This photo was also taken during the Winter. It's not "downtown," but it's part of Rose Hill.I like it because it shows the mountains. Actually, no matter where you're at in Rose Hill, you can see those majestic mountains.
Joan
Friday, August 31, 2007
another Rose Hill photo
This photo was also taken during the Winter. It's not "downtown," but it's part of Rose Hill.I like it because it shows the mountains. Actually, no matter where you're at in Rose Hill, you can see those majestic mountains.
Joan
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Downtown Rose Hill
We've got local scenery photoson the home page,
churches and businesses
in the directories,
but few, if any, just
general, around-town pictures,
so here's one.
Welcome to DOWNTOWN Rose Hill!
This photo was taken back in the winter.
It's hard to believe it, but there's some leaves already beginning to turn into their fall colors here around Rose Hill right now.
Joan
Mama Possum & her babies move to downtown Rose Hill
This Mama Possum and her babies decided to move into downtown Rose Hill this week. They moved into a downtown trash can. After a photo shoot, the possums were relocated/ removed from the trash can up the hill in the countryside, where wild critters are supposed to live. Funny thing though. Next day... They came back. Somehow, Mama and her youngins were coming in and out of the trash can (without even knockin' it over, no less) at their leisure. I'd like to tell you about the "Cosmic Possum" from here in these hills. I will. Another post, another day. Something to look forward to!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
a daily blog
okay, I'll try to start blogging DAILY now.
I'll likely start off with little tidbits of information about Rose Hill that I would like to eventually incorporate into the website. Rose Hill and the surrounding area here in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains have a wonderful history and ongoing traditions in arts and culture, like bluegrass and dulcimers and clogging. And there's the Melungeons...
Today, I'll just start off with a "tidbit" about Rose Hill and the history of bluegrass.
DID YOU KNOW... A Rose Hill native, Earl Taylor, and his Stoney Mountain Boys, were the first musicians to ever play bluegrass music in Carnegie Hall?!! Yes, it's true. It was 1959. And GUESS WHAT! - Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were a SMASHING SUCCESS that night there in Carnegie Hall!
Yes, Rose Hill is the birthplace of bluegrass musician Earl Taylor. Earl Taylor was born in Rose Hill on June 17, 1929 and lived until 1984. Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were the first musicians ever to play bluegrass in New York’s Carnegie Hall. It was 1959. Through personal interviews, Geoffrey Himes developed a January 12, 2000 feature story in the Baltimore City Paper which offers significant insight into the historical context of Earl Taylor and other Appalachian musicians who had migrated north and described that night in 1959. The feature article was titled “From the Hills: How Mid-Century Migrants from the Mountains Brought Bluegrass--and More—to Baltimore.” For the full article go to www.citypaper.com/printStory.asp?id=3636. As part of the research for the article, Himes interviewed two of band members, Curtis Cody and Walt Hensley.
"Alan [Lomax] came down to the 79 Club and asked us, 'Do you want to play Carnegie Hall?' I had never heard of it. I thought it was just a bigger-than-normal dance hall," Hensley recalls. "I had never drunk whiskey in my life, but when I got to Carnegie Hall and looked through the curtains and saw those decorations and those balconies full way up high, I went backstage and took a little nip to settle my nerves. When we walked out there, we were shaking so much it was like the wind was blowing out there."
"The place was packed," says Curtis Cody, who played fiddle with Taylor, Hensley, McIntyre, and Sam Hutchins that night. "We looked out through the curtains, and that place was buzzing. I said, 'Walt, I don't think they'll like us a bit.' But when it came our turn, he played something on the banjo, and they tore that place up. Everybody liked it. Someone from United Artists heard us, and we went back a few months later and cut a record."
Another article, one titled “Walter Hensley – The Banjo Baron of Baltimore” by Tina Aridas provided on DC Bluegrass Union, also described that evening in April 1959 when Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys played bluegrass at the elegant Carnegie Hall. For the full article go to www.dcbu.org/walterhensley.htm. The article similarly comments on how band member Curtis Cody peeked out from behind the stage curtains just before the performance and saw Carnegie Hall. According to the article, Curtis Cody talked to banjo player Walt Hensley just before the show, saying,
“Walt, I don’t think they’ll like us a bit.” Walt recalls that his legs “were like Jell-O –and we had to play the fastest song we knew.” But when Walt, with legs shaking, stepped out onto the stage before the assembled audience at Alan Lomax’s Folksong ’59 concert, Curtis recalls that “he played something on the banjo, and they tore that place up.” Earl Taylor recalled, “When we would end a number, I knew that it would take five minutes before we could go into another one –that was how much rarin’ and screamin’ and hair-pullin’ there was.”
Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were featured on the LP “Folk Songs from the Bluegrass” released by United Artists in 1959. Songs done by Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys on the LP include John Henry, Cripple Creek, Lee Highway Blues, Foggy Mountain Special, and Little Maggie. This LP, “Folk Songs from the Bluegrass,” was presented by Alan Lomex. Son of a folklorist, Alan Lomax was a musicologist, writer, and producer. He and his father gathered field recordings of folk musicians. The recordings culminated into significant anthologies of American folk song. Alan Lomax and his father expanded the Archive of American Folk at the Library of Congress folk music recordings holdings.
Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were included on the CD “Mountain Music: Bluegrass Style” released in 1992 by Smithsonian Folkways. The CD is a compilation of field recordings done by Mike Seeger. Songs done by Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys on the CD include Short Life of Trouble, Foggy Mountain Top, Foxchase, and Sally Ann.
Hey, and GUESS WHAT... when I was visiting my local Wal-Mart this Summer, I found and purchased a CD that includes Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys on it! On the CD cover it says, "Rural Rhythm presents Legends and Lost Classics GRASSROOTS BLUEGRASS - 25 Traditional Classics." Three of these 25 classic recordings are by Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with The Stoney Mountain Boys.
Rose Hill's Earl Taylor and Stoney Mountain Boys classic bluegrass recordings can be purchased on Ebay, Amazon.com, and even WAL-MART!
Ookay, how was that for a "tidbit" of interesting ROSE HILL, VIRGINIA information?
ANY COMMENTS?? Go ahead, POST A COMMENT!! Back at ya tomorrow!
Joan
I'll likely start off with little tidbits of information about Rose Hill that I would like to eventually incorporate into the website. Rose Hill and the surrounding area here in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains have a wonderful history and ongoing traditions in arts and culture, like bluegrass and dulcimers and clogging. And there's the Melungeons...
Today, I'll just start off with a "tidbit" about Rose Hill and the history of bluegrass.
DID YOU KNOW... A Rose Hill native, Earl Taylor, and his Stoney Mountain Boys, were the first musicians to ever play bluegrass music in Carnegie Hall?!! Yes, it's true. It was 1959. And GUESS WHAT! - Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were a SMASHING SUCCESS that night there in Carnegie Hall!
Yes, Rose Hill is the birthplace of bluegrass musician Earl Taylor. Earl Taylor was born in Rose Hill on June 17, 1929 and lived until 1984. Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were the first musicians ever to play bluegrass in New York’s Carnegie Hall. It was 1959. Through personal interviews, Geoffrey Himes developed a January 12, 2000 feature story in the Baltimore City Paper which offers significant insight into the historical context of Earl Taylor and other Appalachian musicians who had migrated north and described that night in 1959. The feature article was titled “From the Hills: How Mid-Century Migrants from the Mountains Brought Bluegrass--and More—to Baltimore.” For the full article go to www.citypaper.com/printStory.asp?id=3636. As part of the research for the article, Himes interviewed two of band members, Curtis Cody and Walt Hensley.
"Alan [Lomax] came down to the 79 Club and asked us, 'Do you want to play Carnegie Hall?' I had never heard of it. I thought it was just a bigger-than-normal dance hall," Hensley recalls. "I had never drunk whiskey in my life, but when I got to Carnegie Hall and looked through the curtains and saw those decorations and those balconies full way up high, I went backstage and took a little nip to settle my nerves. When we walked out there, we were shaking so much it was like the wind was blowing out there."
"The place was packed," says Curtis Cody, who played fiddle with Taylor, Hensley, McIntyre, and Sam Hutchins that night. "We looked out through the curtains, and that place was buzzing. I said, 'Walt, I don't think they'll like us a bit.' But when it came our turn, he played something on the banjo, and they tore that place up. Everybody liked it. Someone from United Artists heard us, and we went back a few months later and cut a record."
Another article, one titled “Walter Hensley – The Banjo Baron of Baltimore” by Tina Aridas provided on DC Bluegrass Union, also described that evening in April 1959 when Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys played bluegrass at the elegant Carnegie Hall. For the full article go to www.dcbu.org/walterhensley.htm. The article similarly comments on how band member Curtis Cody peeked out from behind the stage curtains just before the performance and saw Carnegie Hall. According to the article, Curtis Cody talked to banjo player Walt Hensley just before the show, saying,
“Walt, I don’t think they’ll like us a bit.” Walt recalls that his legs “were like Jell-O –and we had to play the fastest song we knew.” But when Walt, with legs shaking, stepped out onto the stage before the assembled audience at Alan Lomax’s Folksong ’59 concert, Curtis recalls that “he played something on the banjo, and they tore that place up.” Earl Taylor recalled, “When we would end a number, I knew that it would take five minutes before we could go into another one –that was how much rarin’ and screamin’ and hair-pullin’ there was.”
Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were featured on the LP “Folk Songs from the Bluegrass” released by United Artists in 1959. Songs done by Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys on the LP include John Henry, Cripple Creek, Lee Highway Blues, Foggy Mountain Special, and Little Maggie. This LP, “Folk Songs from the Bluegrass,” was presented by Alan Lomex. Son of a folklorist, Alan Lomax was a musicologist, writer, and producer. He and his father gathered field recordings of folk musicians. The recordings culminated into significant anthologies of American folk song. Alan Lomax and his father expanded the Archive of American Folk at the Library of Congress folk music recordings holdings.
Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys were included on the CD “Mountain Music: Bluegrass Style” released in 1992 by Smithsonian Folkways. The CD is a compilation of field recordings done by Mike Seeger. Songs done by Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys on the CD include Short Life of Trouble, Foggy Mountain Top, Foxchase, and Sally Ann.
Hey, and GUESS WHAT... when I was visiting my local Wal-Mart this Summer, I found and purchased a CD that includes Earl Taylor and the Stoney Mountain Boys on it! On the CD cover it says, "Rural Rhythm presents Legends and Lost Classics GRASSROOTS BLUEGRASS - 25 Traditional Classics." Three of these 25 classic recordings are by Earl Taylor & Jim McCall with The Stoney Mountain Boys.
Rose Hill's Earl Taylor and Stoney Mountain Boys classic bluegrass recordings can be purchased on Ebay, Amazon.com, and even WAL-MART!
Ookay, how was that for a "tidbit" of interesting ROSE HILL, VIRGINIA information?
ANY COMMENTS?? Go ahead, POST A COMMENT!! Back at ya tomorrow!
Joan
Friday, July 13, 2007
Rose Hill fiber lighting
STATEMENT OF
CONGRESSMAN RICK BOUCHER
Rose Hill Fiber Optic Project Lighting Event
June 11, 2007
Rose Hill, Virginia
I am pleased to return to Rose Hill this morning to join with officials from Lee County, Lonesome Pine Regional Library and the LENOWISCO Planning Distsrict Commission to participate in a truly worthy celebration. Today, we formally light the new Rose Hill Fiber Optic Network, a project which will enable the provision of affordable high-speed Internet access to 150 homes, the Rose Hill Elementary School, the Rose Hill Public Library and several businesses in the Rose Hill community. Additionally, a new public Internet access site connected to the fiber optic network has been established here at the Rose Hill Public Library.
Approximately ten years ago, I encouraged local governments throughout the Ninth District to find a means of deploying broadband networks so that affordable high-speed Internet access would be available to businesses and residents throughout our region. My goal in making this recommendation was to set our region apart in comparison to other rural areas of the nation, to make us more attractive than the typical rural region to industries looking to expand their operations into new locations, and to create technology-based jobs for Southwest Virginians.
Today, I am pleased to note that many of the communities in our region are making great strides in the deployment of broadband networks, and the success which we celebrate today in Rose Hill is a shining example of the outstanding work that is being done in many of our localities.
Using a $506,048 federal grant, which I secured from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, a grant of more than $100,000 from the Virginia Tobacco Commission and contributions from the C. Bascom Slemp Foundation, the Lee County Board of Supervisors and the Lee County Community Foundation, Sunset Digital Communications has installed more than 5 miles of fiber optic backbone and distribution aerial cable over the "last mile" from its Internet backbone to the homes and businesses in Rose Hill.
Sunset Digital Communications has deployed fiber optics to the premises of more than 150 homes and businesses in the Rose Hill community as well as to Rose Hill Elementary School and the Rose Hill Public Library. High speed internet service will be available to residents at $49.95 and to businesses at $79.95 per month.
In addition to the new broadband services available to residents and businesses in Rose Hill, a portion of the federal grant funds have been used to establish a computer laboratory and public Internet access site at the Rose Hill Public Library, which will provide free access to high speed Internet and offer free computer and Internet training workshops beginning later this month.
Construction on the computer lab is now complete, and the 10 new computer workstations are now online. With the addition of the new computer center, the library will be increasing its hours of operation to 40 hours per week, including some night and weekend hours.
Previously, the library housed two computer work stations connected to the Internet through a private point-to-point connection to the Lonesome Pine Regional Library located in Wise. Frequently, this system would fail due to a weak connection over aging infrastructure causing the Internet terminals to be unavailable for use as well as the inavailability of the library's automated check out system. After today's launch of the Rose Hill fiber optic network, library patrons will no longer experience frequent interruptions in service.
I am pleased to note that the Rose Hill fiber optic network marks just one of our efforts to deploy broadband service throughout Lee County. The Rose Hill network will connect to the Coalfield Coalition fiber optic backbone, which is being installed along 160 miles throughout Lee, Wise and Scott counties. Last fall I gathered with many of you here today for the start of construction on this new infrastructure, and today new network is nearing completion. When completed, the Coalfield Coalition fiber optic backbone will greatly expand broadband access to new communities throughout the coal producing counties.
Just as first canals, then railroads and then highways were the major arteries of commerce in earlier eras, in the 21st Century, access to broadband will be a defining feature of economic success for rural communities. Step by positive step our expanding fiber optic infrastructure is assuring that Southwest Virginia's communities will be at the center of economic opportunity.
I would like to take this opportunity to recognize several individuals who have been instrumental in the success which we celebrate today. I would like to thank Patrick Carey, General Field Representative for the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who has provided immense support to those involved in obtaining the federal funding for this project. I also want to thank Patty Yates who represents Rose Hill on the Lee County Board of Supervisors, and the other members of the Board for their efforts to improve the quality of life in the Rose Hill community and throughout Lee County.
Ron Flanary and his excellent staff at LENOWISCO have provided vision and leadership in expanding the telecommunications infrastructure in the region, and I thank Ron for that critical role. Finally, I want to recognize my District Director, Laura Lee, for the work she has performed for this project. I place a high priority in my office in obtaining successes much like the one we celebrate today, and Laura's work is vital to our efforts to deploy new broadband technology throughout Southwest Virginia.
The Rose Hill fiber optic network which we officially light today marks another major step forward in our work to improve the quality of life for Southwest Virginia residents. I want to commend all here for the success of this project and offer a special congratulations to the residents and business owners who will benefit tremendously from the new broadband telecommunications services that are now available to them.
Approximately ten years ago, I encouraged local governments throughout the Ninth District to find a means of deploying broadband networks so that affordable high-speed Internet access would be available to businesses and residents throughout our region. My goal in making this recommendation was to set our region apart in comparison to other rural areas of the nation, to make us more attractive than the typical rural region to industries looking to expand their operations into new locations, and to create technology-based jobs for Southwest Virginians.
Today, I am pleased to note that many of the communities in our region are making great strides in the deployment of broadband networks, and the success which we celebrate today in Rose Hill is a shining example of the outstanding work that is being done in many of our localities.
Using a $506,048 federal grant, which I secured from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Utilities Service, a grant of more than $100,000 from the Virginia Tobacco Commission and contributions from the C. Bascom Slemp Foundation, the Lee County Board of Supervisors and the Lee County Community Foundation, Sunset Digital Communications has installed more than 5 miles of fiber optic backbone and distribution aerial cable over the "last mile" from its Internet backbone to the homes and businesses in Rose Hill.
Sunset Digital Communications has deployed fiber optics to the premises of more than 150 homes and businesses in the Rose Hill community as well as to Rose Hill Elementary School and the Rose Hill Public Library. High speed internet service will be available to residents at $49.95 and to businesses at $79.95 per month.
In addition to the new broadband services available to residents and businesses in Rose Hill, a portion of the federal grant funds have been used to establish a computer laboratory and public Internet access site at the Rose Hill Public Library, which will provide free access to high speed Internet and offer free computer and Internet training workshops beginning later this month.
Construction on the computer lab is now complete, and the 10 new computer workstations are now online. With the addition of the new computer center, the library will be increasing its hours of operation to 40 hours per week, including some night and weekend hours.
Previously, the library housed two computer work stations connected to the Internet through a private point-to-point connection to the Lonesome Pine Regional Library located in Wise. Frequently, this system would fail due to a weak connection over aging infrastructure causing the Internet terminals to be unavailable for use as well as the inavailability of the library's automated check out system. After today's launch of the Rose Hill fiber optic network, library patrons will no longer experience frequent interruptions in service.
I am pleased to note that the Rose Hill fiber optic network marks just one of our efforts to deploy broadband service throughout Lee County. The Rose Hill network will connect to the Coalfield Coalition fiber optic backbone, which is being installed along 160 miles throughout Lee, Wise and Scott counties. Last fall I gathered with many of you here today for the start of construction on this new infrastructure, and today new network is nearing completion. When completed, the Coalfield Coalition fiber optic backbone will greatly expand broadband access to new communities throughout the coal producing counties.
Just as first canals, then railroads and then highways were the major arteries of commerce in earlier eras, in the 21st Century, access to broadband will be a defining feature of economic success for rural communities. Step by positive step our expanding fiber optic infrastructure is assuring that Southwest Virginia's communities will be at the center of economic opportunity.
I would like to take this opportunity to recognize several individuals who have been instrumental in the success which we celebrate today. I would like to thank Patrick Carey, General Field Representative for the Rural Utilities Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, who has provided immense support to those involved in obtaining the federal funding for this project. I also want to thank Patty Yates who represents Rose Hill on the Lee County Board of Supervisors, and the other members of the Board for their efforts to improve the quality of life in the Rose Hill community and throughout Lee County.
Ron Flanary and his excellent staff at LENOWISCO have provided vision and leadership in expanding the telecommunications infrastructure in the region, and I thank Ron for that critical role. Finally, I want to recognize my District Director, Laura Lee, for the work she has performed for this project. I place a high priority in my office in obtaining successes much like the one we celebrate today, and Laura's work is vital to our efforts to deploy new broadband technology throughout Southwest Virginia.
The Rose Hill fiber optic network which we officially light today marks another major step forward in our work to improve the quality of life for Southwest Virginia residents. I want to commend all here for the success of this project and offer a special congratulations to the residents and business owners who will benefit tremendously from the new broadband telecommunications services that are now available to them.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Rose Hill Karaoke
Here's a copy of the article printed in the The Middlesboro Daily News on February 28, 2007:
New York meets Virginia at Rose Hill Karaoke
By BRANDY L. MURRAY/Staff Writer
ROSE HILL, Va. - Toni and Mike Kowalik are native New Yorkers that found themselves in the rural Rose Hill community in 2003 with little to occupy them. So out of necessity, they invented their own venue of entertainment. Rose Hill Karaoke was born, to the benefit of a young crowd and a sleepy town.Rose Hill Karaoke sits atop a hill on Old Rt. 58 and can be seen from a distance, as it is painted a cheerful hue of yellow, is well-lit and stars adorn the doorway; a preview of the atmosphere inside. An advertising flyer states, “Enter the front door and you are in a club atmosphere with lights of many colors.” The flyer also boasts, “We have a fantastic sound system with a stage and the interior is designed with an array of stars on the walls and floors.” That is no exaggeration, as the music can be heard from the parking lot. On first glance, one might think that Rose Hill Karaoke caters to an older and wilder crowd; but Toni Kowalik stresses that Rose Hill Karaoke is strictly family-oriented. In fact, they do not serve alcohol, do not tolerate drug-use and it is a non-smoking establishment.
Mother and patron Maria Sass spoke of how wholesome the environment is, “This is a place where kids can hang out, this is where my daughter wants to be. They sing and dance, they can play pool or cards or whatever. It's good because the kids can enjoy themselves here and parents can keep an eye on them.”
Sass' daughter Crystal Justice was among the favorites during the karaoke contest on Saturday. Sass says that singing at Rose Hill Karaoke helps her daughter to express herself and become more in-tune, so to speak, with her surroundings.
“When she gets up on stage to sing, it's her way of letting herself out, it helped her to get used to a new place,” she said. The Sass family moved to Virginia from Michigan a couple of years ago and Crystal has been singing ever since.This novel idea has resulted in a medley of people unlike anything you've seen in the area, and has given children and adults alike a chance at wholesome expression. Brothers Josh and Matt Slagle took the stage on Saturday night as true performers with a couple of country songs, prompting such revelry that Rose Hill Karaoke felt more like a venue for well-known performers than a local karaoke spot. In fact, these brothers took first and second place in the contest, walking away with well-deserved trophies.
While most performers chose to sing contemporary country songs, the music library contains old and new country and bluegrass as well as 50's and 60's tunes. For those that can't or don't sing, there's a pool table, video game machines, a dance floor and a card table. Although there is a stocked snack bar, you may want to eat before you go, the featured deep-fried oreo cookies would blow any diet. You can sing your heart out at Rose Hill Karaoke any Wednesday, Friday or Saturday night from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Brandy L. Murray is a Staff Writer for the Daily News.
New York meets Virginia at Rose Hill Karaoke
By BRANDY L. MURRAY/Staff Writer
ROSE HILL, Va. - Toni and Mike Kowalik are native New Yorkers that found themselves in the rural Rose Hill community in 2003 with little to occupy them. So out of necessity, they invented their own venue of entertainment. Rose Hill Karaoke was born, to the benefit of a young crowd and a sleepy town.Rose Hill Karaoke sits atop a hill on Old Rt. 58 and can be seen from a distance, as it is painted a cheerful hue of yellow, is well-lit and stars adorn the doorway; a preview of the atmosphere inside. An advertising flyer states, “Enter the front door and you are in a club atmosphere with lights of many colors.” The flyer also boasts, “We have a fantastic sound system with a stage and the interior is designed with an array of stars on the walls and floors.” That is no exaggeration, as the music can be heard from the parking lot. On first glance, one might think that Rose Hill Karaoke caters to an older and wilder crowd; but Toni Kowalik stresses that Rose Hill Karaoke is strictly family-oriented. In fact, they do not serve alcohol, do not tolerate drug-use and it is a non-smoking establishment.
Mother and patron Maria Sass spoke of how wholesome the environment is, “This is a place where kids can hang out, this is where my daughter wants to be. They sing and dance, they can play pool or cards or whatever. It's good because the kids can enjoy themselves here and parents can keep an eye on them.”
Sass' daughter Crystal Justice was among the favorites during the karaoke contest on Saturday. Sass says that singing at Rose Hill Karaoke helps her daughter to express herself and become more in-tune, so to speak, with her surroundings.
“When she gets up on stage to sing, it's her way of letting herself out, it helped her to get used to a new place,” she said. The Sass family moved to Virginia from Michigan a couple of years ago and Crystal has been singing ever since.This novel idea has resulted in a medley of people unlike anything you've seen in the area, and has given children and adults alike a chance at wholesome expression. Brothers Josh and Matt Slagle took the stage on Saturday night as true performers with a couple of country songs, prompting such revelry that Rose Hill Karaoke felt more like a venue for well-known performers than a local karaoke spot. In fact, these brothers took first and second place in the contest, walking away with well-deserved trophies.
While most performers chose to sing contemporary country songs, the music library contains old and new country and bluegrass as well as 50's and 60's tunes. For those that can't or don't sing, there's a pool table, video game machines, a dance floor and a card table. Although there is a stocked snack bar, you may want to eat before you go, the featured deep-fried oreo cookies would blow any diet. You can sing your heart out at Rose Hill Karaoke any Wednesday, Friday or Saturday night from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m.
Brandy L. Murray is a Staff Writer for the Daily News.
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