Tomorrow, Sunday – November 30th, Buckhead Saloon will be hosting a special country concert featuring Warner Brothers recording artist Whitney Duncan!
Tickets are only $5.00 and the show is at 9pm… if you’re a Carrie Underwood or Faith Hill fan you are going to LOVE Whitney so come join!
Check out her current chart-climbing single, “When I Said I Would”:
And one of my personal favorite holiday songs, “All I Want for Christmas”: PS – RSVP “attending” to the event on facebook by midnight tonight and I’ll enter you to win a pair of free tickets! Not on facebook? Leave a comment and I’ll still include you in the drawing 🙂
I am so thankful for all the little things in life that can so often be taken for granted. I’m doubly thankful for always being surrounding (in college and out of college) by so many giving individuals, groups, and organizations!
Here are a few ways some of the NCSU Greek Life houses are making local contributions this week:
Pi Beta Phi Our national philanthropy is literacy and the NC Delta chapter is holding a book drive this week to distribute among local partners that are making great strides in improving literacy in our community.
Any and all donations are welcome and will be accepted at the Pi Beta Phi house on Greek Court after this weekend’s holiday break. (I’ll be glad to pick up any donations from anyone in the area and deliver them, if needed!)
FIJI The brothers of Phi Gamma Delta are holding a first-year event, Fiji’s “Kill the Chill” clothing drive” to benefit local homeless shelters. The event will take place Tuesday, December 2nd, in the Brickyard.
Again, I’ll be glad to drop any donations by for anyone who can’t make it but would like to contribute.
Please feel free to send any listings my way you’d like to share, too!
2 – I got into quite a few bidding wars (with mom and dad’s financial backing – thanks guys!) last year over some of the great auction items. I would love to go head-to-head with any of you over any of these items.
This is one of the few days of the year I’ll have the radio on in my office. Wait, that’s not 100% true. I listen to XM (ahem – XM Sirius, or is it Sirius XM now?) because there are no commercials.
Back to the point, many thanks to Bryan for reminding me last night that today is the start to 94.7 WQDR’s Childrens Promise Radio-thon, one of the most life-changing things you can ever listen to, visit, and support.
I believe Jason is performing at 3:30pm in the lobby for any locals who want to tune in or go check out the event. Here’s the email from WQDR about today’s event:If 94.7 QDR sounds a little different today, there’s a good reason. For more than 18 hours we’ll be broadcasting live from North Carolina Children’s Hospital in Chapel Hill. It’s our 7th Annual “North Carolina Children’s Promise” RadioTelethon; that one day a year when we ask you to pledge just $25 to help sick, injured and disabled North Carolina kids.
Anyway, we thought we’d remind you just in case you’d like to make a donation. The phones will be open from 5:00 AM until 11:30 PM today at 1-866-9NCKIDS. Or you can log on to our website www.947QDR.com or www.NCChildrensPromise.org to make your pledge or to bid on some amazing music and sports collectibles we’re auctioning off for the cause. This year, we have almost 50 celebrity auction items, including autographed stuff from Toby Keith, Jewel, Chris Cornell, Kenny Chesney, Coach Roy Williams and many, many more.
Even if you can’t give us your money, we’d still love for you to listen. It’s great local radio for a wonderful cause, and once again this year you can watch us live on Time-Warner Cable and News 14 Carolina.
I will no doubt be crying all over payroll today, especially if Mrs. Coppedge or Jason starts telling Brittany’s story, and every time they feature a mom and dad talking about their brave children. (Where are the tissues?!?!)
Which reminds me, I do hope everyone will either check out Brittany’s Annual Angel Gala this weekend (I’d love to see you there!) or at least check out the eBay auction and consider supporting Brittany’s Battle!
If you are planning to attend our Gala this Sunday and have not yet purchased you tickets, you can do so right now by going to our web site.
You can buy a ticket at the door, but buy early and save the money for bidding!
Also don’t forget about our raffle for a week’s stay at Shell Island in Wrightsville Beach, NC. The drawing will be at the Gala and you do not need to be present to win! Tickets are $50 each and we are selling no more than 100 of them. Buy yours now!
Attire is business / church appropriate. There will be a full service cash bar available.
For those of you not in the area, here’s how you can still help!Ok, so you don’t live in Raleigh or even NC for that matter ~ You don’t have to miss out on the Gala fun! Be sure to check out our auction on ebay! We have some great stuff from the country music community for you to bid on including items from Jason Michael Carroll, Sugarland, Carrie Underwood, Rodney Adkins and many more. There is also some items from the NASCAR community and even something from a Gold Medal Olympian!
If you are looking for the latest styles in daywear, resortwear, eveningwear, or bridal fashion, look no further than “Altar Ego…An Event All About You.”
Durham-based Tre Bella Bridal, known for exceptional quality bridal gowns, is hosting the fashion show from 6:30-10 p.m., November 22, 2008, at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh.
Pat Nathan, founder of Dress for Success Triangle NC, will emcee the event. The event will feature wedding event ideas, hors d’oeuvres, an open bar, and culminate in a fashion show at 8 pm.
Couture bridal gowns by Angel Sanchez, Junko Yoshioka, Lela Rose, and Manuel Moto will be modeled. Triangle boutiques featured will include Lucky Mi of Chapel Hill, Scout and Molly’s of Raleigh, and Za Za Zsu.
Attendees will be eligible for gifts and swag bags featuring a signature Tre Bella necklace.
This is something that Brian – the Brewskee-Ball master of Raleighwood has been working on for quite sometime… and I’m REALLY excited about tonight! Any of you locals want to grab a few teammates and come out? It’s going to be a lot of fun 🙂
Join us TONIGHT at Buckhead Saloon for the kick-off of Brewskeeball – the beer-league skeeball event of the fall season!
What is Brewskee-Ball?
Glad you asked. Check out this brief video:
That’s right folks – skeeball, the game we all loved to play at Chuck E. Cheese’s and the fair, combined with beer and a little bit of competition and you’ve got yourselves some Brewskee-Ball!
We’ll be opening up Skeeson I registration to the public beginning next week, but we’re holding a “V.I.Skee” party this Thursday night (11/6/08) at Buckhead Saloon at 8:00pm. This party will give you a chance to register your team and guarantee a spot in Skeeson I before the rest of Raleigh gets in on the action.
How do you register you team?
Three easy steps: 1 – Come up with a clever team name. 2 – Submit skeemates names and email addresses. (3 rollers per team) 3 – Pay the registration fee. Registration fee is $20/person and covers your official Skeeson I Brewskee-Ball t-shirt, trophies, championship glassware, trading cards (yes, I said trading cards), the website, scorecards, etc.That’s it! After that you just check the website for the schedule and updated stats!
The lanes will be open all night for FREE SKEE, but be sure to get there at 8! At 8:30 we’ll draw random teams for a 2 on 2 tournament. The winners of the tournament will be featured on an inaugural issue of the Raleigh edition of SKEESPN the magazine!
And, as if that wasn’t enough, there will be complimentary beer (courtesy of Brewskee-Ball) from 8 – 8:30.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls, come one come all for a little game we like to call – BREWSKEE-BALL!
Let the Good Times Roll!
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{January 8th, 2009 Update}: Brewskee-Ball will be played at The Bassment (just under The Pourch) on Glenwood South for the rest of the season. Hope everyone enjoys the change in venue!
Because yes, some of us in Rah-town definitely require a good reason to do so.
UNC’s Pi Phi 5K When: Saturday Nov. 15th from 10am-11am Registration is at 8am and the race starts at 10am. Where: UNC Chapel hill What: The Eve Carson Memorial 5k for Education is a race through the UNC campus in memory of former student body president Eve Carson. Proceeds from this event will benefit the following educational causes: The Eve Marie Carson Memorial Junior-Year Merit Scholarship, First Book, Clyde Erwin Elementary School in Onslow County.
For those of you who are listening to XM Radio (specifically: Highway 16), you may already know this as I heard it just this morning. (And during Jason‘s weekend visit to the Opry, which aired on Nashville 11, he also mentioned that this was coming!)
Jason’s releasing “Where I’m From” at the end of this month and his new cd is coming out in March! -via text message from my sisterThat is SUCH good news. If you haven’t heard his latest single, check it out. I promise you’ll love it. (If you don’t, you suck. Just kidding… sort of.)
AND WQDR is once again having the Halloween Harvest Ball to benefit the SPCA (confirmed with QDR lead-chick, Lisa McKay) and other local friends of our furry friends.
7th Annual QDR Halloween Harvest Ball
(via WQDR and Kevin F. of City Limits at the last TEIP event)
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS total in the costume contest split between 3 winners. Doors open at 8pm… you must be in the house by 10pm to have a shot at the costume contest.”
When– Saturday, 1 p.m. Where– Hugh MacRae Park, Wilmington Admission– $25 advance / $35 Door
This is Wilmington’s beer festival and it’s happening this weekend! We’ll be out there pouring our fine beers alongside many other fine breweries, so come check us out! For more info, go to www.lighthousebeerandwine.com.
