Kings Mountain Herald
June 7, 2001
Summer
BY ALAN HODGE
Special to The Herald
This summer promises to be
one full of exciting musical and
cultural events in North
Carolina. Performing on stages
from the Great Smoky
Mountains to the Outer Banks, a
wide variety of acts will keep the
artistic home fires burning in the
Tar Heel state.
One of the most popular and
long-running outdoors dramas in
the nation, “Unto These Hills,”
will kick off it’s 51st season June
13 in Cherokee. The story of the
Cherokee Indians and their histo-
ry, the play begins with the dis-
covery of the Cherokees by
Spanish explorer Hernando
DeSoto and works its way up to
the removal of the Cherokee
from their lands in the mid-19th
century.
“Unto These Hills” will be
performed at 8:30 p.m. nightly
except Sundays at the
Mountainside Theater on
Highway 441 N. Tickets are are
$16 front row, $14 adults, and $6
for kids 6-13 years. Group dis-
counts are available. Call toll free
1-866-554-4557 for more informa-
tion.
The Blowing Rock Stage
Company plans a summer of
music and merriment at their
theater next door to Blowing
Rock Elementary School. Shows
slated for the June 14-September
20 season include “Camping
With Henry and Tom,”
“Always..Patsy Cline,” “Private
Lives,” and “I Love You, You're
Perfect, Now Change.”
The Blowing Rock Stage
Company has been presently
their shows since 1985 and per-
formances will take place 8:15
each evening, except Sunday
when there will be a 3 p.m. mati-
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nee. Call the box office at 1-800-
295-7851 to find out more. Ticket
prices are $18-24 for adults, and
$6-10 for students. Group rates
are also available.
June 28-July 29 will see the
Appalachian Summer Festival in
Boone take place. Called one of
the “nation’s leading regional arts
festivals,” the Appalachian
Summer Festival will feature
music performed by jazz, folk,
and classical artists, ballet, dance,
drama, and visual arts.
Performances will take place at
various venues on and around
the Appalachian State University
campus.
Most events will take place at
8 p.m. Other times and matinees
will also be scheduled. Tickets for
the Appalachian Summer Festival
are $12-14 for adults, and $9-14
for students. Children under 12
years may attend for $2. Call the
box office at 1-800-841-ARTS to
find out more.
High flying legs will be the
order when the American Dance
Festival comes to Durham June 7-
July 21. Praised as “the world’s
greatest dance festival,” this évent
will feattire performers from
groups such as Garth Fagan
Dance, John Jasperse Company,
Rennie Harris Puremovement,
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American Dance Festival
shows will be held at Page
Auditorium and Reynolds
Industries Theater on Duke
University West Campus. Prices
range from $8.50 to $35. The box
office number is 1-919-684-4444,
and the administrative office is 1-
919-684-6402.
Now in its 69th season, the
Charlotte Symphony Summer
Pops Concert series will be com-
ing to the lawn at South Park,
4400 Sharon Road, June 8-July 4.
Themes for this year’s concerts
will include “Symphonic
Cinema,” “Symphonic Stars and
Stripes,” and “La Sinfonica
Loca.” The CSO Pops concerts
regularly draw 100,000 folks
each year.
Summer Pops show times
are 8 p.m. and there is no admis-
sion charge. The phone number
is 704-972-2000.
In Winston-Salem, the
National Black Theatre Festival
will be held July 30-August 4 at
various venues around town.
Directed by Larry Leon Hamlin,
this series of shows will include
black performers from Europe,
Africa, the Caribbean, and the
U.S. Over 40,000 people are
expected to attend the event
which has been dubbed “An
International Celebration and
Reunion of Spirit.”
For more information on the
National Black Theater Festival,
call 1-336-723-2266. Prices for
admission will range from $10-
35. A website is also available at
www.NBTF.org.
Classical music buffs will be
full of ardor when the Eastern
Music Festival comes to
Greensboro June 23 through
July 28. Celebrating its 40th
anniversary this year, the
Eastern Music Festival is not
only a five-week professional
concert series, but also a training
session for talented young musi-
cians.
Most performances for the
Eastern Music Festival will be
held at Dana Auditorium on the
campus of Guilford College.
Times are 8 p.m. Monday
through Saturday. The toll free
box office number is 1-877-833-
6753. All concerts require a tick-
et and advance purchase is rec-
ommended.
Rounding out this tour of
North Carolina summer cultural
festivals is the legendary out-
door drama “The Lost Colony.”
Held Monday through Saturday
nights at 8:30 p.m. June 1
through August 24, “The Lost
Colony” is staged at Waterside
Theater in Manteo. The longest
running outdoor drama in the
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land, “The Lost Colony” has
seen many famous actors and
actresses cross its stage, includ-
ing a youthful Andy Griffith.
For more information on
“The Lost Colony” call the box
office at 1-800-488-5012.
For a great guide to summer
cultural events in North
Carolina, call the N.C. Arts.
Council and ask for a copy of
their booklet, “A Guide to North
Carolina Music, Dance, and
Theater.” The Arts Council also
has a website at www.ncarts.org
with a list of events.
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