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Gray-Haired Granny Appears at Music in the Streets

Music In The Streets Lineup Offers Variety

By MIKE VOSS
Contributing Editor

Published: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:15 AM EDT

Gray-Haired Granny Reads to Children
Gray-Haired Granny Reads to Children

The Music in the Streets lineup for Friday offers an array of entertainment.

Travis Proctor starts the evening on the main stage before moving to the Turnage Theater for an 8:30 p.m. performance. Admission to the show at the Turnage is $5 a person.

Travis Proctor is a solo acoustic musician who has performed at many North Carolina and Virginia fairs and festivals, including the Down East Festival, the Blooming Festival, the Hospice Regatta and the North Carolina Seafood Festival. He spent the last two winter seasons performing in Marathon in the Florida Keys.

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Kindergarten Students Go “Wild About Wellness”

Kindergarten Students from Washington Street Elementary School listen in as Gray-Haired Granny, Jean Millard talks about the negative impacts of bullying during the Wild About Wellness event held May 12.

Students participate in a relay at the Wild About Wellness Event held May 12. The annual event is designed to encourage Kindergarten students to make healthy lifestyle choices for eating, physical activity and emotional health. Parachute fun, dancing, fresh fruit, relays and cheers – all of these are activities from this year’s “Wild About Wellness” celebration.

The event brings Kindergarten students from all over Richmond County together to celebrate physical activity, healthy eating and other lifestyle choices.

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