The Conway Scene Show

Mike McCullars talks 25 years of the Conway Men's Chorus and the upcoming holiday concert. Website: https://conwaymenschorus.org/

Learn more about CIM https://www.conwayinstituteofmusic.com/ Conway Institute of Music is Conway's largest music school, teaching over 1900 students from ages 4 to adult. Whatever instrument you or your child wish to play, odds are we teach it: Piano, electric & acoustic Guitar, Drums, Bass, Voice and Singing, Violin, and Rock Band all taught under one roof. Jim Skelton is the CEO and Founder of the Conway Institute of Music. Book: https://a.co/d/fzNqG5c

S4E3 Learning more about the Central Arkansas Collective with Faye Hedera & Barbara Satterfield, founders of the art organization. Website: https://www.centralarcollective.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/centralarcollective

In this episode I visit with THV11 Meteorologist Skot Covet about being prepared for weather emergencies.

Show notes Kim Williams Kim Williams Executive Director, Conway Downtown Partnership Summary We discuss downtown Conway during the holidays, including: Christmas Open House Small Business Saturday Illuminate Conway Mistletoe Madness All of these events are on our website calendar: https://conwayscene.com/calendar/ Links, Resources & Mentions https://conwayarkansas.org/pages/downtown-conway/ https://www.facebook.com/DowntownConway https://conwaychristmas.com/

Bio Rickey Gulley is the consummate Conway resident. He grew up in Conway, graduated from Conway High School, and from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. He is also a veteran, having served in the Marines. We visited with Rickey about his journey and his love for Conway, AR. Summary - outline Rickey Gee Born in Camden, AR Moved to Conway when he was 4 Graduated CHS in 1996 Talks about his time in the Marines and what he learned the most. Tells the story of why he went to college even though he was older. Rickey explains about why he started giving his thoughts on Facebook each day. Talks about how he documents things with pictures. Gives a quick history lesson of roundabouts in Conway. Rickey gives some numbers about Conway. He talks about the things he wants to see improved in Conway. Rickey talks about his participation in the arts community in Conway. He talks about things he likes to do for fun and his go to Karaoke song. Links, Resources & Mentions You can find Ricky on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rickeygee2

https://www.instagram.com/jm4peace/ https://vimeo.com/710149188 Josh talks about how you can be a part of cleaning up your community.  Our Faulkner County County-wide cleanup will be on October 7th and 8th.  There will be roll-off containers set up at these locations: The hours will be 8 a.m.-3 p.m. on Friday the 7th and 8 a.m.-12 noon on the 8th. More info: https://www.fcsolidwaste.com/electronic-waste-recycling

You can inquire about donating by contacting Lacey: Public Information Officer Conway Police Department Desk: 501.513.3583 Email: lacey.kanipe@conwayarkansas.gov

The 2022 Shakespeare Theatre Season https://conwayscene.com/arkansas-shakespeare-theatre-returns-for-summer-2022/ Scheduled performances Shauna Meador https://uca.edu/ftcw/facultystaff/shauna-meador/ History of Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre: Website Facebook Instagram

Show Notes: The 2022-2023 Season at Reynolds https://conwayscene.com/ucas-reynolds-performance-hall-announces-2022-23-season/ Previous Reynolds news at Conway Scene https://conwayscene.com/?s=reynolds+performance+hall Amanda Horton, Directory https://uca.edu/publicappearances/facultystaff/amanda-horton/ Wendy Sparks, Director of Marketing and Finance https://uca.edu/publicappearances/facultystaff/wendy-sparks/

Notes: https://conwayscene.com/calendar/ Submit event: https://conwayscene.com/calendar/community/add

Show Notes: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therogueroundabout Kickstarter Campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/448317555/the-rogue-roundabout-craft-kitchen-beverage-lab See Transcript at website

Show Notes: Christina runs a PR firm with Michelle Pugh. Christina is starting Natural State Update, a digital news platform. Christina is not on TV doing the news anymore. Christina still does commercials for local businesses. Christina's dogs appear when the delivery person shows up. We recorded during the middle of a storm, so the thunderstorm shows up too! Natural State Update launched with Christina, Jason Pederson, Scott Inman, and Ann Jansen.  Natural State Update is doing stories that matter and make an impact. Natural State Media Links: Website https://www.facebook.com/TheNaturalStateUpdate https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLoAhPrGbK-fKrc6QUMD0kQ

Show Notes Opening day is May 7th. Over 50 vendors have applied and been approved. Each vendor is a local artisan who makes their own items to sell A board of 6, including Allen, leads downtown Conway Farmers' and Crafts This year's market will feature two food trucks Lots various types of items for sale each week, especially for Mother's Day Judith Allen assumed President role a three years ago Allen and her husband own SalScilla Farms SalScilla Farms has a cafe and also prepares pre-made meals

SHOW NOTES Toad Suck Daze has been around for 42 years $2M in scholarships since the beginning Scholarships given to students to attend UACCM, UCA, Central Baptist College, or Hendrix TSD originally started at Toad Suck Park One of the most unique named festivals in the country Music headliner this year is Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors Toad Suck Daze Page Music by Joystick – https://www.joystock.org

Conway NOW provides information in a timely manner. Works in hospitality Attends UACCM Studying Business Loves learning more about the community and delivering timely news. Started Conway NOW in August 2016, in tenth grade

Show Notes Raven @ Conway Scene https://conwayscene.com/author/rnobles/ Bear Serves https://uca.edu/americorps/bsl/ Creative Institute https://creativeinstitutear.org/ Art Walk https://creativeinstitutear.org/artwalk April Art Walk https://conwayscene.com/calendar/conway-art-walk/2022-04-21/ PR & Communications, UCA https://uca.edu/communication/pr/

SHOW NOTES Website Facebook Page Opening Day April 23, 8 am to 1 pm: Conway Scene Calendar Event Community Partners: Baptist Health Centennial Bank Conway Corp Conway Convention & Visitors Bureau Music by Joystock – https://www.joystock.org

New calendar sponsor Ace Hardware https://conwayscene.com/calendar/ New article, Featured Business Profile, The Chew Chew Station https://conwayscene.com/the-chew-chew-station/ Rachel Lovelace https://conwayscene.com/womens-history-month-rachel-lovelace-of-raylovethreads/ I don't use pop-up ads, here's why

Show Notes: State of the Conway Scene - March 2022 Entering the 5th year of Conway Scene First article was published on Jan 28 2017 about UCA Downtown Since then we have published 405 articles + various other types of content including events, organizations in our business directory. Eight diff people have written articles along with 16 guest posts  Popular posts in 2021= Trail of Christmas lights for How did Toad Suck get its name? Evergreen article  Markus Pearson Freedom Fest  Conway Scene Calendar via events Since we launched in 2017- 55K users since we launched 104K pageviews Most of our traffic has come from Google and Facebook 440 subscribers on the email list What's new going forward? Podcast, gonna change up the format some. Various types including interviews, etc.  Just created a pricing list for those wanting to grow their business using Conway Scene Looking at running polls throughout the year. Looking for someone to help sponsor polls Two student writes this Spring, Raven, and Madelyn. Expect to hear more about them in the future. I'm looking to make the Conway Scene directory even more robust in hopes of featuring more small businesses in our Business Profile Series. Including more coffee shops in our Meet your Barista segment this year. I am working on a way for individuals to help support Conway Scene, similar to a Patreon. Businesses can now sign up to sponsor sections of our content, our email, and also our podcast.  We continue to fill up our calendar to make it the most sought community calendar in the Conway area. We have expanded our footprint to include all of Faulkner County and Conway County. Have a great week!  Todd