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The festival thanks Alfred and Josette Glover, owners of Boone Ford-Lincoln, for a generous donation of a 2012 Ford Focus SE 5-Door that has made possible this important fundraiser in support of the festival's 2012 season. Net raffle proceeds to benefit An Appalachian Summer Festival. The winner will be drawn during the concert by Chicago and The Doobie Brothers on Wednesday, July 25. Winner need not be present to win.

Adam Walls, from Laurinburg, NC, was announced as the First Place Award winner of the 25th Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition & Exhibition for his steel and iron sculpture Surprise. The announcement was made by juror Mel Chin at the conclusion of the annual Sculpture Walk on July 23, 2011.

Arnold and Muriel Rosen’s generosity, vision and love for the arts led to the inception of An Appalachian Summer Festival in 1984, the university’s highly regarded annual summer festival of the performing and visual arts. The Rosens’ daughter Nancy Schaffel and her husband, Neil, continue to share their deep relationship to the arts, the High Country and support of the festival through a new competition.

Join us for an unforgettable summer packed with great entertainment in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains!

The 25th Rosen program is pleased to announce that Mel Chin will be serving as the juror for the 2011-2012 season.