Reward For Success In 2005-06 Ignites Fire For Students To Excel In Effort To Bring Home A 9th School Of Excellence Designation From State
Blowing Rock School is using a proven formula to go after their ninth consecutive School of Excellence designation from the North Carolina Department of Education. Hard work by students and faculty in partnership with strong support from parents and the business community, and a pat on the back for past accomplishments will hopefully be the ingredients that adds one more banner to the wall of honor at the local school.

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Blazing Saddles 2007 Summer Riding Programs Are Now Underway

The 2007 summer riding season has begun for Blazing Saddles, a volunteer based equine assisted therapeutic riding organization. Located at the Blowing Rock Equestrian Preserve, at the L.M. Tate Showgrounds, Blazing Saddles currently serves over 20 children and adults with special needs. 
  

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Chamber Concert Series Announced; Support Welcomed

In 1987 the Blowing Rock Chamber of Commerce took the residents and visitors to Blowing Rock back over a hundred years, to a time when Sunday concerts around a bandstand in the community park were as much a part of Americana as apple pie on a window ledge or hotdogs at the ballpark.

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New Horse Show Dates Will Stretch Performances Throughout Summer

In 1923 it was a show that lasted most of Sunday, and within a few years it had been extended to a Saturday and Sunday.
As the popularity of the Blowing Rock Charity Horse Show grew, it expanded again, this time to four days, beginning on Thursday and continuing through afternoon performances on Sunday.

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Last Day Of School For Students Is On May 29th

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Local Links Around Blowing Rock
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