WINSTON COUNTY - “Buffalo Trail to Byler Road”, a play detailing the story of people, places and progress along the state’s first public road, will be performed in both Double Springs and Haleyville over the next two weeks.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - Brad Bailey, an award-winning playwright from Winston County, has provided his talents behind the script for a play describing Winston County’s history pertaining to the historic Byler Road, with a preliminary script reading free to the public this Sunday, Aug. 30.
LAKESHORE - There will be open auditions for an upcoming play this Sunday, July 26, a the Looney’s Complex, located off of Highway 278 in the Lakeshore area just east of Double Springs.
The stage is being set for the first-ever Sanctified Performing Arts Camp at the Looney’s Tavern Complex June 15-19. From left, Campbell Burdick, Melanie Burdick, Benny Burdick, MaKenna Burdick - the creator of the camp and Winston County Arts Council Vice President Theresa Snoddy and President J.D. Snoddy.
LAKESHORE - The Looney’s Tavern Complex will truly being living up to its mission of education as it hosts a unique art camp for the county’s children this month.
Winston County Arts Council President J.D. Snoddy and Addison Elementary School Principal Cindy Hastings, who is also directing a play to be performed by elementary students at the Dual Destiny Theater at the Looney's Complex May 8-9.
LAKESHORE - The saying Beauty is in the Eye of the Ogre will be brought to the stage on Friday, May 8, and Saturday, May 9, when Addison Elementary students will perform the play Shrek The Musical KIDS at the Dual Destiny theater at the Looney’s complex.
George Gibson, chairman of the Winston County E-9-1-1 Board, standing, addresses concerns at the meeting. Seated around the table from left are Jeff Mobley, attorney representing the E-9-1-1 Board, Interim Director Wayne Collins, dispatcher James Whitman, board member Bryan Kirkpatrick and board member and treasurer Horace Moore. Closest to the camera is Arley Fire Chief James Rickett.
LAKESHORE - Claims of delays in emergency notifications from the Winston County E-9-1-1 office to county firefighters were addressed during the October 21, county firefighters association meeting, also attended by E-9-1-1 board members and dispatchers.
Shown at the Dual Destiny replica at the Looney's Amphitheater Complex, the site of the upcoming bluegrass festival, from left, organizers J.D. Snoddy, Theresa Snoddy, Nicholas Bailes, Brittany Bailes, Jerry Mobley and Ronnie Mobley.
DOUBLE SPRINGS - There will be pickers and grinners coming from across the southeast to attend Winston County’s first Bluegrass Festival at Looney’s Amphitheater Complex this Saturday, Nov. 2, benefiting the Winston County Arts Council.
Pictured with the new Dual Destiny replica for one of the holes on the putt-putt golf course at Looney’s Tavern are seated, from left, Melanie Howell Hayes and Kim Howell Blankenship. Standing, from left, Debbie Hughes Henderson, Diane Hughes Watson, Angela Curtis Tidwell and Andrea Curtis. (Courtesy photo)
LAKESHORE - An interesting project, called the “Twins” Project, is developing right now at Looney’s Amphitheater Complex and Cultural Center as part of Winston County Arts Council’s renovation of the 13-acre property.
State Senator Arthur Orr, center, who along with State Senator Garlan Gudger and State Representative Tim Wadsworth helped to secure $850,000 for Looney’s Amphitheater and Cultural Center, visited recently to tour the complex. Pictured above with Orr are Looney’s Project Manager David Jacobs, left, and J.D. Snoddy, president of the Winston County Arts Council.
LAKESHORE - The mission of getting state funds into rural Alabama is literally paying off a big way, with state legislators going to bat for Winston County, securing nearly $2 million from the Education Trust Fund for two major projects related to education and tourism.
