WHO’S PLANNING ON TAKING THE LIVING STORYBOOK DRAMA CAMP?

Who’s planning on taking THE LIVING STORYBOOK DRAMA CAMP this summer? Please let us know. We only have a few students registered for the TEEN week July29-Aug2 @ South Stokes High School Auditorium. It would be good to know how many students to plan for. TEENS– You will enjoy having the recital on the stage … Continue reading →

CHECK OUT OUR UPDATED SUMMER SEASON SHOW AND CAMP SCHEDULE 2013

SUMMER SEASON SHOW AND CAMP SCHEDULE 2013.

WHAZZUP WITH ONCE UPON A BLUE RIDGE?

It’s been a busy year with Christina teaching Theatre and Chorus @ North and South Stokes High Schools, the biggest Storybook Tour ever, Lincoln Performances in N.C. and S.C., special needs workshops, Christina directing and producing the musical Grease, and getting our Heaven On Wheels show back up and performing it for the campers at … Continue reading →

The Living Storybook Drama Camps Are …..

SAVE THE DATE!

SAVE THE DATE!.

LET’S GO RACIN’

LET’S GO RACIN’. LET’S GO RACIN’! The Heaven On Wheels Band is back to perform @ The Charlotte Motor Speedway and the Green Heron Club! Concert Version of our Racin’ Tribute Show http://heavenonwheelsband.wordpress.com/ Saturday, May 18th @ the Green Heron Club in Danbury, NC … 1110 Flinchum Rd., Danbury, NC. Pre-show starts @ 8:00 PM … Continue reading →

AUDITIONS FOR THE LIVING STORYBOOK TOUR AUGUST 25, 2012

We are pleased to announce auditions for the 35th Anniversary tour of The Living Storybook. The play will be Wind in the Willows.The Stokes County Arts Council wants to move the Storybook tour up this year to mid October. So rehearsals will begin in early September at South Stokes HS.Please note that we’ve lowered the … Continue reading →

SUMMER SEASON REVIEW!

We had such a busy summer season that we barely had time to blog at all! So we decided to review and say THANK YOU to our casts and their families, our sponsors, and finally our audience! Below are links to some of our Facebook Photo Albums and Upl0aded videos from the summer that you … Continue reading →

In Andy Griffith’s Shadow

As we’re sure all of you know, we lost one of the Greatest American Performing Artists of All Time last week- Andy Griffith. For the past 7 years we’ve had the honor of performing, directing, and teaching at the Andy Griffith Playhouse in Mount Airy, NC. Our Living Storybook Series in Mount Airy is supported … Continue reading →

HOT FUN IN THE SUMMERTIME!

Once Upon a Blue Ridge has had a busy week! Arts Alive: Art Rocks started this past week and will continue this week culminating with a Parade and a Recital @ The Andy Griffith Playhouse on Thursday sponsored by the Surry Arts Council. We performed our Tuesday show—The Brementown Musicians for fans and friends. We … Continue reading →

OFF TO A GOOD START WITH OUR SUMMER SEASON!

Off to a good start with our Summer Season! It’s fun to reconnect with Parents and Kids that we’ve performed for over the years. Here are some photos from last weeks performances @ the Andy Griffith Museum and the Charles H. Stone Memorial Library for Summer Reading. Special thanks to The Surry Arts Council and … Continue reading →

THE LIVING STORYBOOK SUMMER SEASON BEGINS!

We opened our 2012 Living Storybook Summer Series of Classic Plays for Young People with an energetic performance of Brer Rabbit at Hanging Rock State Park. The Stokes County Arts Council sponsored the show. It was a beautiful evening and about 60 adults and kids seemed to really have a good time. Tuesday, June 12 … Continue reading →

NEW DRAMA CAMP @ THE SPENCER-PENN CENTRE FOR SUMMER 2012

We are proud to announce that we will be conducting a new Living Storybook Drama Camp at The Spencer-Penn Centre just off Highway 58E in Henry County, VA. The Spencer-Penn Centre 475 Spencer-Penn Road Spencer, VA 24165 276.957.5757 http://www.thecentreatspencerpenn.com/ The center is a beautiful facility with two performance spaces and stages. Check out The Spencer-Penn … Continue reading →

LINCOLN IN THE CLASSROOM, Charleston, SC

We just finished an inspiring week in the Charleston, SC schools presenting MR. LINCOLN’S OFFICE The students were well prepared for their visit with the President. They asked Old Abe many thoughtful questions about his life and THE CIVIL WAR. We are grateful to BARBARA HAIRFIELD and CHERYL MCDOWELL of the Charleston Schools for believing … Continue reading →

CHECK OUT OUR FREE SUMMER SHOWS!

CHECK OUT OUR FREE SUMMER SHOWS!.

CHECK OUT OUR FREE SUMMER SHOWS!

ONCE UPON A BLUE RIDGE SUMMER COMPANY 2012 Some of the wonderful young actors who will be performing with us this summer in The Wonderful Adventures of Brer Rabbit, Tom Sawyer, and The Golden Goose. More of our talented students will be performing with us in The Living Storybook Drama Camps in July in Stokes … Continue reading →

BULLIES, BUDDIES, B-DAYS

Hello on a blustery day from Meadows of Dan, VA. Snow has been falling, and we realized we haven’t blogged in almost a month! Shame on us! We have been extremely busy. Since our last post– Our drama students in Stokes County performed a great recital. We’ve performed Sticks and Stones @ Meadows of Dan … Continue reading →

HELLO FROM HEAVEN ON WHEELS BAND

CHECK OUT ONCE UPON A BLUE RIDGE’S NEW BLOG HEAVEN ON WHEELS BAND HELLO FROM HEAVEN ON WHEELS BAND.