Fountain AfterDark vol 4, no 10 March 7, 2008 published weekly by R.A. Fountain, General Store & Internet Cafe The Steve Creech Septet Features Vocalist Carolyn Green Myers in Saturday Night Jazz Show at Fountain [Fountain, NC] The Steve Creech Sextet returns to Fountain General Store for a big Saturday night jazz concert that will feature vocalist Carolyn Greene Myers. Creech, the Greenville guitarist and band leader, regularly assembles a band of regional talent for his shows in Fountain that have featured an outstanding variety of featured vocalists. Myers has recently relocated to Greenville, after a 22 year career in music education in Virginia. She was supervisor of music education for the Chesapeake public schools and was also a frequent guest soloist with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Virginia Chorale, and the Virginia Beach Symphony. Myers earned B.A. and M.A. degrees in music education and performance from ECU; she is currently an adjunct instructor at ECU's School of Music. Joining Creech this evening is Les Sutorious on trumpet, Dennis McGaughy on tenor and alto sax and clarinet; Keith Dobbins on bass; and Randy Davis on drums. Lily James will be a featured guest vocalist. She is a 10-year-old Greenville singer who has already played the role of Gretel in "The Sound of Music" with the North Carolina Theater in Memorial Auditorium in Raleigh. Lily also studies violin with Sarah Lang. The Steve Creech Sextet's March 8 concert begins at 7:30 p.m. General admission is $8; reserved seats are $10. Future Creech shows at RAF are set for April 12, when Peggy Vaughan will be featured vocalist; May 10 with featured vocalist Eva Cortens and drummer Jon Wacker; and June 14 with featured vocalist Pat Tutino. R. A. Fountain, General Store and Internet Cafe, is located in downtown Fountain, at the intersection of US 258 and NC 222. Its family atmosphere is smoke- and alcohol-free. For further information, visit www.rafountain.com or phone 252-749-3228. What You're Reading Each week, RAF sends out a news release to 28 area newspapers andæradio stations. The primary contents of each issue of Fountain AfterDark is that news release. The FAD distributed via e.mailænever containsæattachments. To add friends to our e.mail subscription list, send their e.mail address to fountainexpress@rafountain.com. To remove yourself from this list, reply to this e.mail with "unsubscribe" asæeither text or subject of your e.mail. Our e.mail list is not sold or traded or otherwise shared with anyone. Please let us know of any suspected abuses of the Fountain AfterDark/Fountain Express distribution list. vol 4, no 11 March 14, 2008 published weekly by R.A. Fountain, General Store & Internet Cafe - - - Bill Redding and Friends' Annual St. Patrick's Concert in Fountain Saturday Night - Malpass Brothers, Return of Free-at-3 Sunday Shows Highlight April-May Music Schedule [Fountain, NC] Bill Redding and Friends return to Fountain General Store Saturday night for a concert of Celtic music in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. For his 9th annual concert in Fountain, Redding will be accompanied by Mike Hamer on hammered dulcimer and harmonica, Nathan Maxwell on viola, and Melody Maxwell on fiddle. Hamer, the long-time mainstay on the Greenville music scene, will share vocals with Redding, who also performs at Hamers annual Christmas show in Fountain. The Maxwells, brother and sister also from Greenville, are "two really talented youngsters," said Redding, who has been performing with them for a couple of years. Redding, a native of Clarence in upstate New York, has been living in Greenville for nearly 30 years. An expert guitarist, he has a lifelong interest in folk music, especially the songs of his Celtic heritage. Most of his repertoire, he says, "I learned from old records that my father had. These are our folk songs. They are so old and deep in our culture that for the most part they don't have known authors." "Bill's got a perfect voice for these songs," said Alex Albright, Fountain General proprietor, "and he knows verse after verse after verse of the songs." He performed his first St. Patrick's concert in Fountain in 2000, in the old Smith-Yelverton building, beside Fountain General Store. The "O Danny Boy" ban that has hit some New York venues won't be in effect in Fountain. "Sure, it was written by a Brit," Redding said, "but a lot of people love it. I don't have it in the set list, but if someone wants to hear it, we'll be glad to play it." Bill Redding and Friends' St. Patrick's Day concert on March 15 begins at 7:30. General admission is $5. R.A. Fountain, General Store and Internet Cafe, is located in downtown Fountain, at the intersection of US 258 and NC 222. Its family atmosphere is smoke- and alcohol-free. For further information, visit www.rafountain.com or phone 252-8749-3228. Malpass Brothers, Return of Free-at-3 Sunday Concerts Highlight April and May Live Music at Fountain Reserved seats for all shows are available for an additional charge. April 4 Mike Baker Band 7:30 pm $8 Classic country from one of Wilson County's finest. 5 Lost County 35 7:30 pm $5 http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=238167705 Triangle-based bluegrassers make their Fountain debut: classic and contemporary bluegrass. 11 Marshall Stephenson and the Bluegrass Train 7:30 pm - $8 Bluegrass legend Stephenson and his all-star band, named for his long-running bluegrass radio show 12 Steve Creech Sextet with Peggy Vaughan 8 pm - $8 http://home.earthlink.net/~cscreech/ Creech and special guests Vaughan and Sarah Lang present a concert of classic jazz, pop and show standards. 25 Charlie Flowers and the International Harvesters 8 pm - $5 Honky-tonkin' country from Elm City's Hootin' Charlie Flowers. 26 Hush Puppies 8 pm - $5 Great old-time music from western NC. 27 Flat Mountain Dulcimers 3 pm - Free http://www.flatmountaindulcimers.com/ Our original free-at-3 act: beautiful old-time, folk, country, and gospel music. May 3 Malpass Brothers CANCELLED! turns out this was Taylor's Junior-Senior nigh http://www.malpassbrothers.com/ Catch up with where Chris has been playing with his new pal Merle Haggard--Chris is home for a few days before heading back to the west coast. RAF's the best place to see eastern NC's most popular act, if you can get in. 4 Wiilberville 3 pm Free This trio is comprised of three generations of the Ball family, originally from West Virginia. Guitar-picking grandpa Wil migrated to Greenville, where he retired from ECU's counseling center a few years back and took up the music bug he'd long ago suppressed. Lawyer son Mike and fiddling grandson Alex join in to present a concert of original and classic country and bluegrass music. 9 Roby Huffman and the Bluegrass Cutups 7:30 $8 The world-renowned godfather of eastern NC bluegrass is back again: original bluegrass sung in the high, lonesome style that for so many defines the genre. http://robyhuffman.com/ 10 Steve Creech Octet with Eva Cortens 8 pm $8 Greenville's jazz maestro presents jazz and blues vocalist Cortens, along with an all-star jazz band that includes Jimmy Aycock on keyboards, Jonathan Wacker on drums, Les Sutorious on trumpet, Dennis McGaughey on sax and clarinet, George Broussard on trombone, and Keith Dobbins on bass. 11 Melody Brown and Brien Barbour 3 pm Free Two Fountain favorites in a special Mother's Day concert: all mamas get free ice cream. And everyone gets a free concert by two acoustic artists with grand, big voices singing gospel, folk, and country music. Brown's webpage: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=melody+brown&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Barbour's webpage: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=162193352 16 Roy Propes' Tribute to Elvis 7:30 $8 http://www.theroypropesshow.com/ From Pennsylvania, Roy's back in Fountain again for an Elvis spectacular. 17 Unshackled 7:30 pm $5 http://www.unshackled.us/ Original and classic bluegrass gospel from a Chocowinity-based quintet. 18 Take 2 and Ramblin' Rose 3 pm - Free A big band and lots of fun with bluegrass and bluegrass gospel. 24 Coyote Ridge 7:30 pm - $8 http://www.crbluegrass.com/ Chatham County-based bluegrass quintet that plays traditional bluegrass makes their Fountain debut. 30 Lightnin' Wellls 8 pm - $5 http://www.lightninwells.com/ Fountain's own, Wells is an ambassador of Piedmont blues, but his live shows offer much more: Delta blues, early 20th century pop and vaudeville classics, gospel, and always some musical surprises. 31 Claude Bourbon 8 pm - $5 http://www.myspace.com/claudebourbon French guitarist Bourbon, who plays progressive, medieval and Spanish blues, returns to Fountain for the third time. It's hard to believe sometimes that his sound is coming from just one guitar--and two very quick hands. -30- What You're Reading Each week, RAF sends out a news release to 28 area newspapers and radio stations. The primary contents of each issue of Fountain AfterDark is that news release. The FAD distributed via e.mail never contains attachments. To add friends to our e.mail subscription list, send their e.mail address to fountainexpress@rafountain.com. To remove yourself from this list, reply to this e.mail with "unsubscribe" as either text or subject of your e.mail. Our e.mail list is not sold or traded or otherwise shared with anyone. During the past week, a forged e.mail advertisement for a men's health product has been sent to our list, ostensibly mailed from "fountainexpress." Our account was apparently compromised because of our easily guessable password, which has now been changed. We apologize for this inconvenience. Please let us know of any suspected abuses of the Fountain AfterDark/Fountain Express distribution list. We have ourselves just this week received an ad for a men's health product, addressed to "fountainexpress@rafountain.com" and ostensibly from that same address. - - - Fountain AfterDark vol 4, no 12 March 20, 2008 published weekly by R.A. Fountain, General Store & Internet Cafe Celtic Concert with Jennifer Shelton Licko Tomorrow Night - Licko Answers 10 Questions about Life in Brazil - No Show Saturday, RAF Dark - April/May Schedule Revised (No Malpass Brothers, alas) [Fountain, NC] Jennifer Shelton Licko celebrates the release of her latest CD, "A Thousand Curses upon Love," with a concert of original and classic Celtic music this Friday night at Fountain General Store. The Piedmont-based quartet Wood and Steel, originally scheduled to perform a concert of original and classic bluegrass on Saturday night, has cancelled their appearance due to complications their banjo picker is suffering from a motorcycle accident. Shelton the Celtic recording artist from Swansboro who spent most of a decade living in Ireland and Scotland, has been living in southern Brazil for almost a year. "Being in Brazil has actually brought me closer to the Celtic traditional music," she said. "I'm the furthest away from the Celtic culture that I've ever been. But when you're away from home, you tend to do the things and be around the things that give you comfort. So I play a lot of the music that comforts me, that sparks warm memories and takes me to my favorite places. For me this is Celtic music. " After a brief visit in eastern NC, Shelton will return to Brazil, where she enjoys living in Porto Alegre, the historic capital city of Rio Grande do Sul. She has presented Celtic concerts for a variety of audiences throughout the region, including most recently the St. Andrews Society of Sao Paolo. "A Thousand Curses upon Love" is her 5th CD. "It's a collection of songs that I love," she said, "and wanted to interpret in my own way." Accompanying her on the recording are an all-star band of Celtic musicians, including Charlie Morgan the former drummer for Elton John; Bobby OÕDonovan former fiddle/mandolin player of the Irish Rovers; Eamonn Dillon All-Ireland Champion uillean piper; Kevin Lysen guitar; and Sha Zhang a classical violinist for the Palm Beach pops. Shelton's March 21 solo concert begins at 7:30. General admission is $5. R.A. Fountain, General Store and Internet Cafe, is located at 6754 E. Wilson Street in historic downtown Fountain, at the intersection of US 258 and NC 222. Its family atmosphere is smoke- and alcohol-free. For further information, visit www.rafountain.com or call 252-749-3228. - - - Ten Questions for Shelton (an e.mail interview) 1. What's life like in Brazil for you? Life in Brazil for me is the same as it was in North Carolina and the other places I've lived in the respect that I still do the same things through out my days: exercise, vocal training, practice, writing, promotional work and so forth. The difference comes when I leave the comfort of my home and I have to face speaking and understanding Portuguese. It is difficult to be 'myself' when I struggle asking a simple question like 'do you have these shoes in red?' (However, I have mastered all the shopping questions!) Seriously, your personality becomes different when you're not speaking in your native language. This is something I never anticipated. There are many differences, some good and some bad. The most obvious is the vast separation in the Brazilian class system. Brazilians have said to me that Brazil is actually two countries: the poor and the rich. Both extremes are difficult for me to digest. 2. How's the music scene for listening? I live in Porto Alegre, the capital of the state Rio Grande do sol. The music scene is okay. I have found some incredible players. Most of the music venues have bands that play American and British covers. When they throw in something Brazilian, they sound great! I wish that I could find more bands locally playing Brazilian music. 3. What kinds of performing opportunities have you had? In the Celtic genre, I have performed for some of the ex-pat communities: The St. Andrew's societies, consulates and corporate events within the American companies. I have also played some of the music venues locally in Porto Alegre with success. As much as I love to perform, my main purpose while I am there is to really absorb the culture and learn the traditional music and dances of Brazil. I would like to note that being in Brazil has actually brought me closer to the Celtic traditional music. I will try to explain: when you are away from home, you tend to do things, eat things, and being around things of comfort. When I am away from home, I play music that comforts me, sparks warm memories and takes me to my favorite places. For me, this is Celtic music. I spent my childhood Highland dancing and attending Scottish festivals all over the US, and then I spent close to 10 years traveling back and forth between Scotland and Ireland. Now that I am in Brazil, I feel the farthest away from the Celtic culture than I have ever been. This is very hard for me and in an effort to balance my life of learning Portuguese, Brazilian music and dance, I spend much time re-visiting what I love the most, which is Celtic music and dance. I think living in Brazil was a great decision and I am enjoying the experience. However, let it be known that I will never abandon my first love of Celtic music. 4.Any Brazilian influences starting to creep in? YES Actually! I did not expect nor really WANT that to happen. I find myself starting to think more about the samba rhythms when I write. So complex and yet so captivating! I just love the rhythms that just make you want to dance! I think that at every stage in a musicianÕs life we begin to let surroundings influence our music. Even if that change is only in the feeling or mood put into a piece, as a creative and emotional person, it is still significant. Therefore, I think it is good that I continue to let my music move to new places and change as I change. 5. How's the food? What do you like? The meat is incredible! The meat is grilled on what they call a churrasco and they only use sea salt to flavor it. The cuts are quite different from our American cuts--my favorite cut is called picanha. In addition to the various meats, I have fallen in love with the fruits that are huge and so large in variety! I have become a huge fan of the mango fruit (or in Portuguese 'manga'). The 'Tommy Manga' is my favorite and I eat at least two per day! 6. What do you miss about eastern North Carolina? The sense of belonging. This is home and I can meet anyone in Eastern NC and know that they are not a stranger. 7. How's your Portuguese--are you having much interaction with locals? My Portuguese is still very basic. I cannot speak in past or future tenses, but I am pretty rocking at present tense! Porto Alegre is a city where most do not speak English. Therefore, I have to speak Portuguese on a daily basis just to live there. Most of my friends are Brazilian, which took a lot more effort. Ex-pats tend to gravitate toward each other and I do have a large supportive group of ex-pat friends. However, I really made an effort to make Brazilian friends so that I could speak more Portuguese and have a more 'Brazilian' lifestyle. 8. What kinds of festivals have you been to--Mardi Gras anywhere? I went to Carnaval in Porto Alegre one evening and had so much fun! The costumes were brilliant with bright colors and detailed work! The music was live and spectacular. Because the carnival parade of each escola de samba lasts for about 45 minutes, you have the opportunity to here the same song played over and over until the end of the parade...until the next escola de samba makes their entrance with a new song. After 45 minutes, you find yourself singing along with the words printed in the program. I plan on going to Rio for Carnival next year now that I know what to expect. During the weeks of Carnaval, everything in Porto Alegre closed for partying! I went to Florianopolis to visit the beautiful beaches. Every day on the beach were parties, music and dancing. There was nothing formal about the partying, it just happened whenever the mood hit them. I have learned that the Brazilians love to party! 9. What should we expect in your show at RAF? Brazilian style Partying! HA! HA! no no no! I plan to give a concert with some behind the scenes look at what happens when recording a CD. I thought it would be kind of fun to share why songs are chosen and how it is created. I'll perform some of the music that I chose for the new CD, and some songs that were considered but not recorded. I also plan to incorporate some sing-alongs and fun Irish music in lieu of the month of St. Patrick. 10. What can do you say about your new CD? Well, I have always felt that if you are going to record any song, you have to make it your own. Most importantly, I do not apply any traditional music rules when recording an album. If I did, it would sound like every other Celtic traditional album on the market. Secondly, this CD is a collection of songs that I love and I wanted to interpret in my own way. Musically, the album does not have expected Celtic instrumentation; rather, the songs are brought to life by musical instrumentation that best suites the melody and my voice combined. My producer of 8 years, Bob Noble, is truly the mastermind behind this idea. He has employed elements in the music that create the style of Ôeasy listeningÕ with Celtic influences. With renowned musicians of diverse styles such as Charlie Morgan (former drummer for Elton John), Bobby OÕDonovan (former fiddle/mandolin player of the Irish Rovers), Eamonn Dillon (All-Ireland Champion uillean piper), Kevin Lysen (guitar) and Sha Zhang (classical violinist for the Palm Beach pops), the music alone is remarkable. There are so many various elements to the tracks that I feel the only reason it's categorized as ÔCelticÕ is because most of the songs are of Celtic origin and most of the recorded musicians are of Celtic origin. I hope that everybody who purchases a copy enjoys something about it. Every time I listen to the album, I hear something else I like about it. Truly, I am very proud of this record and pleased with the outcome more than anything I have ever recorded. Return of Free-at-3 Sunday Concerts Highlights April and May Live Music at Fountain Reserved seats for all shows are available for an additional charge. April 4 Mike Baker Band --CAMCELLED! 7:30 pm $8 Classic country from one of Wilson County's finest. 5 Lost County 35 7:30 pm $5 http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=238167705 Triangle-based bluegrassers make their Fountain debut: classic and contemporary bluegrass. 11 Marshall Stephenson and the Bluegrass Train 7:30 pm - $8 Bluegrass legend Stephenson and his all-star band, named for his long-running bluegrass radio show 12 Steve Creech Sextet with Peggy Vaughan 8 pm - $8 http://home.earthlink.net/~cscreech/ Creech and special guests Vaughan and Sarah Lang present a concert of classic jazz, pop and show standards. 25 Charlie Flowers and the International Harvesters 8 pm - $5 Honky-tonkin' country from Elm City's Hootin' Charlie Flowers. 26 Hush Puppies 8 pm - $5 Great old-time music from western NC. 27 Flat Mountain Dulcimers 3 pm - Free http://www.flatmountaindulcimers.com/ Our original free-at-3 act: beautiful old-time, folk, country, and gospel music. May 3 Malpass Brothers CANCELLED Turns out this was Taylor's Junior-Senior night--we're trying to re-schedule. 4 Wiilberville 3 pm Free This trio is comprised of three generations of the Ball family, originally from West Virginia. Guitar-picking grandpa Wil migrated to Greenville, where he retired from ECU's counseling center a few years back and took up the music bug he'd long ago suppressed. Lawyer son Mike and fiddling grandson Alex join in to present a concert of original and classic country and bluegrass music. 9 Roby Huffman and the Bluegrass Cutups 7:30 $8 The world-renowned godfather of eastern NC bluegrass is back again: original bluegrass sung in the high, lonesome style that for so many defines the genre. http://robyhuffman.com/ 10 Steve Creech Octet with Eva Cortens 8 pm $8 Greenville's jazz maestro presents jazz and blues vocalist Cortens, along with an all-star jazz band that includes Jimmy Aycock on keyboards, Jonathan Wacker on drums, Les Sutorious on trumpet, Dennis McGaughey on sax and clarinet, George Broussard on trombone, and Keith Dobbins on bass. 11 Melody Brown and Brien Barbour 3 pm Free Two Fountain favorites in a special Mother's Day concert: all mamas get free ice cream. And everyone gets a free concert by two acoustic artists with grand, big voices singing gospel, folk, and country music. Brown's webpage: http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=melody+brown&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 Barbour's webpage: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=162193352 17 Unshackled 7:30 pm $5 http://www.unshackled.us/ Original and classic bluegrass gospel from a Chocowinity-based quintet. 18 Take 2 and Ramblin' Rose 3 pm - Free A big band and lots of fun with bluegrass and bluegrass gospel. 24 Coyote Ridge 7:30 pm - $8 http://www.crbluegrass.com/ Chatham County-based bluegrass quintet that plays traditional bluegrass makes their Fountain debut. 30 Lightnin' Wellls 8 pm - $5 http://www.lightninwells.com/ Fountain's own, Wells is an ambassador of Piedmont blues, but his live shows offer much more: Delta blues, early 20th century pop and vaudeville classics, gospel, and always some musical surprises. 31 Claude Bourbon 8 pm - $5 http://www.myspace.com/claudebourbon French guitarist Bourbon, who plays progressive, medieval and Spanish blues, returns to Fountain for the third time. It's hard to believe sometimes that his sound is coming from just one guitar--and two very quick hands. -30- What You're Reading Each week, RAF sends out a news release to 28 area newspapers and radio stations. The primary contents of each issue of Fountain AfterDark is that news release. The FAD distributed via e.mail never contains attachments. To add friends to our e.mail subscription list, send their e.mail address to fountainexpress@rafountain.com. To remove yourself from this list, reply to this e.mail with "unsubscribe" as either text or subject of your e.mail. Our e.mail list is not sold or traded or otherwise shared with anyone. During the past week, a forged e.mail advertisement for a men's health product has been sent to our list, ostensibly mailed from "fountainexpress." Our account was apparently compromised because of our easily guessable password, which has now been changed. We apologize for this inconvenience. Please let us know of any suspected abuses of the Fountain AfterDark/Fountain Express distribution list. We have ourselves just this week received an ad for a men's health product, addressed to "fountainexpress@rafountain.com" and ostensibly from that same address. Fountain AfterDark - - - Fountain AfterDark vol 4, no 13 March 27, 2008 published weekly by R.A. Fountain, General Store & Internet Cafe NC Folklore Society Hosts Free Music Jam Friday, Cricket Band Plays Classic Country Friday in Fountain [Fountain, NC] The North Carolina Folklore Society hosts a music jam on Friday night at Fountain General Store, where the organization will also hold its annual meeting on Saturday. Both the music jam and Saturday's meeting are free and open to the public. The Cricket Band, featuring Shelby and Linda Stephenson, plays classic country music on Saturday night. NCFS, founded in 1913, is one of the oldest organizations dedicated to the study of folklore and folk culture in the United States. Its annual meetings always feature a Friday night music swap and jam. This year's will be preceded by a cookout, which begins at 6 p.m. on March 28. "This is an organization that's got some fine old-time and bluegrass pickers in it," said Alex Albright, Fountain General Store proprietor. "They're looking forward to seeing what some locals can show them." Saturday's meeting, with a theme of "Folk Cultures of Eastern North Carolina," includes a keynote address by historian David Cecelski, author of four books on North Carolina's eastern, coastal, and African-American cultures. Members of the Folklife Documentation Institute will make presentations on their on-going audio-visual projects, and Hiram Hester, a community organizer and business owner, will present a talk on the Beast of Bladenboro. Saturday's meeting begins at 9 a.m. with a welcome by NCFS president Amy Davis. Also on the morning's agenda is a screening of the 2001 documentary "A Walking Tour of Fountain" and a tour of the Lester Gay whirleygig collection, which was willed to the Fountain Rescue Squad and is housed in the Smith-Yelverton building in Fountain. No registration is required for Friday or Saturday's NCFS events. "We're always glad to have locals come to our programs," said Liz Lindsay, NCFS vice-president. "And we're all looking forward to having our meeting in Fountain." Conference participants will have breakfast from Mickey's, the Fountain eatery renowned for its cheese biscuits, and lunch from Cobb's Barbecue in Fountain. "I don't know how the talks will go," said Albright, "but everybody'll be well-fed." Shelby and Linda Stephenson, who front the Cricket Band, have been Fountain favorites since their first appearance here, as part of the Stephenson Brothers and Linda, at RAF's grand opening in October 2004. Their country music tribute will include songs by Don Gibson, Hank Williams, Sr., Ray Price, and Porter Wagoner, among others. Joining the Stephensons in their band are Manny Krevat on guitar and Larry Sleeper on bass. The Cricket Band's March 29 concert begins at 7:30. General admission is $7.50. R.A. Fountain, General Store and Internet Cafe, is located in historic downtown Fountain, at the intersection of US 258 and NC 222. Its family atmosphere is smoke- and alcohol-free. For further information, visit www.rafountain.com or call 252-749-3228. - - - for further information about the NCFS annual meeting in Fountain, March 28-29, visit http://www.ecu.edu/ncfolk/meeting.htm What You're Reading Each week, RAF sends out a news release to 28 area newspapers and radio stations. The primary contents of each issue of Fountain AfterDark is that news release. The FAD distributed via e.mail never contains attachments. 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