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[ Experience Art at a Higher Altitude with the 2010 season of An Appalachian Summer Festival July 1 – 31, 2010 ]

An Appalachian Summer Festival announces its tentative 2010 schedule.

  • Amy Sedaris
  • Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra with Barry Douglas (piano) and Tianwa Yang (violin)
  • Lar Lubovitch Dance
  • Patti LuPone
  • Broyhill Chamber Ensemble
  • Janis Ian and Karla Bonoff
  • Golden Dragon Acrobats
  • Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
  • John Pizzarelli
  • The Wild & Scenic Film Festival
  • Ralph Stanley and Cherryholmes
  • Blood, Sweat & Tears with Chuck Negron

Plus dynamic visual arts exhibitions, lectures, educational events, arts workshops for children and adults and more!

Full schedule available soon. For more information, call (800) 841-2787.

2009 Season Wrap-up
[ 2009 Season Wrap-up ]
Three sellouts and a total festival attendance of 26,000 people are just a couple of the highlights of the 2009 season. The Festival would also like to extend thanks to all of the people, businesses and organizations that helped us in 2009.
Halpert Biennial '09 Winners Announced
[ Halpert Biennial '09 Winners Announced ]
On behalf of the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, An Appalachian Summer Festival and Halpert Biennial '09 juror Jeffrey Gove, we congratulate Craig Fisher from Toledo, OH; Jeremiah Ariaz from Baton Rouge, LA; and Ivan Fortushniak from Indiana, PA.
Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition partners with the Downtown Boone Development Association (DBDA) Public Art Program
[ Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition partners with the Downtown Boone Development Association (DBDA) Public Art Program ]
Partnership to offer two additional sculptors a chance to participant in the Rosen program with the Community Choice Award.
[ "What the festival means to me..." ]
"The energy and excitement builds from the moment the festival starts to be promoted and I can't wait to see what is being offered."

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An Appalachian Summer Festival is a multi- and inter-disciplinary arts festival presenting and producing programs in music, theatre, dance, film and visual arts. The festival will forge a unique national identity through artistic excellence, innovative programming, commissioning new works, and educational opportunities. By bringing the most accomplished and respected creative and performing artists from around the world to Appalachian State University, the festival supports the overall university mission, enhances the cultural life of the Appalachian community, and serves as an important gateway onto the campus.
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2009 Corporate Sponsors:

Westglow Resort & Spa Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation SkyBest Communications, Inc.
McDonald's of Boone Mast General Store Best Western - Blue Ridge Plaza Allen Wealth Management Footsloggers Outdoor & Travel Outfitters Peabody's Wine & Beer Merchants Chetola Resort at Blowing Rock The Broyhill Inn & Appalachian Conference Center

2009 Media Sponsors:

WBTV, Inc. WCYB TV-5 Charter Communications The Mountain Times All About Women Magazine Winston-Salem Journal High Country Press 100.7 MAC FM MIX 102.3 FM Mountain Television Network (MTN) WHKY AM 1290 Talk Radio and WHKY-TV/DT WDAV 89.9 FM WFDD 88.5 FM WETS 89.5 FM WNCW 88.7 FM WASU 90.5 FM WNC Magazine Belk Library and Information Commons

2009 major corporate sponsorship provided by:

SkyBest Communications, Inc.
Blue Ridge Electric Membership Corporation
Westglow Resort & Spa

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