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Record #:
8691
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The first Cary Band Day was organized by Matt Brady and the Cary High School Band Boosters in 1959. Band Day continues to be held on the second Saturday in November each year. Every year several hundred high school bands from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia are invited to attend, and the first fifty to respond are accepted to march in the parade. There is a field competition following the parade, with judges from university music programs and the National Band Organization. Awards are given after the last band plays, usually around midnight.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 6, Nov 1981, p14-17, 38, il
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Record #:
6863
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Richard Stanhope Pullen had a dream for a park in Raleigh. On March 22, 1887, his dream became a reality when the park was donated to the city, making it the state's first public park. The National Amusement Park Historical Association lists Pullen Park as the fourteenth oldest amusement park in the world. The park's many offerings include sixty-eight tree-shaded acres, the historic C.P. Huntington miniature train, and playgrounds. The crown jewel, however, is the park's magical musical carousel. Built around 1900 and intricately hand-carved, the carousel is one of twenty-three remaining historic Dentzel Carousel Company machines still operating in North America. The carousel was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 4, Sept 2004, p172-175, il Periodical Website
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Record #:
7852
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In the early 19th century, Cary, NC, was a railroad stop between Raleigh and Durham. Cary's first business was a hotel, known as an ordinary. In 1868, Allison Francis (Frank) Page decided to build the town's second ordinary and in 1971, Robert Strother bought the historic structure and leased it to the Historic Preservation Society of North Carolina.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 9, Feb 1987, p10-12, il, por
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Record #:
8650
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A recent addition to the state parks system, the Hemlock Bluffs in Wake County attract a large number of visitors. Discovered in 1971, the area is approximately three acres in size and is the only place south and east of the Appalachians where native hemlocks grow. The temperature in the bluff area is about ten degrees lower than surrounding areas, a perfect temperature for hemlocks to grow. A partial listing of 113 wildflowers growing in and around the bluffs was compiled by Rodney Flint.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 49 Issue 2, July 1981, p12-13, 37, il
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