Western Promenaders facility at 327 Woods Road, Rome, invites you to:

FREE Barn Dances: August 15 and August 22! All Ages!

1. Meet us and make friends
2. Enjoy a potluck buffet
3. Listen to the music
4. Join us on the floor and dance.
There will be square dance, a little contra, and a few lines!
5. Have fun

PS: Progressive classes will begin: August 29 at 6pm. Cost: over 18 – $ 20 pp per month; 18 and under is no charge; students under 15 must be accompanied by a paying adult.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Questions:
email: westernpromenaders56@yahoo.com; text 706 766 4418.

Western Promenaders facility at 327 Woods Road, Rome, invites you to:

FREE Barn Dances: August 15 and August 22! All Ages!

1. Meet us and make friends
2. Enjoy a potluck buffet
3. Listen to the music
4. Join us on the floor and dance.
There will be square dance, a little contra, and a few lines!
5. Have fun

PS: Progressive classes will begin: August 29 at 6pm. Cost: over 18 – $ 20 pp per month; 18 and under is no charge; students under 15 must be accompanied by a paying adult.

We look forward to seeing you there!
Questions:
email: westernpromenaders56@yahoo.com; text 706 766 4418.

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Join us at the Forum River Center for the Meet the Magic: Live Character Event featuring live performances, meet & greets with your favorite characters, themed activities, dance parties, singalongs, and fun for the whole family!

Doors open at 9:45 AM and the Meet & Greet begins at 10:00 AM; concessions will be onsite for purchase.

Children ages 2 and under are free. Costumes are encouraged for children ages 10 and under, and guests with special needs of any age are welcome to dress up.

Event Schedule

• 10:15 AM — Clubhouse Dance Party
• 10:45 AM — Keepy Uppy Adventures
• 11:15 AM — Superhero Training
• 11:45 AM — Tales As Old As Time
• 12:15 PM — Wayfinder Adventures
• 12:45 PM — Frozen Singalong
• 1:15 PM — Superhero Dance Party
• 1:50 PM — Grande Finale Showcase

All guests must have a ticket to enter. This includes both children and adults. (Children ages 2 and under are free and don’t need tickets). Costumes are encouraged for children ages 10 and under, and guests with special needs of any age are welcome to dress up.

Join us for a special book launch celebration with acclaimed Georgia author Lauretta Hannon as she introduces her newest release, “A Priest Walks into a Waffle House: Stories from a Gritty, Grace-Filled Life. “ The author will provide a short presentation and reading from her book. She will offer a special gift to the first 20 people who purchase the book at this event; she will be available for book signings.

The book is on sale at both Georgia’s Rome Welcome Center and Gift Shop locations.

This event will be held in Downtown Rome at the Broadview Event Venue, located above the Rome Area History Center and the Downtown Welcome Center and Gift Shop. Map

Waffle House Attire Encouraged! Wear something that represents Waffle House to you—funny, nostalgic, or creative. Costume props are welcome, but no real weapons, please.

About the Book

There’s more to Lauretta Hannon’s life and work than just laughs. A lot more,” says Paul Moses of V3 Magazine. “There’s a sort of therapeutic magic in the things she does. It’s medicinal merriment. Her words and style were forged in the crucible of a common human experience: pain. The exuberance rises from—and is tempered by—suffering. That is the bonding factor between herself and her followers. With a pithy economy of words, often hilarious, always poignant, Hannon invites her readers to identify with her as she encourages them to keep on trying.”

In this era of unprecedented division and distraction, we’ve lost the ability to recognize the goodness all around us. But it doesn’t have to be that way. From the acclaimed author of The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joy-Filled Life comes a cheeky spiritual memoir with an audacious message of hope.

In this collection of stories, Hannon shows that joy can arise from the deepest abyss; that everyone is designed with purpose and hardwired for restoration; and that love and peace are entirely warranted and possible. This is because grace abounds where we often miss it: in the grittiness of life.

Consider this book as a bit of story medicine for fraught times. A tonic that will actually make you feel better. And though it openly rebels against our collective despair, it never sugarcoats reality. The humor and the heartbreak flow in equal measure. The book ends with an instruction manual on how to become a “Real Radical” in a groaning world. This guide aims to point you to a place of personal peace, good cheer, and loving perspective—no matter what.

Born from a supernatural encounter in a Waffle House, this is ostensibly a story of the author’s eventual, fitful, and comical conversion to Catholicism. But it is more than that. It is part tender meditation, part war cry, and a rollicking good time for readers of any faith or no faith.

“Lauretta Hannon has a rare gift for finding grace exactly where life feels most human: messy, funny, tender, and true. Her stories are offered with wit, compassion, and an unflinching eye for the holy hiding in plain sight.” —Lisa C. Williams, author and philanthropist

Lauretta Hannon is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and writing teacher. Crowned “The Funniest Woman in Georgia” by Southern Living, she’s been a commentator on NPR’s All Things Considered, and her work has been featured in many national media outlets. Learn more about her at laurettahannon.com.

With hits like “Bubba Shot the Jukebox,” “Too Cold at Home,” “Brother Jukebox” and “I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing,” three-time platinum-selling Mark Chesnutt is considered one of the most successful voices of the ‘90s country music scene. In 1989, he signed a record deal with MCA Nashville and was notching chart-toppers within one year. By the decade’s end, he earned 14 No. 1 hits and 23 Top 10 songs, sold more than 12 million albums and was a CMA Horizon Award Winner. He won a second CMA Award (Vocal Event of the Year) in 1993 for his participation on the legendary George Jones’ “I Don’t Need Your Rockin’ Chair.”Billboard named him one of the most-played country artists of the decade. Chesnutt is known for his neotraditionalist country and honky-tonk influences with frequent stylistic comparisons to George Jones. He has recorded several cover songs as both singles and album cuts including covers of Hank Williams Jr., John Anderson, Don Gibson, Conway Twitty and Charlie Rich.

Tickets On Sale Now: ForumRiverCenter.com