-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on April 5, 2018. The first presentation of Floyd Varieties, included comedy skits, an animal act, an aerial silks acrobat, a female impersonator and a professional magician. The vaudeville-inspired show, which also included a kazoo and a rubber chicken, was organized and emceed by Mim (Audra) Jeppson […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on March 24, 2018. “Folk music is a voice of the people,” said Jim Sharkey during his St. Patrick’s Day house concert at Bella La Vita Inn in Floyd. It was the fifth time that the singer-songwriter has performed at the award-winning Inn, where he has built […]
Floyd Bridal Show, Floyd Event Center
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 22, 2018. Kelley and Logan Tiebout are happy to be back in Floyd. For two years, the owners of the Parkway Grille commuted to Hillsville to run their successful Hardware Grille. Last May, there was a fire at the Hillsville restaurant and it closed due […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 15, 2018 with a variation of photos. The 9th annual Floyd Mardi Gras to benefit Blue Mountain School (BMS) was a celebration to remember. The Mystic Witches dance troupe opened the Saturday night event with a Conga Line Dance up-and-down the aisles of Dogtown Roadhouse. Downstairs […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on February 1, 2018 Morgan Wade was back on the stage where she first performed her original songs in public. This time, she played with her band, The Stepbrothers, for the debut release of her new full length CD, Puppets with My Heart. It was a hometown […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 25, 2017 “It’s the best thing that ever came to Hillsville,” said Carl Nester, a Carroll Wellness Center (CWC) member. Nester was in the center’s weight room working-out on a recumbent stepper, a stationary stepper with a back supported seat that the center’s general manager, Greg Hampton […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 4, 2018. Never Love a Feral Cat: A Tale of Compassion and Coexistence is a new book by Alwyn Moss, a past Floyd County resident, first teacher at Blue Mountain School and widely published writer. Published by Archway Publishing, the book is a memoir that […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on January 11, 2018 Senator Tim Kaine and his wife Ann Holton were in Floyd Saturday morning as part of a kick-off for Kaine’s 2018 re-election campaign. From Farmville, Danville and Martinsville, to Floyd, and then onto Galax, Bristol and Abington, the couple “hit the trail” to […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 21, 2017. “We come from a proven framework,” said Floyd Montessori’s Anna Berck, referring to the work of Maria Montessori, an Italian physician and early 1900s educator and innovator, acclaimed for her educational method of building on the way children naturally learn. Berck, who has […]
-The majority of the following photos first appeared in the Floyd Press on January 4, 2018. Music Road Company entertained an enthusiastic crowd at Dogtown Roadhouse’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration Sunday night. Pictured above are (left to right) John Hill, Jake Thomas on drums, Luke Thomas and Janiah Allen. Karina Miller (left) and Emlyn […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 28, 2017. Joyce Esterhuizen of Manor House Teas hosts private teas and special event tea parties at Fiddlesticks Farmhouse, her home and Airbnb in Floyd. Guests recently gathered for a Christmas Tea, held in a library room of the restored farm house, home to the […]
