Great Fun, Music, & Dancing

Don't forget: Our trip to the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, VA is tonight. We meet at the campus house at 5:30pm to carpool there. The cost of admission is $5. Bring a little extra money if you want to buy some food while you're there.

As I mentioned in my email last week, we are going to a good ole' fashioned Jamboree, up near the beautiful Blue Ridge Parkway. We will be carpooling up to The Floyd Country Store in the charming little town of Floyd, VA to experience the toe tappin' fun of the Friday Night Jamboree. Every time we go up there everyone has so much fun they want to go back, so this has become an annual tradition for us.

The Jamboree attracts some of the best Gospel and Bluegrass bands in the world. (Seriously. That's no exaggeration.) Every week it includes over 4 hours of Gospel and Bluegrass music and flatfoot dancing (your participation optional) all for only $5. Flatfoot dancing sounds funny, but it is easy to pick up, and everyone always has so much fun learning how to do it with their group of friends that they can't stop smiling.

Meet us at the campus house at 5:30pm this evening. We will carpool for the 45 minute drive to Floyd, VA and get to the Country Store early so we can get some great seats and enjoy some delicious food before the concert. They have all kinds of sandwiches, hot dogs, and BBQ sandwiches to eat, and a large selection of ice cream, milk shakes, homemade pies, cakes, and other desserts, and old fashioned candy to buy, too. If you'd rather save some money you are certainly welcome to eat dinner on your own before you meet us at the campus house. The food is just an option. What we're really going for is the music and dancing.

It's been a rough week for a lot of you, with the academic work load getting especially heavy at this point in the semester. And the weather has been turning a little unpleasant some days lately, too. Time to get away and dance those blues away! Come join us tonight as we go on a little adventure in the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Friday Night Jamboree in Floyd, Virginia!

Feel free to bring a friend, too.

I really hope you can join us. If you've never been there before, I promise you, it'll be an experience you won't soon forget.

Hope to see you tonight.

Fun Fall Events Coming Up

Mark your calendars now and start inviting your friends. We have some exciting events lined up for the rest of this fall thru Thanksgiving Break:

This Saturday, Oct. 25, 6pm -- Costume Party at Joe's house, hosted by Alex. There will be awards for different categories of costumes (scariest, funniest, goofiest, etc.) We'll also have a bonfire with s'mores and a chili bar with fixings and a bunch of fall/Halloween treats. You can bring something if you'd like but you don't need to. Alex is even going to have a goodie-bag for ya when ya leave!

Friday, Oct. 31, 5:30pm -- Meet at the campus house to carpool out to beautiful and quaint Floyd, Virginia for the Friday Night Jamboree at the old General Store. If you've never been to the Friday Night Jamboree, you're in for a treat. It's a cultural experience. It's a taste of the good 'ole days, like traveling back in time. You'll hear some of the best Gospel and Blue Grass music around, and if you dare, you'll get to try your feet at flat foot dancing! I dare you not to smile while doing it. It's impossible!

Saturday, Nov. 15, 6:30pm -- Thanksgiving Banquet!

We'll send you more details as we get closer to these dates. In the meantime, mark your calendars and invite your friends!

Hope to see you tonight at Oasis Bible Study -- 7:15pm!