8/29/2008:   SFS Free Film - Persepolis
Friday, August 29 2008, 7:00PM
Shepherd University Reynolds Hall
This animated film follows the life of a young Iranian woman.
Please join us at our opening reception on Friday, August 29 5:30-6:30pm at the War Memorial Bldg (102 E. German St.).
Unless otherwise noted, all films are screened on Fridays at 7:00PM in Shepherd University's Reynolds Hall and admission is FREE!

9/2/2008:   Audubon "Music in the Cedars" concert
9/2/2008: Audubon "Music in the Cedars" Concerts The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is again offering a series of free outdoor concerts this summer at its Yankauer Nature Preserve north of Shepherdstown. All the concerts are held rain or shineTuesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Preserve's covered pavilion. The September 2 concert will feature The Outpatients, a newgrass and rhythm & blues band that includes Steve Cifala, Jamie Daly, and Rob Receveur. Directions to the nature preserve are posted on the PVAS website at www.potomacaudubon.org. Those who attend are welcome to bring their own picnic suppers, but the preserve does not have trash pickup so audience members are asked to carry out everything they bring in. Picnic tables will be available in the pavilion on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees may also bring picnic blankets or chairs for their comfort. Please leave pets at home. For more information contact the society by email at PVASmail@aol.com or telephone at 304-676-3397.

9/3/2008:   Goose Route Arts Collaborative - Fall Dance Classes
Fall Classes in Dance, Acting, and Improvisation offered by Goose Route Arts Collaborative
Goose Route Arts Collaborative’s Fall session of classes for children and adults begins September 3 and runs through mid-December, culminating in an informal performance on Sunday, December 14. With an emphasis on originality over imitation and cooperation over competition, Goose Route’s classes aim to elicit imagination, artistry and true self-expression from people of all ages. All classes take place at the Shepherdstown Train Station, a beautiful, wood-floored space on Audrey Egle Drive, Shepherdstown. Ample parking is available at the Station.
Classes for children include “Mini Movers,” a creative movement and motor development skills class for ages 3-5 (Wednesdays, 5-5:30 pm); and “Meant to Move,” a fun and creative beginning dance class for ages 5-7 (Wednesdays, 4:15-5 pm).
Classes for adults and teens include “All Move Modern Dance,” a mixed level, low-stress, yet challenging class in which students rediscover their inner dancer (Wednesdays, 6-7:15 pm); “Dance Improvisation,” a class exploring spontaneous movement (Saturdays, 10:30 am-12 pm, September 6-October 11); “Contact Improvisation,” a fun and invigorating way to move with others (Saturdays, 10:30 am-12 pm, October 25-December 13); “Performance Lab,” a fulfilling opportunity for students to make and performoriginal dances (Wednesdays, 7:15-8 pm); and “Acting and Stage Movement,” exploring basic movement techniques useful in theatre and dance and providing an opportunity to practice and perform monologues (Mondays, 6-7:30 pm).
A workshop entitled “Mindful Movement” will be offered on Saturday, November 8, 1-3 pm. This workshop focuses on the connection between mind and body and brings awareness to one’s natural movement preferences, basic anatomy, and behavioral patterns that lead to injury, with the goal of using the mind to improve movement potential.
Classes will be taught by Kitty Clark and Ray Shaw, experienced performers, choreographers, and arts educators.
The complete schedule, along with tuition information and registration form, is available at www.gooseroute.org. For more information, call 304-876-6751.

9/3/2008:   Historic Shepherdstown & Museum - Annual Membership Meeting
7:00 p.m. at the Entler Hotel, 129 E. German St.
Refreshments served
Review of the past year, October 2007 - October 2008
Election of 2008-2009 Board Members
Presentation by Dr. Keith D. Alexander, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies & Coordinator, Historic Preservation Program of Shepherd University
Topic - "Raising Preservation's Profile - Service Learning and Historic Preservation"
Dr. Alexander will speak on his practice of providing opportunities for students to gain 'hands-on' experience with historic preservation, and the effects this has had on perceptions of historic preservation on the part of his students, their partners, and the local community. Dr. Alexander's students recently were involved in the preservation and cleaning of headstones at Christ Reformed Church, and he will also use this as an example of what can be accomplished with service learning. Dr. Alexander will also guide us through the steps necessary to safely clean headstones to preserve them.

9/5/2008:   SFS Free Film - C.R.A.Z.Y.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
Year: 2005
Language: French with English subtitles
Time: 127 minutes

It's a story of two love affairs: a father's love for his five sons, and one son's love for his father. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature. A mystical fable about a modern-day Christ-like figure, "C.R.A.Z.Y" exudes the beauty, the poetry and the madness of the human spirit in all its contradictions.
This film has won 37 awards, including seven for best film / best director.
This film is presented in conjunction with Shepherd University's Francophone Film Studies class.
Not rated.
Post-film discussion led by Dr. Rachel Ritterbusch.

9/5/2008-9/7/2008:   Fourth Annual Sotto Voce Poetry Festival
The fourth annual Sotto Voce Poetry Festival will be held in Shepherdstown September 5-7. Grace Cavalieri, who has authored numerous books of poetry, is one of four established poets whose work will be featured at the festival. The others will be Andrea Hollander Budy, Sarah Maclay, and Terrance Hayes. In addition to giving readings, the featured poets will lead small-group workshops which will be open to poets and writers of all skill levels. Cavalieri will lead a workshop on the dramatic poem. Budy will lead one on "Shaping the Poem: Managing Lines and Stanzas." Maclay will teach "En-Chant-Ment," a workshop in which participants will study poems that pull the reader in by "casting a spell." Hayes's workshop will be entitled "New Shadows: Moving Poems from Imitation to Innovation." Full details about the workshops and the rest of the Festival's schedule will be available by early June on the Festival's website at www.somondocopress.com/sottovoce. Those who wish to enroll in the workshops will be able to do so online through the website or by calling 301-667-1391. Early enrollment is encouraged because the workshops will be limited to 8 to 10 participants. The Festival was initiated in 2005 by Shepherdstown poet, novelist and playwright Hope Maxwell-Snyder. It is sponsored by HBP Inc., Christian Caine jewelers, Jefferson Security Bank, The Corporation of Shepherdstown, and Shepherd University.

9/9/2008:   Audubon "Music in the Cedars" Concert
The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is again offering a series of free outdoor concerts this summer at its Yankauer Nature Preserve north of Shepherdstown. All the concerts are held rain or shineTuesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Preserve's covered pavilion. The September 9 concert will feature the Rolling Coyotes, the popular local group that blends country-tinged folk with diverse instrumentation and vocals to describe unique places, characters and themes). Directions to the nature preserve are posted on the PVAS website at www.potomacaudubon.org. Those who attend are welcome to bring their own picnic suppers, but the preserve does not have trash pickup so audience members are asked to carry out everything they bring in. Picnic tables will be available in the pavilion on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees may also bring picnic blankets or chairs for their comfort. Please leave pets at home. For more information contact the society by email at PVASmail@aol.com or telephone at 304-676-3397.

9/12/2008:   SFS Free Film - Belizaire the Cajun
Director: Glen Pitre
Year: 1986
Language: English
Time: 103 minutes

The Cajuns of Louisiana, in the years before the Civil War, believe their long exile is over. But the peaceful coexistence with their Anglo-Saxon neighbors is about to end. A marauding band of Anglo vigilantes is burning Cajun homes and warning them to get out of town. The film's hero, Belizaire, practices folk medicine and dreams of his love for Alida, the Cajun woman who is married to Willoughby, the head of the vigilantes. The film's soundtrack features the Cajun music and singing of Michael Doucet and Beausoleil.
This film is presented in conjunction with Shepherd University's Francophone Film Studies class.
Rated PG.
Post-film discussion led by Dr. Rachel Ritterbusch.

9/13/2008:   Tastes and Sounds of the Town
Friends in Action of the Eastern Panhandle’s 2nd Annual Fundraising event - Benefiting Friends in Action of the Eastern Panhandle (FIAEP) Local restaurants and musicians support us by lending their wares and talents for a fun filled evening. Last year we had 16 restaurants participate by serving tastes of their delicious dishes while musicians performed and this takes place at the War Memorial Building (The Men’s Club). This year we will be adding a silent auction to be held during the same time at the Entler Hotel. TICKETS: TBA per person in support of FIAEP  For more information, contact Friends in Action of the Eastern Panhandle. 304-876-8500

9/16/2008:   Audubon "Music in the Cedars" Concert
9/16/2008: Audubon "Music in the Cedars" Concerts The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is again offering a series of free outdoor concerts this summer at its Yankauer Nature Preserve north of Shepherdstown. All the concerts are held rain or shineTuesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Preserve's covered pavilion. The September 16 concert will feature the Dilettantes (Jeff and Trudy Roth) who perform well-known acoustic folk songs with voice and guitar. Directions to the nature preserve are posted on the PVAS website at www.potomacaudubon.org. Those who attend are welcome to bring their own picnic suppers, but the preserve does not have trash pickup so audience members are asked to carry out everything they bring in. Picnic tables will be available in the pavilion on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees may also bring picnic blankets or chairs for their comfort. Please leave pets at home. For more information contact the society by email at PVASmail@aol.com or telephone at 304-676-3397.

9/21/2008:   Historic Backroads Century Tour
On Sunday, September 21st the Potomac Pedalers Touring Club of Washington DC will host their annual Historic Backroads Century Tour in the Shenandoah Valley. Held in Clarke County, VA and Jefferson County, WV, tours of 25, 50, 66, and 100 mile lengths will wind through backroads and past historic farms and homes. These tours are open to public participation.
Over the past two years, the PPTC has donated a portion of the proceeds to the Jefferson County Historical Society to help support the Society's work in celebrating the County's rich history.
For more information, visit the Club web site at: _http://bikepptc.org/node/3920_ (http://bikepptc.org/node/3920) or download the attached brochure which includes information and a registration form.

9/21/2008:   Blue Moon Cafe - Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek
Blue Moon Sundays Concert Series - Fall Season!
Family Friendly, Non-Smoking, Listening Room Atmosphere
Doors open 5:30pm; Shows start 7:00pm
Dinner and Drinks available for Purchase
Blue Moon Cafe - corner of Princess and High Streets, Shepherdstown WV
Venue website: www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com
More info: Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net
Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek - $12
Harmony Singin', Banjo, Guitar, Bass and Mando Pick'n Bluegrass Band of Old Friends
Colin Dunbar formed his first band in 1972 under the name of Mountain City Union. He says it was made up of two city slickers and two hillbillies - he, himself, being one of those hillbillies. Then, in 1980 he formed Sleepy Creek with three wonderful musicians. Band members changed over the years, but the band has come full-circle and is back to the early 80's edition with Dunbar on banjo, lead and tenor vocals, Joe Kent on guitar, lead and tenor vocals, Jeff Taulton on bass, as well as baritone and lead vocals and Buck Fisher on mandolin and occasional lead vocals.
Dunbar's musical roots go back to the great Smoky Mountains of western North Carolina where he spent his young life. His dad was a banjo and guitar player, as well as a great singer. His dad, he says, would sing lead and make him sing tenor. At first Dunbar played guitar, but then when his father passed away and his mother gave him his dad's banjo, he picked that up, too.
Dunbar is proud of the guys in the band. And, you can tell he really cares about them. "Joe Kent" he says, "is one of the best flat pickers you will ever hear, and he sings great tenor, too. Joe is a Midwesterner who came to this area by way of California. If Joe couldn't play music, he'd wither up and blow away."
"Jeff Taulton can sing and play bass with the best of'm, but he chooses to play bluegrass with Sleepy Creek. He's one of my best friends," says Dunbar, "and calls me his adopted dad. It's an honor. And, Buck Fisher was winning musical awards before he was 10 years old. He's forgotten more bluegrass than most musicians will ever know. He played guitar in the band for a few years and now handles the mandolin chores just as well."
Colin Dunbar & Sleepy Creek are regulars on stage at the West Virginia Mountain Heritage Arts & Crafts Festival each spring and fall in Harpers Ferry. And, Blue Moon Sundays is proud to open the fall concert season with this harmony singin', banjo, guitar, bass and mando pick'n bluegrass band of old friends.

9/23/2008:   Audubon "Music in the Cedars" Concert
9/23/2008: Audubon "Music in the Cedars" Concerts The Potomac Valley Audubon Society is again offering a series of free outdoor concerts this summer at its Yankauer Nature Preserve north of Shepherdstown. All the concerts are held rain or shineTuesday evenings from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Preserve's covered pavilion. The September 23 concert will feature Daryl Bryarly, who will perform folk, Civil War and Celtic favorites and originals on the Hammered Dulcimer). Directions to the nature preserve are posted on the PVAS website at www.potomacaudubon.org. Those who attend are welcome to bring their own picnic suppers, but the preserve does not have trash pickup so audience members are asked to carry out everything they bring in. Picnic tables will be available in the pavilion on a first-come, first-served basis. Attendees may also bring picnic blankets or chairs for their comfort. Please leave pets at home. For more information contact the society by email at PVASmail@aol.com or telephone at 304-676-3397.

9/28/2008:   Blue Moon Cafe - Hot Soup
Blue Moon Sundays Concert Series - Fall Season!
Family Friendly, Non-Smoking, Listening Room Atmosphere
Doors open 5:30pm; Shows start 7:00pm
Dinner and Drinks available for Purchase
Blue Moon Cafe - corner of Princess and High Streets, Shepherdstown WV
Venue website: www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com
More info: Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net
Hot Soup - $12
Zany Humor, Spirited Guitar, Harp, Conga, Ubang, and Percussion, as well as Scrumptious Three-part Harmonies
Website: www.hotsouptrio.com
The trio Hot Soup simmers with intelligent lyrics, zany humor, spirited musicality and scrumptious three-part harmony The recipe for this delectable concoction are the blended solo talents of Sue Trainor, Christina Muir and Jennie Avila. Their recordings continue to place this nationally touring trio among the most-played artists on international acoustic radio. The trio brings a rare blend of spontaneity and intimacy to their performances, often developing hilarious exchanges among themselves and with the audience. Their musical diversity extends to their instrumentation, including a variety of guitar stylings, harp, conga, ubang (a variety of udu), and small percussion such as kokkirico and window shutter. The focus, however, is always the sweet voices, trading lead vocals and capturing harmonies that raise goose bumps/ No surprise, really. All three are talented solo performers with recordings of their own in addition to Hot Soup, Soup Happens, and their latest release The Way You Like It. Sue Trainor is best known for satirical humor in her adult shows and imaginative musical play in her children's performances; her children's music CD Under Tables, Out Back Doors won the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum award. Christina Muir, the daughter of Ann Mayo Muir (of Bok, Trickett and Muir), builds on her musical heritage with her elegant vocals and lyrical instrumentation, insightful contemporary songwriting, and engaging repartee. Jennie Avila adds her magnetic stage presence, agile soprano, flavorful original songs, exotic birdcalls and groove-full percussion to CREATE an irresistible blend. "Like no one else in the business....truly unique," said the Boston Folk Festival. "Brimming with energy, intelligence and sweet harmonies, Hot Soup serves up a piping hot stew of original and traditional...tunes like no one else in the business. As they focus on a lively give and take of lead vocals and group harmonizing, the trio keeps it's music fresh and displays its talents with varied instrumentation.... The end result is a dazzling, intimate live performance that has earned praise from audiences across New England."

10/2/2008:   Good Shepherd Caregivers Fundraiser at Bavarian Inn
Charity Fundraiser Set for GOOD SHEPHERD CAREGIVERS!
Tastes from Around the World
Bavarian Inn’s Hunt Room and Patio
Thursday, October 2, 2008 at 6:30 PM
$65.00 per person
Please join us for this fabulous indoor/outdoor event featuring 4 wine/food stations of international cuisine (German, French, Italian, and South American) and over 15 different complementary wines carefully selected by:
BAVARIAN’S WINE EXPERT, DAVID ASAM & master CHEF WOLFGANG VOMEND
Ticket information available at: (304) 876-3325
Angie Hill @ ahill@gsivc.org

German Wine Station
Sausage Skewers with Dusseldorf Mustard
Mushroom & Blue Cheese Strudel
Kassler Ripchen Mousse Canapes
Roasted Loin of Pork

French Wine Station
Assorted Cheese with Fresh Fruit
Veal & Liver Pate with Cornichons
Crispy Endives with Blue Cheese
Tiny Tastings of Vichyssoise

Italian Wine
Caprese Salad
Melon Wrapped with Prosciutto
Antipasto Platter
Strawberries filled with Mascarpone Cheese
Miniature Onion Pizzas

South American Wine Station
Chef Wolfgang’s BBQ
Grilled Lamb and Beef Skewers
Grilled Fillet of Salmon
Grilled Vegetables
Grilled BBQ Spare Ribs

10/3/2008:   SFS Free Film - State of the Union
Director: Frank Capra
Year: 1948
Language: English
Time: 124 minutes

Approaching another presidential election, we look back 60 years to an earlier view of the state of presidential politics. Spencer Tracy is a presidential nominee who is too outspoken for the party bosses. Katharine Hepburn, as his wife, adds more heartburn for the backroom boys and a young, aggressive Angela Lansbury almost steals the show with her portrayal of a newspaper manager.
This film is presented in conjunction with the Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies.
Not rated.
Post-film discussion led by Dr. Ray Smock.

10/5/2008:   Blue Moon Cafe - Sons of the Never Wrong
Blue Moon Sundays Concert Series - Fall Season!
Family Friendly, Non-Smoking, Listening Room Atmosphere
Doors open 5:30pm; Shows start 7:00pm
Dinner and Drinks available for Purchase
Blue Moon Cafe - corner of Princess and High Streets, Shepherdstown WV
Venue website: www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com
More info: Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net
Sons of the Never Wrong - $15
Turbo-Charged Folk Trio
Website: www.sons.com
A folk trio from Chicago that has been creating original "turbo-charged folk music" for 14 years to a cult-like national following. Although the band name harkens back to the traditional harmonies of old-time acts, Sons are anything but. The Son's 5 CD releases have brought them stunning national and international reviews and extensive radio-play. It is their live performances though that win the audience's hearts. The group can barely stand still on stage and insty-choreography results in a non-stop show of stories, dancing, and odd-ball humor. Yet it is when the three step up to the mic and give out one of their many stunningly arranged songs, that you know you are in for something special. Some music you've got to hear to enjoy, this you gotta see...
Sue Demel on vocals, guitar, drums, strumstick, Deborah Lader on vocals, guitar, mandolin, banjo, and Bruce Roper on vocals, guitar, and harmonica.

10/12/2008:   Blue Moon Cafe - Radio Caroline
Blue Moon Sundays Concert Series - Fall Season!
Family Friendly, Non-Smoking, Listening Room Atmosphere
Doors open 5:30pm; Shows start 7:00pm
Dinner and Drinks available for Purchase
Blue Moon Cafe - corner of Princess and High Streets, Shepherdstown WV
Venue website: www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com
More info: Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net
Radio Caroline - $12
Americana Soul Band
Website: http://www.myspace.com/radiocarolineband
Radio Caroline packs a combination of reflective roots rock with flowing musicianship, performing straight ahead rock, soul, blues, Americana and country with "old school" raw musicianship. Their sound, reminiscent of Bob Dylan and Van Morrison, is described as Americana Soul. Harmonically and melodically gifted, this band is smokin'! Kirk Philips on vocals/bass/guitar, Bob Gentilo on guitars/vocals, Steve Windsor on guitars/vocals and Ted Sadowski on drums.

11/9/2008:   Blue Moon Cafe - Catfish Hodge
Blue Moon Sundays Concert Series - Fall Season!
Family Friendly, Non-Smoking, Listening Room Atmosphere
Doors open 5:30pm; Shows start 7:00pm
Dinner and Drinks available for Purchase
Blue Moon Cafe - corner of Princess and High Streets, Shepherdstown WV
Venue website: www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com
More info: Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net
Catfish Hodge - $12
Blues Artist
Website: http://catfishpond.com/catfish.
According to Rolling Stone Magazine, "Catfish on stage is like a twelve gauge shot gun of emotion going off!"
He's been a mainstay on the American Blues scene for over three decades and has 22 albums, comprised almost totally of original material, to his credit! He found his calling early on. While growing up in Detroit, he was sneaking into Motown Records Hitsville studio to catch the Four tops and the Supremes and grooving to R&B and Blues while his contemporaries gravitated to the Beatles. In the late 1960's he formed the Catfish Band and led them out of Detroit into national prominence.
By 1973 Catfish had settled into Washington, DC where he was packing them in at Desperado's, Childe Harold and the Cellar Door with what the Washington City Paper describes as "his cheerfully muscular blues & rockin' boogie." He made a few friends along the way, too. He became a regular opener for Bonnie Raitt and Little Feat, who also started showing up on his recordings. When he formed the Chicken Legs Band in 1981, he was joined by Little Feat's Paul Barrere, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney and Sam Clayton. Their final tour hit twenty one cities and sold out every show.
By 1982 Catfish had headed west to California where he lived for the next 17 years. Along with Paul Barrere he formed the Bluesbusters in 1984. They recorded two albums for Landslide Records and toured for many years, until Little Feat was reformed in the late 1980's. They still get together from time to time when their schedules permit and tour today.
In 1999 he was performing solo acoustic, as well as with his electric band. He also founded the Hillbilly Funk Allstars with T Lavitz, Richie Hayward, Kenny Gradney, and Vassar Clements.
Today Catfish Hodge lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, where he says "the air is fresh and the mountains are good for the healing of the soul." After thirty years on the road and twenty two albums having been released, he is still electrifying music fans with his powerful and spiritual style of original music!

11/29/2008:   NCTC - Annual Deer Hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), has announced their 2008 deer hunting program.
The dates are as follows: November 29th, December 6th, and December 13th will be regular shotgun hunts, and December 20th will be NCTC’s first ever muzzleloader hunt. For applications, additional information, and regulations please contact the NCTC land manager at 304 876-7432 or nctc_deerhunt@fws.gov. Applications for the hunt must be e-mailed or postmarked by Friday September 26th.
The hunt is open to all West Virginia licensed and hunter safety certified persons including the disabled, who will have special hunting stands available. NCTC’s acting Director Jim Willis remarked, “As stewards of the land and wildlife on NCTC's 540 acres, we welcome the opportunity to work with our conservation partners in the hunting community and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources every year on the NCTC Deer Hunt.” Over the course of the hunt, NCTC is looking forward to hosting around 120 hunters.
The NCTC deer hunt is more than an enjoyable recreational and community building activity. Jim Willis explains: “The hunt helps control the deer population, keeping the deer herd healthy, while allowing a balance with the plant community and other wildlife that depend on this habitat.” With the assistance of the local hunting community, NCTC is better able to successfully manage local wildlife and land in the interest of posterity.
ABOUT – The National Conservation Training Center is the primary training facility for the 8,000 employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Located on 540 acres along the Potomac River just north of Shepherdstown, the NCTC also welcomes the local community to participate in various programs throughout the year. For more information on these events, see the NCTC web site at nctc.fws.gov.

12/6/2008:   NCTC - Annual Deer Hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), has announced their 2008 deer hunting program.
The dates are as follows: November 29th, December 6th, and December 13th will be regular shotgun hunts, and December 20th will be NCTC’s first ever muzzleloader hunt. For applications, additional information, and regulations please contact the NCTC land manager at 304 876-7432 or nctc_deerhunt@fws.gov. Applications for the hunt must be e-mailed or postmarked by Friday September 26th.
The hunt is open to all West Virginia licensed and hunter safety certified persons including the disabled, who will have special hunting stands available. NCTC’s acting Director Jim Willis remarked, “As stewards of the land and wildlife on NCTC's 540 acres, we welcome the opportunity to work with our conservation partners in the hunting community and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources every year on the NCTC Deer Hunt.” Over the course of the hunt, NCTC is looking forward to hosting around 120 hunters.
The NCTC deer hunt is more than an enjoyable recreational and community building activity. Jim Willis explains: “The hunt helps control the deer population, keeping the deer herd healthy, while allowing a balance with the plant community and other wildlife that depend on this habitat.” With the assistance of the local hunting community, NCTC is better able to successfully manage local wildlife and land in the interest of posterity.
ABOUT – The National Conservation Training Center is the primary training facility for the 8,000 employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Located on 540 acres along the Potomac River just north of Shepherdstown, the NCTC also welcomes the local community to participate in various programs throughout the year. For more information on these events, see the NCTC web site at nctc.fws.gov.

12/13/2008:   NCTC - Annual Deer Hunt
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service National Conservation Training Center (NCTC), has announced their 2008 deer hunting program.
The dates are as follows: November 29th, December 6th, and December 13th will be regular shotgun hunts, and December 20th will be NCTC’s first ever muzzleloader hunt. For applications, additional information, and regulations please contact the NCTC land manager at 304 876-7432 or nctc_deerhunt@fws.gov. Applications for the hunt must be e-mailed or postmarked by Friday September 26th.
The hunt is open to all West Virginia licensed and hunter safety certified persons including the disabled, who will have special hunting stands available. NCTC’s acting Director Jim Willis remarked, “As stewards of the land and wildlife on NCTC's 540 acres, we welcome the opportunity to work with our conservation partners in the hunting community and the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources every year on the NCTC Deer Hunt.” Over the course of the hunt, NCTC is looking forward to hosting around 120 hunters.
The NCTC deer hunt is more than an enjoyable recreational and community building activity. Jim Willis explains: “The hunt helps control the deer population, keeping the deer herd healthy, while allowing a balance with the plant community and other wildlife that depend on this habitat.” With the assistance of the local hunting community, NCTC is better able to successfully manage local wildlife and land in the interest of posterity.
ABOUT – The National Conservation Training Center is the primary training facility for the 8,000 employees of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Located on 540 acres along the Potomac River just north of Shepherdstown, the NCTC also welcomes the local community to participate in various programs throughout the year. For more information on these events, see the NCTC web site at nctc.fws.gov.

12/14/2008:   Goose Route Colloborative Arts Performance
Fall Classes in Dance, Acting, and Improvisation offered by Goose Route Arts Collaborative
Goose Route Arts Collaborative’s Fall session of classes for children and adults begins September 3 and runs through mid-December, culminating in an informal performance on Sunday, December 14. All classes take place at the Shepherdstown Train Station, a beautiful, wood-floored space on Audrey Egle Drive, Shepherdstown. For more information, visit www.gooseroute.org or call 304-876-6751.

12/21/2008:   Blue Moon Cafe - Adrian Legg
Blue Moon Sundays Concert Series - Fall Season!
Family Friendly, Non-Smoking, Listening Room Atmosphere
Doors open 5:30pm; Shows start 7:00pm
Dinner and Drinks available for Purchase
Blue Moon Cafe - corner of Princess and High Streets, Shepherdstown WV
Venue website: www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com
More info: Cheryl Mansley at 304-702-0554 or riverhousemusic@frontiernet.net
Adrian Legg - $20
Fingerstyle Guitarist
Website: www.adrianlegg.com and music at www.dynamicartists.com/mp3s/multimediaAL.html
Voted "Guitarist of the Decade" by Guitarist Magazine
Guitar Player's Reader's Poll Winner for Best Acoustic Fingerstyle Guitarist 4 years in a row: 1993-1996
"To say Legg plays a good guitar is like saying Menuhin saws a fine fiddle. This man is ridiculously talented." - Music Week
"...Legg is, above all, a guitarist of great power, invention and versatility... Through fast-fingered picking, spontaneously layering parts and occasional ringing harmonics, he sounds like an orchestra." - St. Petersberg Times
"Unlike Richard Thompson or Robert Fripp, in whose league he belongs, Legg seems never to have been seduced by rock. But unlike Leo Kottke or Ry Cooder, whom he also occasionally resembles, Legg is an adventurer, not an archivist. - Newsday
"Technical brilliance paired with a troubadour's tale-weaving skill: these are the things that keep Adrian Legg in lofty company among the world's best guitarists." - Boston Globe
"A brilliant acoustic guitarist and composer, Legg has become a leading authority on all matters pertaining to the guitar, contributing articles and books as well as instructional videos." - Ovation / Adamos Magazine
Impossible to categorize as a player, Adrian Legg incorporates virtually every genre on his guitar in a virtuosic instrumental style with effects. He brought electric approaches to acoustic playing, creating a modern cross-over amalgamation in the tradition of eclectic folk playing that goes back to the 1960s." - Guitar by Richard Chapman, 2000
"There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards. He has enough technique to do just about anything he wants, but also the sensitivity to honour the contours of a melody." - Philadelphia Enquirer, Aug. 5, 2000
Since the 1990 release of his first U.S. recording Guitars and Other Cathedrals, Adrian Legg has more than lived up to the expectations stirred by an ongoing avalanche of praise from critics, fans, top guitar mags and peers alike. Joe Satriani once said, "He's simply the best acoustic guitar player I've ever heard.he plays like he has hammers for fingers." The genius that the Boston Globe has called "technical brilliance paired with a troubadour's tale-weaving skill" led him from 1993-96 to be voted Best Fingerstyle Guitarist four years straight by the readers of Guitar Player magazine.
On Inheritance, his second release for Favored Nations and ninth overall, Legg blends his extraordinary virtuosity on the acoustic with a lush sonic arena that harkens back to the musical textures of his childhood life before the guitar - gentle contemplative ballads, snappy percussive jams, rock-edged electricity, hints of folk music, Irish jigs, raw swampy blues, and high energy modern rock-fusion improv.
The accolades have come nonstop since Guitars and Other Cathedrals, the first of five releases on Relativity Records, tweaked the ears of guitar fans everywhere in 1990. 1993's Wine, Women and Waltz was selected by the readers of Guitar Player magazine as Best Overall Guitar Album in the 1994 Reader's Poll. He earned Best Acoustic Album in this same poll in 1992 and 1993, respectively, for Guitar For Mortals (1992) and Mrs. Crowe's Blue Waltz (1993). Readers of England's Guitarist magazine voted Legg Acoustic Guitarist of the Decade in the magazine's 10th anniversary poll. Over the years, he's played at the Montreux Jazz Festival and toured with Richard Thompson, David Lindley, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and as part of the G3 Tour featuring Satriani, Johnson and Favored Nations founder Steve Vai.
He's also shared the wealth of his talent and experience with three teaching videos (Beyond Acoustic Guitar, Fingerpicking & Open Tunings, How To Cheat At Guitar) and two books-the technical Customizing Your Electric Guitar and the musical "Pickin' and Squintin" - a collection of Legg's guitar compositions in tablature and standard notation. In recent years, he has also been a commentator at large for National Public Radio's All Things Considered, and more recently, regular listeners have heard his guitar VERSIONs of the show's theme music.
Born in the Salvation Army Hospital in Hackney, London, Legg is a classic mongrel Londoner, with the long mixed East End blood of entrepreneurial Hugenot and Jewish refugees topped up from a sturdy line of East Anglian farmers; a fertile genetic stew mixed further with Welsh, West Indian and Philippino in his grandchildren.
While studying oboe under parental pressure (his own words), he began fashioning his own guitars, "or rather odd stringed instruments that at least could execute an acceptable twang" from pictures in newspapers, scraps from the school woodwork scrap bin, fret wire and with strings held on by head rest cover containers taken from the local bus station. While working at the airport in Liverpool, he met a young man who invited him to join a band and introduced him to country music.
After two years of working in Liverpool working men's social clubs, he hitch-hiked back to London, where he played electric guitar in clubs and joined up with bands that eventually traveled outside the U.K. A demand from a band leader that he use an acoustic to play loud chords up against a mic for one number nudged him towards the acoustic as a separate instrument. As popular as his catalog of recordings is, Legg's true home is onstage. "Playing live is the whole point," he says.
"Everyone makes a journey, an effort; we all come together - me, the audience, the people who run the venue - to share this wonderful, universal, human emotional interaction. This is where music lives."