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Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Waterfall Tour this Weekend in Brevard

October 12 - 13 Tour De Falls in Dupont State Forest A favorite annual event providing easy access to the falls without strenuous trail walking 9:00AM-2:30PM, buses will be available in the parking lot on DuPont/Staton Rd. to take visitors to High Falls, Triple Falls, Bridal Veil Falls, and Lake Julia, donation - adults $12, $6 ages 6-17, under 6 free, sponsored by Friends of DuPont Forest

Dupont State Forest is one of North Carolina's newer parks. DuPont offers more than 10,000 acres of forest, trails, and 10 waterfalls and is located in Cedar Falls NC between Brevard and Hendersonville North Carolina. You can enjoy the trails by foot, bike or horse or bring the fishing gear and picnic basket. For current Park conditions CLICK HERE.

Get links for visitor information on the Brevard NC Guide.

Saturday, July 6, 2013

La Mer at The Brevard Music Center this Saturday

July 6 La Mer at The Brevard Music Center Grant Llewellyn leads the Brevard Sinfonia in concert with trumpet soloist Neal Berntsen performing Alexander Arutunian's Trumpet Concerto. The concert also includes Rameau's Les fêtes d'Hébé, Bartók's rousing Dance Suite, and one of Debussy's most admired orchestral works, La Mer. PreConcert at 6:50 PM - Special pre-concert performances one hour before curtain, featuring BMC's students and artist faculty. .
Additional concerts today: The Merry Widow at 2 PM with Pre-opera Talk at 1 PM. Program of Song at 11 AM.

Get links for Brevard NC lodging, restaurants and attractions HERE.

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Hunger Games Fan Tour this Weekend in Brevard

July 27-29 Hunger Games Fan Tour Explore DuPont State Forest and see The Hunger Games movie locations. Learn basic survival skills: orienteering, camouflage, and shelter building. Lunch will be provided in Hunger Games style. Shuttle service, DuPont State Recreational Forest permit, light Hunger Games lunch and guides provided. Pre-registration required. Cost is $79 per person.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Opening Night at Brevard Music Center

June 22 at 7:30 PM Principal Guest Conductor JoAnn Falletta and the Brevard Music Center Orchestra will kick off the 2012 season on Friday with a full program of well-known classical music. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 in G major, one of Beethoven's best-known piano concertos, will be performed with BMC faculty pianist Norman Krieger. Also on the program will be Strauss's Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59, Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture and Schmidt's Intermezzo from Notre Dame.

The Brevard Music center is located at 349 Andante Lane in Brevard, NC. Get more information and a link to the Center;s Website on the Brevard NC Visitor Guide

The Blue Ridge Parkway at 469 miles long is the nation's longest scenic rural parkway. Now 70 years old it is administered by the National Park Service and host to approximately 20 million visits annually. It connects the Shenandoah Valley National Park with the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina and Tennessee. Along the route are opportunities for lodging, dining, camping, hiking and simply enjoying breathtaking views from easily accessible overlooks and picnic areas. For additional information visit :The Blueridge Parkway Association

The River Arts District is open year around with the opportunity to meet artists in their studios. Schedules are available online. This unique area along the French Broad River is home to more than 165 artists with working studios located in 18 turn-of-the-century industrial buildings. The artists of the River Arts District welcome you into their studios to talk with them, see their latest artwork, watch demonstrations, and experience for yourself the magic hidden inside the time-worn factories and warehouses along the French Broad River.

Chimney Rock Park is named for a 500 million-year-old giant granite monolith overlooking Hickory Nut Gorge. Visitors are awed by the breathtaking view that spreads 1200 vertical feet beneath them and 75 miles across the Carolinas. The now state owned park encompasses 1,000 acres offers the best of the mountains in one place with spectacular 75-mile views, hiking trails for all ages, a 404-foot waterfall, a variety of special events and much more. Chimney Rock NC

The National Scenic Byways Program is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. The program is a grass-roots collaborative effort established to help recognize, preserve and enhance selected roads throughout the United States. Since 1992, the National Scenic Byways Program has provided funding for almost 1500 state and nationally designated byway projects in 48 states. The U.S. Secretary of Transportation recognizes certain roads as All-American Roads or National Scenic Byways based on one or more archeological, cultural, historic, natural, recreational and scenic qualities.

Tsali Recreation Area is an outdoors lover's paradise. Probably the most popular features of Tsali Recreation Area are the 39 miles of trails suited for mountain bikers and horse-back riders, as well as hikers. The 4-loop system offers a variety of landscapes. You can climb 1-foot wide rugged paths or travel flat, well-beaten roads. The four trails--Right, Left, Mouse Branch, and Thompson Loops--meander through mixed pine and hardwoods on a peninsula stretching into Fontana Lake. Near Bryson City NC and Robbinsville NC.