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Bobby G: Rockin’ on bandstand, teaching in classroom

Bobby G: Rockin’ on bandstand, teaching in classroom

by Daphne Hutchinson | Jul 12, 2025 | Features, People, Sidebar

“Music became a part of my life because I always loved it,” said Robert Glasker, looking back on 56 years and counting in Rappahannock County. Weekends at the microphone with his guitar, he’s Bobby G, the front man for the Heavies, energizing audiences across...
Bourgeois concert honors military, salutes Rappahannock’s 100-year-olds

Bourgeois concert honors military, salutes Rappahannock’s 100-year-olds

by Ireland Hayes | Jul 1, 2025 | People, Sidebar

‘Celebrate America’ with patriotic music Col. John R. Bourgeois, the venerable director emeritus of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band — with a notable career spanning nine presidential administrations — returns to Avon Hall in the Town of Washington on...
Kid Pan Alley turns 25: ‘Everyone has a song in them’

Kid Pan Alley turns 25: ‘Everyone has a song in them’

by Tim Carrington | May 4, 2025 | Art, Education, Features, Top Story

Songwriter celebrates 25 years of making music with kids For a quarter century, Paul Reisler and his collaborators at Kid Pan Alley have inspired nearly 3,000 songs, written and performed by about 80,000 school kids across the United States.   Reisler — songwriter,...
William Webster: Answering the call of his country

William Webster: Answering the call of his country

by Foothills Forum Staff Report | Oct 21, 2024 | Business, Crime and Courts, Education, Health, Politics

A private man in public service, Rappahannock resident celebrates 100 years “I am an old Navy man, and I heard a bosun’s pipe.” In 1978, that was William H. Webster’s reason for leaving a distinguished judicial career and the possibility of a future seat on the United...
Celebrate John Jackson’s legacy at Saturday’s Piedmont Blues Festival

Celebrate John Jackson’s legacy at Saturday’s Piedmont Blues Festival

by Randy Rieland | Sep 26, 2024 | Uncategorized

2023-09-30-JohnJackson–8-web.jpg (copy)Jefferson Scott leads a jam down in the barn during last year’s John Jackson Piedmont Blues Festival. John Jackson closeupJohn Jackson died in 2002 after a career in which he performed all over the world, including at...
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