Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, and while you’re here on Scene In Town, always check out the Official Texas Music Calendar. You know, one of the best things, imperative even, to pack up is your sportsmanship when going to a music festival. Wednesday proved that to the countless throngs that came and that […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer Well, the folks are coming, moving on down the road and arriving at the Larry Joe Taylor Texas Music Festival. Day two also brought rain, along with Texas music fans, and most of them didn’t even seem to mind. This reporter, however, ducked back into Hippie Van right […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer It’s the 31st year for Larry Joe Taylor’s Texas Music Festival. Patrons, along with merchandise and food vendors, are setting up in just about every nook and cranny of Melody Mountain Ranch (Stephenville), sound crews are setting up on both the Allsups Stage, which is basically a solo/duo […]
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 […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer t’s a few months away, still, but Kerrville Folk Festival is releasing its list of performers in waves, a few last week, a few this week, and let’s hope more next week. And first on this agenda is to bookmark this Website. It has all the info and […]
National Night Out -Tuesday, October 3 – UPDATED 10/1
Story and photos (from past years) by Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News In this, the 40th anniversary year of the establishment of National Night Out, Van Alstyne Police are hosting its yearly community gathering from 6-8 p.m. this Tuesday, Oct. 3. The full event will be held at the Central Social District […]
Construction to Begin on New City Park
Story by Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News. Photos by Paige Boatman The City of Van Alstyne will soon have a sixth city park for its residents and visitors to use for their enjoyment.Monday (September 25), city and business leaders were joined by residents to break the ground for the Eula Umphress-Robert […]
TxDOT Seeks Input on US 82 Texas Corridor Study
Highway spans all of Texas from Arkansas to New Mexico Press Release from Texas Department of Transportation, Sept. 13, 2023 PARIS, Texas – The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is working to shape the future for one of the most important highways in the Paris area (Grayson County is in this Paris, Texas area), and […]
“Pack Up” Makes the Possibilities Possible.
Texas Nexus / Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer It’s a 3-column list I have worked up — “PACK UP” it’s called. It’s what I have to reference and cling to when getting ready to go to all the music festivals in my life. And there’s a bunch! Me and Hippie Van head out. […]
This is a feature I wrote in 2007 and, crazily, found it on my My Space somehow. It also was printed on the Rockabilly Hall of Fame’s Website of the same name. Roy Head was inducted into the Rockabilly Hall of Fame that year. I am excited to be able to include it now here […]
Van Alstyne is Autumn Town, too!
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer, Blog style, not reporting style. More photos on link at bottom, and more will be added on future Sunday drives, so please feel free to check back throughout October and November. Sundays are made for driving around, slowly, and looking at things one misses when moving so fast. […]
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