SugarFest at Sugar Mountain is December 10th & 11th!
We’ve got winter Olympians, Sugar Bear, the newest ski & snowboard equipment available for demo, fireworks, great camaraderie, authentic Southern bluegrass music, a chance to win a RIDE snowboard, real-live social networking, and a rail jam complete with prizes and giveaways.
SugarFest is sponsored by the Village of Sugar Mountain Tourism Development Authority and hosted by Sugar Mountain Resort. SugarFest is scheduled for Saturday, December 10th and Sunday, 11th, 2011.
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The ninth annual, two-day festival is packed with a long list of winter activities and coincides with Sugar’s 18th Annual Adult Preseason Ski Clinic. Olympic Gold & Silver medalist Diann Roffe and US National Sugar G Champion, Keely Kelleher top the list of the ski clinic’s coaching staff.
Both Saturday and Sunday from 9:00am until 3:30pm, 2012 ski & snowboard equipment will be available for demo. Salomon, Volkl, Nordica, Burton, Head, Never Summer, K2, Atomic, Dynastar, Rossignol, Ride, Line, Fisher and Forum will all be represented. You must have a valid lift/slope ticket as well as a valid driver’s license or credit card in order to demo the equipment. The Sugarfest demo is brought to you by Ski Country Sports.
1992 Olympic Figure Skating Silver Medalist, Paul Wylie dazzle us with his amazing talent followed by an on ice skating clinic and a meet and greet session Saturday at 3:00pm. No fee is required to watch Paul’s inspiring on-ice performance. However, if you would like to skate, a valid skate session ticket is required. Sugar’s ice rink is located next to the Dave Nixon Pro Shop adjacent to parking lot D and is open for one hour and thirty minutes sessions from 10:00am until 10:00pm.
With Mother Nature’s cooperation and the newly installed snowmaking machines designated solely for the tubing area, Sugar’s Tubing Park will be open for six sessions each day beginning at 10:00am and ending a 10:00pm.
The entire family will be wowed by the thunderous and spectacular fireworks display at the base of Sugar Mountain Resort, Saturday evening at 5:45pm. Après ski isn’t a thing of the past. Kick off your ski boots, pull up a chair; indulge in some good food and warm drinks while enjoying live bluegrass music by Boss Hawg from 4:00pm until 7:00pm.
Come out and watch or throw down with some the area’s best riders in the RIDE Rail Jam Expression Session at 12:00 noon on Sunday. The winner receives a RIDE snowboard. Additional prizes and giveaways provided by Alpine Ski Center and RIDE Snowboards.
Text “RIDEBOB” to 35350 or visit www.sugarfestnc.com to enter online for your chance to win one of six RIDE snowboards to be given away SugarFest weekend.
And while you’re here why not stay for a night or two! Lodging agencies within the Village of Sugar Mountain offer discounted rates for slope-side and on-mountain accommodations during SugarFest. Winter Value Packages are available too.
For more information please contact Sugar Mountain Resort at 800-SUGARMT.
Plan your High Country Ski Trip! Visit: SkiTheHighCountry.com!
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Sugar Mountain Ski Resort Reopens!
SUGAR MOUNTAIN SKI RESORT, NORTH CAROLINA. NOVEMBER 29, 2011 Mother Nature’s in charge! And Sugar Mountain Resort is hoping the third time’s a charm. The ski area reopens tomorrow, Wednesday, November 30, 2011 for skiing and snowboarding. Warm temperatures melted away the snow on Monday, November 21, 2011, temporarily shutting the ski area down for the second time this season.
Snowmaking began at 3 a.m. this morning and continues as temperatures dropped into the 20′s. Ray’s Weatherexpects three inches of fresh snow to blanket the slopes of Sugar Mountain by tomorrow. View Sugar’s live, streaming web cam at www.skisugar.com/sugarlive to gauge snow accumulations and slope conditions.
Tomorrow the Upper and Lower Flying Mile slopes providing a run of one mile long will be open. Summit #1 lift will operate to the 3/4′s station servicing both slopes for the day and 1/2 day sessions. Tomorrow’s lift/slope ticket prices will be $30 for an adult full-day session and $25 for an adult half-day session.
Ice skating will be open tomorrow as well. For daily skate session times please check www.skisugar.com/skating.
SugarFest, December 10th & 11th is just around the corner. If you’re looking for an early season deal, take advantage of our Winter Value Packages.
Please call 800-SUGAR-MT (784-2768) or view our website www.skisugar.com for the latest slope and weather conditions.
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Join us in welcoming new High Country Host member, Frogurt!
The High Country Host is pleased to welcome new member, Frogurt!
Located on at 668 Blowing Rock Road in Boone,
Frogurt Frozen Yogurt is…
Good for your bones :
An excellent source of calcium: Based on 2 servings (8 fl oz)
A well-balance diet with adequate calcium may reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Good for your tummy :
Contains probiotics to promote good health and wellness.
Helps maintain general digestive health
Good for you overall — Promotes good health and wellness :
Live Active cultures and probiotics to promote a healthy immune and digestive system
Low Sodium: Diets low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure.
Low Cholesterol: (NonFat / No sugar Added products)
Visit http://www.frogurtusa.com for more information!
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The Fall Boone Handmade Market is coming up on December 4th!
Start and end your holiday gift shopping in one day! The Fall Boone Handmade Market will be held at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts on December 4, 2011 from 1-5 p.m. This event is presented by the Arts Management Organization (AMO), an active Appalachian student club and is sponsored by Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts. Over ninety emerging and established artists of the High Country will be selling their locally homemade goods at this indoor arts market.
These local artists will be selling everything handmade from delicious sweet treats to jewelry, sculpture, pottery, various arts and crafts and more. This is a great opportunity to support your community, buy locally and add unique handmade gifts to your holiday shopping list! All vendors accept cash and checks and some of the vendors are able to able to accept credit cards. This event not only supports the High Countrys local art scene, but acts as the clubs main fundraiser to support similar art events that the club hosts on campus and around town.
VENDOR LIST
(as of November 10, 2011)
· A Little Art Here, A Little Art There (Sara Zagar)
· æTanner Photography (Ashley Tanner)
· after emily (Nikki Burris)
· Angelique Designs (Angi Covington)
· Apotheosis Herbal (Sara Leverett)
· Appalachian Mountain Knits (Merima Friedman)
· Aquarian Gems (Francine Barr)
· arudegirl (Susan Westphal)
· Bee Kind Family Farm (Jaime Cool)
· Bentley Originals (Teresa Bentley)
· Blue Ridge Botanicals (Lindsay Dicker)
· Bluebird Knits (Jill Maynard)
· Brookdell (Constance Dellinger-Brooks)
· By Meleah (Meleah Printz)
· Caffaknitted Designs (Katie Boyette)
· Caravan Botanicals (Jaimee Smith)
· Cathey Purvey (Cathey Purvey)
· Catwalk Pottery (Loretta Link)
· Celtic Dolphin Studios (Darla Sargeant)
· Cloister Honey (Sarah Young)
· Creations b y Sheila (Sheila Eckard)
· Critter Crafts – Spay-Neuter Committee Watauga Humane Society (Amy Carson)
· Dandy Dots (Catharine Milner)
· DogsKin Studio (John Peters)
· Elkland Art Center (Lexie Danner)
· Fatlighter Woodworks & MillerMark Pens (Gary Michael Barker)
· Fig and Honey/Hoopla Hoops (Anna Johnson)
· Finders Keepers (Brittne L. Cope)
· Fireflies (Jordan Stokes)
· FireWorx Pottery (Mark Murrey)
· Full Harbor and Fallow Fleet (Austin Saylor)
· Glendora’s Box (Glenda Stewart)
· Ineke’s Textural Expressions (Ineke Thomas)
· Jacob Ford Ceramics (Jacob Ford)
· JL Merrill Metalworks (Julie Louise Merrill)
· KAL Asymmetry Glassworks and Knitworks (Kelly Loughlin)
· Lauragami (Laura Miller)
· Layne Quilts A Little (Mareva Layne McDaniel)
· Leather & Copper (Chelsea Brendle)
· lovely Crafts (Doreen Cox)
· Luna Fae Designs (Brenda Jackson)
· Meg Parker (Meg Parker)
· Mountain Knit Wit and Candles (Mary Ferrell)
· National Art Education Association Student Chapter (Elizabeth Lauer)
· One+Tutu (Pamela D Allen)
· Outcasts & Exiles (Thomas Andrew Edmonds)
· Owl Handmade (Lindsey Sutphin)
· Payton-Alexis (Payton Brown)
· Pika Mountain (Torrey Tye)
· Poco Piu Mosso (Lindsay Scarborough)
· RagBags (Pam Washer)
· ReflectSpirit: Healing Art for Sustainable Wellness (Maloo Murrey)
· Salt Designs (Leanne Salt)
· Salvage Garden (Rebekah Epling)
· Shed Studios (Jonathan Smith)
· Sign Language (Sherry Markovitch)
· Silver & Stones (Judy Goodwin)
· Simple Bright Moon (Abby White)
· Southern Charms Jewelry (Laura Beth Surber)
· Tea and Leaf (William Mitro)
· The Quilting Biddys (BR Hoffman & Barb Elyea)
· Thompson Pottery (Brandon Thompson)
· Traveling Troubadour (Cody Maddox)
· Tyler Deal Artwork (Tyler Deal)
· Wild Creation (Anna Casebere)
· Windwalker Mountain Handcrafts (Dana Cox)
· Yellowfin Jewelry (Marta Toran)
· Alexandra Bradley
· Amber C. Brown
· Amber M. Dillingham
· Beck Long
· Courtney Evers
· Don Haywood
· Elizabeth Skinner
· Emily Meisner
· Emily Vanderlinden
· Gail Pillars
· Janes Richard Foley
· Joseph Duffer
· Justin Leitner
· Kathryn Copley
· Kelley Wolcott & Marty McCormick
· Laura Arbogast
· Lauren Bennett
· Marybeth R. Whalen
· Meagan O’Connor
· Megan Goble
· Samantha Jeanne McCalip
· Shelly Crandall
· Tiffany Christian
AMOs Mission
The Arts Management Organization seeks to promote professionalism and networking within arts fields by increasing the awareness of the arts on Appalachian State Universitys campus and in the community. This organization is open to Appalachian State University students and community members inspired by the arts and other expressive forms. Members seek to enrich the knowledge and appreciation of the arts for all who are involved. The objectives of AMO are: to create an environment in which to learn and shareprofessional practices; to enhance the lives of artists and students by promoting all forms of art within Appalachian State University and surrounding community by providing opportunities; to provide educational opportunities for participating students; and to create lasting partnerships with other campus organizations.
About the Turchin Center
The Turchin Center is located at 423 West King St., in Boone, NC. Hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday, and Noon 8 p.m., Friday. The Turchin Center is closed Sunday and Monday and observes all university holidays. There is no admission charge, although donations are gratefully accepted. For additional details about the Turchin Center or the upcoming exhibition program, please call 828-262-3017 or visit www.tcva.org.
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Blowing Rock’s Christmas in the Park & Lighting of the Town!
November 25th, 2011, Memorial Park, 828-295-5222
In the Gazebo
Hayrides through Blowing Rock ….. 4-9pm
Memorial Park
Airwalks …..2-7pm
Memorial Park
Free Hot Cider and Hot Chocolate ….. 5-9pm
Memorial Park
Caroling in the Park ….. 5-6:30pm
with the “Vagabonds”
Lighting of the Town….. 5:30pm
with Mayor JB Lawrence
Bluegrass Christmas….. 7-9pm
with Diana & Sarvis Ridge
***DON’T FORGET! The Christmas Parade will be held the following day on Saturday, November 26 at 2pm. ***
For more, visit: http://www.blowingrock.com
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Share the Warmth in the High Country this Winter
With many of our neighbors being unemployed or underemployed and winter on the horizon, there’s even more need to share the warmth and help others to fend off the cold. The Mast General Store is hosting its seventh annual Share the Warmth coat, sweater and blanket collection campaign from now until November 30th.
As we scurry about enjoying the cool days of fall, we all know that colder temperatures are on the way, and many of us are ready to face whatever weather the coming season has to offer. Unfortunately, there are some in our communities who aren’t as prepared.
The Mast General Store, along with Columbia Sportswear, invites you to share the warmth in your community by “sharing” your clean, gently-worn coats, jackets, sweaters, gloves, hats, and even blankets so others can be warm this winter. You can drop off your items at the Original Mast General Store and the Mast Store Annex in Valle Crucis. Your donation to the Original Store will go to the Eastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia tornado victims and the Valle Crucis Elementary School, and the Annex will be given to the Hospitality House and Valle Crucis Elementary. Donations at the Boone Mast Store will be given to Green Valley Elementary School as well as to the April 2011 tornado victims.
It was important to us that our community partner have direct access to those in need, said Fred Martin, president of the Mast Store. Our employees, our customers, and Columbia Sportswear are all eager to help our neighbors, so we want to ensure that these coats, jackets, sweaters and blankets will go to individuals who can use them.
For over 26 years, the Hospitality House has provided emergency shelter services and transitional family housing, operates the Bread of Life Community Kitchen, and administers WeCAN a crisis intervention and homeless prevention program in a seven county region.
Warm items will be given to teachers and staff at Valle Crucis and Green Valley Elementary Schools who will discreetly distribute coats to students they know could use extra layers for warmth this winter.
This past spring, thousands of Eastern Tennessee and Southwestern Virginia residents were permanently displaced when a historic outbreak of tornadoes swept away homes across the region. Countless losses have taken a tremendous toll on folks ravaged by the storms of April 2011 and because of their isolation and the size of their communities, many of their needs remain unmet.
This is the seventh year the Mast Store has undertaken this project to help provide coats for those in need in their home communities, and its the fifth time that Columbia has generously offered their own donation of 326 coats, which will be divided across all Mast Store communities. Our customers are always so helpful when we identify a need. We all have jackets and coats hanging in our closets or in storage that can be put to better use, said Martin. If you can help, please drop off your clean coats, jackets and blankets by November 30th.
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Downtown Boone Art Crawl on November 4th!
Join us for the Downtown Boone Art Crawl on the first Friday of every month!
Shop, mingle and meet local artists from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at our shops and galleries and stay late for live music, food and drinks at one of our many fine restaurants.
For more info and to download a brochure, visit: http://boone-nc.org/artcrawl2011
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Sugar Mountain Is Expanding Winter Fun!
Sugar Mountain, North Carolina Weather, weather, weather! If Mother Nature cooperates Sugar Mountain Resorts Tubing Park and outdoor Ice Rink will be open for Thanksgiving. New snowmaking machines designated solely for the tubing area will be positioned all season long in the Tubing Park. When temperatures drop, not only will the slopes begin to see their first blanket of snow but the Tubing Park will begin to take shape as well. As weather varies throughout the season, upgrades over the years including the key addition of snowmaking machines in the tubing park will allow for higher efficiency and more consistent conditions.
This year look for the tubing and ice skating season to match the ski & snowboard season. Sugar Mountain Resorts historical opening and closing dates as well as annual natural snowfall can be found at www.skisugar.com/press/stats.
Join us this season as we continue to make Sugar even sweeter. For additional information please call Sugar Mountain Resort: (828) 898-4521 or visit us at www.skisugar.com.
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Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Offers Lectures on Current Exhibitions in November
Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center for the Visual Arts is holding special lectures for two exhibitions that are currently on display through January 2012.
The first lecture on November 3 at 7 p.m. will discuss the artist and the exhibition, Living in the Light: A Retrospective, displaying a compilation of beloved photographer and former chair of the photography program at Appalachian State University, the late John Scarlata’s work.
On November 9, artist Val Lyle will hold a lecture on her current exhibition, Sanctuary, which emphasizes the aspects of life in the Appalachian mountains. Both lectures are free and open to the public. Call 828-262-3017 or visit www.tcva.org for more information.
Living in the Light: A Retrospective- John Scarlata
November 3, 2011
7-9 p.m.
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Lecture Hall
*Reception to follow in the galleries
Guest lecturers Jay Phyfer (Professor of photography and digital imaging, Virginia Intermont College), Gil Leebrick (Professor Emeritus and former Director of the Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University) and Pac McLaurin (Photography Department, Appalachian State University) joined by close friends of John Scarlata will gather for an in-depth conversation about the artists life and his work. Other special guests will include Joe Champagne (Professor of Photography & Digital Imaging Virginia Intermont College), Jackie Leebrick, Ben Garfinkle (Oakland California) and Tom Braswell (Photographer and Interim Gallery Director from Wellington B. Gray Gallery, East Carolina University). A reception will be held in the galleries immediately following the lecture.
Sanctuary- Val Lyle
November 9, 2011
7-8 p.m.
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts Lecture Hall
Join artist, Val Lyle as she discusses her latest work, Sanctuary located in the Mayer Gallery. This exhibition and installation continues the artist’s exploration about what it means to be a human being in Appalachia which is in its eighth incarnation of the exhibition.
Other Upcoming Events at the Turchin Center
First Friday Reception
November 4
Free and Open to the Public
7-9 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with Downtown Boone’s First Friday Art Crawl, the Turchin Center will be open for all visitors to come and celebrate the current exhibitions as well as welcome a new exhibition by painter, Gabriel Lehman celebrating the opening of his solo exhibition My World opening on November 4. Painter and installation artist, Val Lyle, will also be in the gallery to talk to guests about her exhibition Sanctuary.
Healing Arts: Yoga in theMayer Gallery
Saturdays, October 15, November 5 & 19
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts
10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.
$10 per participant
Inside Exhibitions
Free guided tours by one of Turchins volunteer docents one Saturday a month on the exhibition of their choice.
Visit www.tcva.org for more information.
Fall Workshops
Turchin Center offers a variety of arts workshops for kids, older teens and adults throughout the year. Visit www.tcva.org for more information on how you can register.
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Grandfather Mountain Celebrates A “Beary Scary Halloween”!
Celebrate Halloween with the creatures of the Grandfather Mountain Animal Habitats Saturday October 29th. Join in the first ever “Beary Scary Halloween” festivities and help the Mountain raise funds for renovations on Grandfather’s eagle habitat.
“We wanted to create a fun event that would give kids a chance to be more involved in the animals’ day and provide us with the opportunity to raise awareness about the improvements that we hope to make to our eagle habitat,” said Christie Tipton, habitat manager.
Halloween activities take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are included with regular admission. Kids in costume will get in at half price.
The day begins at 10 a.m. with Halloween-themed crafts in the Nature Museum. At 10:30 a.m. kids can go trick or treating in the animal habitats, which will be decorated in mummy, werewolf, ghost and graveyard themes.
At 11 a.m. Naturalists will meet by the Mildred the Bear statue in the Nature Museum to lead an interactive program titled “Going Batty for Bats.” Participants will learn all about bats and their importance to the environment.
Prepare to be captivated by ghost stories at 11:30 a.m. in the Nature Museum Auditorium. Local storytellers Maggie Christenbury and Owen Gray will lead scary tales to thrill the whole family.
At 12:30 p.m. kids get a chance to compete in a costume contest and vote on their favorite costume worn by the animal habitat staff. Voting takes place in the Nature Museum lobby.
Immediately following the costume contest, guests have a unique opportunity to participate in the animal enrichments by decorating pumpkins and other treats that will later be given to the animals. An enrichment is anything different that can help to break up the animals’ day such as a scent, a new toy or a treat.
Join the Mountain’s Naturalists in the Nature Museum at 1 p.m. for the “Creepy, Crawly Critters!” program. Participants will learn about creatures of the night, creatures that bite and other spooky animals.
At 2 p.m. the Habitat Staff will begin the animal enrichments. Meet at the deer overlook to watch the animals enjoy their decorated treats.
The last of the day’s programming will take place in front of the fudge shop at 2:45 p.m. An “Owl Encounter” allows guests to meet and learn about the spooky night prowlers that can be found in the High Country.
Throughout the day guests can learn more about the eagle habitat, special programs offered by habitat staff and additional opportunities to get involved on the Mountain. For more information, contact the habitat staff at 828-733-8715.
Grandfather Mountain is a globally recognized nature preserve famous for its 360-degree vistas, native wildlife habitats and Mile High Swinging Bridge. The attraction is located on US Highway 221, two miles north of Linville, NC, and one mile south of the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 305.
The Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation established to preserve Grandfather Mountain, operate the nature park in the public interest and participate in educational research activities.
For more information phone 800-468-7325 or plan a trip at www.grandfather.com.
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