Jazz in the Mountains

THE DAHLONEGA JAZZ SOCIETY Presents "JAZZ IN THE MOUNTAINS"

MONTHLY CONCERT/JAZZ JAM. The Dahlonega Jazz Society will hold its monthly concert/jazz jam from 7 - 9 pm, October 25, 2009, in the Schott Auditorium, NGC&SU. Music students and parents are especially welcome. Music professionals, jazz buffs, and all others are encouraged to join us for an evening of good music. Musicians bring your axe and join the fun!

COMING ATTRACTIONS. The Dahlonega Jazz Society is very excited to announce that Scotty Barnhart, Internationally reknown jazz trumpet soloist with the Count Basie Orchestra will perform a Jazz Concert with the David Brothers Quartet Sunday evening, December 6th, 2009. Scotty will conduct a Jazz Master Class at 5 pm, and front the Quartet from 7 until 9 pm in the Hoag Auditorium, NGC&SU. Additional details TBA. Contact Bill Fielder, fielderw@yahoo.com, 706 348 8986 (h) 706 577 4468.

Dahlonega Cyclocross Race 10/17-18

Stay with us and attend or ride in the Dahlonega Cyclocross Bike Race.

October 17-18, 2009
USA Cycling Permit # (pending)
Montaluce Winery and Estates
Georgia Cross Series Race #2

Saturday TT Races (not series races)
Open Men and Open Women - 4:00 start, 1 lap for $100 cash prize
Free TT entry with registration for Sunday, $5 per additional lap

Racers may participate with a one day license available on site ($10) or with a current road or mountain annual license ($60). Annual licenses may be purchased on line at http://www.usacycling.org/ or on site. Registration closes 15 minutes before the start of each race. Warm up will be permitted on the course only between events at the official's discretion and only after waiver has been signed. Race is held rain or shine. Helmets must be worn at all times while riding bike. Mountain bikes are permitted but bar ends must be removed. The promoter reserves the right to combine categories and or prizes due to attendance. Categories under 5 racers will be combined. All U18 riders with a CX1,CX2 license must race the CX1/CX2 race. All U18 riders with a CX3 license must race CX3. Any U18 racer can participate in the junior category at the State Championship race. Racing age is age on December 31,2010.

Directions: Follow GA-400 North until you reach US-19/GA-60. Take a LEFT onto US-19/GA-60 and follow it for approximately 6 miles. At a traffic light, take a LEFT onto E Main Street. Continue ~4 miles until you come to Silaom Church Rd. Turn LEFT and follow ~2.5 miles to a 4-way stop. Continue Straight. Montaluce entrance on LEFT. Follow signs.

For more information contact John Dalman, Jon@wheelworksga.com (706)867-0228

Local & Regional Musicians Perform to Save Endangered Trees

The Fifth Annual Hemlockfest Music Festival will be held November 6-8 at
Starbridge Retreat near Dahlonega, Ga. Popular musical acts from around the region will entertain at this year’s benefit held to combat parasites which are killing the native hemlock trees of the Blueridge Mountains.

This year’s Hemlockfest promises to be a treat for music fans around the North Georgia region. Twenty bands from Georgia, North Carolina, and as far away as West Virginia will be performing over the course of three days at the beautiful Starbridge Retreat just east of Dahlonega, Georgia.

Friday night’s entertainment features 6 area bands, with Atlanta’s Soulhound, Mudcat, and the Dot Line Projekt highlighting the lineup.

Saturday’s all day music lineup will include bluegrass, blues, rock and funk from 9 bands including West Virginia’s David Lafleur, performing roots music on a variety of traditional instruments, and local folk and bluegrass acts The Family Honor and Gold Rush. Headlining the diverse lineup on Saturday night this year are Col. Bruce Hampton and the Quark Alliance, who will bring their unique blend of rock, rhythm and blues, and jazz to the stage. “As a GA band we're proud to be a part of this each year in as beautiful setting as anywhere in Georgia,” Col. Bruce says. Audience members will be mesmerized by the unique fire dancing of Unifire Dance Theater, a perennial festival favorite.

Sunday will feature Athens group The Solstice Sisters as well as Dahlonega’s own Celtic folk/rock band Emerald Rose as part of a varied morning to afternoon lineup.

Hemlockfest is a family-friendly three-day musical celebration held on a scenic 50-acre private resort in the foothills of the Appalachians. Visitors can come for a day, or camp out for the weekend, and enjoy unique food and beverages, demonstrations of traditional handicrafts and skills, and dozens of booths containing art and interesting merchandise from Georgia and all over the world as well as opportunities all weekend to learn more about the natural world of the Blueridge Mountains.

All proceeds from the event are used to help save the hemlock trees of the Southern Appalachian Mountains from the woolly adelgid parasite, which is rapidly infesting the region. Anyone interested learning more can visit the website of the Lumpkin Coalition, which organizes the festival, at http://www.lumpkincoalition.org/HemlockFest.htm. See the festival website for more information.

Inn Wins Best in the South Award

We are pleased to announce that our inn has won the 2009-2010 award from BedandBreakfast.com for "Best in the South". Ten inns were chosen from the south.

BedandBreakfast.com, the leading online bed and breakfast directory and reservation network worldwide, announced the winners of its fifth annual web-based awards program for B&Bs and inns. Since launching the BedandBreakfast.com reviews program almost three years ago, inn goers have submitted nearly 85,000 B&B reviews. The selection criteria for the Best of BedandBreakfast.com Awards included both quantitative and qualitative analysis of the independently posted reviews on BedandBreakfast.com.

The Best of BedandBreakfast.com Award winners are not ranked but are listed alphabetically by state or country within each category. Themes and categories reflect prevalent comments from each winner’s reviews.

To see all the winners visit www.bedandbreakfast.com