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Jule Brown at the Bynum General Store on Friday Night, May 25

Chatlist Moderator — Wed, 23 May 2012 22:02:59 +0000

Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 08:54:47 -0400
From: Bynum FrontPorch
Subject: Friday night at the Bynum General Store — Jule Brown

*Jule Brown at the Bynum General Store Friday Night May 25th*

Friday night at the Bynum General Store is the place to be from now until the end of August. Many thanks to *The Zinc Kings* for their performance last week. This week, we have *Jule Brown* will bring their modern version of Delta and Chicago blues to the outdoor stage complete with rock, soul, jazz and roots elements thrown in.. As always, there will be food vendors on hand to supply a tasty treat and a cool beverage.

Next up. . . *Zambamboogee* (June 1st). Zambamboogee is a five-piece band that performs originals and covers from many styles of dance music. All members have performed in the Triangle music scene in solo and band settings for years.

The Friday Night Music Series runs from May 4 through the end of August from 7 pm to 9 pm every Friday night. Although tickets aren’t required, we pass the hat and encourage a $5 to $7 donation to compensate the performers. To check out the rest of the amazing bands playing this season, please visit our website at www.bynumfrontporch.org. Also, find Bynum Front Porch on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. And visit our sponsors Auto Pro and Hope Crossing Animal Hospital to thank them for their support!

Don’t forget about Lane Watson’s photography as he is the Bynum Front Porch Artist in Residence (www.lanewatsonphotography.com) You can also follow his Bynum blog at www.thebackroadsstudio.com.
One more thing. . . from now until June 16th, each Friday night we’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets for a chance to win a Schwinn Aerostar 20″ kid’s bike and a Performance Girls Raven 24″ kid’s bike.

Speaking of June 16th. . . .

If you would like to donate an item for the auction, we welcome you to contact us. Your contribution will help make the event more fun and exciting. We are accepting various items: gift certificates from local businesses, artists’ work, baked goods, vacation vouchers, and any item that has been gently used-from tools to timepieces, furniture to figurines, paintings to pitchforks, cars to chairs. Contact John or Debbie at * bynumfrontporch@gmail.com*.

Auction items as of April include: Antique steamer trunk with lock and key; artwork by Anna Crawford; artwork by Virgil Johnson; bicycle helmets, tires, locks, black walnut foot stool handcrafted by Jerry Cates; Briar Chapel pool passes; Canon PowerShot A330IS digital camera; cedar creation by Luke Barrow of Rustic Garden Structures; Clyde Jones critter; Cooper Mays pottery; one-year membership to 02 Fitness; seven practitioner sessions at Pittsboro Center for Natural Medicine; photography by Ken Meardon, Shakori Hills Music Festival day passes; S&T Soda Shoppe gift certificate; tasting passes for eight at Starrlight Mead; Tushkins in original box; woodcraft by JNC Woodworks; Cathy Holt yoga classes and more.

Estate sale items are too numerous to list!

By coming out and supporting Bynum Front Porch, you will be helping us continue to host a variety of programs!

A few things we’d like you to know about the Front Porch Music Series and the Bynum General Store:
1. The Bynum General Store is an alcohol-free venue.
2. For safety, please make sure that children are supervised by an adult at all times.
3. We respectfully ask that all pets be left at home.
4. The show goes on, rain or shine. If it rains, we’ll move indoors.

The Bynum General Store is located at 950 Bynum Road in beautiful downtown Bynum. We look forward to seeing old friends and new faces Friday night!

Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bynumfrontporch

June Activities at Goldston United Methodist Church

Chatlist Moderator — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:58:26 +0000

Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 08:26:26 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
From: Denise Dunn
Subject: June Activities at Goldston United Methodist Church

Goldston United Methodist Church is getting ready for June and the start of Summer! We will be having “SKY” our VBS from June 10 – 13 – the VBS Kick-off will be Sunday June 10 watch the Chatham News for the time. Then we will be having VBS Monday through Wednesday. We hope you will join us for our first summer event. Chatham County JAM (sponsored by GUMC) will have Summer Camp June 18th – 22nd, this camp will feature learning musical instruments, guitar, banjo,
fiddle, mandolin, dulcimer. Plus many hands on projects in the afternoons, hollern’, pottery, weaving, water games, songwriting and much, much more. The camp will take place at the Silk Hope

Heritage Farm Park. Visit www.chamjam.org for more information and applications. Seniors, we will be having our monthly Senior Lunch on June 20th the Jubalee Choir will be joining us we start at 12:00 p.m. You can call Denise at 919-548-3458 for more information on any these activities.

Denise Dunn
Goldston United Methodist Church
919-548-3458 or 919-548-9477

Words & Music of the Piedmont on Friday, May 25

Chatlist Moderator — Tue, 22 May 2012 22:16:31 +0000

Date: Mon, 21 May 2012 17:13:50 -0400
From: “Marjorie Hudson
Subject: Performance with Susan Ketchin on Friday night!

Dear friends – This is something entirely new for me – my friend Susan and I are mingling words and music about Accidental Birds! Ever heard “Quiche Woman in a Barbacue Town?” You will! Y’all come! — Marjorie

Words & Music of the Piedmont ~ Susan Ketchin & Marjorie Hudson
Friday, May 25, 7 – 9pm
The Joyful Jewel in Downtown Pittsboro

Marjorie Hudson’s stories in Accidental Birds of the Carolinas evoke life in fictional towns reminiscent of Bynum, Pittsboro, and Fearrington Village. Hudson and Singer/Songwriter Susan Ketchin, author of
The Christ-Haunted Landscape and a forthcoming memoir of music, have taken
life in the South and Hudson’s stories as inspiration and created a
reading-with-songs performance that weaves music into narrative and
narrative into music. Hudson says she surprised herself by writing a song
about Roger the three-legged dog. Susan will perform original music inspired
by images in ‘Accidental Birds’ and the natural music of the southern
landscape around us.

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Joyful Jewel – Pittsboro, NC. art from the heart.

Marjorie Hudson <http://www.pen-ne.org/> Pen/Hemingway 2012 Honorable Mention author of Accidental Birds of the Carolinas

NPR Interview with Frank Stasio
<http://www.ncarts.org/artist_page.cfm?ser=47168&num=46291&type=ind> 2012
North Carolina Arts Council Fellow

See review in <http://issuu.com/eastcarolina/docs/nclr_2012-online-final-hyperlinks/44> NC Literary Review

See article on News
<http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/04/29/v-print/2031652/chatham-county-autho
rs-book-of.html> & Observer Book Page

Website: <http://www.marjoriehudson.com/> www.marjoriehudson.com

BLOG: <http://www.kitchentablewriters.wordpress.com/>
www.kitchentablewriters.wordpress.com

2012 Events:

April – June 2012 – Kitchen Table Writing Workshop at Rosemary House, 8
sessions for $125 – Pittsboro, NC

April – June 2012 – Kitchen Table Writing Workshop at McIntyre’s Books, 8
sessions for $125 – Fearrington Village, NC

April 1 – Awards Ceremony, Pen/Hemingway Award – Boston, MA

April 14 - Featured Author, Workshop Leader,
<http://www.ansoncountywritersclub.org/carolinaswritersconference.html>
Carolina Writers Conference – Wadesboro, NC

April 17 – Young Authors Celebration, Keynote Speaker, Fearrington Village,
NC

May 1 – “Mosaic Writing” Talk, Reynolda Manor Library – Winston-Salem, NC

May 2 -Lunch with the Author at Barnhills Books, 11:30 am – Winston-Salem,
NC

May 6 – Kitchen Table Writers Performance at McIntyre’s Fine books, 2 pm,
Fearrington Village, NC

May 8 – NPR Affiliate WUNC-FM Interview on The State of Things with Frank
Stasio (12 noon and 9 pm)

May 10 – Reading at The Regulator, 7 pm – Durham, NC

May 18-19 – Featured Author, Blue Ridge Bookfest – Hendersonville, NC

May 25, 10:15 – 12 noon – Wonderland Book Club, Cameron Village Library -
Raleigh, NC

May 25 -Music and Stories from Accidental Birds – with songwriter Susan
Ketchin, Joyful Jewel, 7 pm – Pittsboro, NC

July 27-28 -North Carolina Writers Conference, honoring Janet Lembke,
Comfort Inn – New Bern, NC

Sept. 25 – Carolina Meadows, reading at 2 pm – Chapel Hill, NC

More CCCC Creative Writing Program Classes

To Register, Call 919-545-8044

June 16 - Saturday Workshop- Memoir: Writing the Times of Your Life

9:30 am – 4:30 pm

Come ready to write! We’ll put pen to paper and generate pages about pivotal
moments in your childhood, coming of age, and transitions-the richest
sources of material for memoir. You’ll jump over blocks, get useful
feedback, and leave with home assignments and recommendations for expanding
and structuring your material, whether toward a goal of submitting, writing
a memoir, or keeping for family records.

July 14 – Saturday Workshop – Strategies for the Writing Life I

9:30 am – 4:30 pm

A new session of Hudson’s popular workshop that helps new writers get their
bearings in the writing world, helps intermediate writers refine and act on
goals–from personal accomplishment to publication–and helps all
participants find communities of support for their work.

Fall:

Class: Memoir: Works in Progress

Dates: 7 Wednesdays, August 22 – October 3

Time: 6 – 8:30 pm

Memoir is the intimate art, and this class will create a community of
support for refining works in progress and generating new material. You will
learn craft techniques to help you structure your work, tell your deepest
stories, and move toward completing a piece, whether for publication or
family records.

Workshop: Fiction Craft: Beginnings and Endings

Date: Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012

Time: 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
You’re working on a fiction story, but it’s not quite there. What absolutely
must be in the first paragraphs? What must be in your ending? And how in the
world do you decide? There are so many options, there’s so much to say in a
few words. The delicate balancing act of beginnings and endings is one of
the most powerful tools in the fiction writer’s toolbelt. We’ll explore how
master writers do it, and try some exercises to refine your own work. Bring
a draft you are working on.
Marjorie Hudson is author of Searching for Virginia Dare, a North Carolina
Notable Book, and Accidental Birds of the Carolinas,a PEN/Hemingway
Honorable Mention for Distinguished First Fiction. Her writing has been
published widely in literary journals and has won many honors, including a
2012 NC Arts Council Fellowship. She has been editing and coaching writers
for 30 years, and now leads writing classes at colleges, conferences,
festivals, cafes, and her own Kitchen Table Workshops. See her blog:
<http://www.kitchentablewriters.wordpress.org/>
www.kitchentablewriters.wordpress.org

Any square dancers in the area?

Chatlist Moderator — Thu, 10 May 2012 22:12:05 +0000

Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 07:22:45 -0400
From: Paperbacksplus
Subject: Any square dancers in the area?

This Third Friday, in honor of the Milo Holt Festival, we will be doing a country/western theme. I would love to have some square dancers for a demonstration/exhibition. I grew up watching square dancing with my Dad so this always brings back the best memories of my childhood and I would love for others to see how much fun this can be.

If anyone or any group out there is interested, please let me know ASAP so I can plan on the space and time needed. We are open 3 hours that night and can work around if you want to come for one demo or stay and do them thru out the night.

Come show the world how much fun they are missing and help me remember good times with my Dad.

Pat Dawson
Paperbacks Plus!
742-4033

Friday night at the Bynum General Store – Squier Red & The Blues Band

Chatlist Moderator — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:30:05 +0000

Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 09:49:29 -0400
From: Bynum FrontPorch
Subject: Friday night at the Bynum General Store — Squier Red & The Blues Band

*Squier Red & The Blues Band at the Bynum General Store Friday Night
*
Friday night at the Bynum General Store is the place to be from now until the end of August. Many thanks to *Mipso Trio* for helping us kickstart the Bynum Front Porch Friday Night Music Series last week. This week, *Squier Red & The Blues Band* brings their brand of the blues to the outdoor stage. As always, there will be food vendors on hand to supply a tasty treat and a cool beverage.

Next up. . . *The Zinc Kings* (May 18th) will be bringing their Piedmont blues to Bynum.

One more thing. . . from now until June 16th, each Friday night we’ll be selling $5 raffle tickets for a chance to win a Schwinn Aerostar 20″ kid’s bike and a Performance Girls Raven 24″ kid’s bike.

Speaking of June 16th. . . .

Bynum Front Porch is planning a summer fundraising auction with a newly added twist-this time we’re including “estate sale” items. The auction will be Saturday June 16th from 10 am to 1 pm. Many thanks to Ben Farrell from Custom Benefit Auctions (www.custombenefitauctions.com) who will onceagain be our auctioneer. The auction will be held at the store so mark your calendars.
If you would like to donate an item for the auction, we welcome you to contact us. Your contribution will help make the event more fun and exciting. We are accepting various items: gift certificates from local businesses, artists’ work, baked goods, vacation vouchers, and any item that has been gently used-from tools to timepieces, furniture to figurines, paintings to pitchforks, cars to chairs. Contact John or Debbie at * bynumfrontporch@gmail.com*.

Estate sale items are too numerous to list!

By coming out and supporting Bynum Front Porch, you will be helping us continue to host a variety of programs!

A few things we’d like you to know about the Front Porch Music Series and
the Bynum General Store:
1. The Bynum General Store is an alcohol-free venue.
2. For safety, please make sure that children are supervised by an adult at all times.
3. We respectfully ask that all pets be left at home.
4. The show goes on, rain or shine. If it rains, we’ll move indoors.

The Bynum General Store is located at 950 Bynum Road in beautiful downtown Bynum. We look forward to seeing old friends and new faces Friday nigh

11th Annual ClydeFEST Kids Carnival of Folk Art Fun was a tremendous success thanks to dozens of volunteers

Chatlist Moderator — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:05:55 +0000

Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:42:55 -0400
From: Lesley Landis
Subject: Success!

The 11th Annual ClydeFEST Kids Carnival of Folk Art Fun was a tremendous success thanks to work on the part of dozens of volunteers. Attendees numbered just under a thousand and came from as far away as Australia! A wonderful new addition this year was the Clyde Jones Camp Scholarships that were awarded to 5 creative young people from Bynum and a new game called Bubble Trouble. See the News and Observer article and photos here: newsobserver.com/2012/04/15/2002749/clydefest-is-for-the-young-uns.html

In addition to the much-coveted Clyde Critters won via raffle and auction, ClydeFEST attendees and volunteers won raffle prizes from: Advanced Auto; Carolina Brewery; Doug’s Auto; Glazed Expectations; Mama Dip’s; Marbles Museum; Museum of Life and Science; New Horizons; Pittsboro Auto Care; Siler City Country Club; Something Else; Starlight Mead; Sullivan’s Music; Townsend Bertram; UnWined, and YMCA…and a big ol’ shout out of gratitude to our local Lowe’s Home Store in Pittsboro that provided plywood (for Critterville!) and water.

ChathamArts thanks the following performing artists who entertained us: The phenomenal Takiri Folklorico Latin Dance Troupe; Carolina Lightning; Sarah Osborne and Joe Keasler; Justin Johnson and his Gypsy Guitar; The Bouncing Bulldogs International Rope Skipping Team; Happy Dan the Magic Man; and Storytellers Cynthia Raxter, Duke Moose and Miss Suz.

Thank you to food vendors from Chatham Co.: Dusty’s Donuts; Little Dippers Italian Ices; Triple J Ice Cream; Barney’s Hot Dogs; Howard Alston’s Fish Truck; and The Bynum Ruritans….and Bulkogi Korean BBQ from Wake County.

ChathamArts appreciates the support of ClydeFEST 2012 Sponsors-shirt sponsors: Flying Dog Productions; The City Tap Bar; Virlies Grill; Cooper Brothers Citgo; PIttsboro Toys; Barringer Family Dentistry; Liquidamber Gallery; Carr Amps; Sweet Oven Bakery; BellaDonna; Circle City Screen Printing and Hope Crossing Animal Hospital.

Please patronize businesses that support the work of ChathamArts as we work to enrich education, engage communities, and enhance livability in Chatham County.

Lesley Landis
President, Chatham County Arts Council <http://chathamarts.org/>

I suggest modeling The Chatham Chatlist after a normal session of British Parliament

Chatlist Moderator — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:47:00 +0000

Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2012 10:32:41 -0400
From: doug lorie
Subject: Food Lion Furies

I suggest modeling The Chatlist after a normal session of British Parliament where questions are asked of Ministers and everyone gets yelled at ,but always with a certain level of decorum . In other words the most egregious of insults must be couched in a layer of high etiquette.

Something like the following. ” Were the Right Honorable Lady to exercise her gifts of observation she might discover that her judgments regarding the staff at Food Lion have been off the mark at best, and tainted with lunacy and delusion at worst. I dare say while the cost of product at Harris Teeter rises above the rest, the excellence of the “Gratis Snacks” scattered about the store far exceeds those of other retail grocery establishments. I charge The Right Honorable Lady to fully address the following question. Where else might one obtain a sugar cookie without the pressure of completing a purchase? With the greatest admiration and respect for The Right Honorable Lady’s ability to discern truth from fiction, I find that her tale contains facts equal in veracity to the stories I read each night to my children about the adventures of Winnie The Pooh !”.. Whereupon people could then write in their responses to The Chatlist and type in Upper Case, “FOUL!”, “SHAME!” , “NOT TRUE!” or “HERE HERE !”..

doug lorie

Roost at Fearrington is Coming Out of Hibernation on April 13

Chatlist Moderator — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:27:43 +0000

Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:52:49 +0000
From: Lindgren, Kerstin
Subject: Roost is Coming Out of Hibernation!

Roost re-opens for the 2012 season on Friday, April 13th with music from The Boys from Carolina!

Set in the middle of the Village Center in a landscaped courtyard, Roost offers a beautiful and tranquil place to share a drink and conversation, and often features live music on the front porch. So find a table under large oak trees or by the water fountain and enjoy a special time with friends and family! Roost also offers a selection of draft beers, wines by the glass selected by Fearrington sommelier Max Kast, bottled ales and water, and nibbles like salted Virginia peanuts.

We proudly serve beers made by outstanding local breweries, including Carolina Brewery, the Chapel Hill brewery that has drawn international attention for its handcrafted beers, and Fullsteam Brewery, an exciting newcomer based in Durham.

Roost is open spring, summer & fall.
Thursday-Saturday, 4pm-8pm
(919) 542-1239
Live music Fridays and Saturdays, 5-8pm. For the full schedule, visit http://www.fearrington.com/village/roost.asp

Father daughter dance on February 25 to benefit Pittsboro Relay for Life

Chatlist Moderator — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:24:33 +0000

Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:20:17 -0500
From: lori Hawkins
Subject: Father daughter dance to benefit Relay for Life

*Father Daughter Dance**Saturday, February 25^th from 6 to 9 p.m.*

*Merritt’s Chapel Christian Life Center*

**$30 per couple (additional daughter $5)

includes dancing, picture, flower, and heavy appetizers.

Please RSVP to Sheila Leviner at 933-4333.

Winter Arts Festival at the Chapel in the Pines on January 29

Chatlist Moderator — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:05:39 +0000

Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:00:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Mary Donna Pond
Subject: Winter Arts Festival – Chapel in the Pines

All are invited to experience the talent and gifts of some wonderful artists in our community.
Each Sunday afternoon through February 26 – 4:00 p..m.
Free admission; a love offering will be received at each event.

This Sunday, January 29, pianist Adam Lefever Hughes will perform.

Adam is pursuing a DMA in Piano Performance at UNC – Greensboro, studying with Andrew Willis. He earned the MM in Piano Performance from The Longy School of Music, and the BA in Music from Valparaiso University, studying with Wayman Chin and Joseph Bognar. He has worked as an accompanist at Duke University in both the theater and vocal departments as well as local high schools and middle schools.

Adam lives in Durham with his wife Valerie Lefever Hughes who is the Cantor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Chapel Hill. Their dog Sebastian (after one J.S. Bach) ensures they receive their daily walk. Adam serves as the Pianist for Chapel in the Pines.

Chapel in the Pines is located at:

314 Great Ridge Parkway
Chapel Hill, NC 27516-4122

For more information, you may contact us at 919-960-0616 or visit our website at www.citppc.org.