Born and raised in Southwest Virginia, Derek Kitts is a decorated veteran and small business owner who is running for the 7th District Delegate seat on the Democratic ticket. He was recently hosted to attend a business roundtable luncheon at The Hotel Floyd by hotel owners Kamala Bauers and Jack Wall. Special guest Mayor Will […]
My Jokester friend Ryan reports: “400 water balloons.” “Everyone on the field died. The best war ever. No animosity cause everyone died.” Don’t even think about it, Ryan. Who you gonna call?
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 22, 2021. The June Bug Center’s Musical presented three performances of The Little Mermaid Jr. at the Floyd County High School auditorium over the weekend (July 16 – 18), incorporating a number of handmade props and set pieces made by campers at a June Bug […]
Boys in boats And evening floats Wildlife sightings and new friends with fish. Can you guess what it is? Here’s a hint. It showed its displeasure by slapping its tail, a warning to send us away. The view from a canoe is better than the zoo. It was a wild and wet weekend. We’ll be […]
Who needs Broadway? Look what we have right here in Floyd. These are my sneak peaks of The June Bug Center’s Musical Theatre for Teens production of The Little Mermaid Jr. performed over the weekend. Look for a story and photos in an upcoming Floyd Press. Feel free to sing along!
Thanks to Barb Gillespie at OuterSpace Space Cafe in Downtown Floyd for fulfilling my strawberry shortcake dreams! I had asked on our Facebook Floyd Group in late June what restaurants in Floyd might be serving my favorite seasonal dessert. The thread got long and I got lots of recipes to make it. But I didn’t […]
Over the weekend, I juggled an art show opening, a classical music concert and a get-down-to-it dance party at Dogtown. Hillbillyz, Chillbillyz? No, it’s ThrillBillyz and we had a rockin’ good time dancing to their music. I don’t really know what is happening here. Gettin’ down? I think this was when he found the winner […]
I put my Massachusetts sisters to work collecting eggs right away. Love of dancing runs in our family. Floyd Small Town Summer with Music Road Company was a blast. I told my sistahs ‘this is how we live all the time in Floyd!” Besides the Small Town Summer dancing, Trish got a nice immersion of […]
Ray Wylie Hubbard plays Good Old Country Blues at the Epperly Mill in Floyd VA. Here, he explains how and why he named one of his albums “A: Enlightenment B: Endarkenment (Hint: There is No C).” His answer is great and the clip is a good example of his songwriting, his storytelling and his and […]
Music Road Company at Dogtown Roadhouse.
I think my friend Steve wanted me to look at his T-shirt but all I could see was his nachos. We were at a memorial show at Dogtown for our friend Mark Proctor, who recently died in a car crash. It was also a fundraiser in Mark’s honor for The Floyd Country Store’s Handmade Music […]
Our Parkway get-away is a 5-minute vacation. And it’s just five-minutes from our house. We call this Fire Pink Alley. Firepink Alley leads to Columbine Corner. Now that’s what I call pink!
