Arts

The Schedule of Events for the Dillon County Theatre\’d5s 2008-09 season was announced this week by DCT President Pat Laird. \ \’d2We are excited about our lineup for the coming season,\’d3 she said. \’d2We believe we have put together a variety of musical programs with something special for everyone. \ The events with dates...
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John McKoy Jr. of Dillon and Monroe, NC finished as a runner-up in the \’d2Gospel Dream\’d3 competition on Sunday night. \ During a segment, McKoy called the competition \’d2life changing.\’d3\ For his first number, McKoy performed \’d2Running Back to You.\’d3 Judge Big Jim Wright called him a \’d2superstar.\’d3 Judge J. Moss called it an...
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Three Dillon natives will return home to present a family concert in honor of their parents, Luther and Jackie Townsend for their 40th wedding anniversary. \ Kes Townsend, a 1987 DHS graduate and a 1991 US Naval Academy graduate is a Commander in the US Navy and stationed in Naples, Italy along with his...
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Dillon High School and JV Martin Jr. High School Bands have had a successful 2007-2008 school year. \ The DHS marching band received several awards. \ Dillon High School was the only high school band from South Carolina to be invited to perform at the annual Palmetto Invitational Battle of the Bands in Charleston,...
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Words like passion, commitment and talent should come to mind when you think of comedian James Stephens III formerly of Dillon County but now living in Cary, NC. He\’d5s traveled extensively around the world for the last twenty or more years sharing his gifts. As a musician trained in classical music with the ability...
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John McKoy Jr. moved on to the fourth round of competition in Gospel Dream on Sunday night. He again got good reviews from the judges. The show airs every Sunday night at 9 p.m. on the Gospel Music Channel.
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By Popular Demand from the people from Dillon and throughout the Pee Dee, Joey Webster\’d1along with his friends Chrissy Fennel and Courtney Dease\’d1will return to the Dillon County Theatre stage for another performance of “It’s Just What We Do.”\ The encore concert performance will be presented on Saturday, June 28th at 8 p.m. The...
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\’d2Inspiration\’d3 is Timmy Dee\’d5s fourth CD release and second album. The Inspiration release is a mixture of Country Music and Inspirational/ Contemporary Gospel Music. \ Timmy Dee\’d5s first CD release was in June, 2001. It was a maxi-CD/Single, Gospel Rap, entitled, \’d2Lord, What\’d5s Up Wit Ev\’d5rybody?\’d3 In August 2005, Dee released his first album/CD...
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Fallon Noelle Adams, the 9-year-old daughter of Rex and Sherrie Adams of Dillon, will be competing for the prestigious title of Dance Masters\’d5 Petite Miss Dance of America. \ The Scholarship Pageant will be held at Disney World on July 9th. Fallon won the title of Petite Miss Dance of Virginia in February. \...
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Gospel Dream 2008 is a national competition in search of the most talented, diverse, and spiritual singer around. Since 2005, this annual event has been considered to be the gospel version of \’d2American Idol\’d3 as it is similar in procedure. \ Traveling the nation, Gospel Dream 2008 held auditions in Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles,...
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ABC’s Extreme Makeover: Home Edition has recently chosen Lake View\’d5s Kyle Spivey, 23, to be the next member of the reality show\’d5s Design Team. \ Spivey will be the Assistant Design Producer for Season 6. He will join the shows Emmy Award winning Design Team in June for the Season Premier. \ Spivey is...
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