Take Hip Abduction meets Jack Johnson, add a Police number and a little Grateful Dead into the mix of outstanding originals from a band called Danger Muffin and you’ll get an unforgettable dance party. Kudos to Kris Hodges who booked the band before Floydfest 23 got cancelled and to the Dogtown Roadhouse crew who brought […]
Tiger lily is one of the native plants you can find along The Blue Ridge Parkway this time of year. I’m always surprised to see so many swaths of bergamot (not the plant that flavors tea to make it Earl Grey), aka bee balm, as I ride by. I brake for Gayfeather, aka Blazing Stars. […]
Every little thing’s gonna be alright. “These are your people,” I said to my dancing friend Deb who plays trombone with Music Road Co. “The horn people!” Jah Love!
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Miles of native beauties A parade of pink petals A yearly celebration of summer in the Blue Ridge Mountains
It was our friend Starroot’s 76th birthday and I couldn’t get the song “76 Trombones Led the Big Parade” out of my head. I wanted to sing it to her instead of “Happy Birthday.” The UFO cake (made by our Outer Space friend Barbara) was a celebrity that everyone wanted a picture of. Starroot said […]
No fireworks this year, but we had a special guest player for our Tuesday Scrabble game, Chris’s daughter Greta who was in town from California. This is as close to getting on the Floyd Country Store stage as I’m ever gonna get. Greta (the word great is in greta) and I go way back. We […]
Live Music and dancing filled the Roadhouse Saturday from 8 to midnight. It was a home game. It was a CD release party for Floyd’s own Music Road Co, and a party it was. Appalachian Space Train opened the show with some rockin tunes. Just imagine being at a full-house live-music party where there were […]
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STOP for our Appalachian species, a procession celebrating our region’s biodiversity. Hosted primarily by Springhouse Community School, the giant puppets were mostly handmade at puppet making workshops in town. Downtown looks better with giant puppets. “In the name of the birds, the bees and the breeze,” Emily Dickinson said. Follow the Leader to Where the […]
It’s helpful when you co-own a great venue and your outdoor wedding needs an indoor home because it’s raining outside. The community came together to celebrate the marriage of Dogtown co-owner Elizabeth and Jake under the chuppah. It was a family affair. Part tradition and part Floyd style with a potluck spread to rival any […]
