For photo albums, click on the links below. Shiner Rising Star 2012 contest opened Round 2 back at Love & War in Texas, the Grapevine restaurant and its outdoor stage Thursday night (Sept. 28). Dark skies cooled the area off and kept the fans looking upward, but not a single raindrop landed on the […]
Error in the schedule. It is now corrected here. (OK, so the pix are all over the page here… I’m still learning.) Eight bands have earned the right to move into Shiner Rising Star’s Round Two, and four of those will continue into Round 3, AKA, the finals, which will be November 1 at Love […]
This is a repeat of the original, which apparently the Mac Gremlin ate, along with some other great sets of photos. I think I have this fixed now, and so am putting these back in. My notes from that night are still lost, and so for now, let me repeat that the judges that night […]
Wow! That’s the only word that completely describes the three bands who competed in the 8th and final week of Shiner Rising Star’s Round 1. Mark Shelton & The Greater Good came down from Durant to Smitty’s Bar & Grill in Denison, Adrian Johnson Band drove up from Dallas, and 121 North came all the […]
Thursday’s night’s bands that competed in the Shiner Rising Star’s contest at Southern Junction were as diverse as the Texas music scene is in itself. Manny & The Gringaderos, who will be moving into Round 2, had a commercial sound to them, which one of the judges addressed; Tim Platt & All That Is Beautiful, […]
Police Investigating Construction Material Thefts
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, Scene In Town Van Alstyne Police made no arrests made this past week, but are investigating another theft of construction material, reported Police Lt. Steven Hayslip. It was about 2 p.m. Friday (April 5, 2024) when officers were dispatched to 1556 Whispering Meadow in regard to […]
Cornhole Tournament Draws Abundant Crowd
Photos and story by Mary Jane Farmer, many photos at bottom of this story. Van Alstyne’s first cornhole tournament came and went Saturday (April 6) with many happy participants and their happy supporters . Organized by the Van Alstyne Parks & Recreation Department, led by its Event Coordinator Kandi Hessel, the tournament involved 24 teams. […]
Police Activity Between March 27-April 1
By Mary Jane Farmer for the Van Alstyne News, SceneInTown.com NOTE: 4.2.24 — Correction is made on one of the March 31 arrest reports and the updates appear there in bold Van Alstyne Police Lt. Steven Hayslip, public information officer, reported on several arrests and incidents of the past week. Arrest — On March 27, […]
“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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