Weekly Happenings

Attended the Newt Gingrich speech at the Capitol Theatre last Friday.  Thought what he had to say was really relevant to the current time and place.

I couldn’t believe the crowd they had on just a few days notice.  Actually met an honest-to-goodness Medicine Man from Suriname, South America who was three seats over from me. 

That night I went to the coffee house that’s held at Artworks Around Town the 3rd Friday of each month.  My good friend, Yodeling Dick Brooks, performed a few songs during open mic.  The headliners this night were Uncle Eddie & Robin.  I’ve never seen them perform before.  They are very professional.  I may be doing some work with them to get them more exposure on the internet. 

Saturday I went to Wheeling Downs to see Jim Williamson perform since his aunt is a good friend of mine.  He was up here for the week-end from Florida.  His was born and grew up in Wheeling, but moved to Florida to further his music career.

This week, Roger Hoard’s the headliner on Tuesday at the Vineyard Cafe. 

And then on Friday night the Wheeling Nailers play their first home game of the 2009 season.  Hopefully they have a good turnout.  They’ve been playing before 3-6 thousand people on their road trip.  Their record is 1-2, but that will soon change for the better.  Another game follows on Sunday.

Newt Gingrich

This Friday, October 16th, the West Liberty University Economics Club will have as their guest speaker the former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich at 3:00 pm at the newly reopened Capitol Theatre in Wheeling.  Free admission but you  have to fill out a registration form upon arrival.  Everyone should be through the doors prior to 2:45 pm as the doors will close shortly thereafter.

Originally scheduled for the West Meeting Room of Wesbanco Arena, the organizers received so many requests for admission that they had to change venues.  Thank God that the civic leaders had the foresight to save the Capitol Theatre.