UPCOMING EVENTS

February 8 - New York Polyphony

Rosen Concert Hall

Tickets: Adults $15 / Students $8

http://pas.appstate.edu/schedule/id/new-york-polyphony

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February 9 - ASU Womens Basketball vs. Davidson 2pm

February 11 - ASU Womens Basketball vs. Furman 5:30pm

ASU Mens Basketball vs. Furman 8pm

Tickets: Adults $10/ Students $5

https://tkt.xosn.com/tickets/TicketLanding.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=21500

Winter Wonderland

The North Carolina High Country offers a wonderful variety of winter activities for both individual and group enjoyment. From skiing to ice skating, snowboarding to tubing, the area has something to offer any winter enthusiast. 

- Hawksnest Snow Tubing - 

Noted as the largest snow tubing park on the East Coast, Hawksnest offers a 20 Lane Snow Tubing Park with conveyor lifts to take tubers up the mountain for more fun and excitement. Sessions are 1 hour and 45 minutes long, and children must be over the age of three to tube. Reservations are encouraged due to a limited number of  tickets sold per session. 

http://www.hawksnesttubing.com

-Sugar Mountain Ski-

Skiing, snowboarding, tubing and ice skating are all attractions at Ski Sugar. Twenty slopes and trails spread over 115 acres of skiiable property, along with a 10,000 square foot outdoor ice skating rink, and 700 foot long tubing lanes. Ski Sugar accommodates all experience levels, from beginner to expert. Looking for something for the children; enroll them in Sugar Bear Ski School for lessons and lots of supervised fun! 

http://www.skisugar.com

-Appalachian Ski Mountain-

App Ski Mountain offers thrills from a 4000' peak elevation with twelve slopes for skiing and snowboarding. Beginners and experts can enjoy the slopes, visit the 6,000 square foot ice skating rink, or relax and stay warm by the stone fireplace in The Lodge. Appalachian Ski offers a special Midnight Blast ticket for late night ski adventurers.

http://www.appskimtn.com

-Beech Mountain-

Beech Mountain Resort, the highest resort in Eastern North America, offers skiing, boarding, ice skating, dining and shopping at 5506 feet! Beech offers 15 trails, 7 lifts, a 7,000 square foot ice skating rink, and The Alpine Village with game room, coffee shop, retail shopping, and snack shops! Visit Beech and celebrate their 45th year of skiing in the High Country!

http://www.beechmountainresort.com/

Big Ridge Tree Farm

Choose and Cut Fraser Fir Tree Farm

Foscoe Rentals would like to invite you and your family for a weekend of memories and traditions. Stay 3 nights with Foscoe Rentals and receive a coupon for a free Christmas tree with our local Big Ridge Tree Farm. 

Experience the joys of walking through the beautiful North Carolina mountain tree patches, finding that one, special tree, and taking it home for the holidays!

For more information contact our office or visit 

http://www.bigridgetreefarm.com

The holiday season is quickly approaching and Foscoe Rentals will proudly be supporting the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program. 

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Please drop off any new, unwrapped toys for children of all ages, at our office. Our toy drive begins this Friday, November 9 and will continue through December 21, 2012. 

Toys for Tots distributes new, unused toys to needy children in our community. Please support this cause by dropping by our office to make a difference in the life of a child this Christmas season.

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Guests reserving with Foscoe Rentals will receive a 10% discount on their stay with a new toy donation (discount not applicable on Thanksgiving stays).

* Woolly Worm Predicts Cold and Snowy Winter *

Last weekend, Banner Elk hosted the 35th Annual Woolly Worm Festival under beautiful Carolina blue skies. Large crowds came out to participate in the annual race, where the winner predicts our  weather for the upcoming winter months. 

The woolly worm, a black and brown, fuzzy moth caterpillar, has a body with 13 segments. This is the same number of weeks in our winter season. Harsh winters are associated with the black coloring on the worm, and brown represents a milder season.

This years fastest worm, Lickety-Split, predicted an above average winter for snow fall for the High Country! Below is the prediction for the 2012-2013 winter...

• Beginning December 22, winter will open with 4 weeks of cold, snowy weather
• Week 5, will offer light snow and cooler temperatures
• Weeks 6-11 will bring normal temperatures
• Week 12 will be unusual with an ice storm possible
• The final week of winter, 13, will be cold and snowy

~ Happy Haunting in the High Country ~

As October comes to a close, Halloween festivities are in full swing.

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 This upcoming weekend will be the final weekend to visit The Ghost Train at Tweetsie Railroad. The park opens at 7:30pm and admission is $28/person. 

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October 25, Appalachian State University will host the ASU Trick or Treating for Tots. Wear your costumes and come out for candy and treats in the East Campus Residence Halls.

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October 27, The Beary Scary Halloween at Grandfather Mountain will offer a variety of arts and crafts, trick or treating, nature programs, and a costume contest. Children in costume get half off admission to the park.

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Also, on October 27, Blowing Rock will host the Blowing Rock Halloween Fest. Beginning at 3pm and going through 9pm, the town will offer a variety of fun and games, a Monster March, bonfire and Moonlight Scavenger Hunt. 

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Homecoming in the High Country

Appalachian State University begins it's homecoming celebration Friday, October 5 and continues throughout the weekend. Alumni are invited to celebrate "The Big APPle  at 3,333 feet." Guests are welcomed to enjoy guest speakers, the Running of The Knob, a pep rally, The Homecoming Alumni Dance, a parade, tailgating and kickoff against Elon at 3:30pm! Come out and support the Mountaineers!! 

For more information visit :

www.homecoming.appstate.edu

Lees-McRae College will also celebrate homecoming Saturday, October 6 with a parade beginning at 11am on Main Street, Banner Elk. The festivities include class reunions, NCAA Soccer and Volleyball, Athletic Hall of Fame inductions, and the Performing Arts performance of Legally Blonde, the musical. 

For information regarding the Bobcats Homecoming visit :

go.lmc.edu/homecomingschedule