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'Sweeney Todd' coming t the GPAC
PEMBROKE — Order up! One drama about a psychopath, hold the gore. “Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street” hit the theaters last year with a thud. The film was adapted from a play by Stephen Soundheim in the ’70s. A new version of the play was staged in 2005 and will make a stop at the Givens Performing Arts Center Friday. The film story of Sweeney Todd was reworked from a gruesome story taken from a book called “The String of Pearls...
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Orchestra surrounds the senses with sound — Neal Timpe's column
Surround sound can’t even touch a live orchestra in concert — especially the surround sound on my stereo. The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra came to GPAC last Tuesday. Its 49 city North American tour is its first tour of America and one it hopes will help rank it among the most important orchestras in the world. Honestly, I haven’t seen enough orchestras of international acclaim to comment on whether they’re the best or the worst. But I had a g...
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Valentine's Day a good time to get fit - Mike DeCinti's column
My wife Alison reminded me recently that Valentine’s Day is quickly approaching. However she wasn’t telling me so that I can start working on some type of surprise for her, or at least I don’t think she was, but instead she thought this might be a good topic for my next column. Not so much concerning the cards or the candy, but how couples could use this day as an opportunity to begin a wellness program together. What’s more romantic than givi...
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It's a tight budget year
The State Library emailed me a couple of days ago and told us about the most recent reduction in the state’s appropriation for the library. The library’s budget will have to be cut another 2 percent. So far, we have been cut 7 percent and there may be more in the future. That may help you understand the lack of new books in our libraries. Our budget is primarily one of fixed expenses. Those include the electric and water bills, personnel costs...
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Mama Dip, herself, speaks in Pembroke
PEMBROKE — The little restaurant on Rosemary Street is probably one of Chapel Hill’s worst kept secrets. Mama Dips’ restaurant has been feeding college students and town folk in Chapel Hill for 32 years. Mildred Council, Mama Dip herself, will come to UNCP with her daughter, Spring Council, to discuss her life, recipes and her restaurant Tuesday at 7 p.m. If her work were simply limited to her restaurant, she might not be traveling the state...
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Larry O'Brien with the Glenn Miller Orchetra
Miller Time
LUMBERTON — Miller’s back and he’s got the tunes that will get you “In the Mood.” The band that carries on Glenn Miller’s musical tradition is back in Lumberton playing their brassy, jazzy tunes that made him one of the most successful bandleaders of the big band swing era. Larry O’Brien’s trombone leads the band now on a grueling tour that lasts 250 dates a year. The band will play Robeson Community College on Friday at 6:30 p.m. At the heigh...
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What's happening for 2/1
Sunday Free Throw Contest: The Lumberton Recreation Department will co-sponsor the Shoot the Rock free throw contest. The event is for boys and girls in grades 1 - 12 and takes place at Bill Sapp Recreation Center Sunday at 2 p.m. The cost is two canned food items for the Robeson County Church and Community Center. For information, call (910) 671-3869. Fraternity: The Lumberton alumni chapter of kappa alpha psi fraternity, Inc., will hold an ...
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Forty years of slugging commanded respect for editor
This is an edited version of a story that ran in the Raleigh News and Observer 61 years ago. Ms. Faulk was a teacher and journalist who wrote for The Robesonian during the 1940s and later during the decades of the ’70s and ’80s. This story about Editor John Allen Sharpe was published in The News and Observer July 13, 1947, three months before his death. It was also published in The Robesonian historical edition February 26, 1951. A newspap...
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Big Daddy Drive set to rock at Black Water Grille
Staff report LUMBERTON — The Black Water Grille comes alive Friday when hometown band Big Daddy Drive set up to rock out. The band plays classic rock, country and ’80s music and a few original songs. This is the band’s third time playing Black Water Grille. The show begins at 9:30 p.m. The band is made up of Jami Moore who does the lead vocals and plays guitar, John Gales on bass, Keith Ross playing lead guitar and backing vocals, Mark Schwa...
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Keep workouts regular even in the cold
Tips for Cold Weather Workouts This year, I spent the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend in Orlando with the youth group from our church. When we left Florida at noon on Monday, it was a balmy 72 degrees. By the time we reached Lumberton the temperature was 40 degrees colder with snow on the horizon. I had scheduled a tee time at Pinecrest on Tuesday but even with pink day glow golf balls I was not going because it was too cold! Despite...
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Getting an earful of some good lies
My head is spinning from this past weekend, where I spent hours listening to tall tales and lies — on purpose! I’m glad I had the experience because some would call me gullible. I’m not that familiar with dishonesty because I don’t typically associate with liars. My statistician friends and I usually spend our weekend nights watching Congressional proceedings on C-SPAN. Who is the best liar this year? Well, the top two at the Bold-Faced Liars’...
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What's happening 1/25
Thursday Auditions: The North Carolina Children’s Theatre will have auditions for “Willy Wonka” on Thursday and Friday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Pine Street Activity Center. Show dates are March 13-14 at the Carolina Civic Center. For information, call (910) 736-9822. Friday Pembroke health checks: Free health screenings will be offered on Friday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Maynor Manor Community Building, 400 Locklear St. in Pembroke. Up...
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Miss UNCP pageant will be decided Thursday
PEMBROKE — Givens Performing Arts Center is getting pretty in preparation for the arrival of its yearly pageant to crown Miss UNCP. Seven women will compete for the crown this year at the scholarship pageant on Thursday at 7 p.m. They will also say good-bye to Miss UNCP 2008, Jamee Hunt. The pageant is a scholarship competition which will award the winner $1,000 scholarship and a $1,000 wardrobe allowance for the next competition she will face...
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The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at the Fivens Performing Arts Center on the campus of UNCP on Tuesday.
Orchestrating good music
PEMBROKE — What does it take to start an internationally renowned orchestra from scratch? Ask Derek Gleeson, the conductor of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra. “It’s pretty exhausting,” he said in an interview last week. “Now we are seeing the fruits of our labor. We just did our seventh concert out of 49, all with packed houses and standing ovations.” The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in the 1800s but disbanded with the start of ...
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Eastwood is terrific in 'Gran Torino'
“Gran Torino” What a great week. I had three glorious inches of snow in my yard, the kids were out of school, the presidential inauguration finally occurred, and, gratefully, not even one of my checks bounced. Just when I thought the week couldn’t get any better, I saw “Gran Torino.” Wow. This week is one for the books. Seventy-eight year old Clint Eastwood is Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran embossed and emblazoned with bitterness and bi...
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