This week, I spoke with Sharon Carlton, of High Country Cotillion. What an inspirational woman she is!   Here is a message from Sharon about High Country Cotillion:
High Country Cotillion is an innovative and entertaining social education program that prepares students to confidently represent themselves well at school, in public, and in future business environments. [...]

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Over 50 NEW consignors have placed their maternity, children’s clothes, and baby care items for sale at the Wee-Cycle Consignment Sale! There will be tons of new stuff to snatch up! Even if you’ve been there already, the perfect item may still be waiting for you!
Remember, the sale is on through September 27th, [...]

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SEPT 12 Concert On the Lawn - Harris Brothers and Meade Richter
At the Jones House in Downtown Boone, 5 PM. FREE, bring your own Chair. www.watauga-arts.org
SEPT 12 Star Wars: The Clone Wars(PG) opens at Dragonfly Theater
It will be playing through Sept 18. They have started serving meals now! They’ve got [...]

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ASU Department of Technology and the Watauga Arts Council present the Craft Enrichment Program for kids age 10-15.   The class is located at Katherine Harper Hall on River Street in Boone.  This class focuses on tiles, sculptural forms and pottery.
Designed for learning clay skills that leave room for active imaginations, you will be making [...]

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Watauga Arts Council is now offering a new line of classes here at the Jones House (downtown Boone).  In addition to the Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) Program, held Thursday nights, they will offer a Video Production Class and an Improvisational Acting Class.
Video 4 Kids will meet on Saturdays (9-10:30am for Ages 12-18; [...]

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Well, I was supposed to post this last week, and I was late getting it posted.  The first meeting was last Thursday, but you can still join if you’d like.  So don’t hesitate to call!  We all need a little parenting encouragement!

This new group will meet Thursday evenings 7:00-8:00pm, September 4th - October 23rd, at [...]

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Join the fun with experienced teacher Kristen Kissik playing parachute games, moving like animals, and dancing with silk scarves! Through creative movement children gain an appreciation for classical music, enhance fine and gross motor skills, master simple rhythms, improve hand-eye coordination, and impulse control. Come try these FREE sample classes the week before the [...]

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This is an Awesome Deal Alert!
Mast General Store is having a HUGE Labor Day Sale this weekend, August 28-31! Take an extra 40% off red-lined spring and summer merchandise in Boone or Valle Crucis.
FALL SAMPLE SALE:  at “The Little Red Schoolhouse,” behind the original store in Valle Crucis:

FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY, from 10AM-6PM
SUNDAY, from [...]

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My friend Shelly sent me an email about this Awesome Deal Alert:
“There is a great denim sale at Old Navy – kid’s jeans are $7, adult jeans are $12.  The cashier said you can buy 3 pair per department but she offered to do separate transactions if we had more in one department”
This just in, [...]

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I’ll have a table at the Playhouse Music Festival, along with Niki, of Niki’s Knacks (really cute handmade kid stuff!), and right next to the High Country Mommies group! Come by and say hi!
Be they bangin’ on a garbage can drum or head bobbin’ to a “kid hop” beat, these headliners at next Saturday’s [...]

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