12.1/18 UPDATE: The finale (8th episode) will include Copper Chief (Texas), Kylie Frey (Texas), Jaida Dreyer (Tenn), and Larry Fleet (Tenn) Texas’ Copper Chief took the first night of Real Country by storm. Travis Tritt added them to the contest, and he said about them being from Texas “Where all this dirt road country stuff is […]
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, courtesy graphic The Texas Music Office, a division of the Governor’s Office, will designate Stephenville as a Music Friendly Community at a public ceremony and reception being held Tuesday, November 13, at 6-8 p.m. This is being held at the Twisted J Live venue, including its backyard area. Stephenville’s city […]
First printed in the 11/2/18 issue of Paris News (TheParisNews.com) Mary Jane Farmer, MaryJane@SceneInTown.com The first weekend in November will be filled with music in Bells. The Bells on Broadway Stage welcomes home native son Dustin Perkins. Perkins, along with his original band friends from the region, are providing a musical buffet that is family-friendly and […]
Press release from 2911 Media Nashville, Tenn. – Dave Rowland, born Jan. 26, 1944, known to many in the music business as the founder and lead singer of hit-making group Dave & Sugar, died Nov. 1, 2018, in Nashville, due to complications from a stroke. Before forming Dave & Sugar, Rowland was part of J.D. Sumner […]
This from the Turnpike Troubadours and from Billy Bob’s Texas: Turnpike Troubadours was to have played at Billy Bob’s Texas the Friday after Thanksgiving, November 23. They have had to cancel. They will be playing at Choctaw Casino in Durant, Okla., in February. First and foremost, you are the reason we get to do what […]
TxDOT to revamp U.S. 75 exit ramps
Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town For the next several months, drivers going north on U.S. 75, to Sherman, should plan for the possibilities of delays, because TxDOT is beginning work on a project they call ‘ramp reversals.’ Texas Department of Transportation officials announced Thursday that work begins this week on ramp reversals on U.S. […]
Story and photo by Mary Jane Farmer, Scene In Town It’s that time of the year again — the time to celebrate the Christmas season with family and friends, time to listen to bells jingling and carolers singing, and feel that tingling when Christmas tree lights are turned on for the first time. A group […]
Tour of Homes scheduled for Dec. 9
Story by Mary Jane Farmer, courtesy photos Van Alstyne was established in 1872, for settlers to be near the railroad stop of the Houston and Texas Central Railway. Eighteen years later, Van Alstyne became incorporated. And it was in 1890-ish that the first of three historic Van Alstyne homes in this year’s Van Alstyne Friends of […]
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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