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Mary Munsey writes songs from the heart

You could say Mary Munsey's songwriting began when she was just a child, because she just couldn't remember lyrics.

In This Issue

• Richard Leigh Songwriters Festival is at VHCC Several songwriters will convene in Abingdon, Va., to use their art to support a cause especially meaningful to one of them – Richard Leigh.
• Richard Leigh is happy to support his alma mater When you talk to Richard Leigh, you'll notice that he's warm, gracious and has a great sense of humor.
• How to enter the songwriting contest The deadline for entering the Richard Leigh Songwriters Festival is Friday, May 9.
• VHCC String Band entertains Mary Munsey leads an old-time string band at Virginia Highlands Community College.
• Celebrate A! Magazine for the Arts' 20th anniversary at a gala fundraiser This year marks the 20th anniversary of A! Magazine for the Arts.
• AiPP announces 2014 juror This year marks the 20th anniversary of A! Magazine for the Arts.
• The Lincoln celebrates 10 years of performances The spring season is in swing at The Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Va.
• Arts for Youth Spotlight: Jose Rodrigo Avila Jose Rodrigo Avila is a busy senior at King University.
• 13th season of Storytelling Live! kicks off Storytelling Live!, the International Storytelling Center's teller-in-residence series, kicks off its season May 6 in Jonesborough, Tenn.
• 'Hiding Ezra" new book by Rita Quillen Many of us have family stories that are so dramatic that you wish an imaginative writer could bring the world of that story to life.
• E&H Trumpet Ensemble among elite music programs chosen for conference The Emory & Henry College Trumpet Ensemble has been selected to perform at the 2014 International Trumpet Guild Conference.
• Museum wins award for textile exhibition The Doak House Museum was honored at the Tennessee Association of Museums annual meeting.
• Students win literary prize Tusculum College students Britany Menken and Joseph Borden are the winners of the 2014 Curtis and Billie Owens Literary Prize.

A! Extra

• Young musicians earn Bristol Music Club scholarships On May 4, the Bristol Music Club, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2014, held its 50th annual scholarship auditions at First Presbyterian Church in Bristol , Tenn.
• Town of Abingdon goes to Oz! A townwide celebration is happening as Abingdon goes to Oz with Barter Theatre.
• Abingdon Main Street launches crowd-funding campaign for downtown mural Abingdon Main Street, Inc. has initiated an online crowd funding campaign in support of its downtown mural project.
• REVIEW: 'Educating Rita' should resonate with Appalachian people The play "Educating Rita," on Barter Theatre's Stage II through July 27th, although set in England, it could easily be set in Appalachia.
• Promoter working to secure another outdoor concert for Bristol BRISTOL, Va. – While one large scale outdoor country music concert failed to materialize, the same promoter is now working to secure a similar event.
• Virginians for the Arts seeking Applicants for 2014 Dominion ArtStars Awards Virginians for the Arts, in partnership with Dominion Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Dominion Resources, Inc., announces the fourth Annual Dominion ArtStars Awards.
• Youth Music Festival hits a fine note at Heartwood Virginia's Crooked Road straightened out and flew like hair on the head of a hot-collared Pentecostal preacher Saturday.
• Gathering in the Gap Songwriting contest finalists announced The Gathering in the Gap Music Festival announces the finalists in the annual Songwriting Contest.
• Knitting, felting, weaving, crocheting Whether you are a fiber artisan threading together memories of old scraps of material for the thousandth time or you are a beginner learning how to knit, felt, weave or crochet — fiber arts are thriving in the area and nationwide. This is the first in a t
• MercyMe coming to Greeneville For Mike Scheuchzer, getting back on the road now ranks as a little more fun. The reason?
• Johnson City artist exhibiting work in Hilton Head The Art League of Hilton Head is presenting the exhibition, "Cycles of Vitality: Ceramic Sculpture by Janis Wilson Hughes," a Johnson City native.
• Local Arts Supporter, Tina Radtke, serves on State Arts Citizen Advisory Panel Tina Radtke from KingsportARTS in Kingsport, Tenn., recently served on the Tennessee Arts Commission's 2014 Citizen Advisory Panel in Nashville.
• Free Comic Book Day aimed at making fans WHAM! BLAT! POW! Faster than a speeding rumor! Stronger than an onion-breathed man! Able to leap large piles of Legos! It's a bird! It's a plane! Nope, it's Robert Pilk, who runs Bristol's Mountain Empire Comics location.
• Welcome to the 'Wizard of Oz' ballet A one and a two and ... with a wave of the wand... "We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz!"
• Alumnus Dr. Joe Moore to return as director of new ETSU marching band East Tennessee State University alumnus and former band director Dr. Joe D. Moore will return to his alma mater to direct the university's new marching band.