~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 4, 2011 The Imagine Tent teen scene at Floydfest was conceived of two years ago during Floydfest Revival when a group of local teens, who were wandering the festival grounds, waved down festival staffer Joe Klein, wanting a ride in his golf cart. After [...]
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on June 16th, 2011. The 10th annual Floydfest music festival kicks off six weeks from today. The Floyd Fandango Beer and Wine Festival is just two weeks away. Volunteers were busy last weekend preparing the 80 acre Blue Ridge Parkway site for the annual festivities. Along with [...]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on June 9, 2011 and on the paper’s webpage HERE. The first electric car charger in Floyd County and maybe in the New River Valley is now located in the parking lot of the Hotel Floyd’s new addition. Kamala Bauers, one of the hotel owners, [...]
~ The following (a slightly adapted version) appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper (as Musical Festival in Full Siwng) on June 9, 2011. National Music Festival (NMF) performances took place over a two week period at various locations in Floyd, including the Floyd Market Pavilion, Bell Garden and Gallery, the elementary school gymnasium, the high [...]
~ The following photo spread of the 2011 Floyd High School Graduation appeared in the The Floyd Press on June 2, 2011. Students file up to the podium to receive their diplomas during Sunday’s Graduation Exercises at Floyd County High School. Some students sported personalized mortarboards for the occasion. Teachers checked that gowns and caps [...]
~ the Following appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on May 26, 2011 1. A group of Tour de Floyd cyclists in the Harvest Moon Parking lot last Saturday morning prepare to begin the 4th annual ride. The weather was warm and sunny for the 62.4 mile loop that stretches along the scenic Blue Ridge [...]
There aren’t many reasons why I’d be sitting by myself on the wall along the courthouse at 8:30 in the morning. But that’s what I was doing yesterday, the morning of the predicted Rapture when more than 200 million people were supposed to be swept up to heaven. I wasn’t waiting for the end of [...]
An April tornado that hit in Pulaski County (less than an hour’s drive from Floyd) prompted three Floyd women to organize a benefit called Neighbors Helping Neighbors to raise money for the tornado victims. The following are photos from a collection I took at the event for the local paper. The applesauce cake at the [...]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on April 26, 2011. If the Bell Gallery is “quite possibly the nicest little shop,” as the tagline at the front entrance reads, then the garden behind the shop is “quite possibly the best little hidden garden” in town. An oasis of flowering shrubs and [...]
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press on April 14, 2011 Floyd County is known for its vibrant music and art scene. It’s also been fertile ground to a flourishing of sustainable agriculture, which has recently been gaining recognition. Since the early 1990’s small market growers and Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farms have been [...]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on April 21, 2011. Land’s Sake, Floyd’s first annual Earth Day event, featured student poster and essay contest winners, over 30 booth displays, local food vendors, keynote speakers and a panel of farmers discussing the challenges and opportunities of small farming in Floyd. Attendees of the [...]
~ The following was published in the spring edition of All About Her, a regional newspaper insert magazine. Polly Hieser runs the oldest Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm in Floyd County and one of the oldest CSAs in the country. In 1991 she and Ron Juftes founded Seven Springs Farm, named for one of the [...]
~The following was published in The Floyd Press on April 7, 2011. Jagadisha’s name was given to him by his teacher and means Lord of the Universe. “Every time someone calls my name, it’s a wake-up reminder to think of God,” said the classically trained musician who teaches chanting and nada yoga, the ancient science [...]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 31, 2011. About 50 people gathered at Natasha’s Market Café last Saturday for an Evening of Cabaret to benefit the upcoming inaugural season of The National Music Festival (NMF) to be held in Floyd. The cabaret featured performances of classic and comical songs from [...]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on March 24, 2011 Travelers driving between downtown Floyd and Check on Route 221 are sure to take notice of Sweet Providence Farm’s red-roofed, timber-framed Farm Market and Bakery perched on a hill. The farm’s neat rows of Christmas trees, an old-timey truck bearing signs of [...]
~ The following previously appeared in the fall issue of All About Her, a regional newspaper insert. At a Friday Night Jamboree jam on a sidewalk in Floyd last spring, musician Tina Liza Jones proudly showed off her guitar to friends. She beamed as she explained that she had waited 23 years for the rare [...]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 16, 2011. The Kind, celebrated its 25 year milestone anniversary at the Pine Tavern pavilion Saturday night. This popular jam band has a following of fans from all over the New River Valley, including many from Floyd and some who have been attending gigs [...]
~ The following was published in the Floyd Press on March 10, 2011. Decked out in glitter, beads and feathers, about 250 people celebrated the second annual Mardi Gras Ball at the Dogtown Roadhouse/Sun Music Hall Saturday night. The Ball was a fundraiser to benefit Blue Mountain School, Floyd’s independent school off Christiansburg Pike, soon [...]
