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More than 60 people attended the
Ballantyne Arts Forum’s inaugural gallery
crawl, held Oct. 10 at the Morrison
Family YMCA. Inspired by the turnout,
BAF President Rick Crowley’s wasting
no time setting up the cultural organization’s
next south Charlotte event.
“We’re looking to quadruple that
(attendance) number,” Crowley said
as he announced a November gallery
crawl. The action moves to The
Ballantyne Hotel & Lodge, 10000
Ballantyne Commons Pkwy, and will
be held Friday, Nov. 6, from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Once again, FABO – or “Fabulous
Art Buying Opportunities” – will partner
with BAF as hosts of the crawl. This
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Arts Forum crawling
to Ballantyne Hotel
by Sean O’Connell
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com
Arts Beat
Symphony unwraps Lollipop season
The Charlotte Symphony Orchestra’s
Lollipop series begins Saturday, Oct. 31,
with an 11 a.m. performance by Dan
Kamin. “The Magic Orchestra – A
Halloween Spectacular” follows the
nerdy Mr. Kirby (Kamin), a representative
from the National Association of
Children’s Entertainment, who doesn’t
believe in playing Halloween music for
children because it’s too frightening.
So conductor Christopher Confessore
uses his magical baton technique to
play a series of musical pranks, such
as turning Kirby into a marionette to
accompany Gounod’s famous “Funeral
March of a Marionette,” better known
as Alfred Hitchcock’s theme music.
Pre-concert festivities begin at 10 a.m.
in the Belk Theater, 130 N. Tryon St.,
Charlotte. All children are encouraged
to come in Halloween costumes. For
tickets, $12-$25, call 704-972-2000 or
visit www.charlottesymphony.org.
Pineville hosts open house
The Civic and Cultural Arts Center of
Pineville will hold an
open house on Friday,
Nov. 6, to celebrate
the opening of its
new facility. Attendees
will be able to
learn more about cultural
programs sponsored
by the CCAC.
The free open house
will be held from 7 to
8:30 p.m. For details,
visit www.ccacpine
ville.org.
time, though, they will be adding contributions
from members of Ballantyne
After Dark and the Ballantyne Breakfast
Club.
Crowley emphasized that the crawls
highlight Ballantyne-area artists as they
provide residents with the opportunity
to socialize, view unique art and jewelry,
and establish a cultural footprint
in south Charlotte. More than 300
pieces of artwork were on display at the
October event, and Crowley anticipates
as much, if not more, at the next crawl.
Looking ahead, Crowley would like
to do one more crawl before the year
ends, and he plans to host several more
in 2010.
For more information on the Ballantyne
Arts Forum and the group’s gallery
crawl series, visit www.ballantynearts
forum.com. q
A snapshot of arts-related news items
Come hear Ardrey Kell’s
Mighty Knights
The Ardrey Kell High School Band
will host its second annual Mighty
Knight Invitational, a marching band
competition, on Saturday, Oct. 31.
Gates open at 9:30 a.m., with the first
band performing at 10:30. The competing
high school bands will include
Independence, Olympic, Marvin Ridge,
South Mecklenburg, Mount Pleasant,
East Lincoln, Myers Park, Butler, Providence,
Lexington and Boiling Springs.
The final performance, for exhibition
only, will be the Ardrey Kell Mighty
Knight Marching Band, performing
their 2009 show, “The Way of the Samurai.”
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for
students. Food will be available for purchase
at the concession stands. Ardrey
Kell is located at 10220 Ardrey Kell
Road, Charlotte. For more information,
visit www.ardreykellband.org.
Send your arts news items to
sean@thecharlotteweekly.com.
The Ardrey Kell High School Band
INNOVATIVE
Innovative: being or producing something never experienced or created before
November 5-7 & 12-14
Booth Playhouse
Innovative
Presented by:
ncdance.org | 704.372.1000
Now On Exhibition
discoveryplace.org | 704.372.6261
Works
South Charlotte Weekly • Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2009 • Page 33
photos by Jeff Cravotta