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How to grow NC tourism? Social media, of course

Published in Asheville Attractions, North Carolina News on March 28, 2013

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Dave Matthews Band Tickets: SuperbTicketsOnline.com Announces Tickets On Sale Friday March 22

Published in Events, North Carolina News on March 28, 2013

 


(March 21, 2013)

Milwaukee, WI (PRWEB) March 21, 2013

The band has toured every summer for the last 20 years, only taking one summer off during 2011. Fans have come to expect the annual summer concerts, and they will not be disappointed this year when the entertainers take to the road yet again. Each concert contains improvisational renditions of the band's music with special effects such as lighting and video. SuperbTicketsOnline.com will feature a varied selection of tickets in the online inventory when seats go on sale on March 22.

The upcoming road trip will take the rock group to more than 30 destinations, among them being Quincy, Washington; New Orleans, Louisiana; Austin, Texas; Saratoga Springs, New York; Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; Mansfield, Massachusetts; Noblesville, Indiana; Camden, New Jersey; Elkhorn, Wisconsin; Hershey, Pennsylvania; West Palm Beach, Florida; Charlotte, North Carolina; Commerce City, Colorado; and Stateline, Nevada. On May 28, the band will also travel to the Canadian city of Toronto for a performance at Molson Amphitheatre.

Fans are

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State budget threatens Mountain Gateway Museum

Published in Asheville Attractions, North Carolina News on March 28, 2013


Gov. Pat McCrory’s proposed state budget could mean the closing of the Mountain Gateway Museum and Heritage Center in Old Fort, along with four state historic sites in North Carolina.




However, many local leaders and residents say Old Fort and McDowell County cannot afford to lose the Mountain Gateway Museum, which has been there for more than 40 years. The museum preserves and celebrates mountain culture in western North Carolina and also provides a place for special events like Pioneer Day and Oktoberfest. It helps draw tourists to a small town that has already suffered job losses and closed manufacturing industries, they say.


On Wednesday,

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Blowing Rock’s downtown among ‘Great…

Published in Events, North Carolina News on March 28, 2013

Each year, tens of thousands of tourists visit Blowing Rock. And whether they are here for the horse show, to drive along the Parkway, or take a hike in the woods, they all seem to spend some time downtown on Main Street.

This unique aspect of the village was honored last week when Blowing Rock’s Main Street was named one of five “Great Main Streets” of North Carolina by the North Carolina Chapter of the American Planning Association.

The award was part of this year’s Great Places in North Carolina Awards.

“This is the second year that we have celebrated great places throughout the state with these awards,” said Kate Pearce, co-chairwoman of the Great Places Initiative.

“It’s modeled after the American Planning Association’s national program. This year we added a “Great Neighborhoods for Kids” award and we will probably add another new award next year. It’s a way of celebrating great places in the state and exposing the role of city planning, whether it be an organic process or professional planning,” she said.

In recognizing Blowing Rock’s Main Street, the judges said, “Main Street is the hearty of

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Scott And Zelda In “Jazz Age” Bermuda

Published in North Carolina News on March 28, 2013

scott zeldaTheir romance defined the “Jazz Age” — so it’s perhaps not surprising that “Great Gatsby” author F. Scott Fitzgerald and mercurial wife Zelda found themselves in Bermuda during that free-spirited period when the island’s tourism industry was enjoying an unprecedented vogue among America’s literati and rich and famous.

Married after the publication of his first novel, “This Side of Paradise”, Princeton-educated Scott Fitzgerald and his Alabama-born, Southern belle bride became embodiments of the Roaring Twenties.

Scott Fitzgerald’s term the “Jazz Age” came to describe the years between the end of World War One and the onset of the Great Depression when there were revolutions in musical taste, fashion and social mores; generally regarded as one of America’s greatest 20th century writers, both his life and work both have come to be associated with the joys of young love, wealth and success — as well as the tragedies which come with excess and failure

Youthful, beautiful and supremely talented, following their 1920 marriage Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald [pictured above] were dubbed the “golden couple” by American newspapers which covered their every move as assiduously as they did the movie stars

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Backers say BMX center will put Rock Hill on the map

Published in North Carolina News on March 28, 2013

City leaders, sports tourism supporters and a local bicycle shop owner say Rock Hill’s plan for a new BMX racing center will draw out-of-town visitors and put the city on the map.

John Gettys, former Rock Hill City Council member and current chairman of the Rock Hill Sports Commission, told the council this month the BMX track is a “fabulous project” that could eventually host Olympic trial races.

The council unanimously gave initial approval to borrowing $6.25 million to pay for the BMX Supercross track in the developing Riverwalk outdoor center.

The council likely will vote again for final approval on April 8.

Rock Hill plans to use the money collected in hospitality tax receipts to pay back the $6.25 million loan.

Money coming in from Rock Hill’s hospitality tax – a 2 percent levy on prepared food and drinks – has more than doubled over the past 10 years. Collections are expected to continue to grow by at least 5 percent every year over the next five years, said Steven Gibson, the city’s budget director.

The $1 million track and its supporting facilities will account for about 19 percent of the city’s recreation and tourism-related debt, paid

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April’s big events

Published in Asheville Events, Events, North Carolina News on March 28, 2013

As April is the Smithsonian Institution’s Jazz Appreciation Month, we’ve noted several opportunities to get your musical mojo working. But sports enthusiasts can get a workout, too, with fun runs in Minnesota, marathons in London and Vienna and a bike tour of New Zealand.

Through June 9: “Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe,” Princeton, N.J.; 609-258-3788; artmuseum.princeton.edu. Portraits of mysterious travelers, 1480-1610, at Princeton University Art Museum.

April 3-Oct. 27: Shaw Festival, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario; 800-511-SHAW; shawfest.com. Stage-stoppers, from Shaw’s “Major Barbara” to Stoppard’s “Arcadia.”

April 5-13: Cully Jazz Festival, Cully, Switzerland; 212-757-5944; cullyjazz.ch. Myriad themes, including “Viva Cuba,” “Turkish Vibes” and “Women in Jazz.”

April 11: Opening of Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen; 212-885-9700; visitcopenhagen.com/see-and-do/tivoli-gardens/382. The sky’s the limit with new rides at “world’s second-oldest amusement park.”

April 12-13: Pear Blossom Festival and Pear a Fare, Medford, Ore.; 541-840-7327; pearblossomparade.org; pear-a-fare.com. Two celebrations pair up at Oregon food and wine fest.

April 14: Vienna Marathon, 212-575-7723; http://www.vienna-marathon.com. 30th annual long-distance runners’ waltz.

April 17-21: Seabreeze Jazz Festival, Panama City Beach, Fla.; 800-595-4849; seabreezejazzfestival.com. Average White Band and Tower of Power anchor a fleet of performers at Pier Park.

April 17-May 5: Silver Dollar City World-Fest, Branson, Mo.; 800-475-9370; silverdollarcity.com. International

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