Upcoming Events
The Old Dominion Cloggers will perform on Music Night, Friday February 10, along with the Southern Gentlemen, the Glory Road Singers and the Zephyr Lightning Bolts.
Some Seniors in the Know enjoy a little pickin' and singin'.
Seniors in the Know and On the Go!
Thursdays at 10:00am.
Feb 9: Local History Program. Carl DeHart will share a pictorial history of the Spencer/Horsepasture area from the early to mid 20th Century.
Remember: All our programs start at 10:00 unless otherwise noted. We break for refreshments around 11:00, and chair aerobics provided by the Martinsville/Henry County Coalition for Health and Wellness starts at 11:30. Anyone who is not interested in the aerobics can socialize or visit the library to check out a book or use the computer lab to check e-mail. Contact the Centre for more information.
Every Second Friday Is Music Night at Spencer-Penn!
(Concessions open at 5:00; Open Mic begins at 5:30; bands start at 6:30; $3.00 donation for admission)
Feb 10: The Glory Road Singers, the Zephyr Lightning Bolts with the Old Dominion Cloggers, and the Southern Gentlemen. Sponsored by Kings Mountain Animal Clinic.
Mar 9: Larry Long, Too Young Too Old and Fringe. Sponsored by H. Gravely IV, PLC.
Apr 13: Ten Brooks, Highway 61 Bluegrass Band and Campus Tradition. Sponsored by the Spencer-Penn Jacklegs.
A young entrepreneur displays her wares at the Centre's second annual Craft and Collectible Fair.
Don Smith and the Foggy River Boys performed at the 75th annual Spencer Community Fair.
Photography Club Meeting. First Thursday of each month, 6:30pm. Digital photography for amateurs. $12 annual dues. Call Jack Wood for more info at 276.632.4681 or visit his Photography Club webpage here.
Book Discussion. The Spencer-Penn Book Club meets in the Hylton Library on the second Thursday of each month at 7:00pm. Discussions last about one hour, and are lively and lots of fun. The reading selections for the rest of 2012 are:
Feb 9: Guns, Germs, and Steel, by Jared Diamond.
Mar 8: Poems selected by participants.
Apr 12: The Time of Our Lives, by Tom Brokaw.
May 10: Flashman, by George MacDonald Fraser.
June 14: Cane River, by Lalita Tademy.
July 12: Inherit the Wind (play), by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee.
Aug 9: Cataloochee, by Wayne Caldwell.
Sept 13: Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America, by Jim Webb.
Oct 11: Short stories to be chosen by participants.
Nov 8: Half Broke Horses, by Jeanette Walls.
Dec 13: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Battle of the Cupcakes. Sat Feb 11, 10:00am-1:00pm. The Spencer-Penn Community Kitchen will host this fun cupcake-decorating competition, with Ashley Courtney of Courtney Cakes squaring off against Amy Perkins of Amyz Cakes. $20 per person, must preregister and prepay by Jan 31. Call Tamara Johnson at 276.957.5757 for more information.
A weaving demonstration at the Craft and Collectible Fair.