Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, SceneInTown.com The upcoming Woody Guthrie Festival, affectionately called WoodyFest, will run from July 10-14 this year in Okemah, Okla., which was Guthrie’s birthplace. One of the highlights every year is the songwriting contest, which draws songwriters from across the United States and beyond. The good news is, there […]
First printed in The Paris News, 3.27.19, Story by Mary Jane Farmer, SceneInTown.com, Photo courtesy NBC Trey Rose, the professional name that Hugo native Jack Rosenthal III uses, watched his own blind audition segment on The Voice Monday night, at the same time that fans from all over Texas and Oklahoma were as well, and, […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. Click on the link here to see all photos, and feel free to download any of them. No charge. Just enjoy. Flickr.com/photos/102233188@N08/albums/72157690569982813 The Rusty Wier singer/songwriter contest is now a memory, an echo of all the new and more familiar songs that multitude of songwriters brought to the […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer Two of Texoma’s musicians are vying to keep moving on in their respective national, televised and career-enhancing contests. Both shows are being televised Monday night, on different networks. Trey Rose, from Hugo, Oklahoma, is moving into the Battle Rounds on NBC’s ‘The Voice,’ And, from Van Alstyne, Austin […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer. Feel free to click on and download any of the photos, no charge. Link to photos Well, it’s coming down to hay-baling time. The 2019 Rusty Wier Singer/Songwriter contest completed it’s second week of the semi-finals Sunday (March 9, 2019) and the finalists have been chosen and announced, based […]
First printed in the Van Alstyne Leader, 2.7.20 edition. This month’s Welcome Newcomers gathering is at 6 p.m., Wednesday, February 26, at City Hall. And please go to the Facebook “Van Alstyne Newcomers” and give it a like to keep up. Mary Jane Farmer, For the Van Alstyne Leader Van Alstyne newcomers and longtimers met over […]
Mary Jane Farmer / Scene In Town / Courtesy photos The city has purchased this playground set for McKinney-Wilson Park, aka East Park, just off of East Jefferson (FM 121) at Ball Park Way. A quick glimpse of the side view gives one the impression of an alien, and a close look at the same […]
Incumbents the only ones to run for Van Alstyne elections
Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town The May city and school board elections will be cancelled for both government agencies, as only incumbents filed for election, or re-election, in this most current time frame. For the Van Alstyne City Council, open seats were Places 1, 2, and 3, currently held by Ryan Neal, Marla Butler […]
Photography is… No. 2 stimulates imagination
C\ Click here, on this link, to see a few more of my “challenge” photos. No. 2 — Photography requires imagination Each year, lately, I have gone on my own photographic journey, calling it my “Challenge.” I’ll pick a topic and do what I can to photograph items, people, […]
Photography is… No. 1-Immortality
First in a series about photography and why I (Mary Jane Farmer) love it so much. Some of this is ‘borrowed’ from another source, most is uniquely my own. Photography creates immortality — Every Thanksgiving, my family is at my house. It’s tradition. The grandkids take out the old photo albums and go through them, again […]
Kinky Freidman — Still The Kinkster
Lately, I’ve been listening to Kinky Freidman’s newest CD in about, oh, say, 40-ish years. It’s called Circus of Life and is due out in about three weeks, or July 3 to be more specific. And, believe or trust me, it’s well worth the money. The Texas Jewboy has not lost his touch, not at […]
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