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hi folks! 
just wanted to let y'all know about a charity event sponsored by the duke 
university chapter of alpha phi omega. there will be three bands playing 
on friday, april 18, 1997 at the devil's den on oregon st. on duke's 
central campus. the bands that will be performing are the following local 
college bands: viskasity, duke and maria and faces in the crowd. the cost 
of admission is $5 cash or if you are a duke student, $6.50 off of 
food/flex. 
tickets can be purchased at the door. and most importantly, all proceeds 
will go to benefit genesis home, a homeless shelter in the area.
thanks and hope to see everyone there!


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Thomas King wrote:

> The Chapel Hill White Party Association is pleased to announce this year's Annual > Ball.  The White Party will be held at The Cat's Cradle in Carrboro on April 20th > at 8pm.

> The champagne reception will commence at 5pm at the Carrboro ArtsCenter.

Let's see? You're having a party a the Cat's Cradle in Carrboro. The
reception is at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro (BTW, it's called The
ArtsCenter, not the Carrboro ArtsCenter). And you call it the Chapel
Hill White Party?  

Did someone here flunk geography 101?  Why not tell the truth and call
it the Carrboro White Party.  A lot of people ignore Carrboro as a
separate town, and dateline Carrboro events as happening in Chapel Hill.
Like the so called "Chapel Hill Music Scene" which happens just as much
in Carrboro (Cradle and ArtsCenter) as Chapel Hill (506, Lizard & Snake,
etc.)

It's time to realize that Carrboro is a cool town on it's own right. 
We're not called the "Paris of the Piedmont" for nothing.  This
weekend,  there's a show of Salvidor Dali prints and original paintings
and sculptures at Town Hall.  Just try to do that in Chapel Hill. 
Tuesday, the Triangle Transit Authority's RailFest brings the
RegioSprinter self-propelled light rail car to Carr Mill, in Carrboro.
We have the famous Carrboro Farmer's Market.  And we have Carrboro Day
on May 3rd. All this is in Carrboro, not Chapel Hill.

Bottom line. If you've got an event happening in Carrboro, don't promote
it as happening in Chapel Hill.  Thanks.

Richard Taylor
Carrboro, "The Paris of the Piedmont"

Paris of the Piedmont?

111 wrote:
> 
> Paris of the Piedmont?

That's us. Carrboro, the "Paris of the Piedmont"  Term was coined in
1972 by UNC grad student Nyle Frank, when during the hippy era, he tried
to teach some extra curricular "classes" on campus and ran into
trouble.  So he took his "Invisible Universe" to Carrboro and helped
coin the term Paris of the Piedmont. 

It was sort of a joke back then, but now Carrboro has lots of artist
interessts, like resident artists, galleries and of course the
ArtsCenter and the Cat's Cradle. There's a Salviador Dali exhibit going
on now and next weekend at Town Hall.  So now the name fits.

We celebrate all that May 3rd at the second annual Carrboro Day.

Richard Taylor
Carrboro

To recount, in article <3352A8EA.26A3@mindspring.com>, rstaylor@mindspring.com 
says...
>
>someone wrote:
>> 
>> Paris of the Piedmont?
>
>That's us. Carrboro, the "Paris of the Piedmont"  Term was coined in
>1972 by UNC grad student Nyle Frank, when during the hippy era, he tried
>to teach some extra curricular "classes" on campus and ran into
>trouble.  So he took his "Invisible Universe" to Carrboro and helped
>coin the term Paris of the Piedmont. 
>

Wasn't it Nyle who used to greet bus passengers at the Chapel Hill bus stop 
with a ukulele and hula girls?  I've heard that but never had it confirmed.  I 
was also told that he helped with the sit-in to block the NCNB/Nationsbank 
plaza edifice that now hovers over Franklin Street like an unwelcomed buzzard. 
 
(Really messed up the CH skyline.)  Speaking of which, isn't it unfortunate to 
watch the number of neighborhood businesses continue to decline in the city 
center?  I think so.  Makes me think of Jonathan Richmans' "Corner Store" song.

>It was sort of a joke back then, but now Carrboro has lots of artist
>interessts, like resident artists, galleries and of course the
>ArtsCenter and the Cat's Cradle. There's a Salviador Dali exhibit going
>on now and next weekend at Town Hall.  So now the name fits.
>

Didn't someone also coin "the gateway to Chapel Hill"?  And, while we're on it, 
when I used to do regular WXYC shifts in my college days, I used to call it 
Radio Free Carrboro (if anyone remembers Radio Free Europe?).  Oh, but, I could 
go on.  I'll see you at Carrboro day.  And, the exhibit *is* worth it!


>We celebrate all that May 3rd at the second annual Carrboro Day.
>
>Richard Taylor
>Carrboro

Did you ever get a Carrboro web site area started??  Someday, I bet, they'll 
call Paris the "Carrboro of France".  Just you wait and see.


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