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StoryTown Radio Show: Salute to Veterans
May 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
The StoryTown Radio Show will host its annual “Salute to Veterans” performance at 7 p.m. on Monday, May 25 at the McKinney Center. The cast will be joined by musical guest The Jonesborough Novelty Band. Featured stories come from local men and women who served in the Armed Forces. Stories include a reluctant optometrist who served his country one pair of glasses at a time, a Marine on the front lines of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and a member of the Special Forces who showed his former teachers what he was capable of.
The Jonesborough Novelty Band will perform two sets during the production, in which the audience will be encouraged to sing along to familiar tunes. The performance begins at 7 p.m. on Memorial Day at the McKinney Center. Tickets, $10 for the show, are available by calling the Historic Visitors Center at 423.753.1010 or online at Jonesborough.com/tickets. For more information about the StoryTown Radio Show, visit storytownradio.com. This show is sponsored by Mauk’s of Jonesborough.
The Radio Show is also recorded for broadcast on local NPR station WETS 89.5 out of Johnson City, which can be heard the last Wednesday of the month at 8PM. StoryTown is sponsored by the Tennessee Arts Commission, Gary and Sandee Degner, Doug and Denise Gross, Terry and Sandy Countermine, Herman and Beverly Jenkins, Wolfe Development, the Wild Women of Jonesborough, and Mauk’s of Jonesborough
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About StoryTown:
StoryTown is supported by an Arts Access Grant from the Tennessee Arts Commission, Mauk’s of Jonesborough, Gary and Sandee Denger, Wolfe Development, Herman and Beverly Jenkins, and Doug and Denise Gross. It is a part of Jonesborough’s Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts at the McKinney Center.
About the McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington:
The mission of the McKinney Center at Booker T. Washington is to provide a comprehensive program through Jonesborough’s Mary B. Martin Program for the Arts, which teaches various art skills to all participants through a quality program of instruction open to all segments of Jonesborough’s population. In addition, a primary mission of the Center is to enhance minority participation in the planning and implementation in all activities in Jonesborough while specifically celebrating the contribution of the African-American community in the growth and development of the Town. The activities of the McKinney Center are designed to enhance the quality of life of all Jonesborough residents.
