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Secret City Radio Show presents Robinella, Sarah Pirkle on Friday

Posted at 12:40 pm May 10, 2019
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The Secret City Radio Show on Friday, May 10, 2019, will feature local singer/songwriter Robinella with special guests songwriter/fiddle player Sarah Pirkle and Giffin Vann. (Submitted photo)

The Secret City Radio Show on Friday will feature local singer/songwriter Robinella with special guests songwriter/fiddle player Sarah Pirkle and Giffin Vann.

The Secret City Radio Show will be broadcast live from the new American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge by East Tennessee’s WDVX 89.9 FM. The show is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. Friday, May 10. You can also listen on 102.9 FM in Knoxville, at 93.9 FM in Seymour and Kodak, and online at WDVX.com.

Amber McBride of Oak Ridge National Laboratory will present some innovative bioscience technology that is preserving forests around the world, and UCOR will present the Clinch River Trail Alliance, a press release said.

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Entertainment, Festivals, Music, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Radio, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Amber McBride, American Museum of Science and Energy, Clinch River Trail Alliance, Giffin Vann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Robinella, Sarah Pirkle, Secret City Radio Show, UCOR, WDVX

Pre-Festival tonight: WDVX live broadcast with Ridge City Ramblers

Posted at 9:44 am June 4, 2018
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Ridge City Ramblers

Ridge City Ramblers

 

A live radio broadcast show in Oak Ridge tonight will feature Ridge City Ramblers and Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego. It’s a pre-festival event for the Secret City Festival this weekend.

Ridge City Ramblers plays bluegrass, and Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego plays gypsy jazz, according to WDVX 89.9 FM, a listener-supported radio station that will broadcast the show live.

The concert is this evening (Monday, June 4). The music is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., according to WDVX and ORNL Federal Credit Union, which is presenting the show.

It’s the first in a series of free summer concerts in Oak Ridge called the “Summer Sessions” and presented by ORNL Federal Credit Union. Performers will include bluegrass and Americana bands from throughout the region. Future concerts will be held on the following Saturdays: July 21, August 18, September 8, and October 6. All concerts will be held outdoors at the pavilion in Alvin K. Bissell Park at 1401 Oak Ridge Turnpike in Oak Ridge. They are free. The full lineup can be found on ORNL FCU’s Facebook page or at ornlfcu.com/summer-sessions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Community, Entertainment, Food, Movies, Music, Slider Tagged With: Alvin K. Bissell Park, Battle of the Bands, Children's Movie Night, Dennis DeYoung and the Music of Styx, Janelle Arthur, Kukuly and Gypsy Fuego, Little River Band, Oak Ridge, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Ridge City Ramblers, Secret City Festival, Summer Sessions, The Band Legacy, WDVX

Photos: ORHS Fusion Orchestra on ‘Blue Plate Special’ radio show on WDVX

Posted at 2:44 pm February 5, 2017
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The Oak Ridge High School Fusion Orchestra performs on the “Blue Plate Special” on WDVX 89.9 FM at the Grove Theater in Oak Ridge on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)

 

The Oak Ridge High School Fusion Orchestra performed on the “Blue Plate Special” radio show on WDVX FM 89.9 on Friday. Here are photos from the show.

The groundbreaking fusion orchestra is now in its second year at ORHS, and it is the brainchild of ORHS Orchestra Director Doug Phillips, a press release said. According to Phillips, the class is a result of his doctoral studies during the past seven years at one of the top music universities in the world: Boston University.

“The class is a unique way to teach orchestra students for several reasons,” Phillips said. “First, in a traditional orchestra, all of the students are guided by notes on a paper that tell them exactly what to do and when to do it, how loud to play it, when to stop, etc., while the teacher acts as an overseer and dictates of all activities. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Music, Slider Tagged With: Blue Plate Special, Doug Phillips, fusion orchestra, Grove Theater, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Fusion Orchestra, ORHS, Tune Junkies, WDVX, WDVX FM 89.9

ORHS Fusion Orchestra will perform on ‘Blue Plate Special’ on WDVX on Friday

Posted at 6:42 pm January 31, 2017
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The Oak Ridge High School Fusion Orchestra will perform on the “Blue Plate Special” on WDVX FM 89.9 on Friday.

The show is scheduled from 12-1 p.m. Friday, February 3, at the Grove Theater at 123 Randolph Road in Oak Ridge. It’s free.

The groundbreaking fusion orchestra is now in its second year at ORHS, and it is the brainchild of ORHS Orchestra Director Doug Phillips, a press release said. According to Phillips, the class is a result of his doctoral studies during the past seven years at one of the top music universities in the world: Boston University. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Music, Top Stories Tagged With: Blue Plate Special, Doug Phillips, Grove Theater, Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge High School Fusion Orchestra, ORHS, ORHS Orchestra, WDVX, WDVX FM 89.9

Humorist DiGregorio a guest on Tennessee Shines radio show Monday

Posted at 12:44 pm December 16, 2012
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

Judy DiGregorio

Judy DiGregorio

Oak Ridge humorist Judy DiGregorio will be a guest on the Tennessee Shines radio show on Monday night.

It’s her second appearance on the show, which is broadcast on WDVX 89.9 FM from the Knoxville Visitors Center on Gay Street.

DiGregorio is author of “Life among the Lilliputians, “Memories of a Loose Woman,” and “Jest Judy” (on compact disc).

[Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Top Stories Tagged With: humorist, Judy DiGregorio, radio show, Tennessee Shines, WDVX

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