If you hadn’t heard of Boo Hanks before 2008, you could be forgiven. But after that – after the Roots of American Music Festival at the Lincoln Center, after sharing a bill with Patti Smith, after coverage in the New York Times, after the New Orleans Blues Festival, Chicago Blues Festival, a tour of Europe and countless festivals in this country – Southside Virginians should know of Virgilina’s favored son.

“He’s billed as basically the last of the Piedmont Blues [musicians],” says Ross LeCompte, a professional musician who retired to Clarksville after a career ranging from Broadway to “The Merv Griffin Show” and a friend of Hanks’.

Join the Town of Halifax on Friday night, July 30, from 6-9pm for Friday Night Jams at the Halifax Farmers Market.

Bring your lawn chairs for lots of fun!

On Tuesday, October 5, the Halifax County Fair will open with five days of special events celebrating its 100th Anniversary. This year’s event will showcase a retrospective of an annual tradition that began on lower Main Street in South Boston VA and has grown to be a cornerstone fall event that continues to unite the community through agriculture, rides, food and music.

The Fair's new website (http://www.halifaxcountyfair.com) has just been launched, along with the schedule for performers who have been booked so far.  This year's entertainment will include the flamboyant Marty Stuart, the Second Annual Bluegrass Festival, and the Annual 4-H Talent Show that has been so popular over the years.

The Prizery announces a resident Professional Summer Theatre Company that will stage 3 musicals in June, July and August 2010 - the musicals are Dames at Sea, The All Night Strut! and ANNIE!

Dames at Sea is the first show to stage, and opening night is June 24; The All Night Strut opens on July 8, and Annie opens on July 22.  Tickets are available online at www.prizery.com, and may be purchased individually or as packages.  Saturday and matinee shows are also scheduled.

As part of the 2010 statewide Minds Wide Open, Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts, Moving Voices The Isadora Duncan Cultural Exchange Inc. is delighted to invite you to The Prizery for a performance of Muses of Modern Dance: The Legends and The Legacies, a highlight of pioneering American Modern Dance works by Isadora Duncan, Loie Fuller, and Ruth St. Denis.

Moving Voices welcomes Dr. Jeanne Bresciani, The Isadora Duncan International Institute; Jody Sperling, Time Lapse Dance; and Livia Vanaver, Vanaver Caravan, all of New York. On Friday, May 14th, Moving Voices, located at 419A Main Street, will host a Meet The Art and Artist Workshop from 7:00 – 9:00 pm and during part of the Saturday, May 15th performance at The Prizery at 8:00 pm, dancers from Moving Voices will be on stage with these master professionals, engaging in a unique and sublime evening of Modern Dance. Moving Voices The Isadora Duncan Cultural Exchange is one of only four Duncan Studios on the East Coast. This is a rare opportunity for local students to dance alongside professionals from a field they love and aspire to learn more about.