BOCO Town from the Historic Turnage Theatre: Recent Episodes
Steve Barnes, Leesa Jones, Roland Wyman, Ethan Wolf
BOCO Town from Arts of the Pamlico at the Historic Turnage Theatre in Historic Downtown Washington, North Carolina. We talk to the amazing people in our community who help Arts of the Pamlico deliver such a rich variety of programs and events. News and updates on Arts of the Pamlico, along with interviews with the people behind everything that happens at the Turnage Theatre. Support our Historic Turnage Theatre and Arts of the Pamlico: https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/support/Sponsored in part by IBXonline Managed Web Hosting https://www.getibxonline.com
Samantha grew up in Washington and went out to make her mark on the world. Having attained a successful career, she decided it was time to come home and give back to her hometown.
She is now recreating our historic "Ghost Signs" all over town and "making her mark", as host, Steve Barnes likes to put it.
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Earl Malpass has exciting news for our community.
The whole airport is about to "take off"!
The State Assembly awarded $20 Million to Washington-Warren for planned infrastructure improvements to bring in aviation-related industries and all the associated jobs.
Why is this important for the Turnage Theatre and Arts of the Pamlico?
Major contracting companies and their crews will be calling Washington home for the next three to five years, working on projects at the airport.
It will be up to us at the Turnage Theatre and all our downtown restaurants and entertainment venues to ensure their stay here in Washington is a memorable one!
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Erin Ruyle, director of tourism and development for the city of Washington, joins Steve and Leesa to discuss Washington and all its hidden gems. Tune in to hear Erin detail coming back from COVID into an incredible year for Washington, as well as the new arts and culture trail set to be rolled out all throughout the city.
Important links
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
AOP 2022 Summercamps
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/admin/events/summer-camp2022
Check out our events at the Historic Turnage Theatre
First Friday Concerts: Noah Cobb – June 3rd at 7:30
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/country-music-and-karaoke/
AOP Bubblegum Theatre’s Charlotte’s Web performance– June 4th at 4pm
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/charlottes-web/
ArTipsy – June 9th at 6pm
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/artipsy-june/
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BoCo Town welcomes Alicia Garver to the couch to tell us all about art. Hailing all the way from the West coast, Alicia tells us about her experience becoming a teacher, her process for painting, and details about the classes she is teaching here at the Turnage. Listen in as Steve and Leesa learn all about breaking down the barriers in our brains and putting the paintbrush to the canvas.
Important links
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
AOP 2022 Summer camps
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/admin/events/summer-camp2022
Check out our events at the Historic Turnage Theatre
First Friday Concerts: Alex Williams – May 6th at 7:30
https://www.facebook.com/events/370538995008390/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22page%22%7D]%7D
AOP Bubblegum Theatre’s Charlotte’s Web performance– June 4th at 4pm
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/charlottes-web/
Beginning Art Classes with Alicia Garver
https://artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/alicia-garver-beginning-drawing-classes/
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On this episode of BoCo Town, Steve and Leesa interview Christopher Satchel and Wilbert Smallwood to find out how to go fast, and be protected while doing it.
Christopher Satchel is the owner of Goodlife Insurance and a long time insurance educator in the Washington community, and Wilbert Smallwood is a hall of fame drag racer born in Washington NC.
Listen in as they tell their stories of how they found their way to our community, and how they work to make it a better place.
Important links
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/
Check out our events at the Historic Turnage Theatre
First Friday Concerts: Lewis and Clark – April 1st at 7:30
https://www.lewisnclarkproductions.com/frankandpatsyshow
AOP Bubblegum Theatre’s Charlotte’s Web auditions– April 13th and 14th from 4pm to 7pm
Email e.wolfaop@gmail.com to sign up or for more information
AOP 50th Anniversary Black Tie Block Party – April 30th at 7pm
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/50th-anniversary-black-tie-block-party/
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On this February issue of BoCo Town, Steve and Leesa discuss what it really means to be an artist. Ethan Wolf, theatre manager at the Turnage, joins to talk about his experience with STEAM, integrating the arts into our everyday lives, and looking a little bit closer to see the art that already exists there.
Important links
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/
Check out our events at the Historic Turnage Theatre
Musician’s Open Mic Night with Chuck Phillips – March 4th at 7:30pm
https://fb.me/e/48egVXJPy
AOP Community Players’ Lost (and Found) in Ikea auditions– March 7th and 8th from 6pm to 8pm
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/lost-found-in-ikea-aop-community-players-audition/2022-03-07/
I.C. Improv Performance – March 12th at 7pm
artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/ic-improv-comedy-march/
ECU Storybook Theatre’s The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/ecu-storybook-theatre-the-miraculous-journey-of-edward-tulane/
St. Patrick’s Day Party – March 17th at 7:30pm
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/st-patricks-day-party-feat-twisted-knot/
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The first BoCo Town podcast recording in the new year! Steve and Leesa are joined by William White from the Washington improv troupe, I.C. Improv Comedy.
William covers everything and anything comedy, discussing the differences in standup and improv comedy, the struggle of playing to a difficult audience, and how to play to your strengths in the world of comedy.
Important links
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/
Check out our events at the Historic Turnage Theatre
First Fridays: Open Mic Night with Chuck Phillips – February 4th at 7:30pm
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/open-mic-night-with-chuck-phillips/
AOP Community Players’ Letters of Love – February 11th at 7:30pm
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/50907/
I.C. Improv Performance – February 12th at 7pm
artsofthepamlico.ticketleap.com/ic-improv-feb/
Valentine’s at the Turnage – February 13th and 14th at 3pm
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/50991/2022-02-13/
This week’s guest
William White: I.C. Improv Comedy Founder
https://www.facebook.com/i.c.improv
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This month on BoCo Town, Washington native and nationwide sensation Craig Woolard join us.
Listen as Craig chats with hosts Leesa Jones, Steve Barnes, and special guest host, Chuck Phillips about his start in music, how the Embers came together, what he does when he isn’t onstage, and much, much more.
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
First Fridays: Ruth Wyand and the Tribe of One
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/first-fridays-on-stage-ruth-wyand-and-a-tribe-of-one/
Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/
Craig Woolard: Ember’s band leader
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On this episode of BoCo Town, Steve and Leesa interview Jordan Cartrette and Elizabeth Waser, ECU School of Music students and cast members of Pirates of Penzance.
Their discussion ranges from how our guests first got into music to the vocal anatomy.
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/photo/
Holiday Homes Tour Tickets
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/holiday-homes-tour-3/2021-12-03/
It’s A Wonderful Life Matinee
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/stage-performance-tba/
Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/
Jordan Cartrette: ECU School of music student and Pirates of Penzance cast member
Elizabeth Waser: ECU School of music student and Pirates of Penzance cast member
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On this episode of BoCo town guests Virginia Finnerty, Gail Baird, and Courtenay Bailey tell us about the search for AOP’s new executive director, important elements for an executive director to be successful, and where our new ED has come from and what plans she has for the future of the Turnage.
Arts of the Pamlico Events Calendar
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/
Reader’s Theatre Performance
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/events/readers-theatre/
Afterschool Spring 2022
https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/youth-arts/
Gail Baird, AOP board member
Virginia Finnerty, AOP board chair
Courtenay Bailey, new AOP executive director
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BOCO Town is recorded on stage at the Historic Turnage Theatre in Washington, North Carolina.
The recording session is open to the public. Visit artsofthepamlico.org for the next recording date.
Hosts Steve Barnes and Leesa Jones chat with Alice Sadler, who provides a first person account of life in Washington while schools were still segregated. Her gifted storytelling brings that history to life in our imaginations.
Alice Sadler is curator of the P.S. Jones Museum in Washington.
Jennie Ann Cole and Liz Liles discuss homelessness and Photo Voice, which is an exhibit here at the Turnage Theatre.
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Hosts, Steve Barnes and Leesa Jones chat with Jeffery and his new intern.
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Hosts Steve Barnes and Leesa Jones chat with Clay Carter and Ethan Wolf
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Steve Barnes chats with Jeffery Phipps and Ethan Wolf
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Leesa and Steve chat with Ethan Wolf, Heather Summers, and Ashley Padgett (Beaufort County schools)
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Leesa Jones shares her journey from and back to Washington on
this episode of BoCo Town.
Listen in to learn how the Washington Waterfront Underground Railroad Museum came to be in Washington, NC.
Learn about and hear the coded language used to communicate paths to freedom and
the role the Pamlico River "alley" played in the pursuit of freedom.
Then watch for the next episode when Leesa brings her delightful
personality back to BoCo Town as the new co-host starting in April
2021.
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Listen in to this BoCo Town episode and learn about the
saxophone and two musicians that have mastered it and many
instruments.
Michael Stephenson and Jim Gilliam join us on stage at
the Historic Turnage Theatre to share their musical journeys, fun
facts about the instruments they play and how they came together at
Pitt Community College to keep the journey going.
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Scott Campbell is well known and loved for his outgoing personality in his role here in Washington, NC, as a realtor, a talented performer, and avid supporter of the arts.
In this episode, Steve Barnes and Debra Torrence chat with Scott to learn about how Scott’s waterway to Washington and his love of the area.
Scott drops a teaser of his upcoming reading of "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
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Washington Tourism Development Authority (WTDA) Executive Director, Erin Ruyle, along with her staff, Paula Stephenson and Gabrielle Whitlock, provide an update on tourism in recent turbulent months.
Rather than reporting that Washington's tourism has been dramatically down, Erin provides a few surprising statistics that can be attributed to the region's resilience and the TDA's resourcefulness.
Go to VisitWashingtonNC.com and TurnageTheatre.org for more information.
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James Jones discusses his upcoming new movie
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Emily Soeken, Arts of the Pamlico's East Carolina University's (ECU) State Employees Credit Union Public Fellows Intern joins BoCo Town Hosts, Torrence and Barnes.
Soeken is currently a Junior in Theatre Education at ECU.
Listen in as she shares how she was introduced to historical places, who gave her the theatre bug -- on and off stage -- and what she is creating for your next visit to the Historic Turnage Theatre.
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Before podcasts, oral storytelling around a campfire, on a porch, at a reunion threaded together lives in a community.
Guest Sarah Bryan was drawn to oral storytelling from an early age, sitting at the feet of her elders taking it all in.
Sarah leads the NC Folklife Institute and will be leading a research project supported by the NC Humanities Council to plan an indepth project to capture the oral histories of the Turnage Theatre.
Eric Martinez, AOP's Golden Leaf Foundation-supported summer intern has dug into the newspaper clippings of the past and memorabilia to add to the project so listen in to learn what they have found so far.
Once complete, a permanent exhibit at the Turnage is planned, which Andre Nabors of Visit NC will assist in sharing with visitors to our community.
Tune in to learn about this rich project to capture the history of a rare jewel, the Historic Turnage Theatre.
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Shannon Resing and Wayne Stoeckert are two local artists who are woven into the fabric of what our community experiences in the arts routinely.
Shannon is a trained dancer and owner of Moulin Rouge de Danse. Her team offers an array of classes for youth and adults in the red barn with recitals at the Turnage Theatre.
Wayne has a long history of playing and singing in bands starting up north in New York State and down the eastern seaboard. His smooth vocals and flying fingers on the guitar immediately draw you into his art.
Join us on BoCo Town as we talk with and listen to the movement and sounds of Beaufort County.
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Paloma Capanna joins us to share her journey into the writing world. An attorney practicing and living in Beaufort, NC, Capanna now has two professions having authored poems, a collection of essays entitled Nearly Fifty and a recently completed first — a political thriller titled Inconclusive. Listen in and make your own conclusions about this talented member of the AOP art group affiliate, the Pamlico Writers Group.
Tim Bivans joined us from his music studio in Auden. A popular musician and band member of 4 Asses and a Mule which has performed at AOP’s Historic Turnage Theatre. Bivans has deep roots in music theory and a love for music of all kinds. Join us for the stories and sounds of Tim Bivans.
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Gary Duncan joined us on BoCo Town to share his journey from neuro scientist to clothing designer. A musician too, Gary brings microscopic images to life in vivid colors and transfers them on to cloth for uniquely designed women's clothing and COVID19 masks.
Nanette Garrett of the band Garrett is an award winning singer, musician, talented song writer and more who found Washington in her youth as her musical passion found a stage. She's been sharing her music ever since. Find her performing in the region, online and on today's show.
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Join us for our 10th BoCo Town episode and take flight - really!
Bily Vaughn shares his love of flight and the background on how the flexible wing, Rogallo Wing, was created that led to hang gliding and numerous innovations.
Al Powell shares the first drone program for youth in Beaufort County, a partnership with Microsoft and how you can get involved with the IBX STEM Center.
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Ray Midgett
Ray joins us to share his passion for local maritime history. Listen in as Ray shares a bit of history about the river port Washington used to be, how a deadly twist of fate for President Lincoln has ties to the region, and the work of a local group preserving Washington’s history, the Historic Port of Washington, is bringing history to the fore.
Ruth Wyand
Ruth Wyand, a one-woman band — literally — spent time with us sharing how she sings, strums, drums and shakes songs across a range of genres for a truly unique musical experience. Listen in to how Ruth and A Tribe of One does it and then plan to see her perform in person at not one, not two but three! Arts of the Pamlico events across Beaufort County on October 17, 2020.
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Ginger Gehres, Artist
Artist, Ginger Gehres, has always considered her soul to be that of a naturalist and conservationist. Running the gamut from wildlife, landscapes, and florals… they all hold a fascination for her. She carries a deep desire to show others their individual beauty. Join us as we talk with visual bard and award wining artist Ginger Gehres about how she tells a story through scratchboarding. Scratchboard is a fine art technique that employs the use of sharp tools to remove top layers of ink with different ways of scratching (cross hatching, stippling, small slashes, etc.), exposing an under layer that is white in order to create an image. Find Ginger's work at the Lemonade Gallery in downtown Washington, NC and online at gingergehres.com
Bob Daw, Musician
Bob Daw joins us for a talk and a song today. Having learned the guitar from his father and a friend at the age of 13, Bob has continued to play music through the good times and through some difficult times in his life. Join us for our conversation with Bob Daw about his love for music, passion for fishing and his bucket list. And listen in as we meet a red hair girl in his featured song. Find Bob at the BCTMA jams and online at BCTMA.org and on Fb.
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Amber Flora Thomas, a writer and poet, professor and more joined us today for BoCo Town. The author of Eye of Water: Poems which was selected by Harryette Mullen as the winner of the 2004 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. Her other books include, The Rabbits Could Sing: Poems (University of Alaska Press, 2012) and Red Channel in the Rupture: Poems (Red Hen Press, 2018). You can find her poetry in publications we shared below.
Brian Burke (Back Pocket Buddha) hails from New York but has been in North Carolina for over 20 years. He has been playing music and performing for audiences since his days in high school playing guitar. Listen in to learn about his musical life.
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Lou Hunley is the Children's Librarian at BHM Library. Headquartered in Washington, NC the regional library serves Beaufort, Hyde and MArtin Counties, including Ocracoke Island. Lou coordinates and supports children's programming across the region. Lou shares what locals can find online through the library system, programs they have been working on and what she calls a noodle-head tale!
Erin Staebell is the Arts of the Pamlico Turnage Theatre's Coordinator for theatre and youth programs. Erin grew up in the mountains of West Virginia and brought her experience and love of theatre to NC when her family bought a boat...as the story for many of us who live here goes. Erin shares programs currently online through AOP and her history with quirky school mascots, one featured on NPR's Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me! Show. Listen in!
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Jenny Mastin is a Ceramic Artist.
Jenny grew up in the area and attended East Carolina University in fiber arts.
She took her education to the mountains of NC and over the past 30-years has taught adults and students of varying ages.
Her artistic passion is in sculpture and slab work depicting human and animal characteristics, often mixing in other materials.
Jenny has exhibited at Seagrove as an invited artists and currently has her work at Chowan Arts Council in Edenton. She will be exhibiting soon at the Arts of the Pamlico Turnage Theatre in downtown Washington where her studio will be based starting this summer. Check out her jennluma clayworks page on Facebook and listen to the podcast about Jenny's life in clay.
Jay Costello shares his journey in music with BoCo Town -- starting with "getting his his first instrument, an accordion, from his Polish mother at his baptism."
Infulenced by the music of his era, the 50s and 60s music are his favorites. Jay plays a wide variety of musical instrument and music genres from jazz to traditional music with bands he pulls together for events following in his influencer, Steve Creech's, foot steps. Listen in to Jay share his musical journey with us on BoCo Town,
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BOCO Town's podcast continues with part 2.
We talked with Chuck Phillips, singer, songwriter.
We all enjoy hearing Chuck perform and he didn't let us down.
In this episode, Chuck plays "Nobody Told Me" by John Lennon, along with "Ship Goes Down" which is one of his own songs and one of our favorites.
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BOCO Town podcast is alive and well!
For now, we don't have the pleasure of in person interviews, so we're interviewing online.
Click to listen to part 1, where we speak with Clay Johnson, who heads the documentary division of WRAL.
We enjoyed our (virtual) time with Clay and we're sure you will too!
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Linda Boyer is chair of Beaufort County Traditional Music Association (BCTMA) and a long time member of Arts of the Pamlico (artsofthepamlico.org) Executive Board.
We talk to Linda about the many BCTMA activities she's involved in and then hear her perform.
Pam Anderson is a newcomer to community theater at the Historic Turnage Theatre and she tells us about recent and upcoming roles.
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Jeffery Phipps discusses his deep history with Arts of the Pamlico, arts council for Beaufort County, North Carolina
Visit artsofthepamlico.org to learn more about the amazing arts, entertainment, and events at the Historic Turnage Theatre and throughout our region.
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