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From staff reports People young and old will soon make their way to the Visitor Center at 201 S. Main St. in downtown Hendersonville to experience mountain heritage bluegrass music, square dancing and clogging at the annual Street Dances. The free dances will be held Monday nights, July 12 and 26 and Aug. 9 and 23, from 7-9 p.m.  The roots of Appalachian music and dance run deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and have been passed down for generations, the Henderson County Tourism Development Authority said in a news release.  The Street Dance started in 1918 when res...

The Cheers Trail program/brochure started in 2016, according to Henderson County TDA Assistant Director Karen Baker. Last year, The Cheers Trail Passport became available and can be purchased at the Visitor Center on Main Street for $10. Participants who visit at least 12 venues and get their passport stamped can redeem a gift valued at $10 once it is brought back to the Visitor Center. Gift options include a set of four stone coasters, a wine stopper, stainless steel wine glass or a waiter’s bottle opening tool, according to the Visit Hendersonville website. The Cheers Trail Passport was...

Henderson County (May 13, 2021) -

“Covid-19 made us do a lot of things this year that we had not done in the past,” said McIntyre, who lives with his wife and coproducer Deni, in the Crab Creek community. “We needed to have a location where we could bring these performers in and make them feel safe and basically take over the while place. We had like two pages of protocol we had to follow. Nobody got sick. The food came in boxes.” In collaboration with David Holt, the host, singer and multi-instrumentalist, the McIntyres decided to say close to home. They scouted for locations with wide open spaces, versatility and go...

Parents and school supporters are sponsoring proms at various venues in the coming days despite the fact that statewide Covid-19 restrictions bar the high schools themselves from participating in the traditional spring dance that students missed last year. “The students have made many sacrifices during this pandemic and we felt like the students were most deserving of a special night,” said Alison Gosnell, one of the parent organizers of the prom at Hendersonville High School. “The best reactions I have gotten are really from the students. They have been telling me ‘thank you’ and ...