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Coosa High School Choirs do a show in the spring featuring dance, solos and ensemble numbers celebrating a particular theme.  This year it is Cinemania – music from the movies.  We are staging Disney (Under the Sea, Belle, Colors of the Wind, etc.), The Ballade of Sweeney Todd, The Worst Pies in

…as seen on HometownHeadlines.com 

TONIGHT 

The report from the Harvest Moon is that Thursday night dinner is booming with the help from Russell McClanahan and the mOOn Crew. Extra excitement revolves around the addition of Timothy Reynolds, Model High School’s violin/fiddle prodigy.

Scott Warren & Friends are always up for a great night of acoustic Southern rock jams at the 400 Block Bar.

El Willie holds down his spot at Old Havana with his one man band performing jazz/, r&b, and soul classics and originals.

Plies is scheduled to pack out The Forum with his popular rap radio hits.

Last but definitely not least is the legendary Kingston Trio coming to the Cedartown Performing Arts Center.
They released the hit “Tom Dooley” in 1957 and have been touring the world ever since. I’m telling you, this place gets some phenomenal acts.

SATURDAY NIGHT 

There are lots of opportunity to enjoy this Saturday all day long.

The CRBI Waterfest will continue with the Canoe-a-thon paddle and race, the Environmental Fair, the Environmental Quiz Bowl and more Canoe and Kayak Tug of War.

The Chieftains Museum Herb & Plant Sale moved to the Coosa Valley Fairgrounds a few years back. This is a great opportunity to stock up on all kinds of goodies for your garden or flowerbed.

The North Georgia Blues Brothers started out as a one time show for fun. They had no idea how much of a hit they would be. Since then they have been requested to perform all over the place and have been going strong for a few years now, adding the Backstreet Boogie Band for live backup. Saturday night they will be doing their hilarious show at the DeSoto Theater. The benefits go toward the DeSoto Theater restoration fund.

The River is a country rock band out of Valdosta that has been entertaining crowds in the Southeast since ’94.
They have shared the stage with the biggest names in country. They will be at McCrobie’s Saturday night.

Redundant Starfish Therapy is a fusion jam band out of Cartersville who will be making their debut in Rome at
Opi’s Waterfront. It’s great to see all these new acts coming to town. Let’s hope this energy continues.

SUNDAY

David Bell will perform at McCrobie’s Sunday which is a great way to close out a great weekend.

Don’t forget that you can hear most of these bands from their links on MullinsMania.com. Even if you can’t make the show you can get a taste of the diverse music that is available in your beautiful Downtown.

ON THE RADIO 

Listen for Bryan Mullins of Mullinsmania.com on The Ridge 95.7 FM  with Matt D in the Morning just after the 8 a.m. news on Friday. Or catch him just before the news, at 7:50 a.m., with Elizabeth Davis on Talk Radio WLAQ 1410 AM.

A few weeks back I was playing a show at McCrobie’s when I was introduced by some friends to a couple named Steve and Faye. Steve had been playing music for years now in multiple bands and had formed his own line of guitars named Von Mir Guitars. They have lived in Rome for a few years now and he’s been crafting these guitars the whole time. It’s always nice to meet new talent in the area and his music is cool too. He is in the early process of putting some music together. You can check out more detail of the guitars and some samples of his music at this link.

http://vonmirguitars.blogspot.com/

Thanks for coming to the show Steve and I’ll be looking forward to hearing more from you in the future.

MINT Gallery

Let’s Exchange the Experience

an exhibition by Jess Hinshaw

Opening Reception:

Saturday, May 2^nd 8-11pm

On display by appointment from May 2^nd through May 16th

“A line of escape at one moment, fashion is recaptured in the network of images the next; frozen in the mirror of the mediascape, we gaze forever at our suspended moment of flight.”=Gail Faurschou             Mediated images and exaggerated realities surround us and constantly work towards fabricated personalities.  Sex becomes cynical in advertising=no longer an act of affection it becomes divided not into gender but into a more general dialogue of torturer and victim.  Taking cues from Jean Baudrillard and Marshall McLuhan, the works in this exhibition show this forced relationship we have with media and illustrates these false mirrors.  The prints contained in the exhibit are manipulated to show a more accurate relationship with media than the one presented to us.  

            Let’s Exchange the Experience deals with branded identities, our role as consumers, the hyper-real, and most importantly, the simulacra.

Images from the upcoming show can be viewed here:

Flickr.com/photos/jesshinshaw   under the Let’s Exchange the Experience folder.

MINT Gallery

Unit B

Atlanta, GA

mintgallery.org

ejamison@gmail.com

Del McCoury is Nashville. He is bluegrass and he is class. Del McCoury and his band show us all how it’s meant to be done. With old school sensibilities that find them dressed every night in their Sunday finest, Del and the boys crowd around their mics and remind us of a bygone day when musicians without talent would have been laughed off of the stage. There is no faking it with the Del McCoury Band. They play without nets, without crutches and without excuses. There is no distortion to hide behind, no drummer to tempo to, and the result is probably one of the most perfect bands on the road today.

On Saturday, May 9th, they will bring their set to the Cedartown Performing Arts Center in Cedartown, GA. for one performance, only.

Tickets are $25 to $35 and available by calling the Box Office at 770-748-4168 or online at www.CedartownShows.com. Showtime is 7:30pm

..as seen on HometownHeadlines.com… 

TONIGHT 

Russell McClanahan and the mOOn Crew continue to entertain the dinner crowd at Harvest Moon. The mOOn Crew offers a great string band performance.

Scott Warren belts out Southern rock originals and unworn covers of classic album rock with his friends at the 400 Block Bar.
El’ Willie plays classic jazz, r&b, and soul on keys and sax at Old Havana. Great for the atmosphere of Old Havana, Willie is an amazing talent.
Jeff Rogers plays acoustic country down at Opi’s Waterfront on the Oostanaula.

FRIDAY 

The DeSoto Theatre offers the second week of the Rome Little Theatre’s production of Stephen Sondheim’s Gypsy.
Leslie Gaddy hosts ladies night and plays acoustic southern rock and country at Opi’s Waterfront.
Breaking Vegas is the hard rocking alternative and modern rock band from Atlanta that will be lighting up the stage at McCrobie’s.

SATURDAY 

There will be storytelling at Chieftains Museum at a celebration called “Honoring Cherokee Tales.” Age old stories passed down will be told by tellers Barbara Reeves, Debby Brown, Jane Cunningham, Mary Elena Kirk, and the Grand Imagineer Gary Greene.
 

One of my favorite events of the year occurs Saturday. This is the Rome World Music and Dance Festival. This began for years ago as a benefit to assist tsunami victims. It has grown over the years to include all sorts of music and dance. Some highlights are the dazzling Kuchipudi dancer Sasikala Penumarthi, the Chattanooga based Afro-beat reggae fusion of Ogya, the madestic voice of Dwain Briggs, the local talent of world fusion group Devidasa, and the Appalachian sounds The Groundhawgs. These are just a few.

Schroeder’s Courtyard opens early this year for a special event featuring local hip-hop engineer and poet Kylie Devaron, the complex folk rock of BadLand Bad Boy and the sloppy folk rock of Muletide Perkins. This one will be starting early in order to foster a laid back afternoon atmosphere.

Black Friday will bring nothing but loud and heavy Southern metal to the stage at McCrobie’s.