MUSCLE SHOALS-On Saturday, October 5 Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) hosted host students from 15 area schools for the 2019 Northwest Alabama BEST (Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology) in the Patriot Center (gym) on the Shoals Campus. The theme for this year’s competition is OFF THE GRID, which is all about Electricity. Middle and high school student teams […]
FLORENCE-The weather was hot but the fun and spirit was even hotter for the October First Friday. The people gathered round to see the annual ‘Florence’s Great Pumpkin Drop”and they folks were awed by not ONE but TWO great pumpkin drops. The Quad Cities Daily was on hand to capture the fun in photos and […]
ATHENS-Known as the “Granddaddy of Midsouth Fiddlers Conventions” for its role in reviving the tradition of competition in old time music, the Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention is celebrated the first full weekend in October each year. The convention brings some 200 contestants to compete for top prize money. There are 18 different categories, […]
MUSCLE SHOALS-In cooperation with North Alabama Works, Northwest-Shoals Community College (NW-SCC) hosted the Worlds of Work (WOW) career expo on Thursday, October 25 and Friday, October 26. More than 2,600 eighth graders from Colbert, Franklin, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Marion, and Winston counties met with area employers and college representatives Thursday and Friday during the two day […]
FLORENCE-On Saturday, September 14 the Shoals Dragon Boat Festival was held at McFarland Park. The festival is held each year to help raise money for Shoals Scholar Dollars. Fun was had by all and the event could not have been held on a more spectacular day…sunshine and smiling faces along with some hefty rowing. The […]
TUSCUMBIA-Oka Kapassa is held in Spring Park each September to honor all Native American tribes and to educate school children and the general public about Native American lifeways and culture. The 19th year for Oka Kapassa was no exception to the rule. There were exhibits and demonstrations throughout the two day festival filled with color […]
SHEFFIELD-On Saturday it was another Positive Vibes brought to the Handy Fest by Johnny Belew featuring the music of Billy Lawson & Wishbone along with several guest performers. The weather was beautiful and the crow large and happy and the music rocked the neighborhood. Quad Cities Daily enjoyed the weather and the tunes while capturing […]
SHEFFIELD-On Saturday evening Peanutt Montgomery, who has written over 73 songs for George Jones as well as other recording artists along with his wife Charlene, who wrote a biography of George Jones hosted a Handy Party with songwriter Agnes Wilson. Wilson hales from Tremont, Mississippi and was a close friend to Tammy Wynett. Agnes Wilson […]
SHEFFIELD-Sunday night was the last night of the WC Handy Festival for 2019 and there is no better way to end a Blues Festival then with some good old-fashioned blues. Travis Wammack and Microwave Dave brought down the house and brought the crowd to their feet with some awesome guitar licks and hot vocals. QCDNews […]
FLORENCE-As the 37th annual WC Handy Festival winds down the folks of the Shoals just wanna have a little more fun….with that in mind the tradition of a Street Strut Parade continues with participants in the parade as well as the people who gathered along downtown Florence to watch the “Strut” had a most awesome […]
