Conservationist performance

From the Western North Carolina Alliance...

The Western North Carolina Alliance (WNCA), along with Clear Channel Asheville, hosts an evening around the campfire with John Muir, America’s best known conservationist, and President Theodore Roosevelt at 8:00 PM, Thursday, October 7 at the Asheville Community Theatre in downtown Asheville. Actors Lee Stetson and Joe Wiegand will reprise these legendary men in a show entitled The Tramp and the Roughrider.

The Tramp and the Roughrider recounts part of a four-day camping trip in 1903 with just President Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir in the Yosemite wilderness. The action unfolds around a campfire at sunset on Glacier Point, overlooking the magnificent Yosemite Valley, and the audience will hear the men spar over environmental and wilderness issues, witnessing the conversation that helped lead Roosevelt to establish 200 million acres of wilderness, five new national parks, and 55 wildlife preserves during his tenure.

Who: Western North Carolina Alliance and Clear Channel Asheville
What: The Tramp and the Roughrider, a two man performance
When: October 7, 2010 8:00 PM
Where: Asheville Community Theatre
Cost: Tickets to the performance are $25 in advance, $30 at the door, and $20 for WNCA members. Admission includes a reception with wine and desert immediately following the performance.The public can reserve a seat or learn more information by calling WNCA at 828-258-8737 or visiting the group’s website at www.wnca.org.