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2008 Season

 

Features

 

America’s Food Tradition, by Gary Nabhan; a Zahner Lecture   532

Colonel Bill Bathurst: Into the Wind; organ transplants        512

Because They Cared…A Tribute to our Volunteer Fire Departments 517

     Kathy Whiteside

     Ran Shaffner

     Patti Wheeler

Book Talk with Mary Lou Worley:

     American Savior by Roland Merullo       530

Boone Activity Center Dedication       520

Cabin Ben: A Tour by Lewis Doggett       518

Carnivorous Plants in Highlands, Marc Milne, researcher 509

Center for Life Enrichment with  503

     Dr. Mark Whitehead

     Dr. Brian Railsback

     Dr. Jim Costa

     Stacy Herman

Dowsing: Tucker Chambers         531

Dry Falls Renovation Update      520

Election Day question:

    Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future?      528

Favorite Botanicals of the Highlands Plateau, a one-of-a-kind book by Rosemary Stiefel 513

     A Conversation with Rosemary Stiefel, Glenda Zahner, and Mary Adair Leslie

Fourth of July Question: What is your birthday wish for your country?        510

Gary Carden, Storyteller: a visit to great-grandmother’s house   502

Get Bill Shakespeare Off the Stage!  Behind the Scenes 501

Green Salamanders at Biscuit Rock,

 A Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust eco-tour      526

Haiti Mission of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation   511

     Rev. Brian Sullivan

     Leneus Joseph

     Jane Chalker

     Dr. Henry Salzarulo

     Bob Fisher

Highlands Emergency Council        530

     Mary Anne Creswell

     Kathleen Wilson

     Ann Chastain

Highlands Motoring Festival        520

Highlands Plateau Greenway: Trail Building       519

Impact of Gravel Roads on Streams:

     A project of the 2008 Institute for the Environment students    528

Dr. Mary Lapham, portrayed by Helen Regnery      506

Mountain Findings, with            506

     Larry Brannon and

     Dorothy Arbuthnot

Edgar Owens, with Ellis Head               526

Jesse Ray Owens        523

Jesse Ray and Edgar Owens:       532

     A Tour of their Apple Orchard

     Ginseng

Hillrie Quin: A Life of Hiking   505

Ib Raae: Poetry Reading    522

Ranger Falls Trail, with Jim Whitehurst        521

Tom Roddy: Artist  505

Salamanders and Golf Courses: A Research Project     515

     Mark Mackey, researcher

     Fred Gehrisch, Golf Course Superintendent, HFCC

Sculpture on the Green: 2008 Biannual Exhibition   508

     Opening June 14

     Tour with Wesley Wofford, sculptor

Ran Shaffner: New History of Highlands in Photographs    513

Suzanne Sloan, Jewelry with Attitude 521

Southern Appalachian Bogs          509

 Marc Milne

 Gary Wein, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust

Southern Living 2008 Idea House: A Sneak Preview     510

     Charlie Ball, developer of Whisper Mountain

     Jack Bebber, Eco Builders

The Bascom:  504

     Tour of the site with Pat Taylor

     The Bridgebuilders

     The Bridge Pull

The Bascom Hard-hat Tour       529

Trip and Pumpkin: the Adopt-A-Horse program at Carpe Diem Farms    528

Walter Wilson, interviewed by Ran Shaffner         531

Wright family donates portraits to the Highlands Historical Society          530

 

Events

 

Bees and Honey at the Highlands Nature Center        518

Blessing of the Animals        524

Bug Hill Cottage Dedication, Highlands Historical Society       506

Carpe Diem Farms:        519

    Dedication of Cora’s Cabin

    Pumpkin, miniature horse

Christmas in Highlands   533

     Highlands Christmas Parade       

     Carol Sing at the First Presbyterian Church        

         featuring Margaret and Johnathon McAllister     

     La Noche Navidena          

     Father Christmas’ Favorite Chamber Music         

Culinary Festival    529

     Opening Reception

     SweeTreats

     Paoletti’s

     On the Verandah

     Cyprus

     Fireside

Fibber’s: Christmas Greetings  532

Fibber’s: Summer Fashion Show    508

Fashion Show: Apparel Development Class at Highlands High School     503

Flag Retirement Ceremony: Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts/ Girl Scouts     510

Fourth of July in Highlands        510

Friends for Life Benefit       523

Future Chefs of America, cooking class for kids at On the Verandah   514

Green Living Fair, sponsored by Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance      514

Phillipa Gregory, author, comes to Highlands         524

Halloween!         527

Highlands Crafts Show        524

Highlands Fire and Rescue Open House         514

Highlands High School Graduation     507

     Sally Wheeler, Salutatorian

     Buck Trott, Commencement Speaker

     Kyle Lassiter, Valedictorian

Highlands Plateau Important Bird Area Dedication—Audubon Society   503

Highlands School Fall Festival           525

Highlands Town Meeting: Shortoff Woods         515

Hospital Co-Workers For The Cure BBQ Fundraiser      516

Library Card Sign-up Month       519

Life Chain: A Protest against Abortion       524

Literacy Council Premiere Gala Promo     515

Literacy Council Premiere Gala         517

Memorial Day at Pine Street Park:    504

Highlands Village Square Craft Show   

The Highlander’s 50th birthday party 

Roland Mesnier, White House Pastry Chef: Tea     505

Mountain Garden Club Plant Sale    504

Mountain Lakes 5K Race   502

Mountains In Bloom: The Bascom Garden Tours and Flower Show 512

Name this Park!        519

Needlepoint Sampler Display at the Hudson Library        519

Old Edwards Inn and Spa: Business AfterHours       515

Party on the Hill            526

Pumpkin Carving at Mountain Fresh          526

Relay for Life     517

Regina Ress: Storytelling at the Hudson Library        516

Shakespeare in the Park: Midsummer Night’s Dream       516

The Bascom: Autumn Leaves party        523

Turkey Shoot; Scaly Mountain     522

 

Bascom Openings

 

Child Art Exhibit                  502

Contemporary Folk Art        517

Juried Show                            524

Middle of Nowhere                508

     Opening June 21

     Interview with artist Steve Johannessen

     Kaleidos, a film by Steve Johannessen

 

Music

 

Bach At Buck’s: Vega String Quartet            512

     A movement from Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor

Beethoven and Bluegrass, the Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Final Gala   516

     Punch Brothers: “Something”

     Blair String Quartet: Beethoven Fugue

Beethoven’s Cello and Piano Sonatas:       525

     A conversation between William Ransom and Sara Sant’Ambrogio

Brahms Requiem, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation  502

     Behold All Flesh is As the Grass

     How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

Brahms Waltzes, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation      511

East Meets West: a Concert by Russill Paul         518

Edoardo Catemario, classical guitarist       514

Grass Roots Revue        516

Highlands Male Chorus        522

Little Church of the Wildwood      513

Mountain Music Series first 2008 concert         509

    Interview with Dr. Terry Tritt, physicist and musician

     Grass Roots Revue

Smoky Mountain Brass Band, a free concert given by Center for Life Enrichment        506

 

Dr. Debra Wagner - Healthy Foods

 

Part One: Antioxidants     516

Part Two: Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables        521

Part Three: Food for the Mind          522

Part Four: Vitamin D           524

Part Five                    525

Part Six: Effects of a High-fat Meal           526

 

Nature

 

Dry River Year 3         516

October Snow           530

 

 

Show Contents:

 

Show 533:

Christmas in Highlands

     Highlands Christmas Parade

     Carol Sing at the First Presbyterian Church

         Featuring Margaret and Johnathon McAllister

     La Noche Navidena

     Father Christmas’ Favorite Chamber Music

 

Show 532:

America’s Food Tradition, by Gary Nabhan

     A Zahner Lecture

Jesse Ray and Edgar Owens:

     A Tour of their Apple Orchard

     Ginseng

Christmas Greetings from Fibber’s Closet

 

Show 531:

Walter Wilson, interviewed by Ran Shaffner

Dowsing: Tucker Chambers

 

 

Show 530:

Highlands Emergency Council

Book Talk with Mary Lou Worley:

     American Savior by Roland Merullo

Wright family donates portraits to the

     Highlands Historical Society

October Snow

 

Show 529:

The Bascom: Hard-hat Tour

Scenes from the Second Annual Culinary Festival

     Opening Reception

     SweeTreats

     Paoletti’s

    On the Verandah

     Cyprus

     Fireside

 

Show 528:

Election Day question:

    Are you optimistic or pessimistic about the future?

The Impact of Gravel Roads on Streams:

     A project of the 2008 Institute for the Environment students

Trip and Pumpkin: the Adopt-A-Horse program at

     Carpe Diem Farms

 

Show 527:

Halloween!

 

Show 526:

Edgar Owens, with Ellis Head

Green Salamanders at Biscuit Rock,

     A Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust eco-tour

Pumpkin Carving at Mountain Fresh

Dr. Debra Wagner Healthy Foods Part Six:

     Effects of a High-fat Meal

Party on the Hill

 

Show 525:

Beethoven’s Cello and Piano Sonatas:

 A conversation between

     William Ransom and

     Sara Sant’Ambrogio

Highlands School Fall Festival

Dr. Debra Wagner Healthy Foods Part Five

 

Show 524:

Blessing of the Animals

Life Chain: A Protest against Abortion

Highlands Crafts Show

The Bascom: Juried Show Opening

Dr. Debra Wagner Healthy Foods Part Four:

     Vitamin D

Phillipa Gregory, author, comes to Highlands

 

Show 523:

A Visit with Jesse Ray Owens

Friends for Life Benefit

The Bascom: Autumn Leaves party

 

Show 522:

Highlands Male Chorus

Poetry Reading: Ib Raae

Scaly Mountain Turkey Shoot

Dr. Debra Wagner Healthy Foods Part Three:

     Food for the Mind

 

Show 521:

Ranger Falls Trail, with Jim Whitehurst

Jewelry with Attitude, by Suzanne Sloan

Dr. Debra Wagner Healthy Foods Part Two:

     Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables

 

Show 520:

Highlands Motoring Festival

Dry Falls Renovation Update

Boone Activity Center Dedication

 

Show 519:

Highlands Plateau Greenway: Trail Building

Name this Park!

Carpe Diem Farms:

    Dedication of Cora’s Cabin

    Pumpkin, miniature horse

Library Card Sign-up Month

Needlepoint Sampler Display at the Hudson Library

 

Show 518:

Cabin Ben: A Tour by Lewis Doggett

Bees and Honey at the Highlands Nature Center

East Meets West: a Concert by Russill Paul

 

Show 517:

Because They Cared…A Tribute to our Volunteer Fire Departments

 With:

     Kathy Whiteside

     Ran Shaffner

     Patti Wheeler

Relay for Life

Literacy Council Premiere Gala

The Bascom: Contemporary Folk Art

 

Show 516:

Highlands-Cashiers Chamber Music Final Gala

    Punch Brothers: “Something”

    Blair String Quartet: Beethoven Fugue

Dr. Debra Wagner Healthy Foods Part One: Antioxidants

Dry River Year 3

Hospital Co-Workers For The Cure BBQ Fundraiser

Grass Roots Revue

Regina Ress: Storytelling at the Hudson Library

Shakespeare in the Park: Midsummer Night’s Dream

 

Show 515:

Salamanders and Golf Courses: A Research Project

     Mark Mackey, researcher

Highlands Town Meeting: Shortoff Woods

Promo for Literacy Council Premiere Gala

Old Edwards Inn and Spa: Business AfterHours

 

Show 514:

Edoardo Catemario, classical guitarist

Future Chefs of America, cooking class for kids

     at On the Verandah

Highlands Fire and Rescue Open House

Green Living Fair, sponsored by

     Jackson-Macon Conservation Alliance

Show 513:

Favorite Botanicals of the Highlands Plateau, a one-of-a-kind book by Rosemary Stiefel

     A Conversation with Rosemary Stiefel, Glenda Zahner, and Mary Adair Leslie

 

Little Church of the Wildwood

Ran Shaffner: New History of Highlands in Photographs

 

Show 512:

Into The Wind: Colonel Bill Bathurst discusses organ tranplants

Mountains In Bloom: The Bascom

    Garden Tours and Flower Show

Bach At Buck’s: Vega String Quartet

     A movement from Debussy’s String Quartet in G minor

 

Show 511:

Haiti Mission of the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation

     Rev. Brian Sullivan

     Leneus Joseph

     Jane Chalker

     Dr. Henry Salzarulo

     Bob Fisher

Brahms Waltzes, performed at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation,

     Fletcher Wolfe, director

 

Show 510:

Southern Living 2008 Idea House: A Sneak Preview

     Jack Bebber, Eco Builders

Fourth of July in Highlands

Flag Retirement Ceremony: Boy Scouts/Cub Scouts/ Girl Scouts

Question: What is your birthday wish for your country?

 

Show 509:

Carnivorous Plants in Highlands

     Marc Milne, researcher

Southern Appalachian Bogs

     Gary Wein, Highlands-Cashiers Land Trust

Mountain Music Series first 2008 concert

    Interview with Dr. Terry Tritt, physicist and musician

     Grass Roots Revue

 

Show 508:

Sculpture on the Green: 2008 Biannual Exhibition

     Opening June 14

     Tour with Wesley Wofford, sculptor

  Middle of Nowhere, exhibit at The Bascom

     Opening June 21

     Interview with artist Steve Johannessen

     Kaleidos, a film by Steve Johannessen

  Summer Fashion Show at Fibber Magee’s Closet

 

Show 507:

Highlands High School Graduation

    Sally Wheeler, Salutatorian

     Buck Trott, Commencement Speaker

     Kyle Lassiter, Valedictorian

 

Show 506:

Dedication of the Bug Hill Cottage, Highlands Historical Society

    The Life of Dr. Mary Lapham, portrayed by Helen Regnery

 Mountain Findings, with

    Larry Brannon and Dorothy Arbuthnot

Smoky Mountain Brass Band, a free concert given by Center for Life Enrichment

 

Show 505:

Tom Roddy: Artist

Hillrie Quin: A Life of Hiking

Tea with Roland Mesnier, White House Pastry Chef

 

Show 504:

The Bascom:

     Tour of the site with Pat Taylor

     The Bridgebuilders

     The Bridge Pull

Mountain Garden Club Plant Sale

Pine Street Park: 

    Highlands Village Square Craft Show 

    The Highlander’s 50th birthday party

 

Show 503:

Center for Life Enrichment with

     Dr. Mark Whitehead

     Dr. Brian Railsback

     Dr. Jim Costa

     Stacy Herman

Dedication of the Highlands Plateau

     Important Bird Area—Audubon Society

Fashion Show: Apparel Development Class

     At Highlands High Schoo

 

Show 502:

Brahms Requiem, performed at the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation

     Behold All Flesh is As the Grass

     How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place

Mountain Lakes 5K Race

Child Art Exhibit at The Bascom

Gary Carden, Storyteller: a visit to great-grandmother’s house

 

Show 501:

Behind the Scenes of the Highlands High School production of

     Get Bill Shakespeare Off the Stage!