We need your ideas and comments. A M usical Celebration of the Forties on Union Square Kicking off the weekend celebration of The Miracle of Hickory will be an evening of jazz, blues and ballads, featuring some the Hickory area s most prominent entertainers. A Musical Celebration of the Forties on Union Square will feature vocalists Denise Baxter-Yoder, Buzz Atwood, Jackie Finley, Chuck Yoder and Julia Rush. Also scheduled to perform are the Greenhouse Jazz Ensemble, the Acappella Fellas Quartet and the Carolina Style Chorus of Sweet Adelines. Picnic tables will be available and the audience is encouraged to bring blankets and lawn chairs for additional seating.
All activities are free to the public.
If you visit the show windows of The Shade Parlor and julia rush-Fine Crafts in downtown Hickory, you ll see owners Beth Warmuth and Julia Rush s own Parade of Chairs . Influenced by the citywide Parade of Chairs sponsored by the Hickory Museum of Art, Beth asked Julia if she would like to a small parade of small chairs in her show window in conjunction with the real Parade of Chairs . The Shade Parlor will be featuring small chairs painted by the art classes at Hickory High and South Caldwell High School. The art teachers were really excited about this project when I contacted them, Beth reported. We spent an afternoon painting and eating pizza.