Blues in Schools brings music education to Dothan children

Blues artist Vanessa Collier plays saxophone on stage with children from the Dothan City School System.

Blues artist Vanessa Collier plays saxophone on stage with children from the Dothan City School System.

About 400 Dothan school children enjoyed the musical stylings of world-renowned blues artist Vanessa Collier last Friday during the Blues in Schools event.

Troy University and the Wiregrass Blues Society presented the event, sponsored by a grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation, which involved two performances at the Dothan Opera House.

Collier and her band…

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Pied Pipers perform for nearly 400 Wiregrass children

Troy University's children's theater ensemble performed in front of children from several Wiregrass area elementary schools.

Troy University's children's theater ensemble performed in front of children from several Wiregrass area elementary schools.

The applause was loud and the voices were even louder inside the Dothan Opera House on Tuesday after the Pied Pipers performed in front of nearly 400 Wiregrass children.

The performance, part of the TROY Tuesdays series from Troy University’s College of Communications and Fine Arts, presented a valuable opportunity for the University’s children’s theater…

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Troy University brings educational blues to Dothan

Hundreds of children will attend the shows at the Dothan Opera House on Feb. 2.

Hundreds of children will attend the shows at the Dothan Opera House on Feb. 2.

Troy University, in partnership with the Wiregrass Blues Society, will present the educational components of the seventh annual Wiregrass Blues Fest on Friday, Feb. 2.

Through a grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation, TROY will present two “Blues in Schools” programs that will feature saxophonist/vocalist Vanessa Collier, this year’s festival main headliner, who is also…

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Wiregrass golf tournament raises $13,000 in scholarships

TROY alumni and supporters played Thursday in the annual TROY Wiregrass Alumni Invitational in Dothan.

TROY alumni and supporters played Thursday in the annual TROY Wiregrass Alumni Invitational in Dothan.

It’s become a Dothan tradition.

Each year, Troy University alumni and supporters – many of whom have no ties to the University – gather together at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail at Highland Oaks to play golf and raise scholarship money for local high school students.

Thursday marked the 16th annual Jackson Thornton TROY…

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