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WAYNESBORO, Pa. - People see the Dobro, the fiddle, banjo and washboard and assume The Boogie Boro Pickers play bluegrass. They do ... kind of, sort of, guitarist Eric Avey said. But it's bluegrass with Waynesboro-style boogie on it. Hence the name, the Boro Boogie Pickers. The six-piece band, with all members born and raised in Waynesboro, perform regional venues. They started off as a group of friends who jammed together on Wednesday nights. Avey said the band is starting to get some attention, at least in Waynesboro.

Habitat for Humanity's 15th annual Dinner and Auction will be Saturday, April 12, at 5 p.m. with a "sneak preview" at 4 p.m at the ARCC at Hagerstown Community College. Among hundreds of other auction items, you can bid on having your name in a Nora Roberts novel. Two other unique items: · A children's playhouse. The playhouse was built at Lowe's on Wesel Boulevard in classes for women. Lowe's provided the classes for free in conjunction with Habitat's Women Build program.

katec@herald-mail.com The 16th annual fall session of the Upper Potomac Dulcimer Festival will bring music to Shepherdstown, W.Va., this weekend. In case you're wondering, a dulcimer is an instrument in which metal strings are stretched across a flat, trapezoid-shaped box. The strings are struck with wooden mallets. All kinds of music will be explored and performed during the festival. It begins with a student open mic session Friday evening and continues through early Sunday afternoon with student performances and an informal jam session on the lawn at McMurran Hall.

Crocker Nye Road Band to kick off C&O Canal Days Crocker Nye Road Band will kick off Williamsport's C&O Canal Days with a performance Friday, Aug. 25, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Visitors Center. Who is Crocker Nye? "It's just a name," said Peter Wright, harmonica player. "It's just the name I use whenever I need a band," he explained. Wright found the band he needed to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the C&O Canal at the Thursday-night picking sessions at Woodmen of the World in Fairplay.

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will host the U.S. Navy Country Current as part of its annual Red, White and Blue Summer Concert Series, Wednesday, June 9, at 6 p.m., in HCC's Alumni Amphitheater. The Country Current is a seven-member country-bluegrass ensemble originally formed in 1973. The group is under the direction of banjo instrumentalist Chief Musician Keith M. Arneson. In support of Navy recruiting, the group tours the United States each year, and has performed at many venues alongside a number of country artists, including Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill, David Ball and Boots Randolph.

The Hagerstown Community College Alumni Association will host the U.S. Navy Country Current as part of its annual Red, White and Blue Summer Concert Series. The show, originally scheduled for June 1 but canceled due to thunderstorms, was rescheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in HCC's Alumni Amphitheater. Co-sponsored by the Hagerstown-Washington County Convention and Visitors Bureau, the concert is free and open to the public. For more information about the concert series, call 301-790-2800, ext. 262, or go to www.hagerstowncc.edu/alumni-friends . To learn more about the band, go to www.navyband.navy.mil/country_current.shtml . The Country Current is a seven-member country-bluegrass ensemble originally formed in 1973 under the leadership of banjo player Bill Emerson.

andrear@herald-mail.com BOONSBORO - From banjo pluckin' to buffalo burgers and the big Ferris wheel, the Great Boonsboro Rescue Co. Carnival offers a little something for everyone in the family. The annual down-home country carnival starts Friday, May 23, and runs through Saturday, May 31, at Shafer Park in Boonsboro. Proceeds benefit the Boonsboro Ambulance and Rescue Co., says Assistant Chief Dwayne Flook, who books the carnival's entertainment and handles support services for the event.

They probably were hoping for a restroom that they could use. What they got was a lot more than that. As bicyclists stepped away from the wooded trail along the C&O Canal, they were greeted by many voices raised in song, soaring from the windows of a 1780s farmhouse. Accompanying them were the rapid tempos and breakdowns of acoustic stringed instruments playing in harmony. The C&O Canal National Historical Park's Bowles House Visitor Center in Hancock was hosting the Porch Pickin' Bluegrass event featuring live music by local musicians.