Town Center at 828-682-7209. For more information visit the Traditional Voices Group Facebook page.

After Hours Hike: “Over 200 Years on the Trail”

Hiking, rambling, tramping, fellwalking. Call it what you will, walking in the woods has been a popular pastime across the world since the 1700’s, with hundreds of books, thousands of maps, and even a few movies dedicated to this activity. But what’s the attraction? Join us for an easy-to-moderate hike, approximately 2 miles round-trip, and find out!

Meet at the dirt pull-off on the northern end of the French Broad Bridge at Milepost 393.7. Wear long pants (for the poison ivy) and hiking shoes, bring some water, and be prepared for changeable weather.

Call (828) 298-5330, extension 304 for more information.

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