– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on September 3, 2015. When Triona Bason hiked to the top of Buffalo Mountain on August 14th, she was excited about her accomplishment. She posted a photo on Facebook from the 3,971 foot summit with a caption that read, “This is the sight of Buffalo Mountain. I […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press with a larger spread of photos on August 13, 2015. Whether it’s performance art, live music, theater or visual art, Floydfest has always been a canvas for creativity. Everything from the costumes worn to landscaped pools and gardens, and to the vending of fine art […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on August 20, 2015. Television news reporters from WSLS10 and WDBJ7 came out to film footage of Hands Across Our Land (HAOL), a nationwide citizen action that took place Tuesday at the Roanoke and Floyd County line on 221 and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The local […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 16, 2015. The inaugural Replenish Festival was kicked off over the weekend of July 10 – 12. A spirited showing of attendees enjoyed sunny weather, live music, good food and fellowship at the Burnett Farm in Willis. Celebrating faith, family and fun, the festival […]
– The following first appeared in the summer issue of About HER, a regional magazine insert. Margie Scott grew up about 40 miles north of Lyme Connecticut, the namesake and epicenter of Lyme Disease (LD), a borrelia bacteria infection transmitted to humans by the bite of infected deer ticks. Like most children growing in the […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 16, 2015 Every Saturday night through the months of April and May regional bands competed at the Phoenix, a new music venue in Roanoke owned by Floydfest founders Kris Hodges and Erika Johnson. The fan-voted Battle of the Bands was designed to foster the regional […]
The following is a selection from a spread of photos that first appeared in The Floyd Press on July 9, 2015. — Tara Hollandsworth sang the National Anthem after an Opening Prayer and Flag Presentation at Floyd’s 2015 July 4th Celebration. The Lady Buffs Allstar softball team (The Ponytails) got some help selling baked goods […]
A Phoenix Battle of the Bands winner, Bigmama Joy made it to the Floydfest’s pre-festival Showdown Throwdown. She was the only Floyd performer of 4 acts competing in the final battle of local bands, which took place at the Floydfest site Saturday June 20th. On back-up are others from Floyd: Tree Gigante and Emily […]
– The following first appeared with a larger selection of photos in the June 4, 2015 issue of The Floyd Press. Floyd County High School (FCHS) Principal Tony Deibler spoke to the 2015 graduating class about what it means to be awesome. “If you can be involved in something larger than yourself to improve […]
-The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 28, 2015. Floyd’s first Lyme Symposium took place May 16th at the EcoVillage. Organized by Margie Scott, the “Tick Talks” educational event drew over 100 attendees. Scott, who heads up the Floyd County Lyme Disease (LD) Support Network, said people came from all over the […]
– The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on May 28, 2015. Floyd Folks: Collective Wisdom from a (One Stoplight) Mountain Community is a new 151 page book published by Free Range Press in Willis. The press is the creation of Tommy Bailey and so is the book, a collection of stories about love, […]
-The following first appeared in the May 21, 2015 issue of The Floyd Pres with a larger spread of photos. The turnout was good for the first annual Mother’s Day Brunch, a fundraiser for Springhouse Community School. School advisors, students and parents worked together to create festive table settings and prepare locally sourced food for […]
