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[JerseyBoy]

Winston-Salem Parade and Tree Lighting Ceremony

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 at 5 p.m.

Come join the Winston-Salem Jaycees, the City of Winston-Salem, 10,000-15,000 of your closest friends and Santa for the 2007 Jaycee Holiday Parade. Also, don't forget to stick around for the Downtown W-S Partnership's Tree Lighting Ceremony following the parade at 6:30 pm in Corpening Plaza.

[cityboi]

major reality TV show rodeo event will take place at the Greensboro Coliseum

"The 2008 World’s Toughest Rodeo"

The event will feature 12 cowboys from New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Iowa, Louisiana, Wisconsin and Canada

Toughest Cowboy is a competition based reality television program that follows twelve cowboys as they compete for the Toughest Cowboy Championship and the deed to J�ger Ranch in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado

http://www.news-reco...STAFF/777577172

Edited by cityboi, 08 January 2008 - 02:09 PM.

[cityboi]

Greensboro's downtown center-city park was featured on national TV today. It was on the PBS program Simple Living and the program showcased the park as well as Roy Caroll's Center Pointe condo across the street.

http://www.simplelivingtv.net/

Edited by cityboi, 18 May 2008 - 04:57 PM.

[JerseyBoy]

I watched this as well! Great exposure!

[JerseyBoy]

Heavy Rebel 2008 is this weekend from July 4th to July 6th. Tickets are $35 a day or $90 for the entire weekend.

http://www.heavyrebel.net./

Friday

4:45 p.m. SouthPaw
5 p.m. Atomic Drops
5:30 p.m. Wink Keziah & Deluxe Motel
5:45 p.m. Blue Diablo
6 p.m. The Keepers
6:30 p.m. Pete Yorko
7 p.m. Drop Tops
7:30 p.m. Dead City Dealers
7:45 p.m. Kings of Hell
8 p.m. Gojira-X
8:30 p.m. Hick'ry Hawkins
8:45 p.m. Motorpsychos
9 p.m. Reverend D-Ray and the Shockers
9:30 p.m. Los Rudos
9:45 p.m. Blacklists Royals
10 p.m. the bo-stevens
10:30 p.m. Jimmy and the Teasers
10:45 p.m. Guitar Bomb
11 p.m. Crank County Daredevils
11:30 p.m. Lords of the Highway
12:00 a.m. Dexter Romweber and The New Romans

Saturday

9 a.m. to 4 p.m.: HRW Car and Bike Show, Mud Wrestling
5 p.m. High Rollers
5:30 p.m. Bad Mothers
5:45 p.m. Mean Mean Man/Brass Knuckle Band
6 p.m. Filthy Rotten Sex Machine
6:30 p.m. Soul Reapin' 3
6:45 p.m. American Speedway
7 p.m. Joecephus/George Jonestown Massacre
7:30 p.m. TBA
7:45 p.m. Luxury Pusher
8 p.m. Mad Tea Party
8:30 p.m. Big Spank
8:45 p.m. The Butchers
9 p.m. Wet Wifebeater Contest
9:30 p.m. Designer Drugs
9:45 p.m. The Cheats
10 p.m. Speed Crazy
10:30 p.m. Uncle Scratch's Gospel Revival
10:45 p.m. Sasquatch and the Sickabillies
11 p.m. Red Hot Poker Dots
12 a.m. Rocket 88

Sunday

2 p.m. Nanner Puddin' Eatin' and Beer Drinkin' Contest 2:30 p.m. The Black Knots
2:45 p.m. 220 Short
3 p.m. Adam the First Real Man
3:30 p.m. The Defilers
3:45 p.m. The Big Bad
4 p.m. Deadneks
4:30 p.m. The Flat Tires
4:45 p.m. TBA
5 p.m. Upright Bass Slapdown
5:30 p.m. Locke and Load
5:45 p.m. The Hottdamns
6 p.m. Crossroads Guitar Contest
6:30 p.m. Sandanistas
6:45 p.m. The Buzzards
7 p.m. Psycho Devilles
7:30 p.m. Matt Walsh
7:45 p.m. Lust
8 p.m. Killer Filler
8:30 p.m. The Straight 8's
8:45 p.m. Pee Wee Moore
9 p.m. Truckstop Preachers
9:30 p.m. BuzzKills
9:45 p.m. Billy Joe Winghead
10 p.m. 7 Shot Screamers

[suburban george3]

Did any other UPer's go to the Winston-Salem Air Show this weekend?  I went Sunday and had a good time AFTER the NIGHTMARE of traffic and parking!!!

It took me approximately one hour to go from the Business 40/US52 interchange to a parking space.  Parking was scarce and event-run parking was EXTREMELY poorly managed.  I had told some friends in Hickory about this event and it took them 2 hours to go from the Village Tavern on Stratford Rd to the airport.

While I hope they keep running this event, something must be done to handle the crowds they got Sunday.  I don't think they were expecting what they got and were poorly equiped to handle what they had, several parking lots had empty spaces but were blocked off from access.  

I had very negative comments from my friends on the airport, the city, and the planning of this event.  I hope they remedy this next year so I may feel comfortable inviting out of town folks in 2010.  

[twincity]

busy weekend in Winston coming up.  Chris Paul's Weekend, Rock the Block, WSSU vs. MSU.  come out and support one of these events!

[suburban george3]

twincity, on Sep 18 2008, 11:54 PM, said:

busy weekend in Winston coming up. Chris Paul's Weekend, Rock the Block, WSSU vs. MSU. come out and support one of these events!

Don't forget the March of Dimes NC Chili Championship and Rubber Duck Regatta at Tanglewood!  I'll be out there volunteering!

[suburban george3]

StoryCorps will be in downtown Winston-Salem thru March 21st recording stories from people in the area.  This is a national oral history project with all the recordings being sent to the Library of Congress.  Some will be selected to be broadcast on NPR.  

They are taking appointments if you, or someone you know, has a story you'd like to tell about your life.  To make an appointment, call 800-850-4406 or visit www.storycorps.net.

Read about it here.

[JerseyBoy]

suburban george3, on Feb 26 2009, 05:41 PM, said:

StoryCorps will be in downtown Winston-Salem thru March 21st recording stories from people in the area.  This is a national oral history project with all the recordings being sent to the Library of Congress.  Some will be selected to be broadcast on NPR.  

They are taking appointments if you, or someone you know, has a story you'd like to tell about your life.  To make an appointment, call 800-850-4406 or visit www.storycorps.net.

Read about it here.

Funny you should bring this up as I'm a part of the Winston-Salem version, Storybus, of this great project. We're actually going to be talking with the heads of StoryCorps when they're at town at Krankies soon. You can see the progress we're making on our mobile-recording studio that will be driven around town to record people's memories and stories here:

http://flickr.com/ph...57613860819170/

http://flickr.com/ph...57614261801920/

[JerseyBoy]

Mayor Allen Joines will be holding his re-election campaign kick-off this Tuesday (5-26-09) at Winston Square Park from 5:30 till 7:30. A picnic, live entertainment and a special announcement will all happen during this time.

[twincity]

hmmm....special announcement?  will he be announcing his economic plan for the next 5-10 years?

[cityboi]

Nanotechnology group to hold national conference in Greensboro.


"In a news release, the foundation says that Greensboro’s Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering and RF Micro Devices are among the organizations that make this state a significant player along with UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.

“No other region in the world is such a highly concentrated hub of MNT action,”

This is a big deal for Greensboro because the city and the area is beginning to become a hotbed for nanotechnology.

http://www.news-reco...e_in_greensboro

[Lee street bully]

cityboi, on 06 January 2011 - 01:53 PM, said:

Nanotechnology group to hold national conference in Greensboro.


"In a news release, the foundation says that Greensboro’s Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering and RF Micro Devices are among the organizations that make this state a significant player along with UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University.

“No other region in the world is such a highly concentrated hub of MNT action,”

This is a big deal for Greensboro because the city and the area is beginning to become a hotbed for nanotechnology.

http://www.news-reco...e_in_greensboro

This is great. I did some research on RF Micro and it already employs a good number of people and it continues to grow. According to this article, its shares are growing http://www.otcequity.com/?p=717 Also, do you know the seating capacity of the new buildings?

[cityboi]

Lee street bully, on 14 January 2011 - 04:45 PM, said:

This is great. I did some research on RF Micro and it already employs a good number of people and it continues to grow. According to this article, its shares are growing http://www.otcequity.com/?p=717 Also, do you know the seating capacity of the new buildings?

My only hope is that another company in another city never aquires RF Micro and move the headquarters away from Greensboro. RF Micro is a great success story. It started out as a very small company in Greensboro in the 1990s and today it is an international company with facilities not only in Greensboro but in California, the UK and Asia.

not sure on the capacity.

Edited by cityboi, 17 January 2011 - 11:42 PM.