New dinner/show venue, Crest Mountain, opens with April 15 ‘Canteen USO Tribute’

A new entertainment venue, the Crest Mountain Dinner Show, located 10 minutes from downtown Asheville, will bring mid-week entertainment and  concerts to locals and visitors. The venue is previeing two April preview events. The program includes buffet dinner catered by M7 (full bar available) and live music by local and regional performers, surrounded by panoramic views of the mountains and valleys of the Blue Ridge, in a 300-seat windowed pavilion.

Here’s the April 15 event write-up: “CREST MOUNTAIN CANTEEN USO TRIBUTE: Step back in time and enjoy the big band sounds of the ’40s with Betty Grable, The Andrews Sisters, and more! Featuring live music, song and dance by professional local performers and, of course, your host, Bob Hope (local favourite, Mondy Carter).”

Doors open at 5:30 p.m. for cocktails, 6 p.m. buffet, and 7 p.m. showtime.

In August Crest Mountain Dinner Show will present “Radio Gals,” co-produced with Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre, which will run Sunday/Wednesday/Thursdays that month. An introductory price is being offered at this time: $40 for groups/seniors/military, and $44 for general public; show-only tickets are $25.

Contact the show office at (828) 252-2637, for any questions regarding the reservation process.

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About Jeff Fobes
As a long-time proponent of media for social change, my early activities included coordinating the creation of a small community FM radio station to serve a poor section of St. Louis, Mo. In the 1980s I served as the editor of the "futurist" newsletter of the U.S. Association for the Club of Rome, a professional/academic group with a global focus and a mandate to act locally. During that time, I was impressed by a journalism experiment in Mississippi, in which a newspaper reporter spent a year in a small town covering how global activities impacted local events (e.g., literacy programs in Asia drove up the price of pulpwood; soybean demand in China impacted local soybean prices). Taking a cue from the Mississippi journalism experiment, I offered to help the local Green Party in western North Carolina start its own newspaper, which published under the name Green Line. Eventually the local party turned Green Line over to me, giving Asheville-area readers an independent, locally focused news source that was driven by global concerns. Over the years the monthly grew, until it morphed into the weekly Mountain Xpress in 1994. I've been its publisher since the beginning. Mountain Xpress' mission is to promote grassroots democracy (of any political persuasion) by serving the area's most active, thoughtful readers. Consider Xpress as an experiment to see if such a media operation can promote a healthy, democratic and wise community. In addition to print, today's rapidly evolving Web technosphere offers a grand opportunity to see how an interactive global information network impacts a local community when the network includes a locally focused media outlet whose aim is promote thoughtful citizen activism. Follow me @fobes

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  1. Thelma Tucker

    My friend and I attended this event on April 15, 2015. We paid $45 for dinner and the show. We were very disappointed! The meal included baked chicken, coleslaw, tossed salad, baked beans (canned), rolls, and a trifle for dessert (set out in 4 large bowls that everyone dipped into). Two salads and canned beans perhaps stretched the meal budget, but added nothing to its quality. The show was only 30 minutes long. Just not worth $45!

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