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10 The Main Channel

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What’s hip at Lake Norman

16 Porthole

Lake, Land & Lyrics: An Event Benefiting Autism Services

18 Captain’s Chair

Cotton Ketchie talks about his latest novel

20 Tom’s Jobs

Tom works on an ostrich farm for a day

24 Rip Currents – Art

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The 2011-2012 Performing Arts Preview

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30 Around the Track Moonshine and racing history go hand in hand in the Piedmont

32 Meet the Natives Linda Pistone has to be on the water

40 Smooth Sailing Three domestic violence survivors tell their story

44 Strong Currents A groundbreaking non-drug treatment gives hope to depression patients

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48 The Galley

Nanette’s Table brings a new dining concept to the lake

52 Grapevine

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56 Game On

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60 Home Port Lake Norman Currents | September 2011

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72 One More Thing Wake the Lake brings excitement to the water

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Lake Norman Currents | September 2011

Last month my mother-in-law and I took my 18-month-old twins to a play. Before you gasp and exclaim how insane it is to take two toddlers who barely have the attention span to unfurl a roll of toilet paper to a play, let me explain. This wasn’t Les Misérables or The Miracle Worker. Instead it was a play titled Uh-Oh!, a short production designed for children their age.

I admit that I was a little nervous, but as a mother determined to take my children on as many adventures as possible, I went for it. I also knew we could leave if it got ugly. Well, it didn’t get ugly at all. The Tater Tots sat for 30 minutes completely mesmerized by the two actors performing. As I watched my kids enjoy the show, I was reminded of how powerful a live performance can be.

Growing up I was lucky in that I was able to see and participate in lots of plays and concerts. My appreciation for the performing arts is as ingrained in me as my love for the North Carolina Tar Heels.

That’s why I feel especially fortunate to live in the Lake Norman area.

While Charlotte offers a magnificent arts scene, a lot of us lake folks don’t always feel like making the trek down I-77 and then making the trek back. (I never thought I would turn into one of

these people, but I completely have.) The best part is that I don’t have to go to The Queen City because I can get a culture fix right here — sometimes at my own exit.

(Yes, I can be that lazy.)

This month I compiled the arts preview that you’ll find on page 24. I like to think I’m well versed in Lake Norman’s performing arts scene, but the more research I did, the more I discovered. And I’m sure I left plenty of performances out.

Let me go ahead and apologize for that.

As I read about the concerts and plays coming our way this season, I grew excited about what lies ahead. I also felt a sense of pride regarding our community, as many of these performances are given by our neighbors — people who volunteer their time and talent to give something back.

This fall and winter when you’re stumped about what to do on a Saturday night, put the remote down and go to a play or concert. Not only will you be supporting your community, but you’ll also enjoy a sense of enrichment during the short drive home.

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Couples from the Lake Norman area are heading to the beach at the end of September, along with The Association of Carolina Shag Clubs and shag enthusiasts from all over. They’re gathering on Main Street in North Myrtle Beach September 16 through 25 to catch the last rays of summer and get sand in their shoes as they dance the night away.

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record for the most couples shag dancing at one time,” says Mike Rink, vice president of Twister’s Shag Club in Cornelius. Word is spreading throughout the 100-some clubs involved, which also includes the Lake Norman Shag Club and Statesville Shag Club. “They’re hoping to get at least 220 couples, and there might be lots more, but the floor space only allows a maximum of 2,000 people,” explains Rink.

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Autumn is the time to get outside and celebrate Bella Love Charlotte Festival — “The Sound of Love” (September 10) This event brings together the area’s most talented artists, musicians, dance groups and unique performers for an experience like no other. 6 p.m. Price TBA. Kenton Place, 17220 W. Catawba Avenue, Cornelius.

7th Annual Green Day/Run for Green (September 17) This festival showcases organizations that model sustainable practices and promote environmental awareness. Run for Green (10k, 5k and half-marathon) is part of the festivities. Registration for races 6:30-7:15 a.m.; festival takes place 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Festival is free. Davidson Village Green, Main Street and Concord Road, www.davidsonlands.org.

Lake Norman Beer Festival (September 17) Enjoy craft beers from local, national and international brewers, plus music from Simplified and Blue Monday. Noon-10 p.m. $25, $40 VIP. Galway Hooker, 17044 Kenton Drive, Cornelius, www. lknbeerfest.com.

Wake the Lake (September 17) See some of the best wakeboarders on Lake Norman compete for prizes and have fun. A variety of children’s activities offered. Free. 8 a.m. Vinnie’s on Lake Norman, Mooresville, www.wakethelake2011.com.

Folklife Festival (September 24-25) Enjoy a fun family weekend at Historic Latta Plantation, as it celebrates the 30th Annual Folklife Festival and Craft Show. Enjoy live Americana music by Marie

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Denver Days (September 28-October 1) Enjoy rides and all sorts of vendors at this annual festival on the west side of the lake. Visit www.denverdays. com for hours and ticket prices. Corner of St. James Church Road and Highway 16, Denver.

3rd Annual Lake Norman Folk Art Festival (October 1) Enjoy a day of local folk art and bluegrass sponsored by the Hickory Museum of Art. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Sherrills Ford, www.hickorymuseumofart. org.

2nd Annual Ahlara Art Fair (October 8) This art fair features more than 60 art vendors from all over the area. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Ahlara, 155 Joe V. Knox Avenue, Mooresville, www.ahlarainternational.com.

Charlotte Oktoberfest (October 8) More than 100 breweries from across the Southeast and the world participate in this event. Charities benefiting from this year’s festival include Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, The Humane Society of Charlotte and The Carolina Raptor Center. 2-7 p.m. $35, $50 premium admission and $20 designated driver. Metrolina Expo, Charlotte, www.charlotteoktoberfest.com.

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The Annual Carolina Renaissance Festival & Artisan Marketplace (October 8-November 20) One of the largest Renaissance fairs nationwide, this festival offers outdoor theater, circus entertainment, arts and crafts marketplace, a jousting tournament, a feast fit for royalty, and more. Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. $20, $18 seniors 60 and over, $10 children 5-12, under 5 free. 16445 Poplar Tent Road, Huntersville, www.royalfaires.com/carolina/.

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Rural Hill Sheep Dog Trials (November 12-13) Bring your dog (or dogs) to the Rural Hill Sheepdog Trials and Dog Festival where many of the world’s best and brightest border collies will be on hand to perform their and their owner’s sheep herding skills. Also enjoy historic agriculture machinery, docent demonstrations in the 1760’s cabin, pumpkin chunkin’, kid’s inflatable houses, food, shopping and dog agility trials. Time TBA. Tickets TBA. Historic Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, www. ruralhill.net.

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whose firm brokered the Jimmie Johnson/Lowe’s deal back in 1999. “I expect some bidding wars over my legs.”

So far Humpy Wheeler, retired President of Charlotte Motor Speedway, is sponsoring his brain, and NASCAR driver Jeff Burton has chosen to sponsor Cotter’s right (driving) foot. His back, along with his left and right hands have also been spoken for.

Team for Kids was established in 2002 and provides free or low-cost school and community-based health and fitness programs to children who would otherwise have no access to regular physical activity. If you are interested in sponsoring a part of Cotter, you can contact him at tomcotter@csx2490. com or call his agent, Colleen Brannan, at 704.378.0123.

Tom Cotter Runs for It

Tom Cotter, one of CURRENTS monthly columnists, has been hitting the pavement in preparation for The ING New York City Marathon in November. The former sports marketer is seeking sponsorships for himself, literally all parts of himself, to benefit New York-based charity and marathon partner, Team for Kids. His fundraising goal is $2,620.

Cotter, 56, who once owned the world’s largest motorsports marketing firm, The Cotter Group, plans to write sponsor names on his body with a marker for the race. “As in NASCAR, premium positions go first,” says Cotter

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Ann and Lynn Moretz knew that lake living was for them, and they were right As a newly married couple in the early 1960s, Lynn and Ann Moretz had a list of criteria when it came to choosing a place to live. They wanted to be on the water near a college and a goodsized city. As teachers and future parents, they wanted a good school system. And they also wanted a location that was between Todd, North Carolina, Lynn’s hometown near Boone, and Ann’s native Charleston, South Carolina.

The couple, who lived in Maryland at the time, traveled to Wilmington looking for their dream location, but they came up empty handed. However, while they were there, a friend told them about a lake filling up north of Charlotte.

“We had an Esso road map, which in those days served as our GPS,” recalls Lynn. “I looked at it and sure enough there were dotted lines

Ann and Lynn Moretz built their lakeside Cornelius home in 1968.

where Lake Norman was going to be, and there were also dotted lines for I-77.”

The couple returned to Maryland and wrote letters to the postmasters of Cornelius, Davidson, Denver and Mooresville asking if they knew of anyone selling land around the lake. “I didn’t know anybody’s name or the name of the lake, but every one of them wrote me back,” remembers Lynn.

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lived in a rented farmhouse located where 131 Main is now. In 1969, they moved into their lakeside home in Cornelius.

“When we first came here and even after we were living in this house for several years, when the lake went down in the wintertime, you could see the corn rows and the corn stalks from the last cutting of the corn,” says Lynn of the lake.

Since then the couple have raised two daughters, Jan and Joy, and have been active at Bethel Presbyterian Church. They’ve also enjoyed thousands of breathtaking sunsets over the lake from their screened-in porch.

“It has been a great blessing to live here. I think a person could be happy anywhere if they really wanted to be, but this community is wonderful,” says Ann. “The church, being integral in that, has offered so many wonderful opportunities.”

“We’ve been here longer than we’ve been anywhere else, which is forty-some years,” adds Lynn. “We never entertained, not even for a second, living anywhere else.”

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Lake, Land & Lyrics was held July 23 at Queen’s Landing on Lake Norman. The event included gourmet dinner cruises, a concert featuring Boyz II Men as well as Jim Quick & Coastline, and the Brentson A. Buckner Celebrity Poker Tournament. Twentyfive celebrities were in attendance for this worthy cause. The purpose of the event was to raise awareness and money for Autism Services of Mecklenburg County (ASMC). ASMC is a local notfor-profit organization that has been in the area for more than 30 years and is nationally accredited. ASMC focuses on programs and services that aid individuals and their families affected by autism, traumatic brain injury and developmental disabilities. All of their efforts are focused on serving those in our community.

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Boyz II Men, the best-selling R&B group of all time, brought their dynamic harmonies to the area for Lake, Land & Lyrics: An event benefiting Autism Services of Mecklenburg County.

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otton” Ketchie may very well be a modern day Renaissance man. The Mooresville native estimates that he’s taken around 65,000 pictures over the last 25 years. He’s also an accomplished painter. But Ketchie has one more hobby — writing. He’s written two non-fiction books about growing up in rural North Carolina.

His second novel, Trouble in Love Valley, is due out this fall. Like the first, it’s largely set in Iredell County. We recently sat down for a conversation with Ketchie at his Downtown Mooresville gallery.

No Trouble “Cotton” at AlltalksKetchie about his latest novel

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Mooresville native “Cotton” Ketchie estimates that he’s taken around 65,000 pictures over the last 25 years. He’s also an accomplished painter and a published author.

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When did you first start writing?

Gosh, I don’t know. I didn’t start writing this type of thing until five or six years ago. I would tell stories all the time. People would come in and laugh.

They’d say “You need to write some of this stuff down.”

What is your writing process?

Things just keep coming in my mind. I really don’t write an outline. I don’t know how fiction writers usually write. I just write as it comes to me, and the story just keeps on evolving.

Why did you write a sequel to your first novel Little Did They Know?

Because I was threatened by my customers. “You can’t just let these characters just disappear,” they’d say.

And my wife said, “If you write another book I’ll kill you,” because she was the editor. I was between a rock and a hard place.

Your stories are set locally. Why do you do that?

People love to be able to recognize these places that they’ve been by. It www.LNCurrents.com

Are there qualities you draw on as a photographer and artist that also help you as a writer?

I think so. In the descriptions of people and the countryside, I try to write what I see. I can’t do it as well these writers who’ve written 50 books. I’m still learning. Robert Frost…he could paint a picture with words, and I always wanted to do that.

How does the quality of your writing stack up against that of your photography and painting?

It’s getting there. I think my second novel is much better than my first. The editor and the publisher didn’t have to slaughter

What are the differences in painting a picture and writing a book?

In a painting you have to know what you’re going to do when you start a watercolor. In the fiction I’m writing, I have no clue where it’s going when I start that book.

How do you find the time to write?

I get up about 3:30 a.m. and work on Facebook a little bit. Come down to the gallery between 5:30 and 6:30 every morning…And then I write until my employees come in at 10 a.m. I retired to do what I want to do. I paint when I want to paint.

I write when I want to write. And I do my photography when I want to do my photography. I get fussed at a lot because I’m not doing my painting more, but I’m retired supposedly.

You say you’re retired, but what about your life resembles retirement?

The paycheck. (He laughs.)

How does the satisfaction you get from writing compare to the satisfaction you get from your framed work?

About the same. The correlation that I get is when I sell something that I created with my own hands from my own mind. And that’s satisfaction. Nobody else did what I did there.

Nobody else painted those brushstrokes on that painting. And somebody wanted it. That humbles me. It really does.. LNC More on www.LNCurrents.com Scott Graf is a Corneliusbased broadcaster and freelance writer. A native of Iowa, he has lived in the Lake Norman area since 2006.

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it like they did the first one. It was much easier to write.

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Home on the Ranch Working on this farm is for the birds

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ever turn your back on an ostrich.

Otherwise, you might get “goosed.”

Having worked at a local ostrich ranch in August, I can say with authority that despite the bird’s similarity to Sesame Street’s Big Bird character, there is no such thing as a lovable ostrich. At nearly 10-feet tall and 325 pounds, these huge birds are intimidating.

“An adult ostrich is like a 14-year-old kid with a bad attitude,” said Pat Roberts.

She should know, as Roberts and partner Mike Todd raise, feed and care for ostriches at their BirdBrain Ostrich Ranch in Sherrills Ford, toward the north end of Lake Norman. Back in the early 1990s, Roberts saw a television news story about ostriches. She became fascinated and learned everything she could about the birds.

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Tom Cotter is a good runner, but even he had trouble keeping up with the ostriches at BirdBrain Ostrich Ranch in Sherrills Ford.

“I told Mike that I was about to spend every last nickel we had in the bank, about $10,000, on ostriches,” she recalled. “He thought it would just be a fad, but so far this fad has lasted 20 years.”

Ostrich ranching is not cheap. Roberts bought her first pair of three-month-old birds, a rooster (male) and a hen (female) for $4,500 each, which was a bargain once she learned mature breeder birds sell for $10,000 to a whopping $50,000 each.

One five-pound egg is worth as much as $2,500.

Ostriches are native to Africa. The first examples were brought to the United States in the 1800s, initially as curiosities, then for their plumes and feathers, which were used for stoles and coats.

Today, ostriches are raised mostly for their meat.

I offered Roberts a free day of labor, which she gladly accepted. She showed me around her 18acre ranch, which is made up of a number of large open pens for different groups of ostriches: infants, youngsters, breeders and “Burger Buddies.”

“Burger Buddies are the birds being readied for the meat processor,” she explained. “When these birds reach eight to 10 months old, we put them in a horse trailer and take them to the processor in Wilkesboro.”

Feeding and watering the birds took up much of my day on the farm. The ostriches eat large amounts of a specially prepared mixture of alfalfa, grains and grasses. I emptied the Continued on page 22 www.LNCurrents.com

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She says the tenderloin cut is her favorite. Beyond the meat, she sells the ostrich skin to a tannery for use in decorator upholstery and custom motorcycle seats. And she sells the feathers to interior designers and florists.

When my day on the farm was done, I said good-bye and began to drive home.

Then I remembered Roberts told me her ostrich burgers — former Burger Buddies — are served at The Landing, a Sherrills Ford restaurant on Slanting Bridge Road.

I was hungry, so I drove over for a beer and an ostrich burger. Delicious. I chuckled when I realized that I had been feeding ostriches all day, and now an ostrich was feeding me. LNC

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contents of the 50-pound bags into buckets, then loaded those onto a trailer. Roberts then towed the trailer — and me — around the ranch to distribute the feed.

As I dumped their food into pails, they hovered and crowded me from all sides. Roberts told me that even though the birds’ beaks are annoying when they poked my back, their feet are downright dangerous.

“Not only can they run as fast as 45 milesper-hour, they can also kick a threatening animal or person, with a 1,000-pounds-persquare-inch ‘punch,’ ” said Roberts.

Interestingly, ostriches also eat rocks.

That’s right, rocks. Like ancient dinosaurs, these birds consume marble chips, helping them to digest the food in their bellies.

Once I completed the feeding routine, Roberts educated me about the economics of raising ostriches.

“Ostrich meat is red meat, like beef,” she said. “But it has less than three grams of fat per serving — just 15 percent of the fat con-

Six Things You Didn’t Know About Ostriches 1. Ostriches can live as long as 70 years.

2. One ostrich egg can weigh from three to five pounds, as much as three-dozen chicken eggs.

3. Ostriches have two toes on each foot, but only one toenail on each foot.

4. An ostrich hen can lay 20 to 40 eggs per season.

5. An ostrich brain is smaller than an ostrich eyeball.

6. Ostriches do not stick their heads in the sand.

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Birdbrain Ostrich Ranch is part of this year’s Know Your Farms tour.

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Co-owner Pat Roberts is always eager to have volunteers assist at the ranch. If you know of a student or scout in need of community service hours, contact her at 704.483.1620.

tent of beef — and also contains significant levels of iron, calcium and protein.”

Roberts sells frozen, USDA-approved ostrich meat — hamburger patties, ground meat, sausage, steak, filet and tenderloin — from the store next to her circa-1881 home.

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hile Charlotte offers tons of culture, sometimes you just don’t feel like dealing with I-77 to get there. No worries because there’s plenty of live performances in the Lake Norman area. Whether you prefer classical to Celtic or comedy to drama, there’s something for everyone to enjoy. So book your tickets and grab a seat. It’s showtime.

Cornelius Concert Series at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church

Above: Jeremy Davis & the Fabulous Equinox Jazz Orchestra perform January 30 at Davidson College as part of the C. Shaw and Nancy K. Smith Artist Series.

Left: Pianist Yoon-Sun Song is part of the Cornelius Concert Series. She performs at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church on January 8.

www.mtzionumc.net The Toneblazers (September 25) The Toneblazers perform a variety of music including bluegrass, western swing, country, folk, rock, blues and their own unique originals. Noon. Free, donations for lunch encouraged. Lunch provided by Boy Scout Troop 10.

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In Concert: The Disciples of Central Steele Creek Presbyterian and The Men of Zion of Mt. Zion UMC (October 23) These two church choirs join forces for an evening of music. 7 p.m. Free. Sanctuary.

Mt. Zion UMC Praise Team Christmas (December 4) Celebrate the season with singers from Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

9:45 a.m. Family Life Center.

North Mecklenburg Community Chorus

ber 18) Enjoy Christmas music from a variety of instruments and arrangements. 11 a.m., 3 p.m. Free. Sanctuary.

Yoon-Sun Song; Pianist in Concert (January 8) Enjoy the piano like you’ve never heard it before. 7 p.m. Free. Sanctuary.

Triumphant Quartet (February 19) In 2009 this quartet was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album category. 7 p.m. Free. Sanctuary.

Strictly Dixie (March 16) Strictly Dixie presents a night of southern music. 7 p.m. Free.

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Michael Reno Harrell (April 29) This singer/ storyteller brings his southern show to town.

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(December 10) This group of talented singers from across the Lake Norman area performs songs of the season and more. 7 p.m.

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Christmas with the Mt. Zion Chancel Choir, Bell Choir and Orchestra (Decem-

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lantyne Brass Quintet performs a variety of brass chamber music. 7 p.m. Free. Sanctuary.

Left: Singer/storyteller Michael Reno Harrell is part of the Cornelius Concert Series. He performs on April 29 at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church.

Below: Kathy Troccoli has enjoyed 19 recordings, 17 number-one radio hits and three Grammy nominations. Part of Iredell Concert Association’s season, she performs December 3.

Davidson College Concert Series www.davidson.edu An Afternoon of Chamber Music (September 11) The trio of Alan Black, principal cellist for the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra; violinist Rosemary Furniss and pianist Dana Protopopsecu perform Chopin’s Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 8, and Schubert’s Piano Trio in B Flat Major, Op. 99.

The Ballantyne Brass Quintet performs a variety of brass chamber music at Mt. Zion United Methodist Church on May 6.

Mark Masri, a soulful tenor often compared to Luther Vandross, performs on March 3 through the Iredell Concert Association.

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claim for her repertoire in Broadway, opera and jazz. 7:30 p.m., Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville.

Thomas Pandolfi (November 5) This young American pianist has performed in Canada, England, Germany, Romania and China. His interpretations of George Gershwin’s music are a special treat. 7:30 p.m., Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville.

Kathy Troccoli (December 3) Celebrating 29 years of music and ministry, Kathy Troccoli has enjoyed 19 recordings, 17 number-one radio hits and three Grammy nominations. 7:30 p.m., Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville.

Mark Masri (March 3) This soulful tenor transcends generations with his expressive lyrics. He has been compared to Luther Vandross, Seal and The Winans. 7:30 p.m., Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville.

Anita Chen (March 31) Equally adept on the piano and violin, Anita Chen launched her ca-

reer as a professional soloist at Carnegie Hall in 2002, where she performed on both instruments with the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble. 7:30 p.m., Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville.

Lake Norman Orchestra www.lkno.wikispaces.com Lake Norman Orchestra Holiday Concert (December 10) Listen to members of the Lake Norman community perform intricate arrangements of holiday favorites under the direction of Eduardo Cedeno. 3:00 p.m. Adults $10, students $5. Shearer Hall, Mitchell Community College, 500 W. Broad Street, Statesville.

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3 p.m. Price TBA. Tyler-Tallman Hall.

Jamie Laval, Fiddle (November 13) This Celtic violinist performs traditional music from Scotland, Ireland, Brittany and Quebec. 3 p.m. Price TBA. Tyler-Tallman Hall.

Anna Wittstruck, Cello (January 29) An Asheville native, Anna Wittstruck won the 2011 Stanford Symphony Concerto Competition. 3 p.m. Price TBA. Tyler-Tallman Hall.

The Kontras Quartet (March 18) One of the most vibrant young string quartets on the scene today, The Kontras Quartet brings a unique take to chamber music. 3 p.m. Price TBA. Tyler-Tallman Hall.

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program — with music by Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich Biber, Georg Muffat, Antonio Vivaldi and Johann Sebastian Bach — is a feast of baroque concertos. 3p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors, children under 12 free.

Duo Pleyel Andrew Willis — Piano, Brent Wissick — Cello (November 6) Andrew Willis and Brent Wissick play music for piano and cello by Chopin and Faure. 3 p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors, children under 12 free.

The Charlotte Children’s Choir (December 11) This concert will feature 80 members of the Charlotte Children’s Choir singing holiday selections with artistic director Sandy R. Holland and associate director Dr. Heather Potter.

3 p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors, children under 12 free.

A Night at the Movies (February 5) Experience the roaring twenties at its finest when Charlotte pianist Ethan Uslan performs a program of syncopated music from The Jazz Age, followed by a live accompaniment to Buster Keaton’s 1924 silent classic, Sherlock, Jr. 7:30 p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors, children under 12 free.

Mark Sterbank Jazz Group: Jazz Verspers (March 11) From its inception, this group has exhilarated audiences by combining jazz’s rhythmic drive and creativity with the familiarity and meaning of old church songs. 3 p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors, children under 12 free.

Sitko Trio & Friends (May 6) This ensemble makes it their mission to explore music from many centuries, from both the traditional (folk) and classical repertories. 3 p.m. $15, $10 students and seniors, children under 12 free.

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www.davidson.edu Romeo and Juliet (October 21-29) William Shakespeare’s legendary romance continues to enthrall audiences. Performance times TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall.

The Little Foxes (November 16-20) Lillian Hellman’s classic play deals with greed, mistrust and revenge within a southern family. The Barber Theatre, Cunningham Theatre Center.

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Aquila Theatre presents The Importance of Being Earnest at Davidson College on February 18 as part of the C. Shaw and Nancy K. Smith Artist Series.

ative and vibrant ensemble-based adaptation of Ovid’s epic poem is sure to intrigue. The Barber Theatre, Cunningham Theatre Center.

In the Blood (March 28-April 1) Inspired by The Scarlet Letter, this play is an exploration of race and class in a modern American city.

Performance times TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall.

Davidson Community Players’ Connie Company 2012 Season www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org Sleeping Beauty: As retold by Rupert T. Barber, Jr. (January 27-29) Beautiful Princess Aurora, cursed from infancy by an angry fairy, falls into a 100-year sleep on her 16th birthday. But with a little luck, and the help of a fairy queen and a handsome prince, Aurora just may live happily ever after. Performance times vary. Cunningham Fine Arts Building, Davidson College.

Narnia, The Musical (April 20-29) After four schoolchildren unexpectedly plunge through a magical wardrobe into a glistening forest kingdom of perpetual winter presided over by the treacherous White Witch, the benevolent lion King must rescue the boy and reclaim his kingdom. Narnia’s epic tale of good and evil teaches lessons of courage, unselfishness and wisdom.

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The Adventures of a Bear Called Paddington (November 9-18) These heart-warming stories of the little bear found in Paddington Station by the Brown family have been a favorite of children for years. Performance times vary. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.

Davidson Community Players 2011-2012 Season www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org The Guys (September 8-17) This twoperson play by Ann Nelson depicts an editor named Joan, and Nick, a fire captain who lost many of his colleagues in the September 11 attacks. He’s looking for a writer to help him write the eulogies he will offer at memorial services in the weeks to come. Performance times vary. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.

Love Letters (October 6-23) This unique and imaginative piece is the lifetime exchange of letters between two people who begin as friends, but grow up to lead separate lives, all the while sharing confidences. Performance times vary. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.

School House Rock Live! Jr. (November 5-13) Based on the ABC-TV educational, animated series that aired from the 1970s-1980s, this musical features familiar favorites, such as Conjunction-Junction and I’m Just a Bill. Arwww.LNCurrents.com

March) James is a young speech therapist at a school for the deaf, where he meets Sarah, a school dropout, unable to hear since birth, and estranged from both sound and silence.

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Spirit of Uganda brings dramatic choreography and bright, layered rhythms to Davidson College on February 28.

TBA. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.

Crazy for You (mid-June) This Gershwin extravaganza is filled with song and dance, and Ken Ludwig’s hilarious dialogue. The audience will be swept up in an artfully constructed tale of boy meets girl in the Wild West, where they spread goodness and ultimately fall in love. Performance dates and times TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College.

Rumors (July 19-29) At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden’s Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce. Performance times TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College.

Baby: The New Musical (October 11-28) Three couples, each newly expecting a child, have very different but familiar reactions to parenthood: college juniors who have just moved in together; 30-somethings who have struggled to conceive; the mother of three already-grown daughters unsure of what to do next. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.

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Retrieving the Lamb (December 1-18) Written by Charlotte’s own playwright, Judy Simpson-Cook, this play is a magical celebration of the human spirit. Performance times vary. Armour Street Theatre, Davidson.

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The Second City (September 30) Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City is the premier training ground for the best performers in the comedy world. Think Mike Myers, Tina Fey, etc. 8 p.m. Price TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall.

Ballet Hispanico (November 2) Celebrating 40 years of dance and culture, under the dynamic new artistic leadership of Eduardo Vilaro, Ballet Hispanico reflects and explores the diaspora of Latino cultures. 8 p.m. Price TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall.

Jeremy Davis & the Fabulous Equinox Jazz Orchestra (January 30) This high-energy stage show is much more than a jazz concert.

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Aquila Theatre in The Importance of Being Earnest (February 18) Since its first performance in 1895, Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece has become a respected, as well as entertaining, piece of literature. 7:30 p.m. Price TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall.

Spirit of Uganda (February 28) Dramatic choreography combined with bright, layered rhythms and the melodic tones of standing drums, make this an exhilarating performance not to be missed. 8 p.m. Price TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall. LNC www.LNCurrents.com

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efore the Earnhardts, Pettys and Waltrips became household names in the racing world, the Graftons, Lippards, Littles, Heffners and Burgess brothers pegged their speedometers and turned heads across the Carolina’s Piedmont. Unlike their present day counterparts who race to a checkered flag, these speed demons raced from something of greater consequence. As local moonshiners, they ran from the law.

“Families like the Lippards were constantly in and out of jail over liquor issues,” explains Melinda Herzog, executive director of the Catawba County Historical Association. “The Burgess brothers, Grafton and Ralph, were big into the bootlegging business and had connections to the Chicago mafia that ran across at least six states. The Lippards were another family. They got involved in a gun battle in Burke over moonshine.”

Nearly a decade before Prohibition, shortly after North Carolina became the first southern state in 1908 to prohibit the sale of alcohol, bootlegging began to grow locally. The North

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Carolina Mountains gave distillers a place to hide, and the rugged dirt roads that ran through Wilkesboro, Alexander and Catawba counties became popular routes for running.

Federal agents sent to collect taxes and stop illegal running were often no match for the locals who knew the roads well. When a chase began, the bootleggers often had the upper hand.

Racing’s local roots can be traced to these bootleggers. With or without cars packed full of moonshine, early drivers practiced evasive driving techniques on the twisting roads of the foothills. They perfected their skills against each other on local dirt tracks.

“In the early ’20s, the saying was that if a family had a car then they were into moonshine,” Herzog explains. “Most families couldn’t afford cars, and those that did were running.”

Oddly enough, the big period of running moonshine in North Carolina came in the 1930s and 1940s after Prohibition ended.

Since there was such division on the issue at the state level, Prohibition was repealed county by county, which only added to the appeal of

running shine, especially to those dry counties.

Bootlegging also flourished as runners sold and delivered moonshine to hotels, clubs and private parties.

A bootlegger’s car was an object of deception. From the outside, it looked plain as day, but with modified seats, trunks and false bottoms, an average car could carry between 75 to 100 gallons of moonshine bottled in half-gallon jars packed six to a case. Every non-essential part was removed to make the car lighter, faster and more maneuverable in case a chase began.

“The Feds had a lot of respect for the guys driving,” Herzog explains. “They didn’t like them because they were doing an illegal business, but they admired them as drivers. The best thing that could happen to the Feds was to capture a moonshine car because they might be able to use it as their car to pursue them.

“The moonshine story exists on multiple planes, but what most people around here know as it relates to racing is the Junior Johnson story,” she adds. “His father was in it so it followed that he got in it, too. Junior got really good at driving cars and mastered evasive techniques that not even the Feds knew.”

Herzog says Americans like a little bit of bad boy no matter what they might say.

“Moonshine has rough and tumble meets racing rolled into one,” says Herzog. “It’s a living part of our history.” LNC

Stills in the Hills – Runnin’ Shine A special blend of the Catawba County Historical Association On September 10, a narrated bus tour will leave Murray’s Mill to tour the major historical sites connected to moonshine runs in Alexander and Catawba Counties.

An image DVD will complement the narration. Afterward, the tour returns to the mill so guests can enjoy dinner, live music and moonshine tasting. Call 828.465.0383 to reserve a ticket or request an invitation.

Freelance writer Mike Savicki has lived and worked in the Lake Norman area for 15 years, frequently covering the racing scene.

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Linda Pistone lives in Cornelius with her husband of nine years, Pete. Today, she’s a businesswoman and a grandmother.

But previous chapters include stories of her racing cars, flying airplanes and catching 800-pound fish.

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he latest chapter of Linda Pistone’s life story is one of the quietest yet.

She lives in Cornelius with her husband of nine years, Pete. Today, she’s a businesswoman and a grandmother. But previous chapters include stories of her racing cars, flying airplanes and catching 800-pound fish. Needless to say, she’s one of the more interesting Lake Norman natives you’re likely to meet.

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When Pistone (pronounced Pi-stoneee) was a young child, her Charlotte family also had a home on Lake Norman.

That, coupled with family fishing trips near Myrtle Beach, seemed to set Pistone up with a lifelong love of water.

“I’ve got to be on the water,” she admits. “I’m just a water person.”

Ask Pistone about her first memories of Lake Norman, and she actually goes

back to a time before the lake even existed.

“A lot of farmland,” she laughs. “A lot.

I would have never imagined the developments they have on Lake Norman now.”

She says news of the lake’s creation created a stir throughout the region.

“It was the big talk,” Pistone says.

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developers were planning on doing. You just couldn’t comprehend it, especially the way it is now.”

Her family later frequented Lake Norman after it was built in the early 1960s.

Linda still cherishes the time she spent on the lake with her family.

“All of us would fight to be on the boat with Dad,” she says. “We all water skied.

He had a cabin cruiser, and we’d spend all weekend on it. It was fun. It was like camping out.”

But Pistone points out something a lot of today’s boaters may not realize. When Lake Norman was first flooded in the 1960s, it could be a dangerous place.

“You had to be extremely careful,” Pistone says. “There used to be trees [underwater]. If you didn’t know where you were going back then, you could tear a boat up real quick.”

Pistone’s childhood also included racing cars in women-only events at the Metrolina Fairgrounds her family owned

in north Charlotte. (She once finished second in a car loaned to her by none other than Cale Yarborough.) By 19, Pistone had her pilot’s license and would fly back and forth between Charlotte and Lake Norman.

College would take her away to eastern North Carolina. Pistone later worked on the Outer Banks in real estate and started her own interior decorating business. She also developed a love for deep-sea fishing that took her to places like the Bahamas, Venezuela and Hawaii. Her prize catch was an 867-pound black marlin off the Australian coast.

It wasn’t until the mid 1980s that Pistone returned to the Charlotte area for good. She moved to the Lake Norman area in 1989. Pistone says there’s a friendliness about people here.

“We have a lot of interesting people that live on the lake,” she says. “Everybody’s nice, and speaks [to one another].

That’s what’s nice. It’s just like its own little

small town away from everything.”

Pistone lists the lake’s convenience as something else she loves. She says everything she needs is close by. Pistone even jokes that her favorite shopping spot — SouthPark mall — can only pry her away from Lake Norman a couple of times each year.

These days Pistone works three or four days a week operating the Metrolina Expo she now owns. She stays busy helping organize the more than 50 shows the facility hosts each year. Pistone promises she will retire — someday. And when that day comes, she says there’s no doubt she’ll enjoy retirement at home on Lake Norman.

“It’s home,” she says. “It always will be.” LNC Scott Graf is a Corneliusbased broadcaster and freelance writer. A native of Iowa, he has lived in the Lake Norman area since 2006.

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Three domestic violence survivors speak out

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t’s a Monday night, and the rain beats down on the parking lot. As I make my way up the stairs to the United Family Services office in Cornelius, I think about how the weather is just as dreary as the topic I’m here to learn about — domestic violence.

Not knowing what to expect, I walk into a conference room where I find three women waiting for me.

None of them looks disheveled or distraught. These collected women are simply laughing and catching up like girlfriends are known to do.

However, college, sororities, work or even church didn’t bring these women together. Their paths crossed because of a shared experience of the most horrible kind. An experience that will bond them forever.

The same story Fifty-two-year-old Tana Greene goes first. Growing up in Virginia she fell in love with the perfect senior when she was a freshman in high school. Pregnant at 15, she married the guy. Little did she know he was going to hold her at gunpoint and lock her in closets.

After two years of verbal and physical abuse she left him and proceeded to finish high school. “At 17 I sat down and wrote my goals,” she recalls. I wanted to own my own business, my own home and get married.”

She’s done all of those things.

Although her first marriage was terrifying, Greene was lucky that she was only married for two years.

Because she grew up in what she describes as a “Leave it to Beaver family,” Greene knew this wasn’t normal behavior. “I didn’t grow up in it, so it wasn’t right,” she explains. “Had I grown up in, it I might not have known to get out.”

Cheryl Greenwald didn’t grow up in it either, but somehow she found herself in an abusive marriage that

lasted for 18 years. “What I thought was going to be a beautiful life ended on my wedding night,” says 64-yearold Greenwald. “He choked me while I was seven months pregnant. I kicked him out. He came back in two weeks with roses.”

Eventually her husband began beating her son instead. Greenwald, who now lives in Statesville, finally had the courage to leave when she knew her son was safe in the Army.

“The mental abuse was phenomenal. My husband would look at me, and I would be so scared. It was like he beat me up. It didn’t matter whether he hit me or not,” Greenwald remembers. “The fear is so enormous.

It’s all consuming.”

Amy Moore’s story is a bit different in that her second husband abused her. “I was 40 years old. I’d raised my children by myself for all practical purposes,” she says. “I should have known better.”

But how could she have known better when he acted like Mr. Wonderful while they dated? “We were married at a private ceremony on a Friday night, and Sunday afternoon my son came in from a friend’s house.

I was beaten so badly I was unconscious on the kitchen floor. That was the first time it happened.”

Moore went through five years of a domestic abuse cycle that is familiar to one in four women in this country before she got divorced. Sure there would be candy and jewelry, but the abuse would always come back, and each time it seemed to be worse.

Control issues All three of these women now speak about domestic violence for United Family Services. And all three of them will tell you that abuse stems from control.

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Although Greene, who now lives in Cornelius, was young when she met her abuser, she says she should have seen the signs when they were dating. Her then-boyfriend didn’t want her riding the bus to school. He wanted to drive her.

Moore’s husband kept tabs on her whereabouts at all times. “He would call me on his break [at work] and on his lunch, and I better be at my desk when those things happened,” the 47-year-old remembers. “I would call him

Amy Moore of Statesville went through five years of a domestic abuse cycle that is familiar to one in four women in this country before she got divorced

“Everybody deserves happiness and the right kind of love,” says Tana Greene of Cornelius.

She was in an abusive marriage for two years.

10 minutes before I left and let him know I was on my way home. It was a 10-minute drive. If I wasn’t home in 12 minutes, he was burning that cell phone up.”

When these ladies tell their stories, they know people wonder why they didn’t just leave as soon as any signs of abuse occurred. “There’s a lot about this that is very hard to walk away from, especially when you have these responsibilities and commitments and you feel like things will change,” says Greene. “Everybody deserves happiness and the right kind of love,

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not that kind of love.”

These ladies encourage anyone who is in an abusive situation to talk to someone and begin developing a safety plan. According to United Family Services, the abused are 70 percent more likely to experience serious injury or death when they leave.

“When I speak to groups about it. I still get very upset because it all comes back. Every time I speak about it I remember,” says Greenwald.

“I still have nightmares about it after all these years. It doesn’t go away.” LNC

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A groundbreaking non-drug treatment offered in Mooresville means hope for those suffering from depression

Dr. Jason Mastor demonstrates Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) on drug representative Sandy Bondurant at the Mastor Mental Health offices in Mooresville. TMS involves short pulsed magnetic fields that stimulate nerve cells in the brain in the treatment of depression and anxiety.

The patient is asked to raise a thumb so the doctor can watch thumb twitches to adjust the strength of impulses. Allyson Mastor is at right.

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ccording to recent research, depression affects at least 14 million American adults each year. While there are a number of drug and counseling options available for patients suffering from this potentially debilitating disease, many are intolerant to certain medications or do not benefit from them. But a new non-drug treatment system being offered for treatment of major depression in the Lake Norman area could bring new hope to patients.

Dr. Jason Mastor, a psychiatrist who owns Mastor Mental Health in Mooresville, along with wife Allyson, a physician’s assistant, began offering a new FDA-approved treatment — NeuroStar Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Therapy System (TMS) — in their office this past spring.

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With approximately 350 treatment sites across the United States, Mastor Mental Health is the first treatment center to bring TMS to the Charlotte metro area.

“This is geared toward a treatment-resistant population,” explains Mastor. “Now, we have the first only non-systemic and non-invasive treatment for depression.”

What is Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)?

TMS is an outpatient procedure that is available by prescription only and delivered under the supervision of a psychiatrist. During the session, the patient remains awake in a comfortable chair while a small treatment coil rests on the head,

delivering focused magnetic stimulation directly to the area of the brain thought to be involved with regulating mood. The magnetic field pulses of the device are the same strength as those used in MRI machines.

From as far back as the 1980s, researchers have studied Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to learn about the nerve fibers that carry information about movements from the brain to the spinal cord and muscles. In the 1990s, physicians began to explore the therapeutic potential of TMS for the treatment of a variety of diseases, including depression.

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hospitalizations or even ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) treatments, which require anesthesia and hospitalization.

It’s still too early to tell what the long-term effects of TMS will be and what courses of treatment will benefit a patient the most.

“In reality, I think what we’ll probably ultimately do is reduce the amount of medication the person has to take,” says Mastor. “But I don’t think it’s going to completely replace medication.” LNC

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from $10,000 to $12,000 and is not currently covered by most insurance plans. However, NeuroStar does provide patients with information about a Care Connection program that helps with the claims appeal process, which could eventually result in reimbursement from insurance providers for part of the treatment.

Mastor points out that the treatment costs for TMS are lower than other treatments for drug-resistant patients, including psychiatric

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can cause side effects such as insomnia, weight gain, dry mouth, dizziness and dry mouth, the side effects of TMS are minimal. Mastor says a patient may feel a little pain at the site of the device after the procedure as well as a possible headache. But because the treatment does not enter a person’s body, the side effects typically don’t affect a person the same as a prescription medication could.

So far, Mastor has one patient who has undergone an initial course of TMS Therapy and reports positive results. One other patient is in the process of beginning treatment.

“I have a lot of patients who are considering,” says Mastor, “but ultimately for them they are struggling with the cost.”

An index course of the treatment consists of about 25 to 30 treatments, given daily Monday through Friday for four to six weeks. The first treatment will take about an hour and half as the physician works to map the patient’s brain properly and to determine motor threshold, but subsequent treatments will run approximately 40 minutes.

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Nanette’s Table in Cornelius operates as a small lunch café, gourmet-to-go and catering operation during the day. At night it wows small groups of guests with seven-course dinners.

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anette’s Table is like no other in the area. By day, it operates as a small lunch café, gourmet-to-go and catering operation in Cornelius’ Magnolia Plaza on West Catawba Avenue.

But in the evening, magic happens. The unassuming space with a lone eight-foot table turns into an extraordinary stage where a gourmet, seven-course dinner wows one small group of guests.

“It’s a different concept, and I didn’t know if it would fly, but I can barely keep up,” says owner Nanette Lush of the reservation-only portion of the business she calls The Table.

“It’s just all about you and dining and relaxing and having a great experience. People love it.”

What’s not to love? Your group is Lush’s only priority that night. Your group is treated to a feast of your choosing.

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design their own meal by identifying what they want the experience to be and what foods they enjoy. It might revolve around elegant seafood, beef, duck or lamb dishes, with themes from Italy, France and California among others.

Lush, who worked in the furniture business for 20 years, became disenchanted with the direction of the industry and began pondering her future a couple of years ago.

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I do when I don’t want to do anything else.”

That answer was cooking. More specifically, she wanted to cook for others who didn’t have the time or interest to put together something for dinner. Being from an Italian and Polish family gave her a deep appreciation for food and how meals bring people together. She remembers Sundays after church where lunches featured Polish specialties at one grandmother’s house followed later in the day by dinners featuring Italian specialties at another grandmother’s house.

“I learned that cooking is a really good way to get in touch with people,” she says.

As someone who likes to challenge herself, Lush researches, plans, prepares and cooks everything herself. She also prides herself on using the freshest available ingredients. (When figs were in season, she took them off the tree in her yard and incorporated them in her menus.)

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ery store and every stand,” she says. “But if I’m dealing with, say, lobster, I get it from Maine, or shrimp from the Gulf.”

Savor the moment Many of those reserving The Table are celebrating milestone birthdays or are neighborhood groups enjoying a one-of-a-kind get-together.

“Most people who come here are all about wanting to visit with friends and savor the moment,” Lush says. “They are big into relaxing and eating slow. I’ve had people sit here for three hours.”

With frosted glass windows sporting the Nanette’s Table logo keeping the rest of the world at bay, dinner guests are welcomed with glasses of Prosecco. They mingle around the table that sits amidst a space that also serves as a commercial kitchen. It might seem a little sterile, but with the evening focused on family, friends and food, the

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atmosphere quickly becomes warm and inviting.

As each course is served, Lush is busy preparing for the next one. The first three courses are small plates, followed by a palette-cleansing sorbet. The fifth course, the main dish, showcases the theme of the evening and is what all the other courses complement. The sixth course brings a selection of cheeses. The final course is a scrumptious dessert.

The meal also includes at least two wine pairings that complement the course being served.

“I try to introduce people to wines they don’t see everywhere,” Lush says. “You really are cheating yourself of a lovely experience [by not trying new wines].”

To ensure the whole evening isn’t an overthe-top, extravagant feast sure to induce misery and loosen belt buckles, Lush serves manageable portion sizes.

“It’s not glutinous,” says Lush. LNC Free-lance writer Cathy Swiney, a Huntersville resident, has spent several years covering the restaurant scene in the Lake Norman area.

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Above: Amarone is the perfect wine to pair with a hearty beef stew.

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f ever there was a wine destined for pairing with food, this is it — Amarone. A glass of Cabernet Sauvignon may be perfect to sip with a juicy steak, but when it comes to something like a deep, hearty beef stew; Cabernet Sauvignon is way out of its depth. That’s where Amarone steps up to the plate; or the bowl, as the case may be.

Translated from Italian, Amarone means the “bitter one.” The wine really isn’t bitter but its flavors are certainly not shy. There are strong flavors of coffee, chocolate and even something like a warm cherry pie. Add to that some of the nice earthy flavors that float my vinous boat, and you’ve got something special.

If you really concentrate Amarone is the result of something that our childhood teachers impressed upon us all — “if you really concentrate, you can produce something good.” The winemakers of the Valpolicella region in the Northeast of Italy really took this advice to heart. Valpolicella is a cool 52

region that produces crisp wines, both red and white. It’s a special winemaking process that gives Amarone its deep oomph.

The regular red wines from the Valpolicella region are made from the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara grapes with a few others thrown in. These are the same grapes used to make Amarone. Recently, Italian wine laws have been relaxed to allow grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot to be added to the mix. Amarone is a wine that’s a little bit of a work in progress. Following it is going to be a tasty journey.

Grapes destined for Amarone are harvested when they are really ripe. Grape growers pick out those bunches of grapes whose fruit is not too close to each other. Bunches of grapes are not pressed right away, as they would be for a normal wine. They are left to dry on straw mats for three to four months.

This process is called appassimento or rasinate in Italian—to dry and shrivel. What drying does is concentrate the remaining sugars and flavors of the grapes. Most importantly

it increases the ratio of grape skins to juice bringing in deeper flavors to the wine that’s to result.

A winemaker with a slow hand After the drying out period the grapes are treated in the normal winemaking process.

They are pressed and left to ferment. It’s a long and slow fermentation. The skins stay in contact with the juice for up to two months before they are removed and fermentation finishes.

This is a lot of technical stuff, but what it all translates into is grape skins transferring lots and lots of flavor into the wine. After all of this, the wine ages in large oak barrels.

Amarone is a recent innovation, dating back only to the 1950s. Before that, the appasimento process resulted in a sweet, super-rich wine known as Recioto. The legend is that the first Amarone was a mistake, kind of like the legend about Champagne. As the story goes, Continued on page 54

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a winemaker let a barrel of wine ferment too long, and the wine’s residual sugar and sweetness were eliminated. Welcome to the world, Amarone. Recioto is still made today. It has sweetness and richness that make it a perfect choice at the end of a meal.

Bring on the strong food These wines are also wonderful with a nice strong cheese. Amarones are heavy wines with a texture and body similar to Port wine. They are great with a main course or an after- dinner drink. Of course, there’s no reason not to try them on their own. No reason, at all. In fact, at our house we actively encourage the practice.

These are not inexpensive wines; there’s more labor and time involved in these wines than there is in making “ordinary” wine. They are certainly not in the Tuesday-night-pizzawine class. Although a good pepperoni pizza and a glass of Amarone does sound awfully tempting. Prices for a bottle of good Amarone will start in the mid-$30 range and

move upward from there. Pricey, it’s true, but we all deserve a treat now and then.

Come to think of it, that pepperoni pizza is not at all expensive, and so the whole meal, on average, isn’t too bad. Tempting, but save the wine for a really good dish.

Training wheels Fortunately, there’s an attractive entry point. There’s a wine that’s kind of like an Amarone on training wheels. It’s a wine called Ripasso. Ripasso is often called a baby Amarone. This wine, also, has a special production method. Ripasso means, “repassed” in Italian.

To make this wine, the leftover grape skins and seeds from the fermentation of Amarone are added to a batch of regular Valpolicella wines for a period of extended maceration.

The leftover stuff provides an additional food source for the Valpolicella yeasts. That brings in additional tannins, colors and other attributes that build up the strength of the wine.

There’s still a good bit of warm weather left to go. That’s a good thing. I’ve lived at the lake too long to put up with cold tempera-

tures. The very thought of wearing a real pair of shoes is disturbingly depressing. However, one thing that makes the winter months bearable is a wine like Amarone or Ripasso.

Here’s something to try when it’s chilly outside. Look up a recipe for a dish called Daube de Provence — one of our favorite dishes. This is a great dinner dish and you can make it way ahead so you have little to do when your company arrives. Combining this dish with a group of friends and a bottle of Amarone or Ripasso for a long, languid meal has been scientifically proven to ameliorate the wearing of shoes. Enjoy. LNC The Scoop Look for Trevor Burton’s wine segment on WCNC’s Charlotte Today on September 7 at 11 a.m.

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deterioration, the surface quickly earned the reputation as being a poor substitute for natural grass.

“Original Astroturf got a bad rap primarily because of its grip,” says Matt Broughton, president of Medallion in Mooresville. “The old style surface was very hard because it was often rolled directly over concrete with little cushion. Athletes suffered more knee and ankle injuries than on natural surfaces. Abrasion was another issue. Basically, nobody liked to play on those surfaces if they had a choice.”

Colorful turf As a Canadian who moved here to help promote ice hockey, the game he grew up playing and coaching, Broughton felt that cities similar to Charlotte could likely support at least one ice arena, and he wanted to be on the leading edge of what he thought would be a wild growth trend. The thought of being a full-service turf contractor was not on his radar.

But the hockey explosion across the Southeast was short lived, and Broughton refocused his business model. In 1996, Broughton founded Medallion Athletic Products to build and install indoor soccer boards. His new company diversified and began selling and installing artificial athletic as well as a diverse line of other athletic products, including hardwood flooring, synthetic flooring, protective netting, gymnasium equipment and batting cages.

For its first eight years, Medallion partnered with other brand suppliers of artificial turf products before branding its own turf product, MaxPlay™, in 2004. MaxPlay™ is an affordably priced system that combines the latest in synthetic grass fiber materials with state-of-the-art manufacturing techniques.

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surface, the infill and the sub-base. The turf surface is composed of polyethylene plastic blades that simulate grass. The infill, which keeps the blades upright, can be composed of anything from recycled tires and athletic shoes to thermoplastic and silica sand.

Broughton believes that although the colorful turf is what most people see, no one component is more important than another.

“We feel as though the base under the surface is as important, if not more so, than the turf itself,” he says. “In the old days, you had a base contractor, and you had a turf contractor. If there were issues during construction, there was finger pointing between parties. Our vision was to bring it all together under one roof so we controlled everything.

We have our own base installers and turf installers and find we do it best ourselves when we control the entire installation.”

While the initial cost of installing an artificial playing surface is higher than the natural alternative, the low-maintenance requirements, as well as the ability to generate new revenue streams makes it attractive to clients.

“On a natural surface, consistent, repeated play results in a breakdown of the surface, and that can stop play due to poor field conditions,” says Broughton. “On fields like ours, you can bring in as many teams as you like and play continuously without worrying about the surface conditions changing from the first game to the last. And over time, initial cost of a surface like ours can be recovered in just a few years.”

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Making the grade Medallion focuses primarily on facilities in the southeastern United States, although it has completed projects from coast to coast.

One of the company’s first projects was a five-field, multi-use project for The City of Asheville. The company has also completed regional projects at Clemson University, High Point University, UNC Charlotte, Hendrick Motorsports, Winthrop University, South Carolina State and East Caro-

lina University, as well as Mooresville High School. Broughton and his team of 30 have now installed more artificial turf projects in the state than any other company.

“I put a grade on every field I see, and I want people to be truly satisfied not just with the surface itself but with the entire process,” says Broughton. “What motivates me is the quest for the perfect field. And when I say that I mean all aspects of the project like customer service and how our company did

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Energizing pops of color can be found throughout Sandy and Bobby Bowers’ Davidson home. “I love walking from one room to the next,” says Sandy. “It feels like I’m on vacation.”

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he has an eye for stylish heels, but she keeps close tabs on the hottest trends in home design, too. Sandy Bowers, owner of Monkee’s of Lake Norman and Monkee’s on Main, browses the aisles of furniture markets and the pages of House Beautiful in addition to going about the business of bringing the latest in women’s clothing, shoes and accessories to the lake.

“Buy what you love,” says Bowers, pointing to the faux giraffe hair ottoman in her great room and proving interior design is often about coloring outside of the lines. “Don’t settle on something just because ‘it will do.’ ” From the calming shades of blue and traditional antique chests of drawers to the energizing “pops of color” and modern acrylic end tables, Bowers’ Davidson home is both a haven

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And, as Bowers says, “there’s plenty more room in the house for the pitter patter of little tootsies.”

Step into the cheery foyer, and Bowers eagerly welcomes with a warm and friendly smile.

The large, framed rectangle of bright-yellow painted French fabric — which was a birthday gift to herself during a visit to Charleston — hangs above a cozy coupling of French slipper chairs. Though unconventional for an entryway, Bowers says it’s another inviting space for friends to sit and chat during a party because “people always stand around in the kitchen and dining room.”

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The Bowers moved into their 4,800-square-foot house by Artisan Custom Homes in October 2008 and share it with four furry family members: two dogs and two cats.

from being an avid shopper, which began years after graduating from college. As a Greensboro native, she wore uniforms through her 20s. “I went to private school and was a cheerleader, and then I worked as a nurse,” she explains, noting that she graduated from UNC Greensboro and was a nurse in the critical care unit at Wake

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As her personal style began to evolve, her home furnishings began to change, too. “I inherited a lot of furniture from my grandmother, and my house was very traditional at first,” recalls Bowers. Then, as she gained inspiration from magazines and learned how to blend old with new and traditional with modern, she began to invite fun into her

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Sandy says she’s come to like some modern pieces because they are more casual and fun.

Repurpose With Paint Bowers also isn’t afraid to use paint as a way to give new life to old favorites. She resurrected a Pottery Barn chest from the depths of her “extra furniture room” and lacquered it with many coats of bright turquoise. Other wornout pieces have been given shiny new life with paint by Dennis Henry of The Furniture Guy in Cornelius.

Her home also boasts a blend of acrylic and chrome. Acrylic nesting tables and other accessories are sleek, trendy and functional without drawing attention. Bold splashes of red, yellow and turquoise tie things together from room to room.

Although she does most of her home decorating by herself, Bowers says she has learned a lot about scale and placement of furniture from friend and decorator Nevin Stackhouse.

“We still work together in finding accessories and moving furniture around — we have a great time,” she says.

Guests go with the flow at the Bowers’ home, as part of the enjoyment is the surprises they discover. “I’ve been working on the house for two years. It will never be completely decorated,” she says. “I love changing things weekly, which makes it fun for all involved [wink, wink]!” LNC Lee McCracken is a Charlottearea freelance editor and writer who lives in Stanley and grew up spending summers on Cayuga Lake in upstate New York. Since moving to the Charlotte area in 1994, she has written about business, education, health care and real estate for various publications. www.LNCurrents.com

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Other artist’s on this year’s schedule include pianist Thomas Pandolfi, Grammy Award-nominee Kathy Troccoli, soul singer Mark Masri and Anita Chen, an internationally recognized double-threat who plays the piano and violin.

“Our goal is to expand the music for the whole county and make it more of a draw,” says Warren. “We have a passion for this, and anything that’s worth doing is worth doing well.” LNC 69

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Bill Warren, concert and marketing chair for Iredell Concert Association, is responsible for booking Noll. He saw her present through an organization called Live on Stage in Nashville.

by Lori K. Tate “It was her spirituality that moved me,” he photography courtesy of Iredell Concert Association recalls. “She sang this song that she had dediJaunting to New York City to see the latest cated to her new baby. There were 500 people in stars on Broadway isn’t always the easiest thing the audience previewing her, and I don’t think to do. Not to worry because the Iredell Concert any one of them didn’t have a tear in their eye.

Association is bringing one of The Great White …I thought this is the type of artist I want to Way’s favorites to Statesville on September 24. bring to Statesville.”

Christiane Noll, nominated for a Tony Award Though Iredell Concert Association has been and a Drama Desk Award for her portrayal as around for 43 years, it hasn’t always been able to Mother in Ragtime, performs her concert titled bring this level of talent to the area. Warren, who

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A month of things to do in the Lake Norman area CONCERTS Concert on the Green (September 4, 18) On September 4, the Sunday Union Band performs.

On September 18, the Davidson Symphony & Jazz Ensemble takes the stage. Bring a picnic and enjoy.

6 p.m. Free. Davidson Village Green, 704.596.0342, www.ci.davidson.nc.us.

Music on Main Concert Series (September 16) Mooresville Recreation Department invites families, friends, neighbors and co-workers to bring blankets and lawn chairs to the bandstand to experience live music by Da Throwback Band. 6:30 p.m. Free.

Mooresville Town Hall, 413 North Main Street.

Iredell Concert Association (September 24) Broadway star Christiane Noll performs. 7:30 p.m. Season tickets $50, $20 student. Mac Gray Auditorium, Statesville, www.iredellconcerts.com.

Cornelius Concert Series (September 25) The Toneblazers perform a variety of music including bluegrass, western swing, country, folk, rock, blues and their own unique originals. Noon. Free, donations for lunch encouraged. Lunch provided by Boy Scout Troop 10. Front lawn of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, 19600 Zion Street, Cornelius, www.mtzionumc.net.

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Rural Hill Amazing Maize Maze (September 3 – November 13) Try to find your way through this intricate maze of corn. September 3 – 25, Fri-Sun 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.; September 30 – November 13, Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 6:30-8:30 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.

Day Maze Tickets are $10 per person for ages 13 and up, $7 per person for youth ages 5-12, and ages 4 and under are free; Flashlight Maze Tickets are $15 per person ages 13 and up, $10 per person for youth ages 5-12, and ages 4 and under are free. Rural Hill, 4431 Neck Road, Huntersville, www.ruralhill.net.

Revolutionary War Reenactment (September 3-4) See how Charlotteans defended their independence when Cornwallis came through the area in 1780. On Saturday, reenactors will fight the Battle of Charlotte, which originally occurred at the corner of Trade and Tryon Streets. Sunday will feature the Battle of McIntyre Farm, which took place only a few miles from Latta, off Beatties Ford Road. The main battle is at 1p.m. each day. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $7 per person, ages 5 and under and members are free. Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, www.lattaplantation.org.

Bella Love Charlotte Festival — “The Sound of Love” (September 10) This event brings together the area’s most talented artists, musicians, dance groups and unique performers for an experience like no other. 6 p.m. Price TBA. Kenton Place, 17220 W. Catawba Avenue, Cornelius.

Historic Mooresville 5K (September 10) Starting and finishing at the Mooresville Public Library, the Historic Mooresville 5K takes runners on a rolling, certified course through historic Downtown Mooresville and Mooresville Mill Village. Proceeds from the race benefit Race City Runners & literacy efforts in the community. Registration begins at 6:45 a.m. Mooresville Public Library, 304 S. Main Street, Mooresville, www.historicmooresville5k.com.

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Inaugural Kicks from ’Cats: The Andrew Lovedale 5K (September 10) All proceeds from this event benefit Access to Success, a Davidson-based nonprofit founded by former Davidson College men’s basketball star Andrew Lovedale that supports underprivileged youth in his hometown of Benin City, Nigeria. 9 a.m. Pre-registration is $25 for runners, $15 for walkers; race-day registration is $30 for runners and $20 for walkers. Davidson College Cross Country Trail, www.a2sfoundation.org.

Troutman Ride & Stride for Juvenile Diabetes (September 11) This event features a 25- and 50mile organized bike ride plus a 5k walk and 1-mile fun walk, celebrity appearances, live music and a silent auction. Proceeds benefit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with the 50-mile ride starting at 9 a.m., 25-mile ride starting at 10 a.m. and walks begin at 1 p.m. Troutman Middle School, 305 Rumple Street, Troutman.

11th Annual Blues and Burritos Charity Event (September 16) Sponsored by Homesley & Wingo Law Group, this annual charity event attracts big crowds and offers great food and music. 6 p.m. Free (donations encouraged). 330 South Main Street, Mooresville.

7th annual Green Day/Run for Green (September 17) This festival showcases organizations that model sustainable practices and promote environmental awareness. Run for Green (10k, 5k and halfmarathon) is part of the festivities. Registration for races 6:30-7:15 a.m.; festival takes place 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

Festival is free. Davidson Village Green, Main Street and Concord Road, www.davidsonlands.org.

Know Your Farms (September 17-18) Connect with the local agricultural community while your children learn to appreciate where their food comes from and enjoy interacting with local cows, pigs, chickens, goats and sheep. Adults have an opportunity to learn about natural and sustainable production methods that they can use in their own backyard gardens, as well as gain useful cooking and nutritional tips for healthy meal preparation. 12:30-5:30 p.m. $25 in advance per vehicle or cycle group; $30 day of tour. www.knowyourfarms.com.

Wake the Lake (September 17) See some of the best wakeboards on Lake Norman compete for prizes and have fun. A variety of children’s activities offered. Free. 8 a.m. Vinnie’s on Lake Norman, Mooresville, www.wakethelake2011.com.

Lake Norman Beer Festival (September 17) Enjoy craft brewers from local, national and international brewers, as well as live music from Simplified and Blue Monday. A portion of the proceeds benefits USO of North Carolina. Noon-10 p.m. $25, $40 VIP. Galway Hooker, 17044 Kenton Drive, Cornelius, www.lknbeerfest.com.

Folklife Festival (September 24-25) Enjoy a fun family weekend at Historic Latta Plantation, as it celebrates the 30th Annual Folklife Festival and Craft Show. Enjoy live Americana music by Marie Reid. Children can listen to stories, explore the hay maze, make crafts, visit the farm animals and more. Visit many traditional and modern arts and crafts vendors selling baskets, pottery, jewelry, lace, gourds, yarn crafts, Uncle Scott’s Root Beer, local

beekeepers and much more. Historic interpreters will also demonstrate the folkways of the past across the plantation. Tour the circa 1800 plantation home and outbuildings, see open-hearth cooking in the kitchen, blacksmithing, gunsmithing, woodworking, spinning and weaving. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $7 for adults, $6 for seniors, $5 for students, ages 5 and under, and members, are free; no charge for parking. Historic Latta Plantation, 5225 Sample Road, Huntersville, www.lattaplantation.org.

Denver Days (September 28-October 1) Enjoy rides and all sorts of vendors at this annual festival on the west side of the lake. Visit www.denverdays. com for hours and ticket prices. Corner of St. James Church Road and Highway 16, Denver.

3rd Annual Lake Norman Folk Art Festival (October 1) Enjoy a day of local folk art and bluegrass sponsored by the Hickory Museum of Art. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Sherrills Ford, www. hickorymuseumofart.org.

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Andre Christine Gallery Summer Show. Through September 30. Tue-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun noon-4 p.m. 148 Ervin Road, Mooresville, 704.775.9516, andrechristinegallery.com.

Carolina Art Garden Various exhibitions. Tue-Sat Noon-6 p.m. Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak Street, Suite 3, Cornelius. www.lknart.org.

Christa Faut Gallery Cast Offs: Daniel Marinelli.

Through October 8. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 19818 North Cove Road, Suite E3, Jetton Village, Cornelius, 704.892.5312, www.christafautgallery.com.

Cornelius Arts Center Various exhibitions. Mon-Thu 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Fri 9 a.m.-Noon. 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius, www.corneliusartscenter.com.

Depot Art Gallery Various exhibitions.

103 W. Center Avenue, Mooresville.

Four Corners Framing and Gallery Various exhibitions. Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 112 S. Main Street, Mooresville, 704.662.7154, wwwfcfgframing.com.

Lake Country Gallery Various exhibitions. MonFri 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Exit 36 – Mooresville, between Belk and Kohl’s, 704.664.5022, www.lakecountrygallery.net.

“Cotton” Ketchie’s Landmark Galleries Various exhibitions. The work of watercolorist ‘Cotton’ Ketchie. Mon-Sat 9 a.m.-5 p.m. 212 North Main Street, Mooresville, 704.664.4122, www.landmark-galleries. com.

Merrill-Jennings Galleries Various exhibitions.

Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 463 S. Main Street, Davidson, 704.895.1213, www.merrilljennings. com.

Mooresville Artist Guild Various exhibitions. 103 West Center Avenue, Mooresville, www.magart.org.

Tropical Connections Various exhibitions. Tue- Fri 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. or by appointment. 230 N. Main Street, Mooresville.

704.664.0236. www.LNCurrents.com

Van Every/Smith Galleries, Katherine and Tom Belk Visual Arts Center Various exhibits.

Davidson College, 315 N. Main Street, Davidson, 704.894.2519, www.davidson.edu/art/galleries.

MONTHLY EVENTS

Carolina Raptor Center Live bird presentations, flight shows, behind-the-scenes tours and more take place at Carolina Raptor Center throughout the month. Visit carolinaraptorcenter.org for more details.

The Artisan Market Craft Crawl (First Friday Night) Formerly known as the Mooresville Craft Crawl, this market features baked goods, clothing, embroidery, jewelry, paintings, pottery, quilts and woodcarvings with an edge. 5-9 p.m. Free.

Mooresville Town Square across from Lowe’s Foods. www.theartisanmarket.net.

Downtown Mooresville Cruise-In (First Saturday) The cruise-in is a chance to show off your car in downtown Mooresville. To enter the show parking area, cars must be from the years 1979 or earlier. 3-7 p.m. Free. North Academy Street and West Moore Avenue, Mooresville, www.mooresvillenccruisein.com.

Davidson Farmer’s Market (Saturday mornings) Farmers sell a bounty of seasonal vegetables; pasteurized meats and cheeses; and freshly baked breads, cakes and pies. 8 a.m.-noon. Free.

Next to Town Hall between Main and Jackson streets in downtown Davidson, www.davidsonfarmesmarket.org.

Huntersville Market (Saturday mornings) Sponsored by The Town of Huntersville Parks and Recreation Department, the Huntersville Market

offers our citizens wonderful local fresh produce, delicious baked goods, jewelry and charming crafts.

7 a.m.-noon. Free. 103 Maxwell Street, Huntersville.

Gallery Crawl at Oak Street Mills (Fourth Friday) Visit artist exhibits in each shop, along with the Carolina Art Garden. 6-10 p.m. Free. Oak Street Mill, 19725 Oak Street, Cornelius.

SPORTS Davidson College Football Come watch the Davidson Wildcats throw the pigskin. Lenoir-Rhyne (Sept. 10, 7 p.m.), Johnson C. Smith (Sept. 7 p.m.).

Davidson College, Richardson Stadium, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

Davidson College Men’s Soccer Enjoy some of the best soccer around. Detroit Mercy (Sept. 9, 7 p.m.), Gardner-Webb (Sept. 11, 7 p.m.), Winthrop (Sept. 14, 7 p.m.). Davidson College, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

Davidson College Women’s Soccer Experience the local version of this past summer’s World Cup. East Carolina (Sept. 2, 7 p.m.), UNC Wilmington (Sept. 4, 2 p.m.), UNC Charlotte (Sept. 18, 7 p.m.), Elon (Sept. 30, 7 p.m.).

Davidson College, www.davidsonwildcats.com.

THEATRE

Stigmata (September 8-25) Written by local playwright, Don Cook, this one-woman performance tells the story of Carmen Ruiz, played

by Don’s wife and equity actress Divina Cook. Ruiz is one of the richest and most powerful women in the business world. But when the curtain rises, she wakes up in a cell-like room where her only contact with the outside world is . . . a hand. Thu-Sat

8 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. $20; seniors, students, groups $15. Warehouse PAC, 9216-A Westmoreland Drive, Cornelius, www.warehousepac.com.

The Guys (September 8-17) Davidson Community Players commemorates the 10th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy with a production of Ann Nelson’s The Guys. The play takes place a few weeks after the September 11th attacks. An editor named Joan receives a phone call on behalf of Nick, a fire captain who has lost many of his colleagues in the attack. He’s looking for a writer to help him write the eulogies he will offer at memorial services in the weeks to come. A portion of the ticket proceeds benefits the Town of Davidson Volunteer Fire Department and First Responders. Thu-Fri 8 p.m.; Fri (September 16) 10 p.m.; Sat 7 p.m.; Sun (September 11) 2 p.m., 7 p.m. $10, firefighters and first responders admitted free. Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour Street, Davidson, www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

Macbeth — Shakespeare Unplugged!

(September 23-25) Davidson Community Players’ Connie Company presents Macbeth. The madness of Lady Macbeth, ghostly apparitions, and wild witches provide a sinsiter backdrop to this timeless tale of temptation and treachery. Directed by Wrenn Goodrum. Fri 7 p.m., Sat 4 p.m. and 7 p.m., Sun 2 p.m. Free (reservations suggested). Armour Street Theatre, 307 Armour Street, Davidson, www.davidsoncommunityplayers.org.

The Second City (September 30) Founded in Chicago in 1959, The Second City has become the premier training ground for the comedy world’s best performers. 8 p.m. Price TBA. Duke Family Performance Hall, Davidson College, www.davidson.edu.

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by Lori K. Tate photography courtesy of IcyWakes Surf Shop and Daryl Johnson

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Stephen Pierce is a professional wakeboarder from the Lake Norman area and has competed in Wake the Lake for six years.

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ust because Lake Norman has never hosted the X Games doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty of action on the inland sea.

If you have any doubts, come out to Wake the Lake on September 17 at Vinnie’s on Lake Norman in Mooresville.

This wakeboard/wakeskate grassroots competition attracts approximately 60 wakeboard enthusiasts and more than 1,500 spectators. “Everybody wants a wakeboard tournament,” says Shannon Smith, co-owner of IcyWakes Surf Shop in Cornelius, a sponsor of the event. “I know kids that honestly practice all year long, as long as the season allows them to practice, for Wake the Lake. They don’t ride any other event. They want to come out and show everybody what they’ve learned at our event.”

Smith and her sister, Jammi Allen, have been involved with this event for the past six years. However, Wake the Lake goes back 10 years, as a group called SouthTown Riders 72

started it. SouthTown Riders is also a sponsor of this year’s festivities.

Competitors are organized into six divisions, and three falls are allowed for each participant. The youngest wakeboarders go first.

Registration begins at 8 a.m., and Smith says the first rider leaves the dock between 9 and 10 a.m. “The youngest rider we’ve had was 4

Six-year-old Daniel Johnson is the INT League North Carolina State Champion in the Mini Outlaw Division. He’s been competing in Wake the Lake since he was 4.

years old, and then they go all the way up to the 50s,” says Smith. “It’s just whoever wants to wakeboard.”

Smith says this year’s Wake the Lake is more focused on families than ever. “Wakeboarding for our shop [IcyWakes] is about family and having fun, so the focus this year is all for the kids,” she says. “The little kids can come and have fun.”

There are plans for a tent where kids can make their own trail mix, as well as tie-dyed T-shirts. Smith says they also plan to have a water trampoline at the event.

“Wake the Lake just promotes water sports and gets our community together so everybody can just hang out,” she says. “It’s just a great day for the family.” LNC The Scoop Wake the Lake takes place on September 17 at 8 a.m. at Vinnie’s on Lake Norman in Mooresville. For more information, visit www. wakethelake2011.com.

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Emergency Care from the Hospital You Trust When you need emergency care, come to your community hospital that is backed by nationally accredited services and advanced technologies that allow you to stay close to home for extended care. The Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville Emergency Department team of board-certified doctors and specially trained emergency nurses and staff are here to care for your serious and life-threatening emergencies 24/7. So if you require intensive care, emergency surgery or a hospital stay, you have immediate access to the care you need in your community.

• Nationally certified stroke center

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If you or a loved one has an emergency, visit our emergency department or call 911 and ask to be taken to Presbyterian Hospital Huntersville.

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