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The National Storytelling Festival is held the first full weekend of October in Jonesborough, Tennessee at the International Storytelling Center.The National Storytelling Festival was founded by Jimmy Neil Smith, a high school journalism teacher, in 1973.
The first event was the Class of 1987 commencement. [5] Throughout the years, First National Bank Arena has been host to many superstars including George Strait, Dolly Parton, Garth Brooks, Alabama, Reba McEntire, Rascal Flatts, Taylor Swift, Keith Urban, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean and Eric Church in the last five years.
Jonesboro High School was founded in 1899 and is accredited by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Since 1924, Jonesboro High School has been a charter member accredited by AdvancED (formerly the North Central Association (NCA) Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (CASI).
Jimmy Neil Smith (born 1947 in Tennessee), is founder and president emeritus of the International Storytelling Center (ISC) in Jonesborough, Tennessee. [1] In 1973, Smith, then a local journalism teacher, hosted the first National Storytelling Festival as a way to build regional and national awareness of Jonesborough. Smith's efforts led to a ...
Jonesboro or Jonesborough is the name of a number of settlements in the United States and the United Kingdom: United States. Jonesboro, Arkansas; Jonesboro, Georgia, originally Jonesborough Battle of Jonesborough, final battle of the Atlanta Campaign; Jonesboro, Illinois, site of the third of the Lincoln–Douglas debates; Jonesboro, Indiana
Jonesboro (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /) is a city in and the county seat of Clayton County, Georgia, United States. [4] The population was 4,235 in 2020. The city's name was originally spelled Jonesborough.
A senior center (or senior centre or older adult center) is a type of community center where older adults congregate for fellowship with others to fulfill many of their social, physical, emotional, and intellectual needs. A regular part of senior centers is card and board games, along with video games as that generation moves into old age.
Jonesborough (/ ˈ dʒ oʊ n z b ʌ r ə /; historically also Jonesboro) is a town in and the county seat of Washington County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States. Its population was 5,860 as of 2020. It is "Tennessee's oldest town". Jonesborough is part of the Johnson City metropolitan area, which is a component of the "Tri-Cities ...