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Charlotte musician Arthur Smith is the subject of this TAR HEEL interview. Smith has been in show business for over forty years. He has composed over 1,500 songs, recorded 300 singles and sixty albums, and worked on five motion pictures. His syndicated country-western music television show is seen daily all over the Southeast.
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Established in 1970, Raven Rock State Park is one of North Carolina's newest parks. It is located along the Cape Fear River and takes its name from the flocks of ravens that roosted there years ago. Its main feature is Raven Rock, which reaches a height of 152 feet and juts out at a forty-five degree angle above the river. Clemmons describes the location, length, and difficulty of the park's six hiking trails.
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35754
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A fragile wilderness could be found in Merchants Millpond State Park, on the southern edge of the Great Dismal Swamp. Despite its fragility, it had an important place and long history in the area. During the nineteenth century, the Millpond contained a gristmill, wheat mill, and sawmill. By the twentieth century, it had become the largest trading center in Gates County. Its present purpose: a viable habitat for animals such as river otters and plant species such as the water violet. As for the State Park’s benefits to humans, that included activities such as camping and backpacking, drawing and guided tours.
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35807
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The interview with this Big Band leader revealed his musical beginnings in the late 1930s with his band, the Duke Blue Devils, and his first musical influence, his father, a music teacher. Illustrations of an illustrious career included giving Doris Day her first opportunity as a band singer and touring overseas with Bob Hope for almost two decades. As for the musical genre he played, he was optimistic about its enduring popularity with modern audiences.
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