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You are invited to a Grand Opening/Ribbon Cutting for at Short Kuts, 307 Glovenia Avenue, on Wednesday, September 1, at 3:00. Please come out and help Lori Lowrimore show off her new shop and introduce her staff. Bring your business card and network with other chamber members, visitors, etc. |
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On September 17, 912 Bethlehem hosted a Chamber After Hours from 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. Many guests were treated to a tour of this new restaurant which is owned by Bill Goldston. Delicious refreshments were served and every member of the staff made everyone feel welcome.
This is a beautiful restaurant and is a "reservation only" facility since it only seats about 80 guests. You can google it at 912 Bethlehem or call 336-623-2343 to make reservations. The surroundings are absolutely gorgeous and you will have a spectacular view from wherever you are seated. Delicious refreshments were served and every member of the staff made everyone feel welcome.
"Any chance to visit Charlie Poole's home town of Spray (Eden), NC, and celebrate the greatness of her native son is one to be taken" --- so says Loudon Wainwright III, winner of this year's Best Traditional Folk Grammy Award with his album "High, Wide and Handsome: the Charlie Poole Project".
And celebrating the greatness of Spray's native son is just what he will be doing on Saturday, September 25. He has agreed to do a benefit performance at the picturesque Governor Morehead Park in Spray, directly across the street from the textile mills where famed banjoist Charlie Poole worked between his rambles.
"An Evening with Loudon Wainwright III" will be an evening of national caliber entertainment with good food to make it complete - Fuzzy's of Madison will be catering a barbeque supper, all included in the $25 ticket price. Wainwright will be coming fresh from a performance as part of the Duke University concert series.
The proceeds are to help Piedmont Folk Legacies, parent of the Charlie Poole Music Festival, in its effort to save the huge historic Nantucket Mill by turning it into the National Banjo Center, and to help the park itself deal with the crumbling foundation wall of the area's very first textile mill. Wainwright requests that all proceeds should remain in Spray out of respect for Charlie Poole.
Gates will open on 5:00 p.m. on September 25 and the barbeque will be served at 6:00 .
The opening act at 7:00 p.m. will be Kinney Rorrer's widely acclaimed New North Carolina Ramblers. Wainwright will take the stage at 8:00 with his act that he has taken all over the US and Canada since Grammy night.
Tickets at $25 each will be sold on line at www.charlie-poole.com through Friday, September 17, or can be ordered with a check to Piedmont Folk Legacies, PO Box 867, Eden, NC 27289. A table for eight can be reserved for $200. No tickets will be sold at the gate. For information, call 336-623-1043 or 336-627-0816.
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We would like to sincerely thank all the people who supported the "Fill the BackPacks" drive. Pete Crouch with Eden Drug started this drive and had 2,000 backpacks to fill up with school supplies. We worked with him on getting donations and shopping for the school supplies. Filled backpacks were given out to every school child who came by Eden Drug to pick one up; over 1200 have been given out so far. Listed below are the ones who donated money or school supplies:
Gildan News & Record |
Dallas Services Pizza Hut |
Terri Faunce Sheetz
Marjorie Lawson Sonic Drive-In |
Pat Marsh Wal-Mart |
MillerCoors
Also, thanks to the many anonymous people who donated money while we were shopping for school supplies at Wal-Mart. We appreciate everyone who helped in any way with donating or helping to fill these backpacks.
Pete still has 500 backpacks left so if you could donate some school supplies, he might possibly be able to fill these for give away. If you would rather donate money, we will have someone do the shopping for you. You can drop off at the Eden Chamber of Commerce or Eden Drug. Thank you for helping!
It's here again -"Temptations in the Garden- A Celebration of Food, Wine, Music and Art". This event is planned by the Eden Chamber of Commerce in cooperation with the Eden Preservation Society. It is being held on Thursday, September 30 from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. at Oak Hills Golf & Events Center.
The very best chefs, cooks and caterers in and around Eden will be offering their specialties. Presenting sponsor, MillerCoors, will be there with all their great beverages. Non-alcoholic beverages will be served also.
Well known local artists will display their works for viewing and for sale and there is to be a silent auction featuring many unique items, especially one-of-a-kind homemade cakes by the best gourmet cake bakers in Eden. Music will be provided by guitarist Gerald Summerlin.
Tickets will be $20 in advance and $25 at the door. This ticket will entitle the holder to a tasting of foods and beverages. Tickets are available at the Eden Chamber of Commerce, from any Board Member or from members of the Eden Preservation Society.
This gala event is a way to highlight the wide variety of quality offerings by the cooks, bakers, and artists in and around Eden.
For more information, call the Chamber at 336-623-3336. Please come out and make this the best Temptations in the Garden ever!
Thirty people attended Chamber Night with the Greensboro Grasshoppers on Saturday, August 21. Everyone enjoyed a buffet meal of hamburgers, hotdogs, chicken wings & drummettes, baked beans, coleslaw, cookies, drinks and all the trimmings before the game began.
We would like to think that our wild cheering helped the Greensboro Grasshoppers win against the Kannapolis Intimidators. A spectacular fireworks display ended a most enjoyable night.
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