Music & Arts

    One of the area’s most talented pianists is only 11.    

    A sixth grader at Bedford Middle School, Dianne Fitzgerald performs at three local churches, including her home church, Big Island Baptist.
    She’s also performed at other venues. One of these was the Pearson Regional Cancer  Center, where she played to sooth patients as they received cancer therapy. Fitzgerald played classical music, hymns and “American classics.” She selected the music herself.

    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.

    What do you do if you nearly die? Bedford County native Shelly Hill took her second chance at life to publish a book of fine art photography.

    Hill, a 1991 Liberty High School graduate, was 34 when she came down with Fifth Disease. This disease is caused by parvovirus B19, a human virus. It is not the same virus that causes parvo in dogs. Dogs can’t catch parvovirus B19, nor can people catch it from dogs.

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