Everyone's favorite purple dinosaur, Barney,
coming to Tweetsie Railroad july 15-17
BLOWING ROCK — HIT Entertainment,
a leading provider of quality preschool
entertainment, and Tweetsie Railroad
invite families to join Barney’^'^ as he sings
and dances to his favorite songs from July
15 to July 17 at North Carolina’s first theme
park. Everyone’s favorite purple dinosaur
will be performing for all his friends at 11
a.m. and 2 p.m. and will be available to pose
with Tweetsie guests for photos at 11:45
a.m. and 2:45 p.m.
The theme of Barney’s
special Sing-Along is
Barney’s Favorite
Songs and features 12
of Barney’s beloved
songs, including If
All the Raindrops, Mr.
Knickerbocker, and more.
Additional activities at Tweetsie Rail
road include a three-mile adventure on
a historic steam locomotive, amusement
park rides for all ages, live entertainment
including the Tweetsie Palace Saloon Show,
Tweetsie’s Magical Extravaganza, mascot
characters Hopper and Porter’s^“ popular
children’s show and more.
As a helping hand for growing children,
Barney helps parents give their children
the range of skills they need to grow — and
he always does it with lots of fun, music
and laughs. Barney & Friends™ episodes
are always filled with “Sharing, Caring,
Imagining, Dancing and Learning and can
be seen on PBS KIDS® and Sprout®.” For
more information about Barney and all his
friends, visit www.barneycom.
About Tweetsie Railroad
Tweetsie Railroad is open seven days
a week until Aug. 21 before
returning to the weekend
schedule from Aug. 26
through Oct. 30, including
Labor Day Monday.
The 2011 season ends
Sunday, Oct. 30. The
park’s regular hours are 9
a.m. to 6 p.m., but will be
open until 9 p.m. on July 2, 9 and 16 for Cool
Summer Nights. The Ghost Train® Hal
loween Festival will take place Friday and
Saturday nights Sept. 30 through Oct. 29
from 7:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Daily admission
is $34 for adults and $22 for children ages
three through 12. Children two and under
are admitted free. Print at home tickets and
Golden Rail Season Passes are available at
Tweetsie.com.
Tweetsie Railroad is located in the Blue
TM
Ridge Mountains on US. Highway 321 be
tween Boone and Blowing Rock.
For more information about the 2011
season at Tweetsie Railroad, visit Tweetsie.
com or call 877.TWEETSIE (877.893.3874).
Find Tweetsie on Facebook or follow
Tweetsie on Twitter @TweetsieRR.
About HIT Entertainment
HIT Entertainment is one of the world’s
leading independent children’s entertain
ment producers and rights-owners. HIT’S
portfolio includes properties such as
Thomas & Friends^^, Barney"^^, Bob the
Builder™, Angelina Ballerina™, Fireman
Sam™, Mike the KnighU“, Pingu™, and
Rainbow Magic™. HIT represents Chap
man Entertainment.
HIT also acts as representative for The
Wiggles® in the UK.
Launched in 1989, HIT’S lines of busi
ness span television and video production,
content distribution, publishing, consumer
products licensing and live events and has
operations in the UK, US, Canada, Hong
Kong and Japan. HIT is a part-owner of
US-based preschool channel. Sprout®.
For more information, visit www.hiten-
tertainment.com.
North Carolina Humanities
Council calls for submissions
The North Carolina Humani
ties Council, a statewide non
profit and affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities,
invites original entries of fiction,
creative nonfiction, or poetry for
the 2011 Linda Flowers Literary
Award. The postmark deadline
for submissions is Aug. 15, 2011.
There is no entry fee.
The Linda Flowers Literary
Award is given annually by the
North Carolina Humanities
Council for unpublished writing
that portrays North Carolina,
its people, and cultures. While
authors do not have to be North
Carolinians, entries are expected
to draw on North Carolina con
nections and/or memories.
The Humanities Council will
award the author of the winning
entry a cash prize of $500, publi
cation in the Council’s biannual
magazine North Carolina Con
versations, and support towards
a weeklong writer’s residency at
Weymouth Center for the Arts
and Humanities in Southern
Pines.
Entries should be no longer
than 2,500 words and five copies
of the entry should be submit
ted. For a complete description
and full submission guidelines
for the Linda Flowers Literary
Award, visit the North Carolina
Humanities Council Web site at
www.nchumanities.org.
With the Linda Flowers Liter
ary Award, the Council honors a
humanist, professor, and writer
who achieved the extraordinary
despite extraordinary odds. The
award recognizes people writing
now who care, as Flowers did,
about writing truthfully and
well.
The Humanities Council was
privileged to have Linda Flow
ers as one of its members from
1992 to 1998. In 2000, a colleague
at Flowers’ funeral remembered
her “tenacious” commitment to
truth-telling, “not being polite,
but telling the truth.”
Flowers reflected on her expe
rience with cancer in I Have Come
Home, published in the Humani
ties Council’s NC Crossroads
(May 1999). Flowers’ Throwed
Away: Failures of Progress in
Eastern North Carolina was pub
lished in 1993.
Mail entries to: North Carolina
Humanities Council, Attn: Dr.
Shelley Crisp, Executive Direc
tor, 122 N. Elm Street, Suite 601,
Greensboro, NC, 27401. Ques
tions may be directed to Crisp
at scrisp@nchumanities.org or
(336) 334-5383.
Results of ACBL Games
on Monday, June 27
North-South Winners
(1st )Carolyn Long, Helen
Hobgood (2nd) Nada Hundley,
Ruth Smith (3rd) Shirley Trib-
ley, Shirley Hanson
East-West Winners
(1st )Darcas Woody, Bea Hub
bard (2nd) Carol Monk, Frances
Wilkins (3rd) Gerry O’Neil,
John Barnard (4th) Cotton Pow
ell, Doris Powell
Results for ACBL Games
on Wednesday, June 22
Winners
(1st )Harry Ames, Gerry
O’Neil (2nd) Eloise White, Betty
Stewart (3rd/4th) Judy Long,
Martha Bradsher; Keith Starr,
Helen Starr
Briefs & events
Renaissance Festival
auditions underway —
opportunity to act, play
The Carolina Renaissance Festival, a combination of outdoor
theater, circus, arts and crafts fair, jousting tournament and
feast, will hold open auditions for street characters, musicians,
dancers and variety acts on Saturday, July 9 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
and Wednesday, July 13, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Spirit Square
Arts Center, 345 North College St. Charlotte (with additional
parking located at the 7th Street Station).
In addition to the roles mentioned above, the Renaissance
Festival is also seeking adult male actors to fill the featured
role of King. Those auditioning for king are required to meet
additional requirements which can be found at the Festival’s
Web site at RenFestInfo.com.
Professional and amateur opportunities are available. Pre
pared material, headshots, and resumes are appreciated but
not required. Auditionees should be age 16 or older. Contact
704-896-5555 or e-mail Vreanie@royalfaires.com to schedule an
audition appointment. Additional information can be found at:
www.RenFestInfo.com.
The 18th annual Renaissance Festival will be underway for
seven weekends, Saturdays and Sundays, Oct. 8 through Nov. 20, on
a 245 acre site minutes north of Charlotte, between Concord and
Huntersville, at the junction of NC 73 and Poplar Tent Road.
On Friday, July 1, the Person
County Recreation Arts and
Parks Department will present
the film Chicken Run on the big
screen at the Mayo Park Amphi
theatre. The film will begin at 9
p.m. or when it is dark enough
to project the film. Admission is
$2 per person. Anyone under 18
years of age must be accompanied
by an adult. The film is rated G.
For more information, call 336-
597-7806.
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Person County Recreation
Arts and Parks Department
will sponsor a free guided hike
at Mayo Park on Saturday, July
16 beginning at 9 a.m. from the
Environmental Education and
Community Center. The hike will
follow the Mayo Park trail system.
During the tour the ranger will
help identify trees and discuss the
role they play in the health of a
forest. For more information, call
336-597-7806.
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Person County Recreation
Arts and Parks Department will
host the ninth annual Mayo Lake
Canoe and Kayak Race on Sat-
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PERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
The Person County Board of County Commissioners will
hold a public hearing on Tuesday, July 5, 2011, at 7:00
p.m. in Room 215 of the Person County Office Building
(please use side entrance) located at 304 South Morgan
Street, Roxboro, North Carolina to hear the following:
1. Request for a Special Use Permit by BM Deep Water
Development, LLC to establish a Cluster Open Space
on Pinesborough Estates Road and a variation to the
existing road in Semora, Cunningham Township,
Residential (R) zoning district.
Citizens will have an opportunity to speak regarding the
above requests.
Site-specific information is on file with the Person County
Planning and Zoning Department, 325 S. Morgan Street,
Suite B.
This notice is published in accordance with the Person
County Planning Ordinance on June 22nd and June
29th, 2011.
Paula Murphy
Planning Director
June 22 £r 29
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urday, July 23. The 2.5 mile race
launch time is 10 a.m. and will
begin from the Mayo Park boat
landing fishing bank. Divisions
include female, male and mixed
along with age divisions. Early
registration by July 21 is $10 for
Person County residents and
registration the day of the race
from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. is $15.
For more information call 336-
597-7806.
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