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In Concert: Bearfoot     1st position

    Bearfoot is a group of five young folks, ranging in ages of 22 to 26 years of age, who have grown preciously wise in their approach to an American genre of music that is becoming some of the best music made today. Their music is born from the traditional tunes of Americana and the hybrid of the ancient ... read more.

In Concert: Riders in the Sky - In the Holiday Spirit the Cowboy Way ...     2nd position

    The worn wooden stage at the head of the Turnage Theater was aglitter and aglow with the bright, but tacky Christmas lights adorning some of the many stage props of the night’s entertainment, Riders in the Sky.    Read more.

"Every Picture Tells a Story ... Don't It:" Part IX, Music in the Streets     3rd position

    Downtown Washington, North Carolina has devoloped a new found reputation as a Friday evening destination for music lovers and antique car enthusiasts as well. Incorporated within that agenda of music and classic cars is that the streets of the county seat are teaming with folks meeting ... read more.

Turnage Theater     4th position

    When I was a young boy growing up in Washington, North Carolina, the streets were often paved, but many were dusty dirt and rock lanes, and some were burnt red paver bricked side streets off the main streets, running northwest to southeast, parallel with ... read more.

Music in the Streets: One Man's Observation     5th position

    I step out into the quaint, picturesque neighborhood of West Second Street in front of my downtown apartment. The early evening sun beams down through a vanishing mass of nimbus clouds, illuminating the facade of houses and freshly blossomed dogwoods that line the street.     Read more.

Molasses Creek: Old Friends return to the Beaten Boards of the Turnage Theater     6th position

    Molasses Creek kicked off their concert tour in Washington, NC that will culminate in their new, yet to be released CD, "Catharsis." Molasses Creek leaves on this whirlwind tour to play upon the many small stages in eastern United States, like the Turnage Theater, where fans of good music from ... read more.

In Concert: Missy Raines and the New Hip     7nth position

   Missy Raines brought her new band, Missy Raines and the New Hip, to Washington, North Carolina on October 23, 2009, to play the Turnage Theater, and they really just blew me and the sparse crowd frequenting the Turnage Theater, into the stratosphere of rhythmic satisfaction.    Read more.

Turnage Theater full of warm spirit, lacking warm bodies     8th position

   On the other side of the coin, the 150 people in attendance made good use of the extra space, as Lipbone Redding and the Lipbone Orchestra and the Holy Ghost Tent Revival took turns bringing down the house. From the empty balcony, where I had a private dance party with my family and friends ... read more.

Another Musical Weekend in Washington, North Carolina     9nth position

    Not only was it the latest edition of Music in the Streets, but on Friday and Saturday nights, there were shows at the Turnage Theater, and on Saturday night I attended a rousing show at the Notes Café. The show was Travis Proctor, a singer / songwriter / impromptu producer / guitarist, from Raleigh, NC.    Read more.

High Fiasco for Some, Bop to you Drop for Others ...     10nth position

    And still I found the Holy Ghost Tent Revival, hailing from Greensboro, North Carolina, an enigma. Was it the music, or their stage presence - a high octane jump and dance competition, where all of the band members finished in first place - that forever colored my opinion? I don’t know.    Read more.

The April Verch Trio Shares their Ottawa Valley Bluegrass at the Turnage     11nth position

    April Verch brought her fiddle, the balance of her trio, and the Ottawa Valley Stepdancing to the Turnage Theater, and most everybody had a high ole time. The Turnage Theater usually does a fine job of locating and bringing them to Washington, NC and Beaufort County. On this occasion, with ... read more.

Music in the Streets, June 17, 2011     12th position

   The Washington Harbor Alliance has made notification that all future Music in the Streets for the balance of their season, through October, will be held on the third Friday of each month, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm: July 15th, August 19th, September 16th, October 21st.    Read more.

Futile Effort to Plan for Public Gathering is Cast Asunder by the Fickle Whim of Nature     13nth position

On this Saturday, April 16, 2011, with a large white tent set up along the waterfront near the Beaufort County Chamber of Commerce, billowing at its edges by the force of the unrelenting gale, and the community stage near the North Carolina Esturarium - unused and forgotten for ... read more.

Lipbone Returns for a Second Helping at the Turnage Theater    14nth position

   Lipbone Redding, and his Lipbone Orchestra, returned to the familiar haunts of the Turnage Theater to deliver a second helping of his trademark Latin-flavored rendition of American Rhythm and Blues. In fact, Lipbone is so beholding to this near-forgotten genre of music, he was named after one of ... read more.

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