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Music & Arts

  • Man turns experience into book for children

        Yes, engineers can write and Ron Sisson, a retired General Electric engineer, proves that fact.

        Sisson has written a children’s book called Lost on Big Otter River. The book was written with an audience of readers ages 9 to 12 in mind.

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  • Celebrating 40 years!

        Little Town Players (LTP) is getting ready to celebrate its 40th anniversary.
        Its first season was the 1976-1977 season, but it got started when the Vestry of St. John’s Episcopal Church sponsored a play called “Our Town.” The play was performed at Bedford Middle School’s auditorium and the play’s reception by the community led to the creation of LTP.

        The first season included three one-act plays.

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  • Little Town Players celebrates 40th season

        Little Town Players (LTP) celebrated its birthday by announcing the list of plays it will perform for what will be its 40th season.

        “They said we’d never last,” Karen Hopkins commented during LTP’s Reveal party, held at their theater at the Elks Home. Hopkins is one of LTP’s founding members.

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  • Sedalia holds 18th annual Bluegrass Festival

        Sedalia Center held its 18th annual Bluegrass Festival, Saturday.

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  • Class of 1940: Morrison writes a novel

        Jim Morrison has several non-fiction books to his credit, some written  while he worked for the Department of Defense.

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  • R&B artist celebrates new release here

        Will Preston, an R&B artist who lives in Atlanta, Ga., will come to Bedford, Saturday, for a listening party to celebrate his new release “#reacquainted.”

        Why is a rhythm and blues artist from Atlanta coming to Bedford to promote his new album?

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  • County joins Artisan Trail Network

        The Artisans Center of Virginia (ACV), in partnership with Bedford County citizens, announced last week the initiation of the development of the Artisan Trail Network program in Bedford County.

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  • Off to FloydFest

        Kooper Jodoin just graduated from Staunton River High School last month, but he’s already working on recording his first musical album. Every track consists of music that he composed.

        “I write music in my head before I play,” Jodoin said.
        Jodoin describes his compositions as “compulsive.”
        “It’s kind of hard, melodic rock,” he said, going on to say that it’s hard rock, but not heavy metal.

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  • Enjoying Bluegrass at Sedalia

        Sedalia Center’s annual Bluegrass at Sedalia had a line-up that included the oldest continuously performing Bluegrass band in America — the Virginia Mountaineers. It was started by Clinton King more than 60 years ago.

        “Clinton started this band in 1947,” said Larry Hall, who now leads the band. Hall was 15 when he started with the band in 1959 and took over leadership after King’s death.
        “He was my second cousin,” Hall said of King.

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  • Local enthusiasts get a look at Plan 9

        A science fiction film shot primarily in Bedford, got at good response from the 1,300 people who attended MystiCon, a sci-fi convention held in Roanoke over the weekend. A three-minute scene from the feature-length motion picture was named the MystiCon Fan Favorite Film.

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