(ROCKWALL, TX — September 27, 2017) “Dedicated to the best interests of Rockwall.” It was the slogan emblazoned beneath the masthead of one of Rockwall’s most treasured newspaper publications, and it was the motto by which Jane Gorden Bounds lived her life. The Rockwall Texas Success newspaper was first established at 114 N. San Jacinto […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 20, 2017) The Rockwall High School Chamber Orchestra was recently honored as a Commended Winner in the 2017 Mark of Excellence/National Orchestra Honors Project. The Mark of Excellence is a national school music competition that honors music programs for high standards in performance. Evaluation is done by nationally respected adjudicators Anthony […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – Sept. 9, 2017) Blue Ribbon News Rockwall Live Team reporter Julie Anne White visited the award-winning Rockwall School of Music Sept. 6 for a live Facebook broadcast. She not only learned a few chords on the ukulele, but she discovered that the school now offers the Musical Ladder System – an exclusive, nationally […]
Art Show coming to new venue Oct. 27-29 (ROCKWALL, TX – Aug. 27, 2017) The Rockwall Art League has announced a Call to Artists as it prepares for 17th Annual Fine Art Show & Sale, scheduled for Oct. 27-29 at the Rockwall Golf & Athletic Club at The Shores, 2600 Champions Drive. With a spectacular […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — July 24, 2017) Join Free Expression Artists in welcoming award-winning artist Bonnie Blue and her traveling art gallery for an Exhibition of Art on Friday, July 28. The event will be held at The Studios at Rockwall Salon Spa Boutique (102 S. Goliad St.) from 7 p.m.-9:30 p.m. Come enjoy your Friday […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — July 18, 2017) Over the last few years, the face of Downtown Rockwall has been changing, and there’s a new project coming up that will continue that transformation. The voter-approved 2012 Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funded revitalization of Historic Downtown, including the creation of the San Jacinto Plaza outdoor space, a mural […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – July 1, 2017) Practice. It’s not the most fun word ever created and it’s definitely not a favorite activity of music students. But the Rockwall School of Music has helped to solve that age old problem by being approved as the only music studio in the greater Rockwall area to license the Musical […]
STARS of the Stage (ROCKWALL, TX — June 29, 2017) For the past five years, Rockwall Community Playhouse has shined the spotlight on the theatrical talents of young adults with Down syndrome and autism through its STAR (Special Theatre At Rockwall) Players program. Bursting on the scene at RCP in August 2012, STAR has continued […]
(ROCKWALL, TX – June 23, 2017) The Williams Middle School Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Shari Allison, advanced to the Finals in the 2017 TMEA Middle School State Honor Full Orchestra recording contest. Only six groups were chosen from the entire state of Texas. All six groups will have their recordings judged at […]
(ROCKWALL, TX — May 24, 2017) Auditions for the Rockwall Community Playhouse Teen Theatre (ages 13-19) production of Disco Inferno, directed by Gene Fields, will be held on Saturday, May 27, at 1 p.m. at the playhouse (609 E Rusk St). Auditioners are asked to prepare a one-minute monologue and 16 bars of a 70’s […]