For more photos, click on the links below. The White Elephant Saloon is the perfect host and perfect sponsor its 10th year of the Texas Music Showdown… good food, good friendly service, great sound man in Ted, and all-around good people everywhere. And, after the contest this past Wednesday, there was a special surprise, short performance […]
For photos, click here: Wednesday night (Dec. 18) brought to the Hank’s Texas Grill stage a dozen or so of the finest singers and/or songwriters in the area. Each was there in hopes of gaining some career-enhancing prizes, including, for the final winner, a gig of their own on the Hank’s stage. It’s a […]
Photos and story by Mary Jane Farmer — For many photos, click on the links below Thursday night (Nov. 7) brought the four finest bands that entered the 10th Annual Shiner Rising Star band competition together, on the Love & War in Texas, Plano, stage. One walked away with all prizes, and all walked away […]
Story and photos by Mary Jane Farmer — For full sets of pictures, click on the links below. It’s all over now but the Shiner Rising Star finals. And Thursday night’s final showdown of Round 2 was definitely a challenge between the Lauren Alexander Band and Buffalo Ruckus. The night’s judges, KHYI’s Chuck Taylor, Kona […]
Photos by Mary Jane Farmer Again, my notes with all the incredible words that judges Matt Caldwell, Chuck Taylor, and Dawn Partin said about both bands has been lost in my shuffle of daily living. My bad!n This was at Love & War in Texas, the Grapevine venue. For Green Light Pistols, click here — […]
Local arrests and one conviction
Scene In Town, The Van Alstyne News do not print suspects’ names until or unless they are indicted or convicted. Two law enforcement agencies have been busy with felony arrests and convictions. Many details have not been made available, as the local agency’s Public Information Officer (PIO) is swamped with other duties as well. Van […]
“Just As I Am”—African Children’s Choir in local concert
Press Release The African Children’s Choir melts the hearts of audiences with their charming smiles, beautiful voices, and lively African songs and dances. It is composed of African children, ages 9 to 11 years old. The Choir is a program of a larger international organization called Music for Life, which provides thousands of impoverished children […]
By Mary Jane Farmer, for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town. Names are not given until/unless the Grand Jury indicts these or any suspects. Van Alstyne Police made several felony arrests this past week, mostly on February 8-10. Feb. 8 — Van Alstyne police stopped a vehicle on U.S. Highway 75 for a driving violation. […]
“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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