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WEEKEND TIPOFF: Play festival, train tales, piano

WHEN play festival is Friday

The advanced theatre classes of four public high schools will showcase four 30-minute plays they have created during the seventh annual WHEN performance at 6 p.m. Friday, March 18, at Hendersonville High School.

WHEN, which stands for West Henderson, Hendersonville, East Henderson and North Henderson high schools, connects students and celebrates creativity through a formal production.
Early in the new year, the four county high school theatre teachers come up with a line of dialogue, one prop and one incident the students must use to create a new work of theatre. This year, the teachers also selected a decade from history. This year’s prompts include a birdcage (prop), the return of a loved one (incident) and “Artichokes!” (line of dialogue). The play must be set in the 1970s.
The students have five weeks to create, write, design and rehearse their production. Each group has a limited budget of $100. All the energy culminates in a public performance, critiqued by area theatre professionals.
‘Anything can happen’
in comic hypnotism act
Gutbusters Comedy Club presents comic hypnotist Steve Meade in “The Comedy
Hypnotism Tour” at 8 p.m. Friday, March 25, and Saturday, March 26.
Meade is a popular hypnotist using the power of hypnotism to get volunteers to act out a variety of hilarious scenarios. The Comedy Hypnotism Tour is a two-hour unscripted performance where anything is possible.
Admission is $15. Soft drinks, beer, wine and mixed drinks and foods are available for purchase. Gutbusters Comedy Club is performed at the Hendersonville Community Theatre at 229 S. Washington St. Reservations may be made by calling 828-692-1082 or on line at Gutbusters.com.

Train Tales tells of depot in the ’60s


SALUDA — Billy Shand will share stories of riding passenger trains up and down the Saluda Grade in a talk at 6:30 p.m. at the Saluda Historic Depot on Friday, March 18.
Shand’s great-grandfather built one of the first summer homes in Saluda. Since he was an infant, Billy Shand spent most summers in Saluda and enjoyed visiting the depot under the watchful eye of stationmaster, Doran Fisher. He will share with the audience memories of riding the Carolina Special to and from Saluda from his home in the South Carolina Low Country.
Saluda Train Tales is a free monthly event to educate the community of the importance of Saluda’s railroad history and the Saluda Grade. The events are at the Saluda Historic Depot, 32 W. Main St. For more information, contact Judy Ward at 828-674-5958 or judyward@charter.net or Cathy Jackson at 828-817-2876 or cathy@saludalifestyles.com.

‘Spring is in the Air’ at Square Dance Club


The Southern Lights Square and Round Dance Club will hold a “Spring is in the Air” dance on Saturday, March 19, at the Whitmire Activity Center on Lily Pond Road. An “Experienced Clothing Sale” will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Advanced dance is at 6 p.m. followed by early rounds at 7 and squares and rounds at 7:30 p.m. Caller: Stan Russell. Cuers: Lou and Al Krech. For information visit southernlights.org or Facebook.

BRCC concert series features classical pianist

The Blue Ridge Community College Concert Series will feature pianist Kirill Gliadkovsky at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in Thomas Auditorium on the campus. The program will feature works by Bach, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms.
Born in Moscow, Gliadkovsky made his first public appearance at the age of 6, attended the Tchaikovsky Conservatory and earned both master’s and doctor’s degrees in musical arts degrees at the University of Southern California. He has won numerous prizes at international piano competitions, and has performed at such music festivals as Aspen, Ventura, Music in the Mountains and Redlands Bowl in the U.S. and at the Credomatic Festival in Costa Rica.
Admission is $10 payable at the door; student admission is $5. For more information contact Dr. Kevin Ayesh at 828-694-1860 or kevina@blueridge.edu.

 

Tomfoolery features music and seafood


SALUDA — Saluda is setting the stage for some “Tomfoolery” on April 1 with an Oyster Roast at the Back Alley Barn behind Thompson’s Store/Ward’s Grill. This is a benefit to raise money for the purchase of the Saluda Historic Depot.
Doug and Bunny Williams of Chapin, S.C., will perform. They will be joined on the Back Alley Barn stage by Dick Goodwin, who has wowed audiences with his Dick Goodwin Bog Band and Dick Goodwin Quintet both nationally and abroad.
A Silent Auction will include numerous items from businesses and other sponsors of the event. Guests are encouraged to dress up in their finest “tomfoolery” costumes. Tickets are on sale at Thompson’s Store or at the Saluda Historic Depot Thursday through Sunday noon to 4 p.m. Reservations may be made by calling 828-749-2321. A ticket is good for a choice of Oysters or Seafood Gumbo and includes a beer and hushpuppies. The Back Alley Barn is at 24 Main Street. For more information, contact Judy Ward at 828-674-5958 or judyward@charter.net or Cathy Jackson at 828-817-2876 or cathy@saludalifestyles.com.