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Although he is in competition with fast-food giants like Hardees and Bojangles, Maurice Jennings has built Biscuitville into a $30 million business since it began in 1975. The company does not do giant franchises. Nor has it gone nationwide; all but five of the stores are within an hour's drive of the headquarters in Winston-Salem. Biscuitville sticks close to its biscuit theme and cuts out a dinner by closing at 2 p.m. Staying with these approaches has kept the company in dough.
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Trips when he was a youth to visit relatives along the North Carolina-Virginia border created in New York-born Paul Brown a love for traditional music. In 1980, he left the North to settle in the Mt. Airy area. Brown is a master banjoist, album producer, and radio star, who knows the old music and the people who play it. He has received several North Carolina Arts Council grants to record traditional music.
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Located along the Virginia border, Caswell County lies off the usual tourist routes. However, those who do visit will find a preserved heritage, including the historic courthouse and the National Historic District town of Milton. For years tobacco was a major part of the county's economy, but with tobacco support waning, county officials seek new opportunities to diversify the economic base. Carolina Pinnacle Studios, a filmmaking venture in Yanceyville, is one of the companies the county has attracted.
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Bob Donaghey has a wide background in broadcasting, including work with Ed Sullivan, CBS soap operas, and running his own talent agency. In 1994, he chose Caswell County as a place to live part of the year away from New York. He immediately fell in love with the wealth of bluegrass music and performers in the state. Now armed with state-of-the-art digital technology in his multi- purpose studio near Pelham, he works not only to record and preserve bluegrass music but to promote it beyond the state.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 69 Issue 1, June 2001, p84-86, 88, 90, il, por Periodical Website
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To many people, the cities of High Point, Thomasville, and Lexington mean furniture, but there are also other things to see and do. Kunkel describes how to spend a weekend among the three cities.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 70 Issue 10, Mar 2003, p124-126, il Periodical Website
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Traditional music has evolved over the past 250 years in the North Carolina mountains, as migrants from a number of countries brought their distinct musical signatures to the area. This interweaving of cultures created the old-time mountain music which is still continuing to evolve and flourish into the twenty-first century. Kunkel lists a number of places where bluegrass performances can be heard weekly, including Clay's Corner (Brasstown); Balsam Mountain Inn (Balsam); Snowbird Mountain Lodge (Robbinsville); Mars Hill College (Mars Hill); and Shindig on the Green (Asheville).
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“Outdoor wall murals can create beauty and interest on any otherwise large, blank surface,” says Jeffrey York, director of public art and community design at the North Carolina Arts Council in Raleigh. “The subject matter of a mural can also tell something about the history of the identity of the community.” Kunkel discusses outdoor murals in Valdese, King's Mountain, West Jefferson, Siler City, Chapel Hill, Wilmington, and Thomasville.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 3, Aug 2004, p30-32, 34, il Periodical Website
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The Bynum General Store opened for business in 1936, in the small community of Bynum in Chatham County. At one time the mill town of 250 people supported five general stores but only one survived. The Bynum store sells everything from the usual canned goods to old movie posters. It also displays old items that are not for sale but add to the store's ambiance. The store owners host a weekly event during the summer that is called the Front Porch Music Series. Now in its fourth season, the series presents all types of bands, from acoustic folk to bluegrass to alt-country.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 5, Oct 2004, p112-114, 116, il Periodical Website
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