The following first appeared in The Floyd Press. “Recording is the primary document used now. It used to be that the transcript was the primary document, but that’s no longer true,” said Eileen McAdam, one of the presenters of a two-day oral history workshop recently hosted by the Floyd Country Store. McAdam is the director […]
The following first appeared in a December 2012 issue of The Floyd Press. “We haven’t seen a crowd like this since Vice President Joe Biden was in town,” said Woody Crenshaw, as he greeted an overflow crowd at SustainFloyd’s Dine for a Cause “Souper Supper.” The December 9th fundraising event, held at the Floyd Country […]
~ The following first appeared in The Floyd Press on December 13, 2012 with a larger spread of photos and captions. The Young Actors Co-op (YAC) performed A Christmas Carol with a twist at the June Bug Center’s Black Box Theater over the weekend. It was done in rhyme, Dr. Seuss style, by the youngest […]
The following first appeared in The Floyd Press. “1-2-3, 1-2-3, 1-2-3” Katie Wells called out to her improvisation dance students at Dogtown’s Sun Hall on a recent Tuesday evening. It was the third class in an eight-week series, open to drop-ins and lovers of dance at all levels of experience. Under the direction of Wells, […]
~ The following first appeared (with a larger photo spread) in The Floyd Press newspaper on November 21, 2012 The community recently came out in large numbers to support Sekai Talley-LaRoche in a fundraiser benefit for COTA, the children’s organ transplant association that guides communities in raising funds for transplant-related expenses. Nineteen-year-old Sekai has Cystic […]
~ The following was published in The Floyd Press on November 2, 2012. Floyd Vice-Mayor Ross Miller read from the recent Roanoke Times endorsement of Anthony Flaccavento while introducing the 9th district congressional candidate at a fundraising dinner Sunday night. The dinner took place at Natasha’s Market Café and was hosted by Floyd Democratic Party […]
~ The following appeared in The Floyd Press newspaper on October 25, 2012. The Golden Ticket is scheduled to take place on November 3rd at 6:00 p.m. at the June Bug Center in Floyd. When Grace McCutchan came out on the other side of grieving for a loved one who committed suicide, she wanted to […]
– The following was published in The Floyd Press newspaper on October 25, 2012 It was an afternoon of firsts at the Floyd EcoVillage on Sunday. Virginia’s Blue Ridge Music Festival (VBRMF) – set to launch its first season from May 31 to June 9 – presented an inaugural concert featuring a chamber ensemble […]
~The following was published in The Floyd Press on October 4, 2012 and on the paper’s webpage HERE. The results of an April photo shoot on the streets of downtown Floyd and beyond will be exhibited at the Jacksonville Center for the Arts from October 5th to November 24th in a show titled A Portrait […]
~ The following appeared in the September 6, 2012 issue of The Floyd Press with an expanded selection of photos. Billed as “3 days of awesome,” the 1st annual Floyd Yoga Jam launched its inaugural festival over the Labor Day weekend, celebrating yoga, live music, dance and community along the banks of Greasy Creek, off […]
~The following was published in The Floyd Press on August 23. At the last installment of the town’s 2012 Jubilee celebrations (August 18), children enjoyed free face painting, bounce house jumping, sliding down a giant bounce slide and getting wet in a dunking pool. Random games in-between scheduled activities included an egg race, a three-legged […]
The following is an abbreviated version of the Fun Run Tractor Ride story and photos that were published in The Floyd Press on August 23. The weather was good and spirits were high for the sixth annual Floyd Tractor Fun Run on Saturday. A final count of 115 tractors made for a colorful display as […]
