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D4 1 Sunday, July 19, 2009 1 THE DAILY NEWS JOURNAL www.dnj.com PARTYUNE Swinging ahead with a look back dm i You may now view Party-line at www.dnj.com THE DAILY NEWS JOURNAL This week's Partyline looks forward to an Evening of Swing, while looking back nostalgically on the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival, which takes its final bow for the summer today in Bell Buckle. Thomas welcomed guests into their home for a fun occasion with a serious cause, raising funds to provide a safe We weren't sure if and caring place for tickets were still avail- people suffering from able for this evening's dementia to go. The performance of "Romeo service gives their care-and Juliet" on the givers a break, or allows- i 0 K-r 1 7 If I them to run errands and even work. Elders First Day Services are offered at New Vision Baptist Church in Murfreesboro. To learn more about the program or how you can help, call 615-542-4371 or e-mail Now, back to an Evening of Swing.

Mark your calendars for the Oct. 30 dinnerdance event to benefit MTSU's School of Music. The' fourth annual "Evening of Swing" gala, a dinnerdance event, grounds of The Webb School, but you can log on to and see if you're interested in going. We're certainly looking forward to the third annual event next summer at The Webb School, having enjoyed performances of "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Romeo and Juliet" on the school grounds this summer. We also look back on Jammin' on the River with the Back Porch Band, a fundraiser for SUBMITTED PHOTO Members of the Friends of Music's Evening of Swing organizing committee met recently to discuss upcoming plans for the fourth annual event.

This year's Evening of Swing will be held Oct. 30 in the Tennessee Room at MTSU; proceeds will benefit programs for students in the MTSU School of Music. Seated, from left, are Shirley LaRoche, Jane Blakey, Liz Rhea, Connie Huddleston, and Bobbie Duke; and, standing, Robyn Kilpatrick, Linda Palmer, Brenda McFarlin, Claudette Northcutt, John Duke, Veronica Milnar and MTSU School of Music director George Riordan. will get under way be- Elders First Adult Day ginning at 6:15 p.m. Fri Services Association, day, Oct.

30, in the Murphy and Barb See SWINGING, page D5 if PJ i tl J' i A i Jj 7 x. -di 1 hJ SUBMITTED PHOTO Attending a pre-show cocktail party at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in Bell Buckle are, from left, Pat and Kathy Ryan, Rick and Mitzi Michaelson, and Mary Ann and Allen Richardson. SUBMITTED PHOTO Caterer Mary Ann Eckles from Ryan's Smoking Rotisserie, left, is joined by party chairs Lynn Lien and Mary Moss at a pre-show cocktail event at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival. 'If ir Jb -J r.rr---wjUwpig uiuu.u. 1 I 4 4 K-'it -Vv jvrw tv.v," i SUBMITTED PHOTO David and Pallie Jones join Delia and Charlie Goodman at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival pre-show cocktail party held at The Webb School in Bell Buckle.

SUBMITTED PHOTO Lane Davies and Ruth Cordell attend a preshow cocktail party at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in Bell Buckle. SUBMITTED PHOTO Kathy Reeves, Amy Swartz, Ron Smith and Edwina Chilton gather for the pre-show cocktail party at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in Bell Buckle. iuivc uvi'i wwKf -j a m- 1 1 George and Lynn Lien, left, join Mary and Max Moss at a pre-show cocktail party at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in Bell Buckle. SUBMITTED PHOTO t'i 'IS tl 11 iffftf (- i Richard Northcutt and Faye Northcutt-Knox are joined by Amy and Bill Walker, who came to watch their daughter perform in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in Bell Buckle. SUBMITTED PHOTO il Li XIV SUBMITTED PHOTO Webb School Assistant Head Master Joe lorio is joined by Eleanor and Gary Parkes at the Tennessee Shakespeare Festival in Bell Buckle..