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February 14, 2009: Dinner for Lovers March 13-20, 2009: New River Dramatists Workshop – Tenth Anniversary! Read about New River Dramatists. April 19-24, 2009: A Week with Emile Pandolfi. Read more about the week. Read more about Emile Pandolfi. Update: The “Week with Emile Pandolfi” was wonderful - with people from Oregon, Illinois, Missouri, Arizona and Australia! Book for next year! Sunday Salons Just about every Sunday beginning in April, our Sunday Salons at River House feature musical and theatrical performances, poetry readings, book signings, art displays and literary and historical discussions, followed by dinner. Read more about our Salons and see this year's line-up. See some of our past talent from Sunday Salons! Download the full 2009 Poster (PDF) Winefest Saturday, July 18, 2009 12 Noon - 5:00 P.M. 7th Annual River House Winefest $55 per person includes a River House Winefest wine glass, tastings from all the Wineries, and, of course, River House food. In 2009, the participating wineries are:  Biltmore Estate, RayLen, Brushy Mountain, Hanover Park, Grassy Creek, McRitchie Winery and Ciderworks, Rag Apple Lassie, Round Peak, and Benny Parsons Rendezvous Ridge.  Musicians are Tim and Debbie Yates of Acoustic Heritage (bluegrass), Martha Bassett Band (sultry southern swing), The Ardmores (soft rock), and Blues Legends Jim Carson and Neill Clegg (jazz).  Artists and artisans include: Wood Crafts by Walnut Hill, Goat Cheese by Daddy’s Girl Dairy, clay Vessels and Jewelry by Sharon Winner, Glass-blowing by Shannon Boyd, Glass Impressions by Sleepin” Dog, JLK Jewelry. The River House Winefest on the New has teamed up with the National Committee for the New River, which will be present at the event. For more information about the NCNR visit www.ncnr.org or send an email to info@ncnr.org. The Ashe County Chamber and the Humane Society will also be here. Please call 336-982-2109 to reserve.

New River Dramatists In the summer of 1981, Mark Woods, Founder of The Shakespeare Festival in High Point and Director of the Charlotte Repertory Company, came to the mountains to canoe the New. Here he met Gayle Winston, with whom he shared his dream of a workshop designed to provide new and professional playwrights with the time, space and the collaboration of actors and directors to achieve their best work. Over the years, New River Dramatists has expanded in scope and accomplishments. Living and working nearby, the participants come to River House for lunch and dinner, entertain us with readings and their company and invite us and our guests to sit in on their work sessions. Read more about them! Who is Emile Pandolfi? Steinway Artist Emile Pandolfi is a performing pianist/comedian/recording artist. If you Google him, you’ll find 21,900 entries (at last count). His catalog of 28 CDs have sold nearly three million copies nationally. All were recorded on his own label, MagicMusic, which he started in 1991. He is reportedly the top-selling artist in the alternative (gift and bookstore) market in the US. He has been performing 25-30 shows a year in Performing Arts Centers around the country for the past 15 years. The shows are solo two-hour performances combining his passion for the piano, his love of laughter, and his instant rapport with his audiences. Emile has never met a stranger - and his fans see it when he takes the stage. His shows are so successful presenters have re-booked him as many as eight times, with three or four venue returns the usual. When a comparison is called for, he is most often compared to Victor Borge (although the elegant musical interpretations are not part of the humor). That’s the closest anyone can come to describing Pandolfi’s signature combination of beautiful music and family-friendly sense of humor. If a comparison is called for, most people compare his shows to those of Victor Borge because of his signature combination of friendly humor and elegant interpretations supported by an extraordinary classical technique. For streaming audio, video, recording catalog, and a lot of other information about Emile Pandolfi, visit: www.emilepandolfi.com.