Street Dances are a Tradition in the NC Mountains

Get ready to kick up your heels or just enjoy watching a long time mountain tradition: Mountain Street Dances. Held on a regular schedule in a variety of mountain cities during the summer months the Mountain Street Dances are a favorite event for both locals and visitors alike. Check out these tow favorites this week:

Date: August 4, 2014
NC City: HENDERSONVILLE
Event: Street Dances Band: Appalachian Fire; Dancers: J. Creek Cloggers  Hendersonville's Street Dances have been a tradition for 92 years. The Street Dances features mountain heritage music and dance on Monday evening during the summer. Bring a chair and sit back, relax and enjoy mountain heritage music and dancing from 7:00-9:00PM. Seating area opens after 5:30.

Date: August 8, 2014
NC City: WAYNESVILLE
Event: Mountain Street Dance Put on your cloggin' & square dancin' shoes and enjoy an old-fashioned mountain hoedown. Live mountain music, demonstrations and instruction by local clogging teams. Refreshments are available for purchase. Limited bleacher seating available so feel free to bring a chair or blanket for the Courthouse lawn.

Brevard Music Center Festival Final Weekend for the Season

Brevard Music Center Festival schedule of performances:

 August 1, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: New Music 12:30 PM FREE event. 

 August 1, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Piccolo Opera 4:30 PM FREE event.

 August 1, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: The Pre-concert 6:30 PM Special pre-concert performances one hour before curtain, featuring BMC's students and artist faculty. FREE event.

 August 1, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Saint Saëns Organ Symphony   7:30 PM Brevard Concert Orchestra with Ken Lam, conductor and Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin. KHACHATURIAN Violin Concerto in D minor; SAINT-SAËNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78, "Organ". $15 - $45 

 August 2, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance:  Brevard Symphonic Winds 10:30 AM FREE event.
 
 August 2, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Sweeney Todd 2 PM Sondheim's dark tale of violence, revenge, and pies has remained popular since its Broadway debut in 1979. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score, Sweeney Todd sets the compelling story of the title character's obsessive search for revenge against Sondheim's characteristically complex and angular score. Join us as we close our 2014 opera season with this truly memorable performance. Tickets $40.
 
 August 2, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Pre-concert  6:30 PM Special pre-concert performances one hour before curtain, featuring BMC's students and artist faculty. FREE event.  

 August 2, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Brahms 1   7:30 PM Brevard Sinfonia with JoAnn Falletta, conductor and Norman Krieger, piano. DZUBAY Snake Alley; MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491; BRAHMS Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68. Tickets $15 - $45.
 
 August 3, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Pre-concert Talk 2 PM An informal talk one hour before curtain, conducted by a member of the artist faculty. . FREE event.
  
 August 3, 2014   Brevard Music Center Performance: Season Finale: Pictures at an Exhibition 3 PM Brevard Music Center Orchestra with JoAnn Falletta, conductor and Conrad Tao, piano. TCHEREPNIN La Princesse Lointaine, Op.4; RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18' MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition. Tickets $15 - $50.  

  Get event links and details HERE