The 91st annual Hopewell Day Picnic and Gospel Singing will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the old Hopewell Schoolhouse off of S.C. 97 outside Hickory Grove. Groups featured this year are the Chapelettes of Gaffney, the Hampton's of Blacksburg and the Riverside Boys from Lockhart. The event includes fellowship, gospel singing, Hopewell Hash and more. For details, Chris Revels at (803) 925-2840.
The Rock Hill Community Theatre will have its 2008 Down Home Play Festival at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 3 p.m. Aug. 17 in Johnson Theatre, Winthrop University. Original one-act plays will be presented by local and regional playwrights. Tickets are $12 adults, $10 students and seniors for Friday and Saturday performances and $10 adults and $8 students and seniors for Thursday and Sunday performances. Anyone with an Winthrop University ID will be $5. For details, visit www.rockhilltheatre.org.
Main Street Live in Downtown Rock Hill will be from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 7 at the end of Main Street from Wachovia to the Gettys Center. The Skintonz will perform. Admission is free. In the event of rain the concert will be rescheduled for the following Thursday.
Total up those reading minutes. This is the final week of the York County libraries vacation reading program for ages 3 to 12. For details, visit www.yclibrary.org or call 981-5888. Children can keep track of minutes read or being read to and will receive prizes when they meet goals. Free programs include:
The mourning doves cooed as I opened the old shutters and gazed at the lipstick-red rose garden, the massive iron gates and the wheat field beyond. Gone was the frenzy of Paris, replaced by absolute stillness and daylight filtering through the fir trees.
