North Carolina Travel Blog

There is still time to send a Christmas tree to military personnel around the world. Kersey Valley Farms in High Point, North Carolina is handling this excellent and worthwhile effort. You buy the Christmas tree; Fedex provides the shipping FREE. There is a new site Kersey Valley Farms has posted that provides all the latest information and ordering details. There is even a form you can fax in right away to order a tree for troops. Here’s the web site with ordering detail:

www.kerseyvalleychristmas.com

Or call 336-431-1700 Ext 210

High Point University in High Point, North Carolina opens their annual Thanksgiving Concert Spectacular to the public with this year’s performance by Marcoux Corner, and Nicholas and Ari Marks. The concert with be held on campus in the beautiful Hayworth Fine Arts Center, Pauline Theatre, Monday, Nov 24 at 7:30 pm. This is a stunning performing arts venue particularly suited to this year’s lineup which features two outstanding musical acts.

Marcoux Corner has often been described as a pure vocal extravagance. This four-piece A Cappella group combines more than 20 years of voice lessons and vocal study at one of the country’s most prestigious colleges for vocal performance. The sound they produce when they join in harmony will make you rethink your attitude about music. It is, at the same time, beautiful and full of so much energy you can’t help but tap your toe and grin from ear to ear.

But that’s not all. You will also enjoy Nicholas Marks — the world renowned Flamenco guitar player. Accompanied by violinist Ari Marks, he performs a variety of Gypsy, Rumba, and Flamenco music. The is a rare and rich cultural experience. Take the family and go. Tickets are available by contacting the HPU Box Office at Hayworth Fine Arts Center at 336-841-4673.

If you’re looking for something interesting to do that you might not have considered, I suggest taking in High Point, North Carolina’s excellent High Point Museum. The upcoming big event is the museum’s 25^th Annual Holiday Open House on December 7. Right now the current featured exhibit is Growing Seasons: An American Farm Family at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. This is a most interesting educational exhibit that depicts a slice of American history. The presentation showcases a year in the life of a rural farm family through… continue reading…

OK. I did it. I felt I owed it to our NC Travel Guide Blog readers. My wife and I went to Spookywoods at Kersey Valley Farms, the award-wining haunted attraction near High Point and Archdale, North Carolina. The owner, Tony Wohlgemuth, was there to greet us. Great guy. He has created a spectacular special effects extravaganza that places his spellbinding haunted venue in the top ten in the entire country. And now I know why. Take your kids and go — not the young ones, however. It’s intense. But fun. The costumes and Hollywood-style makeup are well done. This alone is worth the price of admission. Tony and his band of spookmeisters have created an elaborate 55 acre setting replete with creepy old outbuildings, dark foreboding woods, and a dizzy haunted maze filled at every turn with lifelike ghouls, creatures and demented freaks. Yike.

And that’s not all. Be sure to catch Jonathan Frost’s highly entertaining Magic Show. Don’t miss the razor blade ingestion trick. See if you can figure out how Jonathan pulls this off.  Spookywoods, Kersey Valley Farms near High Point, North Carolina. Our NC Travel Guide Blog strongly recommends Spookywoods. We give it five pitchforks.

I suggest you call for dates and times: 336.821.9999. Advance tickets: 336.285.0548. You can purchase your tickets in advance online or by phone.

Spookywoods is the only haunted attraction in North Carolina that is a member of AmericaHaunts.com, the world’s most successful haunted attractions.

High Point, North Carolina is well known for its furniture industry – and home to the highly-respected High Point University. But that’s certainly not all. There’s the superb High Point Theatre (http://www.highpointtheatre.com). I just checked out its upcoming calendar for the holidays and here’s what’s on tap:

November 7-9 – High Point Community Theatre presents Sound of Music.

This simple story has inspired generations with its encouragement to face life’s fears with courage—and a song or two.

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