“There’s No Place Like Home”

Monday, June 10, 2019

LOCATION:

C Bascom Slemp Memorial Library

11 Proctor St N
Big Stone Gap, VA 24219

West ZONE
Participatory Event
Visual or Performing Arts

TIME:

3:00 pm


CONTACT:

Chris Smith
276 523 1334

Bright Star Children’s Theatre, a national professional touring theatre company based in Asheville, NC, will bring L. Frank Baum’s literary classic The Wizard of Oz to life, reminding each of us “There’s no place like home.” After the presentation, audiences will be invited to share memories of their favorite Appalachian homecoming and reunion traditions including those relating to school, church, and family. This timely discussion will occur as several participants are hosting or attending these gatherings. Like Dorothy, many of us have followed our own yellow brick roads to exciting new places and made wonderful new friends, but we are still drawn to return home. This longing is especially strong in the Appalachian Mountains where home doesn't merely identify a place, but also our way of life.


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