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Friday, October 21
The Heart of the Miss Mountain Empire Fundraiser Pageant will be Saturday, October 29 at Chilhowie High School. Pageants begin at 12:30 p.m. For more information visit heartofmissmtnempire.webs.com.

The Country Roads Cook Off will be October 22 from 3 - 6 p.m. at the Abingdon Farmers Market. For more information (276) 698-1434 or visit abingdonfarmersmarket.blogsport.com.

Music in the Castle Marching Band competition will be Saturday, October 22 at the Stone Castle at Tennessee High School. For more information visit btcs.org/ths/band.

The Paramount Chamber Players are presenting Music Among Friends. You can see the concert tonight at First Presbyterian Church in Kingsport tonight at 7:30 pm. An encore will be presented tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Bristol, Tennessee. They’ll also appear at the Spencer-Miller Memorial Concert series at Sinking Spring Presbyterian Church in Abingdon Virginia on Sunday at 3 p.m. For more information you can visit paramountplayers.com.

Karahann Kiser will be performing at Bluegrass in Bluff City. It’s a concert tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Bluff City Elementary School. This will be a fundraiser for Bluff City Elemetnary School Athletics.

Thursday, October 20
To find out how you can help the Janie Hammit Home, call (276) 669-9221.

Fall into Fitness is happening this Saturday, October 22 from 8 a.m.- 3 p.m. at Holston View Elementary School. That school is in Bristol, Tennessee on King College Road. For more information you can visit btcs.org. Proceeds from the event benefit the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) program at the school.

There will be a pie cooking class on October 31 at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. It’s part of the Cooking Along the Crooked Road series. For more information on the series or to preregister you can visit swcenter.edu/cooking.

Abingdon Signature Chefs Auction will be Tuesday, October 25 beginning at 5 p.m. It’s at Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center in Abingdon, Virginia. For more information call (866) 881-0032 or visit this link for more information.

Wednesday, October 19
To contact the Glory Road Singers, you can call (423) 930-7438.

There will be a substance abuse rally this weekend, October 21 - 22, at Northwood High School in Saltville, Virginia. The event is sponsored by Saltville Hope Coalition. For more information you can visit saltvillehopecoalition.com.

The 2011 East Tennessee Preservation Conference is coming up November 11 - 12 in Jonesborough, Tennessee. To preregister or for more information you can call (423) 753-9580.

Freak Show II is a is a Halloween sideshow happening at Lamplight Theatre in Fall Branch, Tennessee. You can see it October 14 - 31. This is not a show for young children. For more information you can call (423) 348-7610 or visit lamplighttheatre.com.

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