by Doug Thompson | Sep 3, 2011 | Faces of Floyd, Featured, Musings
A capacity crowd of both locals and visitors who shelled out five bucks each for a night of music, cornpone comedy and storytelling showed up Saturday night for the first broadcast of the Floyd Radio Show at the Country Store. The show, which airs the first Saturday...
by Doug Thompson | May 9, 2010 | Faces of Floyd, Featured, News
With more and more Springlike weather (while not forgetting the cold weather in the weekend’s forecast), the streets of Floyd are packed with music and listeners on Friday nights. The traditional “First Friday” observations at The Jacksonville...
by Doug Thompson | Apr 24, 2010 | Faces of Floyd, Featured, News
Serena Wimmer and Donald Jacobs tied the knot at the Jamboree in Floyd Friday night. The met at the Jamboree, danced many a night away and fell in love amid the clogging, flatfooting and bluegrass music. So the music stopped briefly Friday night and the dance floor...
by Doug Thompson | Feb 4, 2010 | Faces of Floyd, Featured, News
Two of Mike Mitchell’s music students got the chance to play on stage with the legendary Wayne Henderson Wednesday as the Floyd County Store and Virginia’s Crooked Road took to the national stage for special recognition by the National Trust for Historic...
by Doug Thompson | Nov 9, 2009 | Faces of Floyd
With Daylight Savings Time coming earlier than ever nowdays, the afternoon shadows ran long Sunday afternoon for the annual Veterans Day Parade in downtown Floyd and the crowd was a far cry from what it once was in a county where service to country was once considered...
by Doug Thompson | Oct 24, 2009 | Faces of Floyd
Shots of Saturday’s Split Rail Eco Fair in Floyd. The event also included dedication of the new community market next to The Station on South Locust.
