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ideapark.org announcements

The third annual Mountain Lake Migratory Bird Festival will take place this spring from May 18 to 20 at the Mountain Lake hotel in Giles County, Virginia.

To learn more about the Mountain Lake Migratory Bird Festival, please visit mountainlakebirding.com.

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The 2007 spring & summer course catalog is now available from the Jacksonville Center in Floyd, Virginia. This year's educational programming includes classes in blacksmithing, dulcimer making, pottery, stone sculpture, and much more.

Classes begin at the Center in early February, and continue into late summer 2007. To learn more about the Jacksonville Center, please call 540-745-2784 or visit jacksonvillecenter.org.

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On Saturday, January 27, the Hoorah Cloggers will perform in Fitzpatrick Hall at the Jefferson Center in Roanoke. Music will begin at 8, and will be provided by the Wild Turkeys, an award-winning old time string band from Southwest Virginia.

The Hoorah Cloggers are a performance Appalachian dance troupe composed of members of the New River Old Time Music & Dance Association. Please visit nrot.org to learn more about the New River Old Time Music & Dance Association and the Hoorah Cloggers.

The Wild Turkeys play traditional folk music of the Southern Appalachians, including fiddle & banjo tunes, as well as Carter Family ballads and assorted waltzes. To learn more about the Wild Turkeys, please follow this link.

The Jefferson Center is located at 541 Luck Avenue in Roanoke, and can be found on the web at jeffcenter.org.

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