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SUMMARY:2026 Robert Burns Night Supper
DESCRIPTION:Entertainment: piper Alex Stewart; Celtic trio StrathSpan with fiddler Nora Garver\, cellist Julia Weatherford\, and piper Cathleen Nixon; and dancers from the Asheville Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. \nFirst Annual Oscar Wong Whisky Tasting will honor the memory of our friendly spirits leader. \nDoug Orr will host the Burns Night Seminar featuring a recorded interview with Fiona Ritchie and a very special premier performance by Pete Clark and Muriel Johnstone. \nOnline Charity Auction and Raffle Fundraiser open for public online bidding and accepting donations and sponsorships to raise funds for Writer in Residence in Dunkeld & Birnam Scotland.  Auction and Raffle winners need not be present to claim prizes. \nReception includes Scottish appetizers and cash bar. \nIncludes three course dinner and full Burns Night ceremony. \nFundraising prize winners announced at After Hours Cèilidh. \n$99 plus taxes DoubleTree Hotel Rooms Available. See ticket sales page for details.
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LOCATION:The DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore\, 115 Hendersonville Rd.\, Asheville\, NC\, 28803\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Asheville Sister Cities":MAILTO:ashevillesistercities@gmail.org
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SUMMARY:ASCI 2024 Robert Burns Night Supper
DESCRIPTION:After an over 40 year career of weekly Celtic roots music radio broadcast including NPR’s Thistle and Shamrock\, Asheville Sister Cities is excited that Fiona Ritchie will be traveling from Scotland to join us in-person to celebrate Burns Night and the bard of Scotland’s 266th birthday. \nProceeds raised from sponsorships and our 2025 Burns Night Fundraiser charity auction & raffle will be contributed toward regional hurricane disaster relief. Proceeds from ticket sales will be contributed toward the Thistle and Shamrock CD archive project at UNCA. \nEntertainment includes piper Alex Stewart\, fiddler Andrew Finn Magill\, and dancers from the Carpenter Academy of Irish Dance. \nBurns Night Seminar will be co-hosted by Fiona Ritchie during cash bar reception with complimentary warm Scottish appetizers. \nOptional Whisky Tasting will be hosted by Highland Brewing’s Oscar Wong. \nEvent includes a full traditional Burns Night ceremony\, three course dinner with selection of main course\, and wee drams of single-male Scotch Whisky to toast the haggis.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/asci-2024-robert-burns-night-supper/
LOCATION:The DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore\, 115 Hendersonville Rd.\, Asheville\, NC\, 28803\, United States
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SUMMARY:NC Writers Network Fall Conference
DESCRIPTION:Registration is now open for The North Carolina Writers’ Network 2024 Fall Conference. The conference will open on Friday\, November 1\, with a keynote address by Ron Rash\, author of The Caretaker\, Serena\, and The World Made Straight. \nThe Fall Conference takes place November 1-3\, 2024 at the DoubleTree Asheville in Biltmore Village. The organization’s biannual conferences are hosted in different North Carolina cities each year. The last time the conference took place in Asheville was 2019. This weekend event\, designed to deepen meaningful connections among attendees\, is a three-day celebration of North Carolina’s literary craft with talks\, workshops\, panels\, and resources. \nJoin over 200 other writers and literature enthusiasts!  \nThe conference welcomes attendees to experience two sides of literary craft: the evolving publishing environment for North Carolina writers\, as well as craft technique that makes good writing endure through the ages. Ron Rash will be joined on the conference faculty by more than three dozen award-winning and acclaimed writers\, editors\, and publicists leading classes on the craft and business of writing.
URL:https://thelaurelofasheville.com/event/nc-writers-network-fall-conference/
LOCATION:The DoubleTree by Hilton Asheville-Biltmore\, 115 Hendersonville Rd.\, Asheville\, NC\, 28803\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="NC Writers Network":MAILTO:hello@oneforthebooks.com
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