June 16, 2019 — The big band sound of the 1940s echoed through the center of Washington NC today as the 22-piece Emerald City Big Band took to the stage (well, to the gazebo actually) for the town’s Sundays in the Park concert series. The show was held in Festival Park, situated in the center…
If you are interested in either music or boats, Washington NC was a great place to be this past weekend. Event 1: BOCA Traditional Music FestivalWhen: April 27, 2019, 9 am till 10 pmWhere: Turnage Theater, 150 West Main Street, Washington, NC Over on Main Street, the Beaufort County Traditional Music Association (BCTMA) put on…
Event: Art of Tea: Tea Pot ExhibitionWhen: April 6-29, 2019Where: Turnage Theater, 150 West Main Street, Washington, NC More than 30 artists from as far away as Georgia submitted 46 pieces of two- and three-dimensional art for the inaugural Art of Tea: Tea Pot Exhibit, held early in April at the Turnage Theatre. Organized by…
When we decided to move away from Raleigh late last year, it was because we’d been away too long and it wasn’t the same place we remembered from ten years ago. Now there was more construction, congestion, and the pace of life seemed more frantic. We needed a bit more of a relaxed pace, interesting…
Event: 2019 BCTMA Youth ConcertWhen: March 7, 2019Where: Turnage Theater, 150 West Main Street, Washington, NC Most of the musicians at Beaufort County Traditional Music Association’s weekly jam session (me included) are getting up there. We’re no spring chickens. That’s one reason BCTMA chairperson Linda Boyer wants Washington’s youth to learn about traditional…
This was the first time I’d visited with best friends David and Connie since 2010. A work conference in Vancouver with my employer Red Hat left me just a puddle jump away from Vancouver Island where they live. It’d be the first time I’d visit them there. I took the pontoon plane ride from Vancouver…
Its been ten long years. The last time I went paddling in any kind of boat was in 2006 when I last lived in Raleigh. Back then, Laura (of whitewater wedding fame) took a few of us out to paddle at midnight in the cooling pool of the nuclear power plant close to Raleigh. Paddling…
This morning we lost a very special friend, Jon Snadden. Jon had been in hospital for a while and passed away peacefully this morning surrounded, as I understand it, by his family. Although I hadn’t seen Jon in many years, his friendship still meant a lot to me. You see, when I was racing, Jon…
Glasgow redemption – after Thursday night’s shenanigans (read about them here), Friday was a new day — a wet day, but a new day nonetheless. (Would it really be Glasgow without rain?) We had planned to meet my cousin Lindsey in town and Jackie had an art appointment later in the day — but I…
Some of you asked about my Facebook posts Thursday night and what made me so disappointed in my hometown of Glasgow. Well, either I’m getting old and senile or Glasgow is more difficult to navigate than it was in the past. I’m hoping it’s the latter. We had just spent several days driving through the…